The detection of regions and objects in digital images is a topic of utmost importance for solving several problems related to the area of pattern recognition. In this direction, skeletonization algorithms are a widely used tool since they allow us to reduce the quantity of available data, easing the detection of characteristics for their recognition and classification. In addition, this transf...

influenced by Cullen, to the eight initial years of practice in Stafford. It was during this period, perhaps around 1770, that he seems to have taken up field botany seriously. In 1775, seeking a larger stage for his abilities, he was told by Erasmus Darwin of a promising opening in the nearest city, the then fast-growing Birmingham. There, he speedily prospered, to such an extent that eleven y...

When does (sexual) ageing begin? Ageing is the natural progression of changes in structure and function that occurs with the passage of time in the absence of known disease [1] Women experience reproductive aging (hypothalamicpituitary-ovarian axis) superimposed on chronological aging. Reproductive aging begins at birth, with the progressive destruction of the oocyte’s reserve, and proceeds as ...