most contemporary clinical reasoning tests typically assess non-automatic thinking. therefore, a test is needed to measure automatic reasoning or pattern recognition, which has been largely neglected in clinical reasoning tests. the puzzle test (pt) is dedicated to assess automatic clinical reasoning in routine situations. this test has been introduced first in 2009 by monajemi et al in the oly...

purpose: to analyze the clinical patterns and etiologies of uveitis in isfahan. methods: the records of 2016 patients with uveitis who had been referred to the feiz tertiary eye care center, isfahan, between 1999 and 2013 were classified and analyzed with respect to demographic, clinical, anatomical, and etiological characteristics. results: at the onset of uveitis, the mean patient age was 33....

in this study demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis admitted to a referral center for infectious diseases in iran, have been evaluated. medical records of adult (> 18 years) individuals with confirmed diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during a 4-year period were retrospecti...

introduction: esophagus cancer is most common gi malignancies in zahedan. this investigation was undertaken to define the epidemiology, and prognostic factors relevant to patients withesophagus cancer in this region. methods : we did a retrospective review of 175 patientswith esophagus cancer who presented to ali ebne abitaleb hospital and khatam alanbia hospitalin 2005-2010. data analysis was ...

Psychological data suggest that internal representations such as mental images can be used as templates in visual pattern recognition. But computational studies suggest that traditional template matching is insufficient for high-accuracy recognition of real-life patterns such as handwritten characters. Here we explore a model for visual pattern recognition that combines a template-matching and ...

Background: Melasma is a pattern of facial pigmentation that affects upper lip, cheeks, forehead and chin. The disease is seen mainly in 30-55 year old women, and may be regarded as a physiological change in pregnancy. Its etiologic nature is still unknown. Objective: To determine the prevalence of melasma in women in Ardebil city. Patients and Methods: The study was cross sectional-descr...

All new cases of vitiligo reporting to Dermatology Outpatient of Combined Military Hospital, Panu Aqil, were included in the study. Of the 230 patients, 124 were male (53.9%) and 106 were female (46.1%). Males were more commonly affected. The disease affected all age groups. Mean age at presentation was 27.02 + 18.34 years and age at presentation ranged from 5.5 months to 82 years. The mean age...