Pattern in Biological News

Jet-propelled imaging for an ultrafast light source

... orientation of the sample from the diffraction pattern itself, even when as few as four percent of the ... the LCLS will be able to get a good diffraction pattern from a target like this with a single ultrabright ... processing was able to derive an excellent pattern by averaging diffraction from a series of ....

Researchers develop 'brain-reading' methods

... processing tasks have their own distinct pattern of neural connections stretching across the ... for different functions. By examining the pattern of neural connections, you can predict with a ... a multitude of mental tasks with their unique pattern of neural circuitry and also represent a ...

Hush little baby... Linking genes, brain and behavior in children

... to a combination of a certain gene and a specific pattern of brain activity. The pattern of brain activity in the frontal cortex of the ... inside their bodies) and conclude that the pattern of brain activity (that is, greater activation in ...

DuoCort: New chronotherapy for adrenal insufficiency

... profile that mimics the bodys natural secretion pattern of cortisol to improve outcomes for patients. ... administration that mimics the natural secretion pattern of cortisol. The new DuoCort therapy showed no ... into the bloodstream has a particular release pattern or using pumps that deliver medicine at specified ...

Bolivian rainforest study suggests feeding behavior in monkeys and humans have ancient, shared roots

... of animals. Dr Felton said: "We found that the pattern of nutrient intake by wild spider monkeys, which ... point of view. Similarity in the regulatory pattern of protein intake between distantly related ... example, why do these frugivores have the same pattern of nutritional intake as human omnivores? Is this ...

Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms

... side of it were characterized by a distinct pattern of base pairs, a pattern they seldom observed in people without the ... said. "And we would also have expected to see the pattern in a high frequency even among people who do not ...

MIT: How you feel the world impacts how you see it

... perception of touch, the monitor displayed a pattern of horizontal stripes moving upward or downward for ten seconds. After this visual pattern had disappeared, a single row of horizontal pins ... of this stimulus, the monitor displayed a static pattern of horizontal stripes. Contrary to the prevailing ...

Image processing and mathematical morphology in new text by NJIT professor

... binary morphology" by Shih, published in 1989 in pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), a ... to object recognition, image analysis and pattern recognition," added Shih. "Individuals ... field including the International Journal of pattern Recognition ; International Journal ...

Image processing and mathematical morphology in new text by NJIT prof

... binary morphology" by Shih, published in 1989 in pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), a ... to object recognition, image analysis and pattern recognition," added Shih. "Individuals ... field including the International Journal of pattern Recognition ; International Journal ...

Mollusks taste memories to build shells

... before in order to generate a new layer. "The pattern on a seashell is the mollusk's memories," said ... much of the dramatic diversity of both shape and pattern that we see in the natural world," Boettiger ... different amounts of pigment secretion create a pattern unique to each species. They then modeled the ...

Clarke clarifies pattern recognition theory

... assumptions and misconceptions about Clarke's pattern recognition theory of humour. "There are two ... this theory suggests that the deviation from a pattern is rewarded in humour; second there is the idea ... function of humour on its head. When we talk of pattern recognition, this does not include the ...

Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills

... evolution uses common developmental programs to pattern different anatomical structures," said Shubin, ... "In this case, shared developmental mechanisms pattern the skeletons of vertebrate gill arches and ... paired appendages appeared, the mechanism used to pattern the skeleton was co-opted from the gills," Gillis ...

UK researcher identifies just 8 patterns as the cause of all humor

... on their specific interest. Now that we have pattern recognition theory, all previous explanations are ... "What this all means is that the basic faculty of pattern recognition equips us to compare multiple units ... back to point in the other direction, producing a pattern of symmetry. However, while all the patterns are ...

Scientists at CSHL discover mobile small RNAs that set up leaf patterning in plants

... across each leaf. This graded distribution pattern creates discrete regions of gene activity so that ... the bottom half of leaves. For the correct leaf pattern to develop, it is therefore crucial that ARF3 is ... the team attributes the unique distribution pattern of these small RNAs to the way they are produced ...

Scientists at CSHL discover mobile small RNAs that set up leaf patterning in plants

... across each leaf. This graded distribution pattern creates discrete regions of gene activity so that ... the bottom half of leaves. For the correct leaf pattern to develop, it is therefore crucial that ARF3 is ... the team attributes the unique distribution pattern of these small RNAs to the way they are produced ...

Intervention method reduces binge drinking

... students. NIAAA defines binge drinking as a pattern that brings a person's blood alcohol content ... hours. According to Walters, the binge drinking pattern for college students is typically to not drink ... a misperception of drinking norms on campus. This pattern of binge drinking makes alcohol consumption ...

New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies

... a very dynamic system, so we can change this pattern quickly," Kumar said. The light heats up the ... or the position of the light. "If you want to pattern individual particles on a massive scale using ... has not been done before," Williams said. "We can pattern light, we ...

Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25

... when its wings are producing no lift at all--a pattern that is similar to that seen in small birds. ... floor below the windows, creating a swirling flow pattern within each row of seats that effectively ... aisle will disrupt this carefully designed flow pattern by creating a wake of eddies that can spread ...

Acoustical Meeting, Nov. 10-14, 2008 in Miami, Florida

... -- such as holographic interferometry, speckle pattern interferometry, or scanning laser vibrometry -- ... of musical instruments using inexpensive speckle pattern interferometers built by faculty and students at ... Hearing the beat on the first note yields a pattern that sounds like DA-dum ... while hearing ...

Predatory bacterial swarm uses rippling motion to reach prey

... colony from the inside out and creates a rippling pattern as the swarm moves through the prey cells," Kirby said. "We now know that this rippling pattern is the highly organized behavior of thousands of ... known as cell reversal produces an alternating pattern of high and low cell density like crests and ...

Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk

... an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct. 12 ... About a third of all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition's social and ... baldness recently surpassed $405 million. Male pattern baldness is the most common form of baldness, ...

Fish cancer gene linked to pigment pattern that attracts mates

... have found a cancer gene linked to a pigment pattern that functions to increase mating success in ... partitions. They positioned a male with the faux pattern from which melanomas form on one side, and a male without the pattern on the other. After releasing the female from an ...

Microbes, by latitudes and altitudes, shed new light on life's diversity

... study establishes the first elevation-gradient pattern for microbes. We found that, yes, microbes do have a diversity pattern that is similar to what has been studied for plants and animals, but the pattern is different than what you see for plants in the ...

UC San Diego researchers could help US military thwart explosive threats

... Researchers at UC San Diego are using statistical pattern recognition and image processing to help the U.S. ... and infrared images, analyzed by statistical pattern recognition algorithms to detect and classify ... type. The third step will use statistical pattern recognition to determine whether an anomalous ...

'Mind's eye' influences visual perception

... They then presented a green horizontal grated pattern to one eye and a red vertical grated pattern to the other to induce what is called binocular ... subjects either viewed or imagined a particular pattern for longer periods of time. They found that both ...

Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory

... that humour occurs when the brain recognizes a pattern that surprises it, and that recognition of this ... once that content exists, it is the level of the pattern at which humour operates and for which it ... The theory further identifies the importance of pattern recognition in human evolution as Clarke ...

Immunosuppressant further linked to birth defects

... The findings suggest a specific birth defect pattern particular to this drug, reinforcing its ... although she needed hearing aids. The pattern of defects seen in this infant is very similar to ... study describes these infants, noting that the pattern of cleft lip/palate and ear malformations was ...

Osteoarthritis risk linked to finger length ratio

... of knee OA in participants with the type 3 finger pattern was nearly double that of the risk for participants without this pattern. Women with this finger pattern had a greater risk of knee OA than men. Among ... of OA. Specifically, women with the male pattern of 2D:4D length ratio that is, ring finger ...

Walking tall to protect the species

... and species survival depends on it. The carrying pattern changes as the infant grows. Newborns are carried ... usually on the mothers back, and this carrying pattern lasts for years in apes. However, this necessity ... safely. Amaral also shows how the usual pattern of primate carrying of heavy infants is ...

Study shows how the zebrafish gets his stripe

... could see that it appeared to line up in the same pattern as a third stripe in the wild-type zebrafish, and ... The correlation of Sdf expression and melanophore pattern in wild-type and choker mutants embryos was so ... that Sdf plays a key role in dictating the pattern of at least this one stripe in zebrafish, said Dr ...

Men shed light on the mystery of human longevity, study finds

... no benefit for their personal survival, but the pattern [of reproducing at a later age] has an effect on ... fertility through matings with younger females, a pattern that was likely typical among early humans." As a ... hypothesis" may be true, but the real pattern of male fertility extends beyond this ....

Scientists find clue to mechanisms of gene signaling and regulation

... Scientists have discovered a pattern in the DNA sequence of the mouse genome that may ... and Bremen researchers discovered a biochemical pattern they believe may be a signal to the epigenetic ... methylated regions, they found a repeat pattern (periodicity) of 8 to 10 base pairs between two ...

'Western' diet linked to increased risk of colon cancer recurrence

... major dietary trends within the group: A prudent pattern characterized by high intakes of fruits and vegetables, poultry, and fish, and a Western pattern characterized by high amounts of red and ... for those whose diets least resembled the Western pattern held true even after researchers controlled for ...

Parascript Signature Verification Technology Used by Moscow Law Firm to Detect Signature Fraud in $160,000 Debt Collection Case

... Colo., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Parascript, LLC, the image analysis and pattern recognition technology provider, today announced that it has partnered ... information from images. Employing patented digital image analysis and pattern recognition technologies, the Parascript image analysis suite improves ...

A bird's eye view of art

... Shigeru Watanabe from Keio University in Japan, pigeons use both color and pattern cues to judge the paintings' beauty as defined by humans, as well as their ... difficult to distinguish between the paintings, showing that they also use pattern cues to make their beauty judgments. Hiding part of the picture did not ...

Parascript Signature Verification Technology Used by Moscow Law Firm to Detect Signature Fraud in $160,000 Debt Collection Case

... Colo., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Parascript, LLC, the image analysis and pattern recognition technology provider, today announced that it has partnered ... information from images. Employing patented digital image analysis and pattern recognition technologies, the Parascript image analysis suite improves ...

MicroRNAs grease the cell's circadian clockwork

... possess an internal clock, a group of genes displaying a cyclic expression pattern that reaches a peak once a day. A large number of circadian genes are ... subsidiary oscillators, a group of genes displaying a cyclic expression pattern that reaches a peak every twenty-four hours. More than 350 genes ...

Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics

... at a detector, where they produce a striped interference pattern. The pattern can be read out to learn details of the journey taken by the waves. ... dark spot. The display is then scanned across the screen again in a raster pattern to build up a complete screen image (but so quickly that the human eye ...

Stanford scientists find heat-tolerant coral reefs that may resist climate change

... in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series in March 2009. Global pattern To see if this pattern exists on a global scale, the researchers turned to Kevin Arrigo, an ...

New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds

... become available. The group also used the same Nanofountain Probes to pattern dot arrays of drug-coated nanodiamonds directly on glass substrates. The ... in next-generation nanoelectronics. Here again, the ability to pattern nanodiamonds with sub-100-nanometer resolution provides inroads to ...