Medical scans are today routinely acquired using multiple sequences or contrast settings, resulting in multispectral data. For the automatic analysis of this data, the evaluation of multispectral similarity is essential. So far, few concepts have been proposed to deal in a principled way with images containing multiple channels. Here, we present a new approach based on a well known statistical ...

In this study, the performance of different cooling technologies from energy and economic perspectives were evaluated for six prototype residential Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) within a planned future city district in central Sweden. This was carried out by assessing primary number life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) each building model technology. Projected climate file representing 2050s ...

Researchers have always been concerned about investigating new methods of economic evaluation, in order to endow reliable observations and support the sustainable development products. In this sense, clarity homogeneity are necessary exploit effectiveness such instruments that, only way, can provide consistent recommendations among sectors industries economy. With respect technological innovati...

Background: Isolation of Left Subclavian Artery (LSCA) is a rare subset of Right Aortic Arch (RAA). It is diagnosed as nonvisualization of LSCA in catheterization study. Case Presentation: Here we report an unusual case of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with right aortic arch with isolation of left subclavian artery (LSCA). Here LSCA originated from left pulmonary artery (LPA) through an atretic pat...

Aortic arch pseudoaneurysm is a rare condition but carries a high risk of rupture. We report a case of a 45-year-old man with aortic arch pseudoaneurysm between left common carotid artery (LCCA) and left subclavian artery (LSA), in which a endovascular stent graft combined with double chimneys covered stents were successfully placed. There were no any complaints and complications after 12 month...

THE AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study was to determine whether there are any differences in the intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries between the group of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the control group, and whether these differences are a consequence of SLE or independent factors of atherosclerosis development. MATERIAL AND METHODS The patients were divi...

BACKGROUND Emerging evidence of histopathological analyses suggests that endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play an important role in vascular diseases. Neointimal hyperplasia can be reduced by intravenous transfusion of EPCs after vascular injury in mice. Therefore, it would be advantageous to develop an in vivo technique that can explore the temporal and spatial migration of EPCs homing to t...

Nowadays, a vast number of concrete structures are approaching the end their expected service life. The need for maintenance and repair is high due to continued deterioration existing building inventory infrastructure, resulting in large near future. Reinforcement corrosion most important mechanism, causing (i) severe damage (cracking along reinforcement spalling cover concrete) (ii) loss steel...

In this study, we aimed to provide a practical method estimate the economic and environmental impact of vehicle work activities throughout entire service life pavement area support management strategies decisions. To achieve this, integrated two key cycle analysis methods, assessment (LCA)) cost (LCCA). The model not only considers CO2 emissions associated with four main modules—the materials m...

We first introduce a novel modeling framework, called linear coupled component automata (LCCA), to facilitate the modeling of discrete-continuous dynamical systems with piecewise constant derivatives. Second, we provide a procedure for transforming models in this framework to mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) constraints. Traditionally, such systems have been modeled directly with MILP co...