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A Goode

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Use of an elemental diet for long-term nutritional support in Crohn's disease.

An elemental diet was used for long-term (up to 360 days) nutritional support in eight patients with Crohn's diesease. They had lost 30% (range 18-37%) of their weight in health. A whole-body monitor was used to measure total body potassium as an index of the lean tissue mass. Three preoperative patients who has been unable to maintain their weight on a normal diet were able to restore 10% per month of their lost lean tissue once they were established on an elemental diet. In five patients who had had a successful resection of their bowel lesion the postoperative rate of restoration of the lean tissue mass while taking an elemental diet was 18.5% per month, while in two control postoperative patients on a normal diet it was 19% per month.

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Automatic forensic face recognition from digital images.

Digital image evidence is now widely available from criminal investigations and surveillance operations, often captured by security and surveillance CCTV. This has resulted in a growing demand from law enforcement agencies for automatic person-recognition based on image data. In forensic science, a fundamental requirement for such automatic face recognition is to evaluate the weight that can justifiably be attached to this recognition evidence in a scientific framework. This paper describes a pilot study carried out by the Forensic Science Service (UK) which explores the use of digital facial images in forensic investigation. For the purpose of the experiment a specific software package was chosen (Image Metrics Optasia). The paper does not describe the techniques used by the software to reach its decision of probabilistic matches to facial images, but accepts the output of the software as though it were a 'black box'. In this way, the paper lays a foundation for how face recognition systems can be compared in a forensic framework. The aim of the paper is to explore how reliably and under what conditions digital facial images can be presented in evidence.

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