In applications such as speech and audio denoising, music transcription, music and audio based forensics, it is desirable to decompose a single-channel recording into its respective sources, commonly referred to as blind source separation (BSS). One of the techniques used in BSS is non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). In NMF both supervised and unsupervised mode of operations is used. Among...

PURPOSE The study was aimed to investigate the frequency of diabetes mellitus type 2 in patients infected with chronic hepatitis C virus and its association with cirrhosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective case series was conducted at Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad, over a period of 4 months from June 2009 to October 2009. Hepatitis C viru...

The main objective of this work is the development and evaluation of iterative image reconstruction (IIR) methods for multitracer dynamic positron emission tomography (mdPET) studies. The ordered subsets (OS) technique applied for the acceleration of the maximum likelihood expectation maximization (ML-EM) IIR algorithm, is here extended to include the weighted-least squares (WLS), image space r...

Objective Determine the frequency of cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 2 diabetics using Bellavere's score system. Subjects and Methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Medicine, Isra University Hospital Hyderabad from March to November 2011. Sixty voluntary participants of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) were selected through non-probability purposi...

.. Objectives: To assess first year MBBS students’ perceptions regarding Integrated Performance Assessment and its relevance to clinical practice as compared with traditional OSPEs. Study Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Al Nafees Medical College, Isra University, Islamabad. Period: Final week of First year MBBS students’ professional exam held in November 2013. Methodology...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty (ALT) as a primary mode of therapy in reducing the intraocular Pressure (IOP) of patients diagnosed with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG). STUDY DESIGN Quasi experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was carried out at Isra Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Karachi, from July 2003 to July 2004. PATIE...

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the frequency cardiogenic shock in patients younger than 45 years age presenting with NSTEMI. Methodology: A hospital based Cross sectional has been conducted a tertiary Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad Department Cardiology. This started September 2017 and completed on March 2019 recruited total 321 NSTEMI having less either gender determ...

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare incidence post STEMI ventricular arrhythmias among patients with versus without LV dysfunction. Methodology: This prospective Cohort conducted in department cardiology a tertiary care hospital, Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad over period eleven months from 1st September 2019 31st July 2020 and recruited total 95 STEMI. Baseline data (age,...

Al-Najwa merupakan pembicaraan secara rahasia yang dilarang oleh syari’at agama sebab mengandung unsur keburukan. Penelitian ini memiliki titik pusat pembahasan pada makna menjadi kebiasaan masyarakat. Tujuan artikel untuk menganalisis dalam al-Qur’an memfokuskan Q.S an-Nisa ayat 114, al-Tawbah 78, dan al-Isra’ 47 dengan mengkomparasikan antara pandangan tafsir al-Azhar al-Misbah. termasuk jeni...

Musala Da’watul Khair adalah salah satu tempat ibadah yang berada di Kelurahan Sungai Ulin Kecamatan Banjarbaru Utara Kota Banjarbaru, memiliki peran dan fungsi penting ditengah-tengah kehidupan masyarakat. Disamping fungsinya sebagai ibadah, juga dipakai untuk kegiatan-kegiatan keagamaan lain-nya seperti: pengajian, yasinan, latihan shalawatan, perayaan isra’ miraj, maulid nabi dll. Kegiatan-k...