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Ground-object classification using remote-sensing images of high resolution is widely used in land planning, ecological monitoring, and resource protection. Traditional image segmentation technology has poor effect on complex scenes in high-resolution remote-sensing images. In the field of deep learning, some deep neural networks are being applied to high-resolution remote-sensing image segmentation. The DeeplabV3+ network is a deep neural network based on encoder-decoder architecture, which is commonly used to segment images with high precision...

Complexation copper with amine provides an effective strategy for fixation copper in wood, while hydrophobic modification improves the dimensional stability of wood. Thus, a combination of complexation and hydrophobization is expected to enhance the efficiency of copper-based biocides. In this study, hydrophobic hybrid silica gel containing copper amine complexes (MACu) was prepared through an in situ sol-gel process in wood using methyltriethoxysilane (MTES), 3-amino-propyltriethoxysilane (APTES), and copper chloride...

Background: A Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU) was established at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) to provide comprehensive medical specialist care to the patients presenting with acute medical emergencies. Improved healthcare delivery systems at the MACU may result in shorter hospital stays, better outcomes, and less mortality. Objectives: The study's objective was to describe the demographics, diagnoses, disease patterns, and outcomes, including patient's mortality, admitted to the MACU at CHBAH...

BACKGROUND: Continuous intravenous infusion (CII) of insulin is the preferred method of treating diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) worldwide, especially in patients with severe DKA. There is limited evidence evaluating low-dose bolus intravenous (IV) insulin management of DKA out of the intensive care unit (ICU). OBJECTIVES: To conduct an audit of patients admitted with DKA, who were managed with bolus IV insulin at the medical acute-care unit (MACU), Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), Johannesburg, South Africa, over a 4-month period to evaluate whether this is an effective treatment modality, as well as assess patient, disease and management characteristics related to the admissions...

The article presents a clinical case of torpedo maculopathy. This congenital disorder is most likely to be caused by changes in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) during retinal fissure closure. Visual function is usually unaffected and the condition is revealed at routine ophthalmic examination in children and teens. Optical coherence tomography showed the absence of RPE, photoreceptor damage, and massive thinning of the outer nuclear layer at the diseased site without a significant change in the total retinal thickness...

Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) is a rare acquired disorder characterized by macu-lar pigmentation of the lips and oral mucosa, with frequent longitudinal melanonychia. Involvement of other areas, such as the genitalia and fingers, has rarely been described. LHS is a benign condition with no known systemic manifestations. We report the case of a woman who developed melanotic macules on her fingers and elbow 16 years after the onset of pigmentation of her lips. This unusual feature of LHS in our patient was associated with irritant contact dermatitis and viral warts...

Aquatic organisms possess cellular detoxification systems to deal with pollutants. To explore the influence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in response to nitrite on oxidative stress defenses and the antioxidant system in Megalobrama amblycephala, the full length cDNA sequences were determined for three antioxidant-related genes, namely catalase (MaCAT), selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase (MaGPx1) and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (MaCu/Zn-SOD). Encoded polypeptides that exhibited high identity and similarity with corresponding proteins in other fish species...

PURPOSE: To report a case of dengue maculopathy, which resolved spontaneously without treatment. METHODS: A 25-year-old female patient with good past health was admitted to a general hospital in Hong Kong with fever of unknown origin after traveling to Indonesia. Based on the clinical features and a positive real-time polymerase chain reaction for dengue virus type 1, she was diagnosed with dengue fever. The patient developed dengue macu-lopathy mainly affecting the vision of her left eye...

An entomological study was conducted from June to September, 2010 in rural regions of Azarbayjan-e-sharqi, Azarbayjan-e-qarbi, and Ardabil provinces in northwestern Iran to determine sand fly fauna, diversity, and distribution in different habitats and altitudes using both sticky papers and light traps. Geographical distribution of sand flies and the similarity of populations in different locations were analyzed ecologically based on the Shannon-Wiener Index and Jacard Coefficient, respectively. A total of 3,982 specimens was collected and sixteen species recorded...

BACKGROUND: The age-related eye disease study suggested that taking zinc and anti-oxidants supplements could reduce the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In Australia, the available supplement is Macu-Vision. The study aimed to assess the awareness of and compliance with taking this supplement and the public health implication. METHODS: The fundus photograph database of patients aged 55 years and older at the ophthalmology department of a public teaching hospital in Adelaide, Australia was reviewed...