Objectives: A definition and classification system for molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) was first suggested by the European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (EAPD) in 2003. Since then, there has been growing interest in these mineralization defects due to esthetic and cariogenic susceptibility concerns. The aim of this review was to evaluate studies on MIH in an attempt to provide evidence ...

BACKGROUND The Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) definition for a 'positive' Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for sacroiliitis is well studied and validated in adults, but studies about the value of this definition in children are lacking. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the adult ASAS definition of a positive MRI of the sacroiliac joints can be applied t...

A promising approach to medical image object definition involves automatic computation of a region-based image description along with a region containment directed acyclic graph (RCDAG) induced from the description via multiscale analysis of image structures [Pizer 1989]. The information resulting from this computation provides the basis for interactive object definition. During object definiti...

the philosophy of kalam science is an external view about kalam that focuses on conceptual and confirmative principles like: definition, subject, the origins of emanation, approaches, historical stages, and other general criteria. from martyr motahharii’s point of view the function of kalam, as a completely islamic knowledge is the clarification of islamic proofs and defense of religious misgiv...

attempts to define poetry have occupied the minds of many writers for a long time. although all people believe in the existence of poetry, but there is not a consensus on what it is. the diversity of definitions about poetry has led some writers to know basically poetry undefinable, for a widely accepted definition has not yet provided. there have always been some kinds of poetry which have bro...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the predictive value for coronary heart disease (CHD) of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition (with Asian criteria for central obesity) of the metabolic syndrome with existing criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH D...

– The standard multiple criteria optimization starts with an assumption that the criteria are incomparable. However, there are many applications in which the criteria express ideas of allocation of resources meant to achieve some equitable distribution. This paper focuses on solving linear multiple criteria optimization problems with uniform criteria treated in an equitable way. An axiomatic de...