the processes of cultural transformation in britain in the second half of the 20th century, the fall of the empire, immigration from former colonies and the expansion of the multiculturalism, have influenced new ways of looking at the conceptions of identity of diasporic subjects within britain. examining these experiences, diasporic novelists write about the second generation immigrants in con...

background the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in hemodialysis patients is more than the general population. they are also more prone to complications including upper gastrointestinal bleeding. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 14 days hybrid regimen with 14 days triple therapy for helicobacter pylori ( h . pylori ) eradication in hemodialysis patients. methods forty hemod...

A retrospective review of the Vascular Quality Initiative database was performed from 2005 to 2020. Of 1433 patients with atherosclerotic tandem lesions in internal carotid artery (ICA) and proximal common (CCA) or innominate artery, 795 (55%) had undergone antegrade transfemoral stenting ICA lesion 638 (45%) hybrid interventions consisting endarterectomy (CEA) retrograde endovascular stenting....

BACKGROUND Preoperative localization of parathyroid lesions is potentially beneficial in renal patients with hyperparathyroidism. The aim of this study was to determine the localizing value of hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography combined with low-dose x-ray computed tomography (SPECT/LDCT) compared with SPECT alone and whether the LDCT improved reader confidence. PATIENTS AND ME...

In this paper, an unsupervised approach based on Evolving Vector Quantization (EVQ) is presented for enhancing dermatology images for skin lesion segmentation. Vector Quantization (VQ) as a famous compression technique has been widely used in image signal compression and speech signal compression. The EVQ algorithm extends the Linde, Buzo, and Gray (LBG) Vector Quantization method with Particle...

Correctly classifying a skin lesion is one of the first steps towards treatment. We propose a novel convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture for skin lesion classification designed to learn based on information from multiple image resolutions while leveraging pretrained CNNs. While traditional CNNs are generally trained on a single resolution image, our CNN is composed of multiple tracts...

this research set out to evaluate the effect of combined biological and chemical nitrogen fertilizers on some corn hybrids. to this end an experiment was conducted as split plot on the basis of randomized complete block design with four replications. main plots were included: use of chemical and biological fertilizers in four levels: 100% chemical fertilizer, 75% chemical fertilizer + 100% bio-...

the share of dc-based renewable energy resources (rers) and electricity storage systems are increasing due to developments of smart grid technologies. moreover, the share of dc-based load has rapid growth due to significant developments of power electronic technologies. therefore, a more flexible power system is required for efficient integration of emerging loads and generators. in this paper,...