This paper focuses on factors which influence the fidelity, or realness, of images created by image based rendering (IBR) methods. First, we address the issue of large memory requirements of IBR techniques and we analyze necessary number of input images for a scene representation preserving visual fidelity of the output images. Then, we investigate optimal scaling producing output images that a...

BACKGROUND Long-term disability following natural disasters significantly burdens survivors and the impacted society. Nevertheless, medical rehabilitation programming has been historically neglected in disaster relief planning. 'NHV' is a rehabilitation services program comprised of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (N), local health departments (H), and professional rehabilitation voluntee...

BACKGROUND Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) and latissimus dorsi (LD) flap immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is a tailored surgical procedure. The surgical and patient-reported outcome (PRO) of SSM and LD IBR were assessed. METHODS Retrospective data of 146 SSMs performed by a single surgeon was reviewed. Among patients included in the data, 65 patients underwent SSM and LD IBR without a pro...

Introduction: As part of the emergency response to COVID-19 pandemic, immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) following mastectomy was temporarily withdrawn allow re-prioritisation resources. The B-MaP-C study identified women treated during 'Alert' phase who would normally have been offered IBR. RESTORE C19 aimed explore ongoing management this group. Methods: Women not IBR initial pandemic were...

Northeast India is a geodynamic hotspot for tectonic activities where three different plates viz., Indian, Eurasian and Burma Plates collide deform with respect to each other. moving Indian Plate subducting transversely beneath results in the formation of Indo-Burmese Ranges (IBR). In central IBR, north-south trending Churachandpur-Mao Fault (CMF) situated east Mizoram-Tripura Fold belt. The no...

This paper introduces an evolutionary dynamics based on imitate the better realization (IBR) rule. Under this rule, agent in a population game imitates strategy of randomly chosen opponent whenever opponent’s realized payoff is higher than his or her own. Such behavior generates mean which depends order payoffs, but not their magnitudes, and polynomial utilization frequencies. We demonstrate th...

This literature review introduces the reader to Internet Background Radiation (IBR), both its components and common recording practices. In doing so, it will set up a theoretical basis for the construction of the IBR characterisation system to follow. The literature review is split into three main parts. Section 2 provides background information on IBR and its components: worms, scanning activi...

INTRODUCTION The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines recommend that breast reconstruction should be available to all women undergoing mastectomy and discussed at the initial surgical consultation (2002, and updated 2009). The National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit (2009) showed that 21% of mastectomy patients underwent immediate breast reconstruction (I...

Idelalisib, a first-in-class oral inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase δ, has shown considerable antitumor activity as a monotherapy in recurrent indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL). To evaluate the safety and activity of idelalisib in combination with immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or both, 79 patients with relapsed/refractory iNHL were enrolled based on investigator preference in 3 treat...