OBJECTIVE Women with breast cancer face threats to body image following surgery. Nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction (NSM + IBR) may minimise body image disturbance as this preserves the woman's skin and areola complex. We assessed levels of body image disturbance and psychological distress in women undergoing NSM + IBR. To further understand the body image-distress r...

objects offer resolution independence over a wide range of scales. With this approach, object boundaries remain sharp when we zoom in on an object until very close range, where faceting appears due to finite polygon size (see Figure 1). However, constructing polygon models for complex, real-world objects can be difficult. Imagebased rendering (IBR), a complementary approach for representing and...

Image-based rendering (IBR) is one of the most promising techniques for photorealistic image synthesis. However, the naive IBR framework has some drawbacks, including restrictions on viewing direction, and difficulties in managing illumination change or object deformation. In this paper, we present a new IBR method capable of composing images of deformable objects from arbitrary view points, an...

مگس مینوز سبزی و صیفی Liriomyza sativae Blanchard ، از مهم­ترین آفات ‌های گلخانه ای فضای باز، محسوب می شود. با توجه به توصیه کاربرد حشره­ کش تیوسیکلام جهت مدیریت آفت مزبور، در پژوهش حاضر، اثرات کشندگی زیرکشندگی(5/131:LC30، 1/87:LC20، 15/49:LC10 میلی گرم ماده موثره بر لیتر) حشره ­کش (اویسکت®SP50%) روی فراسنجه ­های زیستی این شرایط آزمایشگاهی مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفت. روش استفاده انجام آزمایش­ها غوط...

BACKGROUND The significance of internal mammary lymph nodes (IMLNs) encountered during dissection of internal mammary vessels (IMVs) for microvascular free flap breast reconstruction (FFBR) remains uncertain. We report our experience with the opportunistic harvest of IMLNs during FFBR. Therapeutic implications and patient outcomes are explored. METHODS All IMV anastomoses for delayed (DBR) or...

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is a highly infectious disease of cattle caused by bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) that causes considerable economic losses to the dairy and beef industry. This report describes the results of two surveys in which prevalence of serum antibodies against BHV-1 in Galicia (NW Spain) was determined. The first was performed on the entire cattle population of the ...

Most studies of infectious diseases in East African cattle have concentrated on gastro-intestinal parasites and vector-borne diseases. As a result, relatively little is known about viral diseases, except for those that are clinically symptomatic or which affect international trade such as foot and mouth disease, bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease. Here, we investigate the seroprevale...

An integrated approach using biomarkers and contaminant levels in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis L. was employed to assess chemical contamination in Greek coastal waters within the framework of the MYTIMED program. Biomarkers (metallothioneins, glutathione S-transferase, catalase, acetylcholinesterase and RNA:DNA ratio) have been previously described in mussels caged at 14 sites in coastal a...