this is a case presentation of a 26-year-old woman with a moderate-sized atrial septal secundum defect (17mm) who underwent catheterism, during which an amplatzer septal occluder number 26 was inserted successfully. on the second postoperative day, she deteriorated and a clinical examination showed a typical tamponade. after a percutaneous aspiration of the pericardial cavity and transient impr...

in this paper, a sensitivity analysis of artificial neural networks (nns) is presented and employed for estimating the patch load resistance of plate girders subjected to patch loading. to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed nn model, the results are compared with the previously proposed empirical models, so that we can estimate the resistance of plate girders subjected to patch loading. the ...

introduction: the diagnostic work-up of allergic rhinitis (ar) is first and foremost based on the combination of clinical history data and results of skin prick tests (spt). other tests, including specific ige measurement, nasal challenge, and, as a third option, component resolved diagnosis or basophil activation test, may be useful when the diagnosis is difficult because of polysensitization ...

Recent deep learning models outperform standard lossy image compression codecs. However, applying these on a patch-by-patch basis requires that each patch be encoded and decoded independently. The influence from adjacent patches is therefore lost, leading to block artefacts at low bitrates. We propose the Binary Inpainting Network (BINet), an autoencoder framework which incorporates binary inpa...

In this work, a model based on the combination of two approaches XFEM and CZM, has been used to predict damage repairs by composite patch (patch/adhesive/plate assembly). This degradation is analyzed in terms adhesive considering both initiation propagation interfacial debonding. The cohesive zone patch/adhesive/plate system defined its properties resistance debonding estimated from displacemen...

A one-year-old otherwise healthy girl presented with a progressively enlarging patch on the lateral aspect of her right ankle. Her parents stated that the lesion was not remarkable at birth but became more apparent with aging. There was no history of trauma or bleeding and family history for similar lesions was unremarkable. Physical examination showed an erythematous patch of superficial telan...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of copper extraction on the structure and function of rangelands ecosystem around the mine area in Dareh Zereshk, Yazd province, Iran. Three study sites were considered at the specified intervals of the mine (0-200, 200-500 and 500-1000m). This research was conducted from 2012 to 2013. In each location, three linear transects with a length of 50 m...

human activities induced changes in land cover/use have extensive impacts on the landscape. in recent years, these changes had an increasingly growth due to irrational use of the natural resources in iran. hence, considering the negative effects of the inappropriate use of land and land-use change, understanding of the landscape changes over time is necessary to planning and implementation of s...

animals that can estimate their desirable habitat quality are better able to accordingly adapt their life behaviors. the life cycles of parasitoids are so closely adapted as to match their hosts life behavior. among the various host-parasitoid interactions, a peculiarity is the seasonal synchrony between host and parasitoid activity. the foraging and oviposition behaviors of lysiphlebus fabarum...