A method of generating a video rate edge maps and thereby segmenting an image into regions based on the Kolmogorov Smirnov test is presented By applying this test and comparing cumulative distribution functions of the intensities in the neighbourhood of a given pixel the pixel can be accurately classi ed as either an edge pixel on the boundary between regions or as a pixel belonging to a partic...

Levels of p53 protein as biomarker in plasma of workers exposed to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Mehdi Zare a b c , Seyed Jamaleddin Shahtaheri a , Parvin Mehdipur d , Mohammad Shekari c e & Shahram Zare e a Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Departmen...

Trading a financial asset pushes its price as well the prices of other assets, phenomenon known cross-impact. The empirical estimation this effect on complex instruments, such derivatives, is an open problem, tackled in issue?s cover article ?Cross-impact Derivative Markets? by Michael Benzaquen, Mehdi Tomas and Iacopo Mastromatteo. To address this, authors consider setting which derivatives de...

in his paper mentioned in the title, which appears in the same issue of this journal, mehdi radjabalipour derives the cyclic decomposition of an algebraic linear transformation. a more general structure theory for linear transformations appears in irving kaplansky's lovely 1954 book on infinite abelian groups. we present a translation of kaplansky's results for abelian groups into the...

This study examines the efforts made by Iraqi scholar Mohsen Mahdi in field of studying Farabi philosophy, and reasons that led him to specialize thought Abu Nasr al-Farabi, who is considered founder Islamic one most important influential Muslim philosophers philosophy Middle ages. The then analyzed methodological perspective on which Dr. relied looking at Al-Farabi's philosophical achievement....

Sina Ebrahimi, Alireza Ghoreifi, Behnam Shakiba, Arash Azaripour, Hamid Deldadeh, Amir Reza Elahian, Mazaher Hadi, Parvin Emadi, Hamed Rajaee, Mehdi Dehghani, Lily Nosraty. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Urology Department, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I...

Shayegani, Mehdi G. (U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.), and Stuart Mudd. Role of serum in the intracellular killing of staphylococci in rabbit monocytes. J. Bacteriol. 91:1393-1398. 1966.-Although some intracellular killing occurs in rabbit monocytes with heated normal serum or even in monocytes washed three times with Hanks' solution and with staphylococci not exposed t...

This report addresses the work done on knowledge representation and automated reasoning before the invention of computers, including the work by Leibniz, Boole, and Jevons. We show how pre-computer work in formal logic, artificial languages, and automated reasoning devices contributed to the development of AI. Topics include scholastic logic; the art of memory; Lull’s inference mechanisms; Leib...

The Relationship Between Concussion History and Post-Concussion Neuropsychological Performance and Symptoms in Collegiate Athletes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Tracey Covassin, David Stearne Gender Differences on Neuromuscular Control of the Hip: Implications for Knee Joint Stability and Non-Contact Anterior Cr...