Shape correspondence is the foundation for accurate statistical shape analysis; this is usually accomplished by identifying a set of sparsely sampled and well-corresponded landmark points across a population of shape instances. However, most available shape correspondence methods can only effectively deal with complete-shape correspondence, where a one-to-one mapping is assumed between any two ...

The data presented here had been originally collected for a research project entitled 'Sleep EEG spectral analysis in psychophysiological insomnia and normal sleep subjects'. This article describes the data of 11 subjects, referred to Sleep Disorders Research Center (SDRC) in Kermanshah, Iran. The data includes 14 EEG, 6 EOG, and 3 EMG channels, with a sampling ratio of 256 Hz. It includes powe...

In a cross-sectional study, all trauma patients hospitalized for 24 hours or more over a 4-month period in Taleghani hospital, the only referral teaching centre in Kermanshah city, were studied (n = 779). Mean age was 34.7 (standard deviation 19.9) years. Male, unemployed and illiterate patients predominated. Road traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence were the most common mechanis...

abstract background: hypertension with serious cardiovascular, cerebral, renal complications is an important factor of mortality in the world. recognizing its symptoms together with its associated signs can be effective in preventing complications of hypertension. for this reason, researchers began the study aiming at surveying initial symptoms of hypertension. methods: this study was descripti...

plague is an infectious disease transmitted from rodents to humans. this disease is considered an endemic disease in western iran. the last officially reported case of human plague in iran was in 1965. in the last few decades, human plague has been reported in iran’ neighboring countries. also, according to some recent evidence witnessing infected rodents in western iran, it is probable to have...

barfabad river is one of the most important surface water resources in the west of iran which passes from the south of kerend and through the islamabad city and receives high volume of human and industrial sewage. for assessing the water quality of the river, 8 stations were chosen and 72 samples were taken during 9 months from april 1997 to january 1998 and were analysed according to the stand...

introduction kermanshah province, iran, comprises an area, of 24640 km2 and is located between 33°37′-35°17′n and 45°20′-48°1′e. the average annual precipitation is 450 mm. most of the fields surveyed in this study lie between 542 and 1554 m a.s.l. among the factors decreasing the wheat yields, weeds have an important role. the results of some researches show that the weeds flora depends on cli...

Background: In this research a rapid vulnerability and risk assessment at territorial level is performed. Methods: The methodology used, initially proposed for ancient masonry churches, extended applied to ten historic mosques in Kermanshah city. method could be considered as preliminary approach of structures, refers LV0 method, since the used requires simple qualitative information. It involv...