Background And Aims: The Malaysian government has implemented various antismoking measures to reduce the incidence of unhealthy lifestyles within the population. This study analyzes the baseline data of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study to establish the prevalence of sociodemographic factors that are associated with smoking habits among Malaysian adults.
Methods: This study was carried out in urban and rural communities with adults aged between 35 and 70 years using purposive sampling.
This study presents a sophisticated numerical simulation model for a forced circulation solar water heating system (FC-SWHs), specifically designed for the unique climatic conditions of Algeria. The model aims to cater to the hot water needs of single-family houses, with a daily consumption of 246 L. Utilizing a dynamic approach based on TRNSYS modeling, the system's performance in Ain Temouchent's climate was scrutinized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Microscopy of regenerated tissue shows different morphologies between the healing of acute wounds and chronic wounds. This difference can be seen manually by biologists, but computational methods are needed to automate the characterization of morphology and regenerative quality in regenerated muscle tissue.
Results: From the detected edge segments, we computed several imaging biomarkers of interest, such as median tortuosity, number of edge segments normalized by area, median edge segment distance and interquartile range of orientation angles of edge segments of the microscope images of successful and unsuccessful muscle regeneration.
Liver diseases cause millions of deaths globally. Current treatments are often limited in effectiveness and availability, driving the search for alternatives. Herbal preparations offer potential hepatoprotective properties.
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