Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a common obstetric complication frequently occurring with concomitant chorioamnionitis. The present study aimed to evaluate levels of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) in serum and amniotic fluid in pregnant women with PROM and to compare sTREM-1 with the commonly used labor...

OBJECTIVES To verify the accuracy of prospective memory (ProM) tests in Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS Twenty mild AD patients (CDR 1), and 20 controls underwent Digit Span (DS), Trail Making (TM) A and B, visual perception, Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning tests, and Cornell Scale for Depression. AD diagnosis was based on DSM-IV and NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. ProM was assessed with the appointmen...

This paper reports on a challenging case study conducted in the context of the Octopus project where CPN Tools is used to model and analyze the embedded system of digital document printer. Modeling the dynamic behavior of such systems in a predictable way is a major challenge. In this paper, we present the approach where colored Petri nets are used to model the system. Simulation is used to ana...

BACKGROUND Phramongkutklao CPG was developed for detecting infants with maternal PROM > or = 18 hours who had a high risk of infection. OBJECTIVE To determine efficacy of the CPG, and risk factors of infection. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. MATERIAL AND METHOD Eligible infants were categorized into group I (symptomatic), group II (chorioamnionitis) or group III (asymptomatic). In...

This study was designed to compare the results of a traditional method of stretching knee flexion contractures by high-load brief stretch (HLBS) with the results of an experimental method of prolonged knee extension by skin traction, low-load prolonged stretch (LLPS). End range of passive knee extension was measured by standard goniometry. Subjects were 11 nonambulatory residents of a nursing h...

Process mining techniques target the automatic discovery of information about process models in organizations. The discovery is based on the execution data registered in event logs. Current techniques support a variety of practical analysis, but they are somewhat limited because the labels in the log are not linked to any concepts. Thus, in this chapter we show how the analysis provided by curr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of periodontal disease (PD) in pregnancy with some adverse perinatal outcomes. METHOD This cohort study included 327 pregnant women divided in groups with or without PD. Indexes of plaque and gingival bleeding on probing, probing pocket depth, clinical attachment level and gingival recession were evaluated at one periodontal examination below 32 weeks of ...

'() To determine the diagnostic value of the lactate concentration in vaginal secretions in determining the premature rupture of membranes (PROM) in pregnant women at the Alavi Educational Treatment Center in Ardebil 2010. *+#,-.") This diagnostic clinical trial enrolled 100 pregnant women with a single pregnancy at the gestational age of 20–41 weeks. The women were divided to two groups of 50;...

Gene regulatory and metabolic network models have been used successfully in many organisms, but inherent differences between them make networks difficult to integrate. Probabilistic Regulation Of Metabolism (PROM) provides a partial solution, but it does not incorporate network inference and underperforms in eukaryotes. We present an Integrated Deduced And Metabolism (IDREAM) method that combin...

Background: Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is defined as the fetal before onset labor. PROM complicates 8 – 10% pregnancies, contributing to maternal and perinatel mortality morbidity. Maternal pyrexia a sign observed in women with indicating intrauterine infection. Objective: To determine frequency among presenting premature membranes. Material And Methods: Department Obstetrics Gynecol...