BACKGROUND The long-term outcome of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation demonstrates attrition. This outcome may be due to failure to attenuate the progressive substrate promoted by cardiovascular risk factors. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of risk factor and weight management on AF ablation outcomes. METHODS Of 281 consecutive patients undergoing AF ablation, 1...

Two morphologically distinct, H2- and CO2-utilizing methanogens were isolated from gut homogenates of the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes-flavipes (Kollar) (Rhinotermitidae). Strain RFM-1 was a short straight rod (0.4 by 1.2 micron), whereas strain RFM-2 was a slightly curved rod (0.34 by 1.6 microns) that possessed polar fibers. Their morphology, gram-positive staining reaction, resistanc...

Abstract Background: Decision makers use the process of determining best course action by processing, analysing & interpreting data to gain insights, known as Business Intelligence. Some decision support systems sales figures predict future expansion, but few consider effect customer data. Objectives: The main objective this study is build a model that will give forecast based on fine-tuned...

customers segmentation and analyzing their behavior at fast moving costumer goods (fmgs) industries which deal with a large number of customers with a variety of characteristics causes the marketing activities to be targeted and leads to effective communication with the customers. segmentation, a data mining approach, which leads to the discovery of similar groups of customers, is usually done ...

BACKGROUND Maternal perception of reduced fetal movement (RFM) is associated with increased risk of stillbirth and fetal growth restriction (FGR). RFM is thought to represent fetal compensation to conserve energy due to insufficient oxygen and nutrient transfer resulting from placental insufficiency. OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of poor perinatal outcome after maternal perception of reduc...

The Rational Function Model (RFM) has been widely used as an alternative to rigorous sensor models of high-resolution optical imagery in photogrammetry and remote sensing geometric processing. However, not much work has been done to evaluate the applicability of the RF model for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image processing. This paper investigates how to generate a Rational Polynomial Coeffi...

Multiple studies using various approaches have associated reduced fetal movements (RFM) with stillbirth and small for gestational age infants [1,2]. More recently, RFM has been linked to neurodevelopmental delay and a lack of response to treatment for hypoxicischaemic encephalopathy [3,4]. The relationship between adverse pregnancy or infant outcome is thought to be mediated by placental dysfun...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were evaluation of the association of reduced fetal movements (RFM) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth at term and to explore if fetal and maternal outcomes are different with single vs repeated episodes of RFM and normal fetal assessment test results. STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective cohort study of all singleton pregnancies referred for RFMs at a...