Papers by Leila Sadeghi-Reeves
Using convolution neural network (CNN) for face recognition is being widely research with a promi... more Using convolution neural network (CNN) for face recognition is being widely research with a promising significant in applications and it is interested by many authors. Moreover, the CNN model has brought successful applications in practice such as detection and identification face of people on Facebook users' photos application, they use DeepFace model. There are many articles which proposed CNN models for face recognition with using some modifications of popular models of large architectures such as VGG, ResNet, OpenFace or FaceNet. However, these models are large complexity for some applications in reality with limitations of computing resources. This paper proposes a design of CNN model with moderate complexity but still ensures the quality and efficiency of face recognition. We run experiments for evaluating the model on some popular datasets, the experiment shows effective results and indicates that the proposed model can be practically used.
Background Interactions are occurring in the course of the release, absorption, distribution, met... more Background Interactions are occurring in the course of the release, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of active ingredients, or at the target receptors. Two concomitantly used substances interact with a probability of 13%, 4 with 38%, and 7 with 82%. Therefore, the elevated number of components in food may result in an alarmingly high frequency of food-drug interactions and, consequently, in pharmacotherapy failure. Purpose To assess whether adequate information on food-drug interactions is made available from medicines manufacturers. Material and methods All online monographs according to the “Questionnaire for the information of hospital pharmacists about proprietary medicines” were retrieved from http://www.gsasa.ch and screened for information on interactions involving food. Results From a total of 157 monographs, 90 (57%) declared that food-drug interactions were “not applicable”, “unknown”, or stated that “no data” were available. 23 (15%) explicitly mentione...
Canadian Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017
European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice, 2012
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES If not incorporated as physiological substrates, drugs and food compone... more BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES If not incorporated as physiological substrates, drugs and food components are identified as xenobiotics. The risk of interactions increases with the number of substrates administrated. Interaction tables are restricted to unspecific isoenzymes of the families CYP1, CYP2, and CYP3. Data on gender impact has been required by the FDA only after 1993. The aim of this work was to assess the impact of gender and age on pharmacokinetics.
Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis, 2016
Nutrients are partially bioaccessible to be extracted from their matrix. They may be partially lo... more Nutrients are partially bioaccessible to be extracted from their matrix. They may be partially lost by processing to a meal and by metabolism after absorption from the GI tract. Numerous steps in this cascade have an impact on the nutrient amount which will finally be bioavailable for an effect. Daily allowances are defined and widely recommended to obtain such an effect. However, these needs are derived from observation of healthy populations and are increased to cover needs for special consumer and patient groups or for pregnancy. Daily allowances are subject to frequent changes whenever new scientific evidence arises as is the case for vitamin D. This article describes reasons why generally reasonable recommendations may fail occasionally are found among the variation of genes, age, gender, or race, as well as epigenetics, which all contribute to the individual expression of metabolic capacity and thus to differences in individual bioavailability.
INTRODUCTION: Food waste is the amount of food that remains proper for consumption but that is di... more INTRODUCTION: Food waste is the amount of food that remains proper for consumption but that is discarded by human action or omission. Due to the enormous amount of food wasted worldwide this is a subject of increasing interest in the last years. In Portugal about 400,000 children attend to the 1st grade of basic education and most of them have lunch at school daily. The relevance of evaluating food waste in this scenario includes its effects on the environment, society and economy but particularly focusing on its nutritional consequences on children’s daily intake. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the extent of food waste in the school lunch provided for nursery children and 1st grade students in the Municipality of Barcelos, in Portugal. METHODOLOGY: Four schools totaling 293 students were involved in this research. This study was divided into three phases, the first was developed to quantify the food waste in schools, using the selective aggregate weighing. In the second pha...
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2016
Many plants are traditional sources for food and pharma products. Since the difference of a thera... more Many plants are traditional sources for food and pharma products. Since the difference of a therapeutic and a toxic effect depends on the dose, there are fluent transitions between consumption, therapy and toxicity of nutraceuticals in food, medicines, or plants. The following review provides a classification of phytochemicals into categories according to their biosynthesis from carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids as well as an overview of epidemiologically important toxic phytochemicals affecting human health including examples from the terpenoids, phenolic compounds, and alkaloids families. Despite evidence indicating that phytochemicals can reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases, research is still needed using new and precise methodologies to unravel the multitude of beneficial roles played by phytochemicals in human health.
Medical & Clinical Research, 2017
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus is a condition that affects many pregnancies and ethnic... more Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus is a condition that affects many pregnancies and ethnicity appears to be a risk factor. Data indicate that approximately 18% of Tamil women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus. Today, approximately 50,000 of Tamils live in Switzerland. To date, there is no official tool available in Switzerland that considers the eating and physical activity habits of this migrant Tamil population living in Switzerland, while offering a quick overview of gestational diabetes mellitus and standard dietetics management procedures. The NutriGeD project led by Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland aimed at closing this gap. The aim of this present study was to evaluate the implementation potential of the tools developed in the project NutriGeD for dietetic counseling before their wide scale launch in Swiss hospitals, clinics and private practices. Method: An online survey was developed and distributed to 50 recruited healthcare professi...
Medical & Clinical Research, 2018
Background: The lack of sun plays a major role in vitamin D deficiency, particularly among vulner... more Background: The lack of sun plays a major role in vitamin D deficiency, particularly among vulnerable groups, including migrants and women. Vitamin D and calcium are crucial nutrients for optimal bone health, heart function and muscle contraction. Recent studies suggest that the two micronutrients alone do not appear to be as beneficial as when their intake is coupled with vitamin K. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent their deficiencies. To this date, we observe a deficit of culturally sensitive methods for assessing dietary intake. The aim of this study was to estimate the dietary vitamin D, vitamin K and calcium intake among Portuguese women of childbearing age living in Switzerland. Methodology: A food frequency questionnaire was developed and administrated. A comparative method, a 24-hour dietary recall, was applied twice, over two non-consecutive days. The same methodology was applied to and compared with two control groups: Portuguese women living in Portugal and Swiss wome...
Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis, 2017
Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, 2017
Canadian Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017
Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis, 2016
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