In many algorithms for background modeling, a distribution over feature values is modeled at each pixel. These models, however, do not account for the dependencies that may exist among nearby pixels. The joint domain-range kernel density estimate (KDE) model by Sheikh and Shah [7], which is not a pixel-wise model, represents the background and foreground processes by combining the three color d...

A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica) infection in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Alexandria, Beheira, and Kafr el-Sheikh governorates (provinces) of the Nile Delta in Egypt and to identify the underlying risk factors associated with the infection. A total of 29 farms (10 in Alexandria, 10 in Beheira, and 9 in Kafr el-Sheikh) wer...

Certain types of web information need to be verified for correctness once being posted on the web (i. e. the information has a reference that cannot be tampered with). Such these types of information need systems in order to verify and assure their correctness. "The Hadith"; which is the sayings of Prophet Mohammad is an example of these types of information. Hadith in Islam is a very...

t in islam world, writing and scribing koran has been always a very important issue. professional  scribers and calligraphers of koran were in the acme point of this process. scribing diversity as  well as different styles of writing divine words does not contradict with uprightness in recording  koran words so that in addition to observing this principle, great calligraphers have tried to  scr...

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Fatima El Boukhrissi, Ghizlane Zoulati, Issam En-nafaa, Hassan Ouleghzal, Sara Derrou, Soumaya Safi, Youssef Bamou, Lhoussine Balouch Service de Biochimie-Toxicologie, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail Meknès, Maroc, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès, Maroc, Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail Meknès, Maroc, Service d’Endocrinologi...

Sheikh JI, Cassidy EL, Doraiswamy PM, et al. Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sertraline in patients with late-life depression and comorbid medical illness. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52:86–92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

In June, 2003, Egypt’s hospital-based electronic disease surveillance system began to record increased cases of acute febrile illness from governorates in the Nile Delta. In response to a request for assistance from the Egyptian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) provided assistance in identifying the cause and extent...