Brain changes after stroke suggest that undamaged areas may 'take over' the function of damaged regions. Recent studies using magnetic stimulation to disrupt the healthy human brain shed new light on the potential for dynamic compensation across the motor system.

one of very important issues after catastrophes like war is the reconstruction of damages and also rebuilding the social life at the hurting society.  the present article is aimed at addressing reconstruction of those rural communities of kurdistan province which destroyed during iraq and iran war. the fieldwork has been done in three villages: njmar, qalajee, qalagah. using qualitative methods...

Neurotoxic lesions of nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM) in rats cause depletion of acetylcholine (ACh) in neocortex (Ncx) and deficits in passive avoidance (PA) behavior. Such deficits in behavior can be used to evaluate treatments designed to promote functional recovery. Because cultured astrocytes produce, store and release trophic factors known to enhance the rescue of damaged neurons, t...

We propose using satellite remote sensing technology with a modified damage detection model based on the regression discriminant function for severe building damage ratios as a method to quickly estimate damaged areas due to tsunamis anywhere in the world. The model was developed using a data set from JERS-1/SAR images of the aftermath of the 1995 Kobe earthquake and its detailed ground-truth d...

In this paper, we present a novel fast algorithm for image retouching. A space-mapping technique is used to transform a missing (or damaged) part of a surface into a different shape in a continuous manner. Experimental results are included to demonstrate the feasibility of our approach. The proposed approach shows the obvious relationship between the surface retouching problem and image inpaint...

The impact on human life and health was massive. The death toll was 15 839 – second only to the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. As of 29 November, the missing individuals numbered 3632, while the injured totaled 5950.1 Power, gas and water supplies were disrupted in many areas for several days and weeks. Roads, railways, airports and infrastructures were severely damaged. More than 930 000 buil...