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Data for: Automatic Multifaceted Matlab Package for Analysis of Ocular Images (AMPAO)
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Data for: Automatic Multifaceted Matlab Package for Analysis of Ocular Images (AMPAO)
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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
Model medreligioznega dialoga preroka Mohameda na temelju študije Pisma kristjanom
No full textViolence and extremism are among the most important topics in current research on religion and interreligious studies. The New World Order and the global peace, justice, and ethics cannot be understood without accounting for the role of religion and religious organizations, and among the topics dealing with religion is the matter of violence done by the excuse of religion’s orders. There is increasing research looking at and beyond religious causes of violence, as well as hope that religion could offer genuinely effective tools to control violence. As the best example of peaceful negotiations among Muslims and Christians, this article presents one of the important Islamic proofs narrated by Prophet Muhammad (S), called »The promise of Muhammad to the Christians till the end of the World«, and the impact of interreligious and intercultural role on peace and conflict resolution, as well as the role of global ethics. This letter, per se, and its content which in numerous key points strengthens the ties between Christians and Muslims, has not only been accepted and well documen-ted among both Shi’a and Sunnites but is also widely quoted and referred to in Christian sources. Surely this letter is invalidating the point on the extremist crimes committed in the name of Islam.Nasilje in ekstremizem sta dve izmed najpomembnejših tematik v trenutnih raziska-vah o religiji in medreligijskem študiju. Novega svetovnega reda, globalnega miru, pravičnosti in etike ne moremo razumeti brez vloge religije in religioznih organizacij, med temami, ki se ukvarjajo z religijo, pa je vprašanje nasilja, do katerega prihaja v imenu religioznega reda. Vedno več je raziskav, ki se ukvarjajo z religioznimi in drugimi vzroki za nasilje, vznika pa tudi upanje, da bi religija lahko ponudila resnično učinkovita orodja za nadzor nasilja. Kot najboljši primer mirnega pogajanja med muslimani in kristjani članek poudari pomembne islamske dokaze, podane po preroku Mohamedu (S), z naslovom »Mohamedova obljuba kristjanom do konca sveta« ter vpliv medreligiozne in medkulturne vloge miru in razreševanja konfliktov pa tudi vloge globalne etike. To pismo samo po sebi in njegova vsebina, ki v mnogih točkah krepi vezi med kristjani in muslimani, nista bila zgolj sprejeta in dokumentirana med šiiti in suniti, ampak tudi večkrat navajana v krščanskih virih. Pismo seveda izničuje namene ekstremističnih zločinov, storjenih v imenu islama
Final word on Jersey Dutch
No full textIn this article, William Z. Shetter compares and contrasts the dialects that developed between different Dutch colonies in the New World. He explores in-depth the nuances of Jersey Dutch, and provides theories to explain how Dutch and colonial languages blended. The article is reprinted from American Speech, December 1958, Volum XXXIII, No. 4
An updated checklist of marine gastropods of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
No full textAmini-Yekta, Fatemeh, Dekker, Henk (2021): An updated checklist of marine gastropods of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa 4957 (1): 1-71, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4957.1.
Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: An additional report of four cases with emphasis on the association with visceral organ cancers
No full textLittoral cell angioma (LCA) is an uncommon vascular tumor of the spleen recently described and interpreted as the tumoral counterpart of the normally present littoral cells lining the splenic sinus channels of red pulp. The diagnosis of LCA is suggested by a quite characteristic morphology and confirmed by the demonstration of a hybrid endothelial/histiocytic phenotype. METHODS: Four original and previously unreported cases of LCA are presented. All four splenic vascular tumors were investigated by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry for endothelial and histiocytic markers. RESULTS: All four cases were associated with visceral epithelial malignancies (colorectal adenocarcinoma in two cases, renal and pancreatic adenocarcinoma in one case each). One case was also associated with an intracranial tentorial meningioma. CONCLUSIONS: We consider our findings as a novelty and signal the possible existence of a clinical syndrome. Five of a total of 21 previously reported cases in the literature were also described as being associated with other cancers (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in two cases, two not further specified tumors of the liver and brain, an epithelial ovarian cancer, and a non-small cell lung cancer in one case each). Close follow-up and careful investigation in search of a second visceral neoplasm are strongly recommended in cases of LCA, but further clinical observations and more in-depth genetic and molecular studies are needed before any valid conclusions can be drawn
Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid (PCA), Produced for the First Time as an Antifungal Metabolite by Truncatella angustata, a Causal Agent of Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTDs) in Iran
