OBJECTIVE This paper presents an effective cardiac arrhythmia classification algorithm using the heart rate variability (HRV) signal. The proposed algorithm is based on the generalized discriminant analysis (GDA) feature reduction scheme and the support vector machine (SVM) classifier. METHODOLOGY Initially 15 different features are extracted from the input HRV signal by means of linear and n...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficiency of L-glutamic acid to prevent calcification of glutaraldehyde bovine pericardium implanted in rats' subcutaneous tissues. METHODS Fifty four Wistar rats were divided in six groups according to the type of the bovine pericardium implanted. At first, all pericardia were initially cross-linked with 0.5% glutaraldehyd (GDA) fixative for 72 h. In Group I, after...

Accurate high-spatial-resolution precipitation is significantly important in hydrological and meteorological modelling, especially rain-gauge-sparse areas. Some methods strategies have been applied for satellite-based downscaling, residual correction calibration. However, which downscaling scheme can provide reliable high-resolution efficiently remains unanswered. To address this issue, study a...

BACKGROUND To date, no consensus has emerged on the most appropriate front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition label to help consumers in making informed choices. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of the label formats currently in use: nutrient-specific, graded and simple summary systems, in a large sample of adults. METHODS The FOP label effectiveness was assessed by measuring the label acceptabilit...

Abstract Background This is case of removing a dislocated pushable coil from the common hepatic artery (CHA) as possible complication using coils in embolization an upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) gastroduodenal (GDA) by pRESET stent retriever (Phenox, Bochum, Germany) which utilized mainly for treatment endovascular stroke. Case presentation An 88-year-old female patient was referred to...