OBJECTIVE AI/RHEUM is a multimedia expert system developed originally to assist in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases in adults. In the present study we evaluated the usefulness of a modified version of this diagnostic decision support system in diagnosing childhood rheumatic diseases. METHODOLOGY AI/RHEUM was modified by the addition of 5 new diseases to the knowledge base of the system. Cr...

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the aim of this research was to study the relationships between presence of plant species and environmental factors in garizat rangelands of yazd province and providing their predictive habitat models. after delimitation of the study area, sampling was performed using randomized-systematic method. accordingly, vegetation data including presence and cover percentage were determined in each quadr...