Valgus deformity of the foot is commonly encountered after poliomyelitis, which is still a medical problem in Egypt. Triple arthrodesis is usually indicated to correct the deformity and to stabilise the foot after it reaches skeletal maturity. However, technical problems may arise when the conventional technique is used, because dislocating the foot and removing a medial wedge through a lateral...

Image segmentation is a crucial step in extracting information from a digital image. It is not easy to set up the segmentation parameter so that it gives the best fit over the entire set of images that need to be segmented. This paper proposes a novel method for image segmentation based on CBR. It describe the whole architecture, as well as the methods used for the various components of the sys...

Islam is now commonly considered to be the second largest religion in France behind Christianity. Accepting this demographic reality has never been easy for many French citizens. Too often discussions about Islam in France begin and end with a treatment of Muslims as a social problem. Too often the question is asked: Can Muslims fit into French society?. That question presupposes that Islamic v...

This paper discusses issues in the design of a rich taxonomy of dialogue acts that is hierarchically structured in such a way that a notion of ‘dimension’ is reflected, corresponding to the intuition that communication is a complex activity, with multiple aspects that can be addressed simultaneously. The taxonomy is also ‘open’ in the sense that it is based on clear criteria for including dialo...

Musical fit, the congruence between music and product leading to improved response, is presented as an explanation of differences in recall of food items from two cultures. Musical fit predicts that, in this case, more Indian food items would be recalled when Indian music was playing, and more Malay food items would be recalled when Malay music was played. The underlining premise of this predic...

Fit testing of tight-fitting respiratory protective facepieces has been in use for some years, but there are still widespread misconceptions and misunderstandings about what a fit test pass actually signifies. Various aspects frequently generate research papers, and there are three relevant ones in this issue (Han and Lee, 2005; Kuo et al., 2005; Vaughan and RajanSithamparanadarajah, 2005). In ...

BACKGROUND Swedish healthcare has an internationally high standard, but is often criticized from a patient perspective owing to access problems to primary and specialist care. The waiting time to get in touch or get an appointment with a doctor, nurse, or physiotherapist is often too long. Access problems also create stress for employees when there are too few appointments to offer. In addition...

March 28, 2017 Version 1.46.0 Date 2011-02-09 Title A ``corrective make-up'' program for microarray chips Author Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Maurizio Pellegrino, Knut M. Wittkowski, Marcelo O. Magnasco Maintainer Maurizio Pellegrino Depends R (>= 2.10) Imports affy, altcdfenvs, Biobase, stats, utils Description The package is used to detect extended, diffuse and compact blemi...

January 14, 2017 Version 1.46.0 Date 2011-02-09 Title A ``corrective make-up'' program for microarray chips Author Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Maurizio Pellegrino, Knut M. Wittkowski, Marcelo O. Magnasco Maintainer Maurizio Pellegrino Depends R (>= 2.10) Imports affy, altcdfenvs, Biobase, stats, utils Description The package is used to detect extended, diffuse and compact ble...