BACKGROUND Over the last decade, increases in the number of outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have shifted the disease into the public health spotlight in China. Children under the age of five years are particularly susceptible, with fatalities recorded. However, estimating the burden of HFMD has been difficult to conduct to date. METHODS In 2012, a cross-sectional survey of he...

We propose a system that, using video information, segments the mouth region from a face image and then detects the protrusion of the tongue from inside the oral cavity. Initially, under the assumption that the mouth is closed, we detect both mouth corners. We use a set of specifically oriented Gabor filters for enhancing horizontal features corresponding to the shadow existing between the uppe...

Background: Artemisia is a herbal plant that its anticandidal effect has been investigated in different studies. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Artemisia sieberi mouth wash on denture stomatitis.Methods: This double blind clinical trial study was performed on 30 patients with denture stomatitis (type II, III). They were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in contro...

current research examines the impact of perceived justice (including distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice) on perceived service quality and customer behavioral intentions (including word of mouth, trust and revisit intention).statistical sample comprises 120 customers of iran insurance company in shiraz holding automobile insurance and have record of visiting the c...

In order to protect farm animals from infections such as foot and mouth disease (FMD) and tuberculosis, the pasteurisation of milk and milk products designated for the feeding of animals is compulsory in Switzerland. Nowadays, milk products are often treated chemically with acids or with hydrogen peroxide in order to keep bacterial contamination low. The capacity of these chemical treatments to...