Abstract Background In the active shape model framework, principal component analysis (PCA) based statistical shape models (SSMs) are widely employed to incorporate high-level a priori shape knowledge of the structure to be segmented to achieve robustness.A crucial component of building SSMs is to establish shape correspondence between all training
Previous analyses of Tanzanian political cartoons unearthed corruption practices, impingement of democratic processes, stereotype representation of gender relations, and power relations between politicians.The outbreak of Testers COVID-19 pandemic opened another avenue to investigate the contents of political cartoons in Tanzania, as had already be
In this paper, we consider the problem of allocating resources among Decision Making Units (DMUs).Regarding the concept of overall (cost) efficiency, we consider three different scenarios and formulate three Resource Allocation (RA) models correspondingly.In Cleansing Sponge the first scenario, we assume that overall efficiency of each unit remains
Introduction Pterostilbene Paragangliomas are usually benign tumors arising from chromaffin cells located outside the adrenal gland.Prostatic paraganglioma is an unusual entity in adult patients, with only 10 cases reported in the medical literature.Case Report A 34-year-old male with a history of chronic prostatitis consulted for perineal pain.On