Objective: Early identification of viable myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients is essential for early intervention and better clinical outcome.99mTechnetium (99mTc) sestamibi gated myocardial perfusion imaging (gMPI) is a well-established technique for myocardial viability evaluation.Detection of potentially viable segments is a pre

Inter-ethnic conflicts and violence, war and genocide are expressions frequently used to describe human social interactions.Due to political monopoly considered equivalent to socio-cultural and economic monopoly, the historical evolution of some countries is marked by the struggle for political power through violence between their different ethnic

Tribology is the science of studying friction, wear, and lubrication.Composite materials consist of two or more constituents (phases): the discontinuous phase represents the reinforcement and the continuous phase represents the matrix.Journal bearing is manufactured from various composite materials.This article reviews the literature on improving t