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Optimization of 3D Point Clouds of Oilseed Rape Plants Based on Time-of-Flight Cameras
2021
Three-dimensional (3D) structure is an important morphological trait of plants for describing their growth and biotic/abiotic stress responses. Various methods have been developed for obtaining 3D plant data, but the data quality and equipment costs are the main factors limiting their development. Here, we propose a method to improve the quality of 3D plant data using the time-of-flight (TOF) camera Kinect V2. A K-dimension (k-d) tree was applied to spatial topological relationships for searching points. Background noise points were then removed with a minimum oriented bounding box (MOBB) with a pass-through filter, while outliers and flying pixel points were removed based on viewpoints and surface normals. After being smoothed with the bilateral filter, the 3D plant data were registered and meshed. We adjusted the mesh patches to eliminate layered points. The results showed that the patches were closer. The average distance between the patches was 1.88 × 10−3 m, and the average angle was 17.64°, which were 54.97% and 48.33% of those values before optimization. The proposed method performed better in reducing noise and the local layered-points phenomenon, and it could help to more accurately determine 3D structure parameters from point clouds and mesh models.
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Structural and Biochemical Studies of Bacillus subtilis MobB
2021
The biosynthesis of molybdenum cofactor for redox enzymes is carried out by multiple enzymes in bacteria including MobA and MobB. MobA is known to catalyze the attachment of GMP to molybdopterin to form molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide. MobB is a GTP binding protein that enhances the activity of MobA by forming the MobA:MobB complex. However, the mechanism of activity enhancement by MobB is not well understood. The structure of Bacillus subtilis MobB was determined to 2.4 Å resolution and it showed an elongated homodimer with an extended β-sheet. Bound sulfate ions were observed in the Walker A motifs, indicating a possible phosphate-binding site for GTP molecules. The binding assay showed that the affinity between B. subtilis MobA and MobB increased in the presence of GTP, suggesting a possible role of MobB as an enhancer of MobA activity.
Journal Article
Home owner shows off self-sufficient house
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Porter, Barney
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Mobbs, Michael
2007
BARNEY PORTER: [Michael Mobbs]! MICHAEL MOBBS: Basically the rain falls on the roof and the first dirty water is flushed away and diverted, and the final water that comes off the roof is diverted into my tank and if I could just pour you a glass of water, I know this is a scary moment for you. BARNEY PORTER: Yet while Michael Mobbs has succeeded in making his house self sufficient, he believes there must be a change of attitude by government authorities, particularly at local council level to make it easier for self sufficient suburbs to develop.
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Coull's time to be bold with Mobbs' legacy
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Bill, Peter
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Mobbs, Nigel
2005
In March 1996, Slough's then MD Roger Carey left after falling out with Sir [Nigel Mobbs]. A year later he joined Saville Gordon - a smallish shed developer. A year later he changed the name to Industrious. A year ago the transformed business was sold to Slough rival Brixton for over £600m. Nice name, Industrious: it could have been Slough's if it had not worried about City reaction to the earnings dilution that buying Industrious would have meant.
Trade Publication Article
Putting paintbrushes back into gnarled hands
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Pearce, Melanie
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Mobbs, Dean
2014
\"We're looking for moments when they can just express themselves in colour, 'cause that's our main theme,\" Mr [Dean Mobbs] said. \"The things that come out that we didn't expect and people doing art that haven't painted for 50, 60, 70, 80 years.\" \"We turn those [messes] into collage,\" Mr Mobbs explained.
Newspaper Article
33 million overhaul for Orange aged care complex
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Pearce, Melanie
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Mobbs, Helen
2014
\"So as you enter into whatever floor it is you'll actually be entering their home there and then instead of through somebody else's home,\" Ms [Helen Mobbs] said. \"The model we're putting in is a household model so it's about people coming into care but seeing it as their home,\" she said. \"They'll have single rooms, ensuites we are having a range of a number of double rooms so husband and wife can be together which we can't do at the moment.
Newspaper Article
Aurora's community radio station gets licence
2016
\"The support that we have received from the community has been fantastic already,\" [Ferguson Mobbs] said. \"Now that we have overcome this hurdle, we can move on to the next steps.\" The non-profit corporation has been formed with four directors including Mobbs, Brian Larter, Brian North and Steve Hinder. Mobbs confirmed that the intention is to operate the community radio station from funds raised through donation, grants and advertisement revenue. Any profit made will be donated back to the community in the form of a grant to help a future broadcaster attend school. Ferguson Mobbs has just received the licence needed to start a local community radio station with the assigned frequency 101.5 and the call letters CHRA from the CRTC. Beside Mobbs (from right) are his fellow CHRA directors Brian North and Brian Larter.
Newspaper Article
Safe space created for LGBT youths in Midland
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Mobbs, Katie
2016
\"We're excited to partner with Chigamik ... to provide these services,\" said Katie Mobbs, Gilbert Centre's co-ordinator of family and youth programs. \"We look forward to working with them to ensure the north Simcoe LGBT community receives the support it needs.\" \"It's a really great space,\" he said. \"We had a great turnout and it offers a really comforting atmosphere.\" \"We want participants to gain the confidence to be themselves,\" she said. \"We want to ensure that LGBT youth in the Midland area don't feel alone.\"
Newspaper Article
Safe space created for LGBT youths in Midland
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Mobbs, Katie
2016
\"We're excited to partner with Chigamik ... to provide these services,\" said Katie Mobbs, Gilbert Centre's co-ordinator of family and youth programs. \"We look forward to working with them to ensure the north Simcoe LGBT community receives the support it needs.\" \"It's a really great space,\" he said. \"We had a great turnout and it offers a really comforting atmosphere.\" \"We want participants to gain the confidence to be themselves,\" she said. \"We want to ensure that LGBT youth in the Midland area don't feel alone.\"
Newspaper Article