in this paper a novel fuzzy scheme for medical x-ray image classification is presented. in this method, any image is partitioned in to 25 overlapping subimages and then shape-texture features are extracted from shape and directional information extracted from any subimage. in the classification stage, we apply a fuzzy membership to any subimage with respect to euclidean distance between feature...

Corporate image is an important organizational resource that enables to create, strengthen and sustain competitive advantage. Different antecedents have been identified for corporate image in the literature including quality of products and services, consumer consideration or distribution system. Green supply chain management appears to be an antecedent of corporate image too. This study examin...

Body image is an internal representation of the external appearance which includes physical and perceptual aspects and attitudes toward them. Body image anxiety can cause weight problems. In addition, perfectionism, the trend or effort to be perfect and flawless can cause extreme thinking and self-criticism. Perfectionism can provoke anxiety and concerns for body image and weight, especially in...

introduction: having a desirable image in a market can be considered as an asset for an organization. therefore, using proper approaches, managers of such organizations must monitor and manage the image of their organizations in order to achieve their organizational goals and their customer’s satisfaction. as an important sector of every society, managers of hospitals also must try their best t...

nowadays, images of celebrities are used to advertise goods and services, and this phenomenon is growing. on the one hand, in recent years, celebrities become aware of the value of image and image rights in advertisement world. on the other hand, many agencies and owners of goods and services become aware of the important effect of popularity of celebrities as a tool to boost sales of goods. th...

in this paper we propose novel algorithms for retrieving dental images from databases by their contents. based on special information of dental images, for better content based dental image retrieval and representation, the image attributes are used. we propose disr (dental image segmentation and retrieval), a content-based image retrieval method which is robust to translation and scaling of th...

the aim of this study is investigate the relationship between resilience, hardiness and life satisfaction with body image of high school girls of sabzevar in 2014. this study was correlational. the population of this study included 1578 in high school girls of sabzevar and 311 persons were selected through multistep cluster sampling method. the data was collected using conner-davidson resilienc...

background elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. this study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. methods data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ss, minim...