No full textThe phytopathogenic fungus Truncatella angustata, associated with grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) in Iran, produces the well-known secondary metabolite isocoumumarin (+)-6-hyroxyramulosin and surprisingly also phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA). PCA, identified by spectroscopic (essentially 1H NMR and ESI MS) spectra, is a bacterial metabolite well known for its antifungal activity and was found for the first time in T. angustata culture filtrates. The antifungal activity of PCA was assayed against four different fungi responsible for GTDs, Phaeoacremonium minimum, Phaeoacremonium italicum, Fomitiporia mediterranea, involved in grapevine esca disease, and Neofusicoccum parvum, responsible for Botryosphaeria dieback. The activity was compared with that of the known commercial fungicide, pentachloronitrobenzene, and the close phenazine. PCA and phenazine exhibited strong antifungal activity against all phytopathogenic fungi, inhibiting the fungal growth by about 90-100% and 80-100%, respectively. These results suggested that T. angustata could use PCA to compete with other phytopathogenic fungi that attack grapevine and thus PCA could be proposed as a biofungicide against the fungi responsible for grapevine esca and Botryosphaeria dieback diseases
Badanie związku między zachowaniem liderów i efektywnością i zwroty z inwestycji
No full textThe aim of study was: 1- To compare leaders' behavior in public with private sector industrial firms of Fars Province (one of the southern province of Iran). 2- To identify the relationship between the type of leaders' behavior and efficiency in these industries. 3- To identify the relationship between the type of leaders' behavior and ROI. LBDQ used in order to collect data. In order to analyze the data, SPSS software were used. From 602 completed questionnaire, 266 completed by public sectors' employees (%44) and 336 completed by private sectors' employees (%56). The results showed, "Initiating Structure" type of behavior is dominant behavior in both public and private sectors in Fars industries. There is a significant relationship between "Initiating Structure" type of leaders' behavior and efficiency in public and private sectors. Also a significant relationship between "Initiating Structure" type of behavior and ROI, was found in these two sectors. Regarding to "Consideration" type of behavior, there is a significant relationship between this type of behavior and efficiency in both sectors. There is no significant relationship between "Consideration" type of behavior and ROI in public and private sectors.Celem pracy było: 1 - Porównanie zachowań przywódców w miejscach publicznych z sektora prywatnego firm przemysłowych na prowincji Fars (jeden z południowej prowincji Iranu). 2 - Określenie zależności pomiędzy rodzajem zachowania przywódców i wydajności w tych sektorach. 3 - Określenie zależności pomiędzy rodzajem zachowania przywódców i ROI. W celu zbierania danych wykorzystano LBDQ. W celu analizy danych było używane oprogramowanie SPSS. Uzyskano 602 wypełnionych kwestionariuszy, 266 kwestionariuszy wypełnionych przez pracowników sektora publicznego (44%) i 336 wypełnionych przez pracowników sektora prywatnego (56%). Wyniki wykazały że "Inicjowanie Struktury" jako rodzaju zachowania jest dominującym zachowaniem zarówno sektora publicznego jak i prywatnego w przemyśle prowincji Fars. Istnieje znaczący związek między "Inicjowaniem Struktury" jako typu zachowania przywódców i efektywności w sektorze publicznym, jak i prywatnym. Również znaczący związek występuje pomiędzy "Inicjowaniem Struktury" i ROI. W odniesieniu do "Rozważania" jako typu zachowania, istnieje znaczący związek pomiędzy tego rodzaju zachowaniem skuteczności w obydwu sektorach. Nie ma natomiast istotnego związku pomiędzy "Rozważaniem" i ROI w sektorach publicznym i prywatnym
Statistical modeling of retinal optical coherence tomography using the Weibull mixture model
No full textIn this paper, a novel statistical model is proposed for retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. According to the layered structure of the retina, a mixture of six Weibull distributions is proposed to describe the main statistical features of OCT images. We apply Weibull distribution to establish a more comprehensive model but with fewer parameters that has better goodness of fit (GoF) than previous models. Our new model also takes care of features such as asymmetry and heavy-tailed nature of the intensity distribution of retinal OCT data. In order to test the effectiveness of this new model, we apply it to improve the low quality of the OCT images. For this purpose, the spatially constrained Gaussian mixture model (SCGMM) is implemented. Since SCGMM is designed for data with Gaussian distribution, we convert our Weibull mixture model to a Gaussian mixture model using histogram matching before applying SCGMM. The denoising results illustrate the remarkable performance in terms of the contrast to noise ratio (CNR) and texture preservation (TP) compared to other peer methods. In another test to evaluate the efficiency of our proposed model, the parameters and GoF criteria are considered as a feature vector for support vector machine (SVM) to classify the healthy retinal OCT images from pigment epithelial detachment (PED) disease. The confusion matrix demonstrates the impact of the proposed model in our preliminary study on the OCT classification problem. (c) 2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreemen
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