A s is widely appreciated by all medical and surgical specialties, atrial fibrillation is the most common significant cardiac arrhythmia seen in practice; approximately 5 to 7 million patients in the United States have atrial fibrillation, with the numbers expected to increase to approximately 16 million by 2050 (1), and there are 200,000 to 250,000 new cases each year. Although symptoms vary w...

A method for identifying door features in images was implemented in MATLAB to extract door locations from a set of random still images. The method is based on Canny edge detection algorithm and the Hough transform, and uses fuzzy logic to determine the probability of existence of doors which fit a set of predefined rules. The algorithm has an 80% rate of detection for an input set of 196 images...

Based on COVID-19 monitoring data from the Indramayu District Health Office, there were 210 additional confirmed cases of June 20, 2021. This number was highest daily during pandemic in Regency, still increase until now. Of total 9,795 cases, 1,179 people being treated, 8,353 had recovered and 263 died. observations, it known that many who did not comply with health protocols regulation. Theref...

Introduction After the loss of teeth in the posterior maxilla, the thickness or vertical height between the alveolar crest and maxillary sinus may be insufficient to place dental implants. At present, maxillary sinus lifting has become a widely used technique for augmenting bone tissue volume in the maxilla. Various surgical techniques can be applied to achieve a sufficient bone volume in order...

Background Implementing an open door policy is a complex intervention comprising changes in therapeutic stance, team processes, and a change from locked to open doors. Recent studies show that it can lead to a reduction of seclusion and forced medication, but the role of the physical change of door status is still unclear. Aims The aims of this study is to examine the transition from closed t...

Components of mHealth are increasingly being added to development interventions worldwide. A particular case of interest is in Mali where the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Africa Indoor Residual Spraying (AIRS) Project piloted a mobile mass-messaging service in Koulikoro District in August 2014 to determine whether voice and/or text messages received on cell phones could effectively...