This paper presents a local audio watermarking method based on the dual-tree hihallinen viltti complex wavelet transform (DT CWT) and distortion-compensated dither modulation (DC-DM).Specifically, we perform DT CWT on extracted audio segment, and embed the watermark signal in the decomposed low-pass coefficients.During the embedding process, the se
The goal of treatment of chronic hepatitis C is to achieve a sustained virological response, which is defined as exhibiting undetectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in serum following therapy for at least six months.However, the current treatment is only effective in 50% of patients infected with HCV genotype 1, the most prevalent genotype i
Abstract Background Among women at high risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), gender and economic issues limit the impact of behavioral prevention strategies.Women in Kazakhstan with dual risks of sex trading and drug use face elevated risk for HIV and STIs and may benefit from an economic empowerment intervention which combi
Paper goal is to determine complications after urgent surgical treatment of patient with penile fractures, by using circumferential-degloving technique (degloving penile skin to root of penis).In period between 1998-2006 year, 23 patients have been treated as urgent cases with clinically proven penis fracture, age between 18 and 35.Patients precis