The evaluation of nuclear DNA evidences for identification purposes is here performed taking account of the uncertainty about population parameters. Graphical models are used to detail out the hypotheses under forensic debate, those that determine the pedigree structure. Graphs clarify the set of evidences that contribute to population inferences and they also describe the conditional independe...

For the lithostratigraphy and microbiostratigraphical studies, a stratigraphical section (named Dareh-Goshayesh) has selected and is located in southeast of Maragheh city, south of eastern Azerbaijan province in the northwest of Iran. The thickness of successions in the selected stratigraphic section is measured about 223.6 m. The mentioned studied stratigraphic section is composed of two clast...

A good understanding of a user’s (working) contexts provides the basis for improved desktop information management, as well as for personalized desktop and Web search. We propose to combine a variety of evidences found by analyzing desktop information for inferring the user’s working contexts, and more specifically infer file-to-context assignment using a Bayesian Network. Our preliminary exper...

INTRODUCTION Radical prostatectomy (RP) is a standard surgical treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Erectile dysfunction (ED) and penile shrinkage are common complications. Vacuum Erectile Device (VED) therapy uses negative pressure to distend the corporal sinusoids and to increase blood inflow into the penis. It is the second most commonly used method for penile rehabilitation a...