The first and the sixth National Iranian Stroke Congress were held on 27-29 November 2013 in the Petrochemical Recreation Complex, Tabriz, Iran. The congress was supported by World Stroke Organization and Turkey Cerebrovascular Association and almost 100 physicians and researchers across Iran and other countries participated in the congress. Dr. Afshin Divani from USA, Dr. Manouchehr Seyyedi Va...

Strategic planning for information systems remains as one of the top concerns and continues to be a critical issue for many chief information officers and their organisations. Also, a comprehensive review of the recent information systems planning literature reveals that selecting a proper methodology used in developing an information systems plan is one of the success factors related to the su...

Euclidean distance matrices (EDMs) are central players in many diverse fields including psychometrics, NMR spectroscopy, machine learning and sensor networks. However, they are not often exploited in signal processing. In this thesis, we analyze attributes of EDMs and derive new key properties of them. These analyses allow us to propose algorithms to approximate EDMs and provide analytic bounds...

Endometriosis is classically defined as the growth of endometrial glands and stroma at extra-uterine sites, most commonly implanted over visceral and peritoneal surfaces within the female pelvis (1). Though endometriosis has been described for the first time in 1690 by the German physician, Daniel Shroen, researchers remain still unsure as to the definitive cause of this disease (2). The most w...

1. Digestive Oncology Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Division of Digestive Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA 3. Gastroenterology & Oncology, Henri Mondor Hospital and University Paris-Est CRETEIL (UPEC), Paris, France Shirin Moossavi1, Faraz Bishehsari2, Reza Ansari1, Homayoon Vahedi1, Siavos...

Reza Babazadeh is M.S. Student in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is a Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Jafar Razmi is an Associate Professor in Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran,...