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The Technical Committee on Lightning Protection of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC TC81) has finalised the new presentation of its work in four parts from general principles and risk management, to physical damage, life hazards and protection against electrical and electronic systems within structures. In this invited lecture we summarise their content and criticise the optio...

This article explains the technologies and applications of lossless audio coding. NTT started research on lossless coding of audio signals and proposed the initiation of international standardization in 2002, aiming at high-quality services suitable for broadband networks. As a result of cooperative work with other organizations, the specifications of this technology were officially incorporate...

background: this study conducted to assess publications of diabetes treatments to understand research gaps and priorities to guide a management map for future strategy of diabetes research in iran. methods: all studies published from the beginning until 2015 in national and international journals by iranian authors conducted in the field of diabetes. this comprehensive search strategy without a...