Traffic-Congestion Forecasting Algorithm Based on Pheromone Communication Model

The growth of intelligent transport systems (ITS) has recently been quite fast and impressive, and various kinds of studies on ITS from the viewpoint of artificial intelligence have also been done [1][2][3][4][5]. However, there are still many problems that need to be solved and alleviating traffic congestion is one of the main issues. Reducing traffic congestion is quite urgent because the amount of money lost due to congestion within only 1 km in Tokyo has reached as much as 400 million yen per year. To alleviate this situation, two traffic-control systems called the âVehicle Information and Communication System (VICS)â and âthe probe car system (PCS)â are currently in operation in Japan

A Face-like Structure Detection on Planet and Satellite Surfaces using Image Processing

This paper demonstrates that face-like structures are everywhere, and can be de-tected automatically even with computers. Huge amount of satellite images of the Earth, the Moon, the Mars are explored and many interesting face-like structure are detected. Throughout this fact, we believe that science and technologies can alert people not to easily become an occultist.Comment: 4 page

Titin and Troponin: Central Players in the Frank-Starling Mechanism of the Heart

The basis of the Frank-Starling mechanism of the heart is the intrinsic ability of cardiac muscle to produce greater active force in response to stretch, a phenomenon known as length-dependent activation. A feedback mechanism transmitted from cross-bridge formation to troponin C to enhance Ca2+ binding has long been proposed to account for length-dependent activation. However, recent advances in muscle physiology research technologies have enabled the identification of other factors involved in length-dependent activation. The striated muscle sarcomere contains a third filament system composed of the giant elastic protein titin, which is responsible for most passive stiffness in the physiological sarcomere length range. Recent studies have revealed a significant coupling of active and passive forces in cardiac muscle, where titin-based passive force promotes cross-bridge recruitment, resulting in greater active force production in response to stretch. More currently, the focus has been placed on the troponin-based “on-off” switching of the thin filament state in the regulation of length-dependent activation. In this review, we discuss how myocardial length-dependent activation is coordinately regulated by sarcomere proteins