Background: Injured phrenic nerve secondary to cardiac surgeries is the most common cause of diaphragmatic paralysis (DP) in infants. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for DP caused by congenital heart defect corrective surgeries in pediatrics. Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted in a 2-year period (2006–2008), included 451 children with congenital heart disease...

This study compares the hazard of failure in Islamic and conventional commercial banks using survival models. The sample consists of 421 banks from 20 Middle and Far Eastern countries observed during the 1995 to 2010 period. The conditioning variables are of both bank-level and country-level type. The analysis suggests that Islamic banks have lower failure risk and are less interconnected which...

Female Male Characters Holotype Paratypes Paratypes n – 15 3 L 634 617.5 ± 54.5 (529–712) 453 ± 71.6 (395–533) a 33.4 33.1 ± 1.8 (30.3–36.6) 28.8 ± 2.3 (26.9–31.4) b 11.1 9.8 ± 1.1 (8.4–12.6) 8.3 ± 0.6 (7.6–8.8) b’ 5.1 4 ± 0.6 (2.8–5.1) 3.4± 0.4 (3.0–3.8) c 6.3 – 8.4 ± 1.1 (7.6–9.6) c’ 14.3 – 5.2 ± 1.3 (4.3–6.7) V or T 66.9 70.6 ± 5.8 (64.2–87.5) 27.8 ± 4.4 (22.9–31.3) Lip region height 3 3.3 ±...

iranian journal of engineering education vol.12 no.47 autumn 2010   proprietor: the academy of sciences of ir iran, department of engineering science   executive manager: prof. mahmood yaghoubi   editor-in-chief: prof. parviz davami   editorial board:   prof. hadi nadimi   shahid beheshti university   prof. daryosh safvat   university of tehran   prof. morteza sohrabi   amirkabir university of ...

The purpose of this study is to determine the woody species diversity in Sweet chestnut tree, Hazel-tree and Italian cypress ecosystems in the Guilan forests. A lozeng 0.5 ha sample plot was selectively established on each site. In the Sweet chestnut ecosystems , 4 sites were classified, whereas 10 sites of Hazel tree and Italian cypress ecosystems were classified based on species composition. ...