Operations on the Similarity Measures of Fuzzy Sets

Omran, Saleh,Hassaballah, M. Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems 2007 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.7 No.3

Measuring the similarity between fuzzy sets plays a vital role in several fields. However, none of all well-known similarity measure methods is all-powerful, and all have the localization of its usage. This paper defines some operations on the similarity measures of fuzzy sets such as summation and multiplication of two similarity measures. Also, these operations will be generalized to any number of similarity measures. These operations will be very useful especially in the field of computer vision, and data retrieval because these fields need to combine and find some relations between similarity measures.

Assessment of Jordanian Patient's Colorectal Cancer Awareness and Preferences towards CRC Screening: Are Jordanians Ready to Embrace CRC Screening?

Omran, Suha,Barakat, Husam,Muliira, Joshua Kanaabi,Bashaireh, Ibrahim,Batiha, Abdul-Moni'm Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.10

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC is increasingly becoming a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in Jordan. However the population's level of awareness about CRC, CRC screening test preferences and willingness to embrace screening are not known. The aim of this study was to assess the level of CRC awareness and screening preferences among Jordanian patients. Materials and Methods: A survey assessing the CRC knowledge levels was distributed among patients attending outpatient gastroenterology clinics in public hospitals throughout Jordan. A total of 800 surveys were distributed and of these 713 (89.1%) were returned. Results: Only 22% of the participants correctly judged CRC among the choices provided as the commonest cause of cancer related deaths. The majority of participants (68.3%) underestimated their risk for CRC. Only 26.8% correctly judged their life time risk while 5% overestimated their risk. Two thirds of participants (66%) were willing to pay 500 Jordanian Dinars (equivalent to 706 US$) in order to get a prompt colonoscopy if recommended by their physician, while 25.5% reported that they would rather wait for 6 months in order to get a free colonoscopy. Conclusions: Although the participants tended to underestimate their risk for CRC, they were mostly aware of CRC as a major cause of mortality and were willing to embrace the concept of CRC screening and bear the related financial costs. These findings about CRC awareness and propensity for screening provide a good foundation as the Jordanian health system moves forward with initiatives to promote CRC screening and prevention.

Delay in Gastric Emptying Rate Enhances Bioavailability of Sodium Salicylates in Rabbit

Omran M.O. Alhamami 대한약학회 2007 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.30 No.9

The effect of delay in gastric emptying rate (GER) caused by oil on the bioavailability of sodium salicylate was investigated. The bioavailability of sodium salicylate administered in aqueous, glycerin and oily vehicles was compared in rabbits. Glycerin (having no effect on GER and more viscous than oil) was used to eliminate the effect of viscosity of the oil on the bioavailability of the drug.. Glycerin formulation was compared with both aqueous and oily formulations using a two-way crossover test in eight rabbits, in each study. The results indicate that the oily formulation gave a lower rate of absorption and a greater extent of absorption than the other formulations. No significant difference in the rate and extent of absorption was shown between the two vehicles having no effect on GER (aqueous and glycerin vehicles). In conclusion, Delaying effect of the oil on the GER enhances significantly the bioavailability of salicylate. This enhancement is due to the physiological effect of the oil on the GER and not due to its viscosity. Possible reasons for the differences are discussed with particular reference to the effects of oil on the gastric emptying rate (GER).

Application of Data Mining Techniques to Explore Predictors of HCC in Egyptian Patients with HCV-related Chronic Liver Disease

Omran, Dalia Abd El Hamid,Awad, AbuBakr Hussein,Mabrouk, Mahasen Abd El Rahman,Soliman, Ahmad Fouad,Aziz, Ashraf Omar Abdel Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.1

