conclusions information gained misleadingly and fears related to vaginal delivery were seen as factors affecting women’s preferences for delivery. thus, midwives are required to train both pregnant women during antenatal care and all women in society about methods of delivery and to give effective counseling. results mean age rate of participants was 39.8 ± 11.8 years. the most significant reas...

Agricultural and the rural landscape have undergone significant and wide-ranging changes in demographics, economics, land uses, and spatial land use relationships. This section explores a methodology to examine the spatial relationship, and resulting potential for conflict, of two changes in particular: • consolidation of animal agricultural facilities into larger operating units as a response ...

In this paper, we present a maximum likelihood synchronization algorithm which jointly estimates frequency offset, symbol timing and carrier phase for shaped-offset quadrature phase-shift keying (SOQPSK) signals. We have considered a burst-mode transmission scenario in which a known training sequence is embedded in the beginning of each burst for the purpose of data-aided (DA) synchronization i...

n A new antenna and radar-cross-section measurements facility consisting of four anechoic chambers has recently been constructed at Lincoln Laboratory on Hanscom Air Force Base. One of the chambers is a large compact range facility that operates over the 400 MHz to 100 GHz band, and consists, in part, of a large temperature-controlled rectangular chamber lined with radar-absorbing material that...

In the present work a novel inferential control strategy cascaded with a nonlinear profile position controller is employed to control the top and bottom product compositions of a simulated depropanizer column. The inferential model for estimating product compositions is developed using the wave propagation model, and the composition profile position of both rectifying and stripping section is c...

We compared the preparation times of three solutions commonly used for epidural top-up for emergency Caesarean section. Twenty-two anaesthetists were asked to prepare fresh solutions in random order as quickly as possible: 0.5% bupivacaine 20 ml (B); 2% lidocaine 20 ml with 1:200,000 epinephrine (LE); and 0.5% bupivacaine 10 ml and 2% lidocaine 10 ml with 1:200,000 epinephrine and 8.4% sodium b...

Based on theoretical grounds, remifentanil, an ultra-short acting opioid, has a favorable pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile for obstetric anesthesia/analgesia (13). When regional anesthesia is contraindicated, remifentanil is an intriguing option to provide labor analgesia using patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) (22). The rapid onset and offset would allow easy titration...

~-RF power is usually transmitted into ,an accelerator section from a rectangular waveguide through a single coupling iris. This arrangement introduces phase and amplitude asymmetries into the coupler fields with which the beam interacts. Field distortion can be reduced by machining an offset into the cavity wall opposite the iris. However, the compensation is imperfect. In this paper we descri...

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to waive certain portions of the federal Medicaid Act for a fiveyear demonstration project, if the demonstration is budget neutral to the federal government. Once the budget neutrality test is met, the Secretary, through the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), can grant a...