We address schema design in uncertain databases. Since uncertain data is relational in nature, decomposition becomes a key issue in design. Decomposition relies on dependency theory, and primarily on functional dependencies. We study the theory of functional dependencies (FDs) for uncertain relations. We define several kinds of horizontal FDs and vertical FDs, each of which is consistent with c...

Film dosage forms (FDs) containing miconazole (MCZ) for the treatment of oral candidiasis were prepared using water-soluble polysaccharides, and the dissolution profiles of MCZ from the FDs were investigated. In addition, the forms were modified by the addition of a surface active agent to accelerate the drug dissolution rate. Circular films incorporating MCZ were obtained using each polysaccha...

Film dosage forms (FDs) containing allopurinol (AP) were prepared using a casting method with water-soluble polysaccharides, such as sodium alginate (ALG), and the release profile of AP from FDs was investigated in limited dissolution medium. Some ALGs were able to form FDs incorporating AP, and the thickness was about 50 μm. All FDs were easy to handle, though the rheological properties varied...

The elevational distance between two ultrasound images can be obtained from the correlation between the two images, leading to sensorless freehand 3D ultrasound systems. Most of these systems rely on the correlation between patches of fully developed speckles (FDS). Previous work has compared different FDS detectors and concluded that the elevational distance measurement limited to the FDS patc...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Flow Diverters (FD) are a new emerging therapy for intracranial aneurysms. Initial reports focused on the treatment of proximally located aneurysms. We report our experience with FDs in the treatment of aneurysms at and beyond the circle of Willis. METHODS We treated 30 aneurysms at and beyond the circle of Willis with FDs (silk and pipeline). Aneurysms were treated wit...

Shape is one of the primary low level image features in Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). Many shape representations and retrieval methods exist. However, most of those methods either do not well capture shape features or are difficult to do normalization (making matching difficult). Among them, methods based Fourier descriptors (FDs) achieve both good representation (perceptually meaningfu...

Introduction. Congenital Palmaris Longus (PL) absence was found in 15%-20.25% of population globally. This condition and Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS) tendon absence in little finger are not known in Saudi Arabia. We studied prevalence of PL and FDS agenesis in Saudi Arabian population. Methods. A random cross-sectional study was carried out after an ethical approval in the Riyadh univer...

1 Partly supported by “Nation’s Outstanding Young Scientists Funds” of China (No. 79925001), the Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation Programme Between China and Flandres (174B0201) and Tsinghua’s Soft Science Key Project on E-Commerce. 2 Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]. Abstract Mining functional dependencies (FDs) is valuable in analyzing the relationships a...

BACKGROUND Current examination methods to assess the anatomical variations of flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) tendon in the little finger necessitate a strong external force applied by the examiner and cause false negatives. A new examination method was designed to detect the variations more accurately. METHODS We examined the little fingers of 220 adult hands (110 subjects) by 2 methods...