Evidence-based medicine has become the part and parcel of the practice of medicine nowadays. It integrates patient preference with evidence and clinicians’ experience, leading to the improvement in the length of life.1 However, concern arises that it does not consider quality of life; hence, the concept of value-based medicine has become increasi

Fast mode decision is the developed algorithm intended for selectively choosing the mode decision used by the encoder. The default is the scalable video coding model \vhich is represented by Joint Scalable Video Model (JSVM). It has many mode decisions which are involved during the encoding process. The mode decisions are applied for motion predict

Scalable video coding (SVC) is classified as layered video codec which is the extension of H.264/AVC standard [I, 2]. SVC based layered video coding is suitable for different usecases and different bitstream e.g., supporting heterogeneous devices with a single, scalable bitstream. Such a stream allows for delivering a decode-able and presentable qu

Sign language is the verbal language for the people who have hearing impairment. Those people who have those kinds of problems are widely known as the deaf people. Basically the word of deaf is referred into two; the Deaf (with capital D) is the hearing impairment person who understands sign language and the deaf (with small d) is the person who do

Video object segmentation is to extract moving and static objects from consecutive video frames. It is a prerequisite for visual content retrieval (e.g., MPEG-7 related schemes), objectbased compression and coding (e.g., MPEG-4 codecs), object recognition, object tracking, security video surveillance, traffic monitoring for law enforcement, and man

In a peer to peer self-stabilizing message passing system, every single node in the network operates independently with independent resources. In order to self-stabilize to a correct state, messages are passed as a distributed system collectively, messages are passed through out the network among each of the member of the network to inform other no

Encapsulation is a way to stabilize the bioactive compounds from the plant extracts. Previously, encapsulation techniques have been widely studied in modern drugs. For instance, the hydrophobic drugs such as celecoxib, diosmin, exendin-4, 5-fluorouracil and paclitaxel; and hydrophilic drugs such as amoxicillin and insulin. Euphorbiaceae is a family

Olsi Jazexhi argues that the lobbying by the Israeli government and the cajoling of the US of Albania and Kosovo into striking vociferous pro-Israel alliances is a lesson for other Muslim majority countries. Such shifting of political cultures – from countries which had had pro-Palestinian governments, civil society and publics to the current sit

The traditional surgical method for cancer treatment has not been successful in removing primary or metastatic tumors. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy methods, as well as cancer cells and healthy cells affect the process of treatment nausea, hair loss, immune system weakness, such as there are many side effects. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a r

Background and objective: Activated carbon is commonly used as an immobilisation matrix due to its large surface area, making it a highly desirable matrix for use in immobilising enzymes as preparation for use on the industrial scale. The objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness of different acids for functionalisation on immobi