Background:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second most common malignancy in Egypt. Data mining is a method of predictive analysis which can explore tremendous volumes of information to discover hidden patterns and relationships. Our aim here was to develop a non-invasive algorithm for prediction of HCC. Such an algorithm should be economical, reliable, easy to apply and acceptable by domain experts. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 315 patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) related chronic liver disease (CLD); 135 HCC, 116 cirrhotic patients without HCC and 64 patients with chronic hepatitis C. Using data mining analysis, we constructed a decision tree learning algorithm to predict HCC. Results: The decision tree algorithm was able to predict HCC with recall (sensitivity) of 83.5% and precession (specificity) of 83.3% using only routine data. The correctly classified instances were 259 (82.2%), and the incorrectly classified instances were 56 (17.8%). Out of 29 attributes, serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), with an optimal cutoff value of ${\geq}50.3ng/ml$ was selected as the best predictor of HCC. To a lesser extent, male sex, presence of cirrhosis, AST>64U/L, and ascites were variables associated with HCC. Conclusion: Data mining analysis allows discovery of hidden patterns and enables the development of models to predict HCC, utilizing routine data as an alternative to CT and liver biopsy. This study has highlighted a new cutoff for AFP (${\geq}50.3ng/ml$). Presence of a score of >2 risk variables (out of 5) can successfully predict HCC with a sensitivity of 96% and specificity of 82%.

Out-of-plane Magnetic Anisotropy in Cleaved and Uncleaved CoS2

OMRAN Mariam,최준영,조연정,김미경,김창영 한국물리학회 2022 새물리 Vol.72 No.2

Magnetic anisotropy is an important phenomenon driven by a strong electron correlation. It is defined as the magnetization tendency of magnetic material in a particular crystallographic direction. In this paper, we investigated the magnetic anisotropy of CoS2 single crystal. Here, torque magnetometry was used to determine the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the crystal. The angle dependence of torque () for CoS2 was measured at several temperatures above and below the ferromagnetic order transition Tc. To verify the effect of surface morphology on magnetic properties, we compared the () of uncleaved and cleaved pure CoS2. Results show that two-fold symmetry was equally dominant in both. Furthermore, we compared higher orders of magnetic anisotropy to track the intrinsic and shape anisotropies. All amplitudes showed the same behavior for cleaved and uncleaved samples, but the higher orders were more dominatant in the cleaved sample.

A New Class of Similarity Measures for Fuzzy Sets

Omran Saleh,Hassaballah M. Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems 2006 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.6 No.2

Fuzzy techniques can be applied in many domains of computer vision community. The definition of an adequate similarity measure for measuring the similarity between fuzzy sets is of great importance in the field of image processing, image retrieval and pattern recognition. This paper proposes a new class of the similarity measures. The properties, sensitivity and effectiveness of the proposed measures are investigated and tested on real data. Experimental results show that these similarity measures can provide a useful way for measuring the similarity between fuzzy sets.

Mandibular shape prediction using cephalometric analysis: applications in craniofacial analysis, forensic anthropology and archaeological reconstruction

Omran, Ahmed,Wertheim, David,Smith, Kathryn,Liu, Ching Yiu Jessica,Naini, Farhad B. Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Re 2020 Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Vol.42 No.-

Background: The human mandible is variable in shape, size and position and any deviation from normal can affect the facial appearance and dental occlusion. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine whether the Sassouni cephalometric analysis could help predict two-dimensional mandibular shape in humans using cephalometric planes and landmarks. Materials and methods: A retrospective computerised analysis of 100 lateral cephalometric radiographs taken at Kingston Hospital Orthodontic Department was carried out. Results: Results showed that the Euclidean straight-line mean difference between the estimated position of gonion and traced position of gonion was 7.89 mm and the Euclidean straight-line mean difference between the estimated position of pogonion and the traced position of pogonion was 11.15 mm. The length of the anterior cranial base as measured by sella-nasion was positively correlated with the length of the mandibular body gonion-menton, r = 0.381 and regression analysis showed the length of the anterior cranial base sella-nasion could be predictive of the length of the mandibular body gonion-menton by the equation 22.65 + 0.5426x, where x = length of the anterior cranial base (SN). There was a significant association with convex shaped palates and oblique shaped mandibles, p = 0.0004. Conclusions: The method described in this study can be used to help estimate the position of cephalometric points gonion and pogonion and thereby sagittal mandibular length. This method is more accurate in skeletal class I cases and therefore has potential applications in craniofacial anthropology and the 'missing mandible' problem in forensic and archaeological reconstruction.

