237 A Method for Extracting Suspected Parotid Lesions in CT Images using Feature-based Segmentation and Active Contours based on Stationary Wavelet Transform T. Y. Wu, S. F. Lin 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, No.1001, Ta Hsueh Rd. , Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan (R.O.C.), [email protected], [email protected] Industrial Technology Research Institue, C...

conclusions both methods lia and sfnb provided excellent pain relief and lower morphine consumption following tka. lia is a surgeon-controlled analgesic technique, which can be used to enhance patients’ satisfaction and reduce the pain in the very early postoperative period by surgeon independently. results group i had significantly lower morphine consumption in the first postoperative day (10 ...

This study aims to present and analyse several descriptions of snow cover conditions on Vitosha Mountain over the last five centuries. It uses written historical sources diachronic method. They are discussed in context available climate environmental data for Bulgaria adjacent areas Balkans during Little Ice Age (LIA). can be concluded from presented LIA that probably 17th early 18th centuries ...

1School of Material Science, JAPAN Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi city, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan 2Biotechnology Industrialization Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), c/o Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan 3Biomedical Research Ins...

Using the panel data of 263 prefecture-level cities in China, this article explores development green technology innovation under influence intra-city industrial collaborative agglomeration and inter-city network connectivity. Regression results prove that both them can enhance innovation. However, further heterogeneity tests suggest promoting power is only significant eastern, central medium-l...

COVID-19 is a disease which has spread throughout the entire world and was announced as pandemic it infects individuals through air. As result, policies regarding mobility health protocols were implemented. Cities regencies in Riau Islands act entrance gate to Indonesia from other countries due its strategic locations thus migration became very concerning thing, especially Batam, successful cit...

BACKGROUND HIV surveillance requires monitoring of new HIV diagnoses and differentiation of incident and older infections. In 2008, Switzerland implemented a system for monitoring incident HIV infections based on the results of a line immunoassay (Inno-Lia) mandatorily conducted for HIV confirmation and type differentiation (HIV-1, HIV-2) of all newly diagnosed patients. Based on this system, w...

'What Manchester thinks today, London thinks tomorrow' (19th century saying) This issue is dedicated to Manchester and its celebration of 60 years of academic occupational medicine. As a Mancunian myself I am particularly proud to be writing this editorial and introducing you to a special issue that has seen the people of Manchester respond to another challenge. Whether it is industry, art, mus...

Since 1995 the school education sector has been a dominant focus for education for sustainabi li ty (EfS) in Austra lia (Tilbury, Coleman, & Garlick, 2005, p. 1). The commencement of the Austra lian Susta inable Schools In it iative (AuSSI) in 2003, with its whole school approach, dramatically increased this focus (Department of Education and Training, 2005b). The pilot for the Western Australi...

One of the biggest promises of the Industrial Internet of Things is to leverage real-world data gathered through wireless sensor networks (WSN) to drive higher efficiencies and streamline business practices. The demands on WSNs are diverse, with sensors placed throughout buildings, city streets, industrial plants, tunnels and bridges, moving vehicles or in remote locations such as along pipelin...