BACKGROUND Evaluation is a necessary measure to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of all systems, including expert systems. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of expert system for diagnosis of complex skin diseases. METHODS A case-control study was conducted in 2015 to determine the diagnostic value of an expert system. The study population included patients who...

Identifying the most relevant environment related indicators and how to make them available to decision-makers are current issues. Some seek to enhance their efficiency by means of methods such as aggregations or weighting. More fundamentally, in this chapter we question how industrial ecologists appropriate the notion of environment. On the basis of multidisciplinary research, we argue that, i...

1 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah 67149, Iran 2Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Cankaya University, 06530 Ankara, Turkey 3 Institute of Space Sciences, P.O. BOX MG-23, 76900 Magurele, Bucharest, Romania 4Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O...

A 10 months old male sparrowhawk with open antebrachium fracture was sreferred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University. Radiographic evaluation confirmed both radius and ulna fracture of the bird's wing. Following by debridement and irrigation of the damaged site, external coaptation using splint and bandage with access to food and water for 7 w...