Handbook of Vascular Biometrics

This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open datasets/open source software, individual chapters focus on specific aspects of one of the biometric modalities, including questions of usability, security, and privacy. The book features contributions from both academia and major industrial manufacturers

Lectures on internal medicine propaedeutics

Курс лекцій для студентів третіх курсів медичних факультетів з пропедевтики внутрішньої медицини за англійською формою навчання на англійській мові. Розглядаються підхід, методи обстеження та основні клінічні синдроми пацієнтів з захворюваннями дихальної, серцево-судинної, травної, видільної, кістково-м’язової, сполучної, кров’яної та ендокринної систем.Lecture 1 Propaedeutics as an introduction to the clinic of internal medicine Lecture 2 Approach to the patient Lecture 3 Approach to the patient with disease of the respiratory system Lecture 4 Approach to the patient with disease of the cardiovascular system Lecture 5 Approach to the patient with gastrointestinal tract diseases Lecture 6 Approach to the Patient with diseases of the hepatobiliary tract and pancreas Lecture 7 Approach to the patient with affection and disease of the kidneys Lecture 8 Approach to the patient with affection and disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Lecture 9 Approach to the patient with affection and disease of the blood Lecture 10 Approach to the patient with affection and disease of the endocrine system Lecture 11 Syndromes of respiratory system diseases Lecture 12 Syndromes of cardiovascular system diseases Lecture 13 Syndromes of gastrointestinal tract diseases Lecture 14 Syndromes of hepatobiliary tract and exocrine pancreas diseases Lecture 15 Syndromes of kidneys diseases Lecture 16 Syndromes of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases Lecture 17 Syndromes of the blood system diseases Lecture 18 Syndromes of the endocrine system disease

Smoking and Second Hand Smoking in Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Report from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study

The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of smoking and second hand smoking [SHS] in adolescents with CKD and their relationship to baseline parameters at enrollment in the CKiD, observational cohort study of 600 children (aged 1-16 yrs) with Schwartz estimated GFR of 30-90 ml/min/1.73m2. 239 adolescents had self-report survey data on smoking and SHS exposure: 21 [9%] subjects had “ever” smoked a cigarette. Among them, 4 were current and 17 were former smokers. Hypertension was more prevalent in those that had “ever” smoked a cigarette (42%) compared to non-smokers (9%),

Aerospace Medicine and Biology. an Annotated Bibliography. 1958-1961 Literature, Volumes VII-X, Part 2

Abstracts on aerospace medicine and biology - bibliography on environmental factors, safety and survival, personnel, pharmacology, toxicology, and life support system