The reduction of metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) images, specifically for strong artifacts generated from multiple metal objects, is a challenging issue in medical imaging research.Although there have been some studies on supervised metal artifact reduction through the learning of synthesized artifacts, it is difficult for simulated art
Until the twentieth century, the heritage buildings were considered as museum pieces that stand alone without attention to the site around without benefiting from them to society, However, since the sixties of the last century, the global trend of preservation of the archaeological building has changed to the preservation of archeological sites, wh
Extracting the fault characteristic information of rolling bearings from intense noise disturbance has been a heated research issue.Symplectic geometry mode decomposition (SGMD) has already been adopted for bearing fault diagnosis due to its advantages of no subjective customization of parameters and the ability to reconstruct existing modes.Howeve
OBJECTIVES: The six-minute walk test has been widely used to evaluate Graters functional capacity and predict mortality in several populations.Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of the six-minute walk test for the life expectancy of end-stage renal disease patients.METHODS: Patients over 18 years old who underwent hemo
The controversy that between 1908 and 1912 saw Benedetto Croce and Giovanni Gentile opposed on one side and Federigo Enriques on the other did not actually have a conclusive episode, but its end was perceived, for its results on culture, on society and teaching in Italy, as a "defeat" of Enriques.A more careful examination of the events and of the