Adaptive Spatial Transformation Networks for Periocular Recognition.

Periocular recognition has emerged as a particularly valuable biometric identification method in challenging scenarios, such as partially occluded faces due to COVID-19 protective masks masks, in which face recognition might not be applicable. This work presents a periocular recognition framework based on deep learning, which automatically localises and analyses the most important areas in the periocular region. The main idea is to derive several parallel local branches from a neural network architecture, which in a semi-supervised manner learn the most discriminative areas in the feature map and solve the identification problem solely upon the corresponding cues.

Neurological manifestations related to Crohn's disease: a boon for the workforce.

The neurological manifestations of Crohn's disease and its prevalence are not well known. Here, we report five patients of confirmed Crohn's disease with different neurological presentations. The neurological presentations include anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, myelopathy, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and chronic axonal sensory and motor polyneuropathy.

Demographic and Technical Risk Factors of 30-Day Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and/or Death in Standard- and High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting.

Background: Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) is an accepted treatment to prevent stroke in patients with carotid artery stenosis. The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors for major complications after CAS.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective study that was conducted at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in southern Iran from March 2011 to June 2014.

Large-vessel stenosis in the patients with ischemic stroke in Iran: Prevalence, pattern, and risk factors.

Background: Large artery disease (LAD) is a common cause of stroke, but a little is known regarding its role in Iranian stroke patients. The current study investigates the prevalence and risk factors for cervicocephalic arterial stenosis in the patients with ischemic stroke using digital subtraction angiography (DSA).

Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study performed in hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from March 2011 to March 2013.

Comparison of medical treatments in cryptogenic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: This randomized clinical trial compared rates of stroke or transient ischemic attack recurrence or death in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO) who received medical treatment with aspirin or warfarin.

Materials And Methods: Forty-four Iranian patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale participated in this randomized, single-blind trial between July 2007 and June 2010. All patients underwent transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-transcranial Doppler sonography to confirm the presence of patent foramen ovale.

Cerebral artery velocity determined by transcranial doppler ultrasonography in patients with β-thalassemia intermedia compared to β-thalassemia major.

We aimed to compare cerebral artery velocity and relevant clinical factors in patients with β-thalassemia intermedia (β-TI), β-thalassemia major (β-TM), and healthy individuals. For this study, 60 patients with β-TM and 64 with β-TI were randomly selected. Sixty healthy adults comprised the control group.

Intracranial Blood Flow Velocity in Patients with β-Thalassemia Intermedia Using Transcranial Doppler Sonography: A Case-Control Study.

Introduction. Patients with β-thalassemia intermedia have a higher incidence of thromboembolic events compared to the general population. Previous studies have shown that patients with sickle cell disease, who are also prone to ischemic events, have higher intracranial arterial blood flow velocities measured by transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD).

Physical injuries in patients with epilepsy and their associated risk factors.

Objectives: To determine the frequency, nature, and risk factors associated with physical injuries in patients with epilepsy.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, patients 18years of age and older with active epilepsy for at least 1year were included. A questionnaire (including age, gender, education, type of epilepsy, seizure frequency, having aura, drug compliance, polypharmacy, comorbidity, type and place of injury) was completed from patients and healthy individuals.

Comparison of agitated saline mixed with blood to agitated saline alone in detecting right-to-left shunt during contrast- transcranial Doppler sonography examination.

Purpose: To evaluate a technique for contrast agent preparation as mixing the patients' blood with agitated saline and to compare it with agitated saline alone in diagnosis of cardiac right-to-left shunt in regard to their sensitivity, time window, and distribution of artificially induced microembolic signals.

Methods: Fifty-two patients with stroke who had Transesophageal echocardiography proven right-to-left shunt underwent contrast-transcranial Doppler sonography with injection of agitated (i) 9 ml saline with 1 ml air with Valsalva maneuver, (ii) 9 ml saline with 1 ml air without Valsalva maneuver, (iii) 8 ml saline, 1 ml of the patient's fresh blood and 1 ml air with Valsalva maneuver, and (iv) 8 ml saline, 1 ml of the patient's fresh blood and 1 ml air without Valsalva maneuver.

Results: The sensitivity of the bilateral middle cerebral artery monitoring in diagnosis of right-to-left shunt was 94.

The diagnostic efficiency of transesophageal compared to transthoracic echocardiographic findings from 405 patients with ischemic stroke.

This study compared the diagnostic efficacy of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for patients with stroke. Examination with TTE was followed by TEE. Stroke causes were classified according to the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) and Causative Classification of Stroke (CCS) criteria before and after TEE to determined, cryptogenic or unclassified groups.

Microembolic signals in patients with cryptogenic stroke with or without patent foramen ovale.

Background: To evaluate the incidence, frequency, and contributing factors of microembolic signals (MESs) in patients with cryptogenic stroke with or without patent foramen ovale (PFO).

Methods: Transcranial Doppler monitoring for MESs detection was performed for 62 patients with acute cryptogenic stroke with PFO (PFO(+)) and 34 patients with acute cryptogenic stroke without PFO (PFO(-)).

Results: The incidence of MESs was not significantly higher in PFO(+) patients (17/62, 27.

Vasovagal syncope treated as epilepsy for 16 years.

The differentiation of vasovagal syncope and epileptic seizure is sometimes problematic, since vasovagal syncope may mimic epileptic seizures in many ways. The present report describes a patient who had been diagnosed and treated as having epilepsy with medically-refractory seizures for 16 years. Often, unlike epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic convulsions and postictal confusion are uncommon features of vasovagal syncope, but these may occur.

The Neurological Manifestations of H1N1 Influenza Infection; Diagnostic Challenges and Recommendations.

Background: World Health Organization declared pandemic phase of human infection with novel influenza A (H1N1) in April 2009. There are very few reports about the neurological complications of H1N1 virus infection in the literature. Occasionally, these complications are severe and even fatal in some individuals.