In high resolution computed tomography (CT) using flat panel detectors, imperfect or defected detector elements cause stripe artifacts in sinogram which results in concentric ring artifacts in the image. Such ring artifacts obscure image details in the regions of interest of the image. In this article, novel techniques are proposed for the detection, classification, and correction of ring artif...

Multiplex protein technology has the potential to identify biomarkers for the differentiation, classification and improved understanding of the pathogenesis of interstitial lung disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether a 30-inflammatory biomarker panel could discriminate between healthy controls, sarcoidosis and systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients independently of other clinical in...

The ever-growing use of pharmaceutical compounds, including antibacterial substances, poses a substantial pollution load on the environment. Such compounds can compromise water quality, contaminate soils, livestock and crops, enhance resistance of microorganisms to antibiotic substances, and hamper human health. We report the construction of a novel panel of genetically engineered Escherichia c...

in the present time, phenomenon like globalization, regionalism and economic integration are the basic issues which bring many positive consequences to the world economy. regionalism and economic integration are one of the ways that developing countries can adopt to collate the globalization process. to acknowledge their own abilities or, to settle the commercial and economic disputes in their ...

abstract achieving economic growth, as one of the essential purposes in each country, needs appropriate tracing of government as one of the important and effective sections in that economy. nowadays, unlike the 80s, economists concentrate on objectives such as explanation of the relationship between size of the government and economic growth and delineation of optimum size of the government whi...

This review reports on the progress in the use of the WHO 2009 dengue case classification--dengue and severe dengue--following up on a previous review (Horstick et al, 2012). The previous review detailed Steps 1 - 5 in developing the 2009 WHO case classification. As a further step, a systematic review of published studies comparing the two classifications has been published with 12 studies and ...

A consensus system for classification of mouse lymphoid neoplasms according to their histopathologic and genetic features has been an elusive target for investigators involved in understanding the pathogenesis of spontaneous cancers or modeling human hematopoietic diseases in mice. An international panel of scientists with expertise in mouse and human hematopathology joined with the hematopatho...