Background and Purpose Ventricular enlargement and white matter lesions are frequent findings on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging scans of elderly subjects. In demented subjects they seem related to the severity of the dementia, but in nondemented subjects their clinical significance is less clear. We investigated the relation of size of the lateral ventricles and white matter lesions with c...

critical issue regarding to variation of findings based on different phenotypes led investigators to define whether they are distinct features or overlapping ones. therefore, we aimed to investigate the association between diverse phenotypes of pcos (poly cystic ovary syndrome) with clinical manifestations, anthropometric indices, and metabolic characteristics. this was a descriptive cross-sect...

a Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands b WZB Social Science Center Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany c Technical University of Berlin, Faculty of Economics and Management, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany d University of Mannheim, Mannheim Business School, 68131 Mannheim, Germany e University of Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5...

Rogier Bodewes,1 Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez,1 Anita C. Schürch, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, and Saskia L. Smits Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (R. Bodewes, A.C. Schürch, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, S.L. Smits); University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (A. Ruiz-Gonzalez); National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Ita...

background: polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) is a common endocrinopathy that accompanied with long term complications. the early diagnosis of this syndrome can prevent it. objective: the aim was to determine the role of anti-mullerian hormon (amh) in pcos diagnosis and to find cut off level of it. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study, 117 women between 20-40 years old were par...

This study aims to investigate the different management policies of multi-reservoir systems and their impact on the demand supply and hydropower generation in Great Karun River basin. For this purpose, the semi-distributed simulation-optimization  model of the Great Karun River basin is developed. Also, the multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm is applied to optimize the develop...

rapid urban growth is resulting into increase in travel demand and private vehicle ownership in urban areas. in the present scenario the existing infrastructure has failed to match the demand that leads to traffic congestion, vehicular pollution and accidents. with traffic congestion augmentation on the road, delay of commuters has increased and reliability of road network has decreased. four s...

responsibility in demand networks is one of the most important measures of performance. the concept of agility and flexibility in service and production. variety and changes in demand need more flexible network design that can cope with potential shortage and delay. this paper presents new mathematical model to optimize the design of demand network when there are highly variable demands. it als...