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The effects of sonographic and demographic features and needle size on obtaining adequate cytological material in sonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules
(HUMANA PRESS INC, 2013)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the sonographic characteristics of the nodule, demographic features of patient, and nodule size and needle size used for sampling, on obtaining adequate cytological ...
An assessment on the use of bivariate, multivariate and soft computing techniques for collapse susceptibility in GIS environ
(INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES, 2013)
The paper presented herein compares and discusses the use of bivariate, multivariate and soft computing techniques for collapse susceptibility modelling. Conditional probability (CP), logistic regression (LR) and artificial ...
Abnormal Heart Rate Recovery in Stable Heart Failure Patients
(WILEY, 2013)
Background Heart rate decrease after exercise, that is associated with reactivation of parasympathetic system, is important, as it is also associated with mortality. Previous studies have shown that this is an independent ...
Effects of Decision-Making Styles of School Administrators on General Procrastination Behaviors
(ANI YAYINCILIK, 2013)
Problem Statement: Lack of habits such as effective time management, determination of priorities, and effective and productive use of time is one of several reasons for procrastination behaviors. Personality traits along ...
Parameter Tuning of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Gaussian Noise Elimination on Digital Images
(IEEE, 2013)
In this paper, the control parameters of the artificial bee colony algorithm were examined to determine for the best performance of the noise elimination problem on gray level digital images. In order to eliminate a noise, ...
A micellar improved method for trace levels selenium quantification in food samples, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages through CPE/FAAS
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2013)
A useful preconcentration and determination method was proposed for trace selenium in food samples. The procedure is based on complex formation of Pyronine B with Se(IV) ions in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) ...
Evaluation of hearing in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
(SPRINGER, 2013)
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a common and well-understood hereditary periodic fever syndrome. Hereditary periodic fever syndromes include a group of multisystem diseases characterized by recurrent fever attacks ...
A path model for technology integration into elementary school settings in Turkey
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2013)
A three phase Sequential Mixed Method Design was utilized to propose and test a research-based model explaining the relationships between technology integration in Elementary Schools and a defined set of teacher and ...
The hydrostatic pressure and temperature effects on the binding energy of magnetoexcitons in cylindrical quantum well wires
(ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2013)
We have calculated the binding energy for the ground state of a heavy-hole exciton in GaAs/Ga0.7Al0.3As cylindrical quantum well wires (CQWWs) under the action of a hydrostatic pressure, temperature and magnetic field. The ...
Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: Risk factors for mortality
(W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2013)
Purpose: The aims of this study are to identify factors predicting mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission ...