In this paper, a new definition of fuzzy BOUNDED sets and totally fuzzy BOUNDED sets is introduced and properties of such sets are studied. Then a relation between totally fuzzy BOUNDED sets and N-compactness is discussed. Finally, a geometric characterization for fuzzy totally BOUNDED sets in I- topological vector spaces is derived.

The object of this paper is to introduce the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy continuous mappings and intuitionistic fuzzy BOUNDED linear operators from one intuitionistic fuzzy n-normed linear space to another. Relation between intuitionistic fuzzy continuity and intuitionistic fuzzy BOUNDED linear operators are studied and some interesting results are obtained.

A characteriation of continuity of the p-L-variation function is given and the Helly’s selection principle for LBV(p) functions is established. A characterization of the inclusion of Waterman-Shiba classes into classes of functions with given integral modulus of continuity is given. A useful estimate on modulus of variation of functions of class LBV(p) is found.

Statistical Shape Models are used to interpret shapes. They include mean and variance of corresponding POINTs of training shapes. One of the most important challenges in building statistical shape models is to establish correct correspondences among landmarks in a training set. In this paper, the non-rigid CPD (Coherent POINT Drift) method is used to find correct correspondences among POINTs. This method uses both Deterministic Annealing and a non-rigid scheme to register two shapes simultaneously. Then, the statistical shape model is built using a rigid transformation. The proposed method is evaluated using Compactness, Generalization ability and Specificity measures. The built model is compared to models created using the ICP (Iterative Closest POINT), TPS-RPM (Thin Plate Spline – Robust POINT Matching) and MDL (Minimum Descreption Length) methods by these metrics. The results show that the proposed method performs like the MDL regarding Specificity measure (0.21±0.06). The Compactness and Generalization ability measures of the proposed method are very similar to those for the MDL method. The run-time of our proposed method is about 68 seconds which is faster than non-rigid TPS-RPM and MDL approaches (390 and 3600 seconds respectively). Our results are superior to the ICP and TPS-RPM algorithms.

Background: Finding a reliable diagnostic method for brucellosis is the most challengeable problem. In this study we determined the optimal diagnostic cut-off POINT for ELISA test.Methods: We gathered 56 confirmed cases of brucellosis. Furthermore blood samples from 126 controls including 73 healthy controls and 53 without brucellosis febrile patients were collected. In all of the cases and controls ELISA Ig G and ELISA Ig M levels were measured and compared with each other by Box plot graph and the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA Ig G and Ig M were fixed in different cut-off values and Ig G and Ig M levels yielding maximal sensitivity plus specificity were selected for determination of optimal cut-off POINT.Results: The nineteen patients had positive blood cultures for Brucella melitensis. The standard agglutination test results were 1/160 or more in 54 patients. The Box plot graph indicated a high degree of dispersion for Ig G and Ig M data in patients with brucellosis compared with febrile patients without brucellosis and healthy controls. We observed partial overlap for Ig M data (not for Ig G) between cases and controls. The area under ROC curve for discrimination of cases and healthy controls was more for Ig G than Ig M.Conclusions: The ELISA Ig G is more reliable test than ELISA Ig M in diagnosis of brucellosis. Using cut-off of 10 IU/ml and 50 IU/ml have the most sensitivity (92.9%) and specificity (100%) for ELISA Ig G test, respectively. 

In this paper we will give sufficient conditions for the powers of the multipliction operator Mz to be reflexive on formal Laurent sequence spaces.

Background and Aim: To determine whether an inexpensive set up of POINT to POINT wireless intranet connection can provide adequate video and audio teleconferencing and image quality to support remote real-time surgical demonstration and telementoring. To our knowledge, there is no similar report from Iran.Materials and Methods: Surgeon performing a novel laparoscopic extra peritoneal trigonoplasty for correction of bilateral vesico-ureteral reflux (right grade III and left grade I) in a 10 years old boy in Emam Reza hospital, Birjand- Iran shared real-time laparoscopic images with the mentor and innovator of this new technique at the Birjand University of medical sciences, 5 kilometer apart from each other through a POINT to POINT wireless intranet connection using university local area network (LAN) and Windows media encoder and Windows media player soft wares. To evaluate the quality of transmitted real-time images, the mentor's opinion was sought. In addition, paired local and remote images were "grabbed" from the video feed and evaluated to compare the effect of transmission on image quality.Results: The connection permitted adequate video and audio teleconferencing to support real-time consultation. The qualities of transmitted images were so high that the mentor was able to identify the bared ureteral wall and Waldeyer's sheath during the laparoscopic trigonoplasty. The qualities of paired local and remote images were similar.Conclusions: A POINT to POINT wireless Intranet-based telemedicine is relatively inexpensive and effective. Use of these set up will allow sharing of surgical procedures.