OBJECTIVE The Oxford Classification for Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) identifies pathological variables that may predict the decline of renal function. This study aimed to evaluate the Oxford Classification variables as predictors of renal dysfunction in a cohort of Brazilian children and adolescents with IgAN. METHODS A total of 54 patients with IgAN biopsied from 1982 to 2010 were ass...

adults with lower respiratory tract infection. Br J Gen Pract 2007; 57(540): 555–560. 7. Van Duijn HJ, Kuyvenhoven MM, Schellevis FG, Verheij TJM. Illness behaviour and antibiotic prescription in patients with respiratory tract symptoms. Br J Gen Pract 2007; 57(540): 561–568. 8. Herbert CP. Future of research in family medicine: where to from here? Ann Fam Med 2004; 2(Suppl 2): S60–S64. 9. Knot...

OBJECTIVE To develop a classification scale for manometry of pelvic floor muscles (PFM) in Brazilian women, according to the modified Oxford scale. METHODS A cross sectional study, with 288 women enrolled in the Maternity, Natal, Brazil. Manometry and PFM strength data were collected and classified according to the modified Oxford scale. A simple linear regression was performed to determine t...

The goal of this thesis is to design and build a system which automatically classifies an image of a flower for hundreds of flower species. The classification should be done within a reasonable time so that it is usable for a real-time computer vision application. The classification performance of the system is improved if only the flower region (foreground) of the image is considered, and the ...

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