examination and supported by slit skin smears for the presence of acid fast bacilli (AFB). However, definitive diagnosis of early leprosy and those suspected to have the disease but not histologically confirmed pose major public health problems. The present study reports the utility of the in situ Polymerase Chain Reaction amplification (PCR) directed at a 530bp fragment of DNA encoding the 36k...

Problem statement: The Case Based Reasoning (CBR) method can be implemented in differential diagnosis analysis. C4.5 algorithm has been commonly used to help the method’s knowledge building process. This process is completed by constructing decision tree from previously handled cases data. The C4.5 algorithm itself can be used with an assumption that all the cases has an exact and equal truth v...

fateme derakhshan-panah was born in hamedan (iran) in 1987. she received her b.s. in pure chemistry (2009) and m.s. in organic chemistry (2011) from bu-ali sina university, iran. she is currently working towards her ph.d. under the supervision of professor m. a. zolfigol. her research interest is organic methodology especially the application of solid acids and ionic liquids in organic synthesis.

This paper focuses on the parametric study of steady and unsteady forced and natural convection problems by the certified reduced basis method. These problems are characterized by an input-output relationship in which given an input parameter vector — material properties, boundary conditions and sources, and geometry — we would like to compute certain outputs of engineering interest — heat flux...

Background/Aims. The aim of this study is to clarify the differences of CCL20 and CCR6 expression, chemokine correlated to intestinal homeostasis, between pediatric and adult ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Methods. Onehundred forty-one patients who underwent proctocolectomy were divided to two groups including childhood-onset UC (CUC, <16 years old, n = 24) and adult-onset UC (AUC, ≧16 years...

Cu+l(Si02/A1203), Cu+/A1203 and Cu+/Si02 catalysts were prepared by a combination of the ion-exchange method and thermovacuum treatment. In-situ XANES and EXAFS investigations of the catalysts have revealed that Cu+ ions are anchored onto Alz03 or SiO2 as planar 3-coordinate Cu+, while being anchored onto SiOz/A1203 as linear 2-coordinate Cu+. Photoluminescence measurements of the catalysts and...