Bone carvings (and other ivory substitutes) are common in the modern-day lucrative international ivory trade.Souvenirs for unknowing travelers and market shoppers can be made of non-biological material (plastic "ivory" beads) or skillfully crafted natural objects made to resemble something other than their true origin.Many of these items are receiv
Objective Our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic and clinicopathological significance of pretreatment mean platelet volume (MPV) on cancer by using meta-analysis of published studies.Design Meta-analysis.Data sources Relevant studies available before 22 December 2019 were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE.Eligibility criteria All publishe
Background: Medical profession is known for stress and challenges due to hectic academic schedules which makes students, high-risk candidates for diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiometabolic disease (CMD).Surrogate markers such as homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) along with routi
Sparse signal processing has already been introduced to synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which shows potential in improving imaging performance based on raw data or a complex image.In this paper, the relationship between a raw data-based sparse SAR imaging method (RD-SIM) and a complex image-based sparse SAR imaging method (CI-SIM) is compared and a