this paper aims to propose an effective paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (paf) predictor which is based on the analysis of the heart rate variability (hrv) signal. predicting the onset of paf, based on non-invasive techniques, is clinically important and can be invaluable in order to avoid useless therapeutic intervention and to minimize the risks for the patients. this method consists of four st...

This study is aimed at contributing to the transformation movement to be developed in the Nursing Courses/Schools. The contribution refers to the formation of nurses with autonomy and discernment, to ensure the construction of the model of health attention, to the production of new knowledge and to the delivery of quality services directed to the health needs of the population. This study bring...

Except when explicitly stated, all belief functions used in this paper are simple support functions, i.e. belief functions for which only one proposition (the focus) of the frame of discernment receives a positive basic belief mass with the remaining mass being given to the tautology. Each belief function will be described by its focus and the weight of the focus (e.g. m(A)=.9). Computation of ...

We propose a dynamic visual learning method that aims to identify people by using sparsely distributed multiple surveillance cameras. In the proposed method, virtual viewpoint images are synthesized by interpolating the sparsely distributed images with a simple 3D shape model of the human head, so that virtual densely distributed multiple images can be obtained. The multiple images generate an ...

We propose a dynamic visual learning method that aims to identify people by using sparsely distributed multiple surveillance cameras. In the proposed method, virtual viewpoint images are synthesized by interpolating the sparsely distributed images with a simple 3D shape model of the human head, so that virtual densely distributed multiple images can be obtained. The multiple images generate an ...

The synthesis of solutions under uncertainties is one of the key issues for cooperation among expert systems in a distributed expert system. In this paper, we present a model to synthesise solutions from diierent expert systems in a horizontal cooperation. Firstly, we use a conditioning belief function as an approach to ego-modify belief. Then, we use a Boolean algebra hypothesis space to repre...

Abstract Spirit possession elicits two common responses – rites to exorcise Satan or medical intervention. Drawing on pastoral experiences in the major cultures of Fiji, this paper examines different types spirit from perspectives social anthropology, psychology, and theology, which all play important roles dealing with cases possession. Understanding communication within local cosmology is imp...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge of a group of Iranian academic dentists regarding incisor hypomineralization (MIH) in two dental schools in Iran. METHODS: A survey was undertaken amongst the teaching staff of the dental schools of Shiraz and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences. The questionnaire consisted of two sections. In the first sec...