Methods Ninety seven JIA patients with a polyarticular course were enrolled into the study. All patients received methotrexate treatment for at least for 6 months. The efficacy of treatment was judged by improvement in physician’s global assesment, the number of affected joints, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein. RFC and ATIC gene polymorphisms were determined by polymerase ...

Water content is one of the most important properties of the bread for tasting assesment or store monitoring. Traditional bread water content measurement methods mostly are processed manually, which is destructive and time consuming. This paper proposes an automated water content measurement for bread quality based on near-infrared hyperspectral imaging against the conventional manual loss-in-w...

Penelitian kualitatif ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui evaluasi program uji kompetensi di SMK bidang pemesinan menggunakan pendekatan kombinasi model CSE-UCLA dan Assesment Evaluability And Performance Monitoring bagi penguatan literarsi keilmuan terapan pada yang menyangkut menyasar banyak hal dalam program, terdapat dimensi/indikator System Assesment, Program perencanaan/planning, penerapan/imp...

The reliable evaluation of the performance of watermarking algorithms is difficult. An important aspect in this process is the assessment of the visibility of the watermark. In this paper, we address this issue and propose a methodology for evaluating the visual quality of watermarked video. Using a software tool that measures different types of perceptual video artifacts, we determine the most...

We documented the types and degree of functional disability in 74 patients with AIDS at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. Few of these patients are referred for rehabilitation services and there is only a limited team approach in their care. We found that 91% of the patients had some degree of functional impairment; in 81% the complaint was weakness and in 47...

This work describes the progress of a research line started two years ago that aims at creating a framework to assess the performance of planning-based autonomy software for robotics. In particular it focuses on an open problem in the literature: the definition of a methodology for fairly comparing different approaches to deliberation, while synthesizing a tool to automate large test campaigns ...

What are some effective ways to assess your IS program educational objectives and program outcomes? Today, assessment is a focus point for AACSB, ABET as well as regional accrediting agencies. Practical examples for different aspects of assessment will be presented that help faculty develop meaningful and comprehensive program assessment techniques and tools. Eight experienced speakers will sha...