abstract introduction: non-invasive measurement of carotid intima media thickness (imt) has been noted as a marker for atherosclerosis and can serve as a predictor of cardiovascular accidents. the present study investigates the relationship between carotid imt and coronary artery disease (cad). method: this is a descriptive, analytical cross-sectional study of 300 individuals referring to isfah...

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a simple and inexpensive tool to assess the cumulative effect of atherosclerotic risk factors and is an independent predictor of future cardiovascular risk. CIMT is commonly used as a surrogate end point in research trials as a marker of atherosclerosis. However, new software programs have made CIMT a clinically practical examination for risk evaluation....

Sales prediction is a complex task because of large number of factors affecting the demand. We present a context aware sales prediction approach, which selects the base predictor depending on the structural properties of the historical sales. First, we learn how to categorize the sales time series offline into “predictable” and “non-predictable” based on the structural features of the series. N...

OBJECTIVE Acute Renal Failure (ARF) is a common medical problem. Delay in diagnosis is associated with increased mortality. Variety of conditions can lead to ARF. Many factors can influence the outcome of ARF. This study was done to find the predictive factors related to outcome of ARF. METHODS One hundred adult patients of acute renal failure admitted to Ziauddin Hospital were studied. Certa...

The performances of phasor estimation algorithms for the UMTS RAKE Receiver are analysed. Due to the need of covering a wide range of possible mobile speeds and spreading factors, two different algorithms are considered here, namely a LMS-Kalman type algorithm, and a Wiener filter. The Wiener filter is considered both, as a predictor and a smother. It is shown that the simpler LMS-Kalman predic...

The challenge of predicting the distribution alien species has long been a focus invasion ecology. Herein, we assessed biotic and abiotic factors from 1980s as potential predictors bird patterns 20 years later in state New York. To assess ability each factor to predict future patterns, analysed influence (native taxonomic, functional phylogenetic diversity, human population density) (climate la...