Foreground object segmentation is a crucial first step for surveillance systems based on networks of video sensors.This problem in the context of L-GLUTATHIONE dynamic scenes has been widely explored in the last two decades, but it still has open research questions due to challenges such as strong shadows, background clutter and illumination change
Gender Policies in Post-Genocide Rwanda
In this article, we argue that the gender policies implemented by Serving Set the Government of Rwanda have been introduced in order to strengthen the democratic credentials of the regime in the eyes of international donors.In order to do so, we have structured the paper in three parts.First, the article examines the political structure of Rwanda,
Individual differences in the effects of midazolam on anxiety-like behavior, learning, reward, and choice behavior in male mice
IntroductionThe aim of the present study was to investigate the behavioral effects of the benzodiazepine midazolam in male mice, in models of anxiolysis, learning, and abuse-related effects.MethodsIn a first set of experiments, male Swiss mice were submitted to the training session of a discriminative avoidance (DA) task on the elevated plus maze t
The ApiAP2 factor PfAP2-HC is an integral component of heterochromatin in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Summary: PURE SMOOTHIE CUBES Malaria parasites undergo a complex life cycle in the human host and the mosquito vector.The ApiAP2 family of DNA-binding proteins plays a dominant role in parasite development and life cycle progression.Most ApiAP2 factors studied to date act as transcription factors regulating stage-specific gene expression.Here, we c