introduction: focused assessment with sonography for trauma (fast) is a highly effective first screening tool for initial classification of abdominal trauma patients. the present study was designed to evaluate the outcome of patients with blunt abdominal trauma and positive fast findings. methods: the present prospective cross-sectional study was done on patients over 7 years old with normal ab...

In this paper a new method for determining the search area for motion estimation algorithm based on block matching is suggested. In the proposed method the search area is adaptively found for each block of a frame. This search area is similar to that of the full search (FS) algorithm but smaller for most blocks of a frame. Therefore, the proposed algorithm is analogous to FS in terms of reg...

Introduction “Blink” is defined as closing and opening of the eyes in a small duration of time. In this study, we aimed to introduce a fast, robust, vision-based approach for blink detection. Materials and Methods This approach consists of two steps. In the first step, the subject’s face is localized every second and with the first blink, the system detects the eye’s location and creates an ope...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a study of knowledge management understanding and usage in small and medium knowledge-intensive enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The study has taken an interpretative approach, using two knowledge-intensive South ISFAHAN (Iran) companies as case studies, both of which are characterized by the need to process and use knowledge on a dail...

This paper introduces a grammar-based general purpose framework for the automatic search and deployment of potentially Deep Artificial Neural Networks (DANNs). The approach is known as Fast Evolutionary Network Structured Representation (Fast-DENSER) capable simultaneously optimising topology, learning strategy any other required hyper-parameters (e.g., data pre-processing or augmentation). Fas...

Fast-track (or enhanced recovery after surgery [ERAS]) programmes for total hip arthroplasty and knee have evolved over the past 20 yr.1Kehlet H. arthroplasty.Lancet. 2013; 381: 1600-1602Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (221) Google Scholar Their development has been driven by questions, ‘Can operation be done as an outpatient procedure?’ if not, ‘Why is patient in hospital?’ based upon ana...