Operations on the Similarity Measures of Fuzzy Sets

Saleh Omran,M. Hassaballah 한국지능시스템학회 2007 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.7 No.3

Measuring the similarity between fuzzy sets plays a vital role in several fields. However, none of all well-known similarity measure methods is all-powerful, and all have the localization of its usage. This paper defines some operations on the similarity measures of fuzzy sets such as summation and multiplication of two similarity measures. Also, these operations will be generalized to any number of similarity measures. These operations will be very useful especially in the field of computer vision, and data retrieval because these fields need to combine and find some relations between similarity measures.

The Medial Sural Artery Perforator Flap versus Other Free Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

Al Omran Yasser,Evans Ellie,Jordan Chloe,Borg Tiffanie-Marie,AlOmran Samar,Sepehripour Sarvnaz,Akhavani Mohammed Ali 대한성형외과학회 2023 Archives of Plastic Surgery Vol.50 No.3

The medial sural artery perforator (MSAP) flap is a versatile fasciocutaneous flap, and yet is less commonly utilized than other free flaps in microvascular reconstructions of the head and neck. The aim is to conduct a high-quality Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA)– and Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2)–compliant systematic review comparing the use of the MSAP flap to other microvascular free flaps in the head and neck. Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases were searched to identify all original comparative studies comparing patients undergoing head and neck reconstruction with an MSAP flap to the radial forearm free flap (RFFF) or anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap from inception to February 2021. Outcome studied were the recipient-site and donor-site morbidities as well as speech and swallow function. A total of 473 articles were identified from title and abstract review. Four studies met the inclusion criteria. Compared with the RFFF and the ALT flaps, the MSAP flap had more recipient-site complications (6.0 vs 10.4%) but less donor-site complications (20.2 vs 7.8%). The MSAP flap demonstrated better overall donor-site appearance and function than the RFFF and ALT flaps (p = 0.0006) but no statistical difference in speech and swallowing function following reconstruction (p = 0.28). Although higher quality studies reviewing the use of the MSAP flap to other free flaps are needed, the MSAP flap provides a viable and effective reconstructive option and should be strongly considered for reconstruction of head and neck defects.

Role of HER2 in Brain Metastasis of Breast Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hedayatizadeh-Omran, Akbar,Rafiei, Alireza,Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza,Tehrani, Mohsen,Valadan, Reza,Moradzadeh, Kambiz,Panbechi, Mohammad,Taghavi, Seyed Mehdi Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.4

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide and the HER2 receptor plays an important role in its development and progression. This systematic review aimed to summarize the role of HER2 in brain metastasis in patients with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: We conducted a literature search by advanced search in title field using the Scopus, Pubmed, and Google scholar databases until the end of June 2014. With metastasis, metastatic, HER2, brain, and breast cancer, as terms of search we selected 31 articles, which were reviewed by two independent and blinded expert reviewers. The studies were first selected according to their titles and abstracts. Quality of the studies were then assessed using the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) protocol for observational studies and CONSORT(Consolidation of Standards for Reporting Trials) protocol for clinical trials. For statistical analyses, we used STATA, version 11.0 software. Forest and funnel diagrams were drawn and for heterogeneity, index was also considered. Also we used meta regression analysis. Results: Finally, we reviewed 10 studies. The prevalence of brain metastasis in HER2-positive breast cancer patients was 24.9%. There was publication bias in the reviewed studies. Meta regression analysis showed that follow up time had no significant effect (p=0.396) on the prevalence of brain metastasis. Conclusions: The results showed a high prevalence of brain metastasis in HER2 positive breast cancer patients.