Image compression plays an important role in reducing the size and storage of data while increasing the speed of its transmission through the Internet significantly. Image compression is an important research topic for several decades and recently, with the great successes achieved by deep learning in many areas of image processing, especially image compression, and its use is increasing Gradually in the field of image compression. The deep learning neural network has also achieved great success in the field of processing and compressing various images of different sizes. In this paper, we present a structure for image compression based on the use of a Convolutional AutoEncoder (CAE) for deep learning, inspired by the diversity of human eyes' observation of the different colors and features of images. We propose a multi-layer hybrid system for deep learning using the unsupervised CAE architecture and using the color clustering of the K-mean algorithm to compress images and determine their size and color intensity. The system is implemented using Kodak and Challenge on Learned Image Compression (CLIC) dataset for deep learning. Experimental results show that our proposed method is superior to the traditional compression methods of the autoencoder, and the proposed work has better performance in terms of performance speed and quality measures Peak Signal To Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) where the results achieved better performance and high efficiency With high compression bit rates and low Mean Squared Error (MSE) rate the results recorded the highest compression ratios that ranged between (0.7117 to 0.8707) for the Kodak dataset and (0.7191 to 0.9930) for CLIC dataset. The system achieved high accuracy and quality in comparison to the error coefficient, which was recorded (0.0126 to reach 0.0003) below, and this system is onsidered the most quality and accurate compared to the methods of deep learning compared to the deep learning methods of the autoencoder
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The emergence of COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented escalation in different aspects of human activities, including medical education. Students and educators across academic institutions have confronted various challenges in following the guidelines of protection against the disease on one hand and accomplishing learning curricula on the other hand. In this short view, we presented our experience in implementing e-learning to the undergraduate nursing students during the present COVID-19 pandemic emphasizing the learning content, barriers, and feedback of students and educators. We hope that this view will trigger the preparedness of nursing faculties in Iraq to deal with this new modality of learning and improve it should t
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Abstract: Background: Staphylococcus aureus is Gram-positive bacteria that lives as a normal flora in living organisms but can be pathogenic to humans. Although a relatively unspectacular, nonmotile coccoid bacterium, S. aureus is a dangerous human pathogen in both community-acquired and nosocomial infections. Due to the increasing emergence of new strains of this antibiotic-resistant bacteria, it has become essential to approach different methods to control this pathogen. One of these methods is the antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation process using a low-level laser, in this paper, the Photodynamic effects of Rose Bengal and LLLL on the virulence factors of S.aureus were evaluated.
Background: Oral anticoagulation medication, warfarin and non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) may require long term use which may affect patients’ satisfaction with their treatment and their quality of life (QOL). Objective: To compare the quality of life and treatment satisfaction among groups of patients using different anticoagulant therapies (warfarin and NOAC). Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed at Ibn Al-Bitar Hospital for cardiac surgery in Baghdad in the period between December 2022 to May 2023. The study population included a convenient sample of patients receiving either warfarin or non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulants treatment. The Arabic version of the short form 12
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