Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may manifest with heterogeneous patterns according to ethnic origins. The objectives of this study were to describe the influence of various Iranian ethnic origins on clinical measures in patients with AS. Methods: 0ne hundred sixty-three AS patients diagnosed by modified New York 1984 criteria were enrolled consecutively in a cross-sectional study. The ...

Colorization is an automatic technique to enhance greyscale images by introducing chromatic information. In this research we investigate to produce colorized medical images, potentially supporting in better understanding of anatomy, anomalies and infections. Begins with proposed mandatory preprocessing steps for medical images noise removal and edge improvement, followed by colorization process...

The toxic thrust of white supremacy runs through American culture like an electric current. Without apology,Jim Crow is back suffocating society in a wave voter suppression laws, ongoing attempts by rightwing politicians to implement form apartheid pedagogy, and the resurgence right-wing cultural politics organized around legacy nationalism supremacy. emergence centers power also evident reign ...

Identity and collective memory is one of the fascinating subjects in modern sociology. In Iran, it arose again as modern and government-nation discourse emerged, and has been endlessly discussed since then. Such subjects have assumed an increasing importance due to the multi-cultural and multi-ethical existence of Iranian society and recent global developments. Accordingly, the present study ha...

Keris has been recognised as a Malay weaponry tool alongside spear (tombak), sword (pedang), dagger (badik), rust (kelewang), kerabit, and many others. Its status defence elevated to the highest level in civilisation, rendering it superior others due its function, refined philosophy high value of aesthetic arts. is not strange culture communities Archipelago symbolic supremacy sovereignty since...