1 SB Ankara Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, 7. Göğüs Hastalıkları Kliniği, Ankara, 2 Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Afyonkarahisar, 3 SB Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Evde Bakım ve Solunum Rehabilitasyon Ünitesi, Ankara, 4 SB Ankara Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları...

This paper presents a highly efficient method for recognizing the existence of bridge coating rust defects by using color image processing. The detection of defects on steel bridge surfaces during the operation and maintenance of bridge structures is important to ensure the safety and reliability of them. More advanced techniques such as digital image processing have been studied for better mon...

OBJECTIVE The feasibility and efficacy of the pneumatic 'Berlin Heart' ventricular assist device (VAD) were evaluated in 14 pediatric patients with profound cardiogenic shock refractory to conventional therapy. METHODS There were two patient groups. Eleven patients, aged 2 weeks 15 years and weighing 3.2-52 kg received a left ventricular assist device or a biventricular assist device as a bri...

discussion we have to stress that the importance of this case report is its presentation in an elderly patient, as the frequent age of presentation in the iranian patients is the middle age. on the other hand, pv occurs rarely, thus, the reporting of any rare case with some exceptions is important. case presentation we reported a case of pemphigus vulgaris in a 79-year-old patient with the exte...

background attitude and knowledge of the different groups of society play an important role in facilitating living conditions and meeting the needs of the disabled elderly. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of medical sciences students toward the disabled elderly from different angles. patients and methods ninety students from semnan university of medical...

background: previous studies on the relationship between sleep patterns and obesity in the elderly are limited and have conflicting results. moreover, few studies have measured sleep patterns objectively. in this study, we investigated objective sleep patterns and their relationship with obesity in the elderly in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 88 elderly (≥60 years old) w...

in this paper, full scale load test of a horizontally curved steel box-girder bridge is carried out in order to detect structural defects, which reportedly result in unwanted vibrations in nearby buildings. the bridge is tested under the passage of six heavy vehicles at different speeds, so as to determine its static and dynamic responses. a total number of one hundred and two (102) sensors are...

dental implants have provided exceptional rehabilitative options for edentulous and partially edentulous patients. however, as more implants come into play, the more the clinicians come across problems where specific considerations must be taken into account to meet expectations. the toronto bridge is a treatment modality proposed for restoring several teeth lost in patients with increased crow...