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DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST LESIONS USING THE LOCAL CHAN-VESE MODEL, HIERARCHICAL FUZZY PARTITIONING AND FUZZY DECISION TREE INDUCTION

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women. Mammography remains today the best technology to detect breast cancer, early and efficiently, to distinguish between benign and malignant diseases. Several techniques in image processing and analysis have been developed to address this problem. In this paper, we propose a new solution to the problem of computer aided detection and...

Implementing New Regulation Promotes Health but May Increase Inequality

Nudge, Embarrassment, and Restriction—Replies to Voigt, Tieffenbach, and Saghai

Chemical Risk without Concurrent External Exposure!

Idealization of Licca-chan and Barbie: Comparison of Two Dolls across the Pacific

Since the initial creation of the Barbie doll in 1959, it became a symbol of US society. Likewise, the Licca-chan, a Japanese doll created in 1967, also became a Japanese symbolic doll of Japanese society. Prior to the introduction of Licca-chan, Barbie was already marketed in Japan but their sales were dismal. Licca-chan (an actual name: Kayama Licca) is a plastic doll with a variety of sizes ...