in 30 patient with single cold thyroid nodule and normal thyroid function tests, 99mtc-mibi scan is performed. the nodules are divided to hot (10), warm (12) and cold (8). fna reported papillary ca in 4, suspicious follicular neoplasm in 3 and 23 benign lesions. 7 patients were operated on and had final pathology reports (4 papillary ca and 3 benign lesions). all the nodules with no mibi uptake...

the effects of planting date and single irrigation (si) allocation scenarios on increasing and stability of yield were investigated to determine the total water productivity and economical water productivity (wpe), for rainfed wheat at dryland agricultural research institute in maragheh, iran, during 2000-2004. the treatments included three sowing dates (early, normal and late), four allocation...

background: there is a global interest for deploying faculty members’ activities evaluation systems, however implementing a fair and reliable system is a challenging issue. in this study, the authors devised a model for evaluation of faculty members’ activities with regard to their viewpoints and meta-evaluation standards. materials and methods: the reliability of the current faculty members’ a...

Background: The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) is a simple, one-question patient-reported outcomemeasure (PROM). We systematically reviewed correlations between SANE and more extensive PROMs.Methods: We identified studies with correlation coefficients between SANE and other shoulder, knee, and anklespecificPROMs. We calculated mean, median and range across studies...

In this contribution, the On-body propagation measurements at 40m underground mine gallery and their statistical analysis are presented. Monopole antennas were installed on the body in order to form three on-body channels, namely belt-chest, belt-wrist and belt-head. The channel parameters of a 2 × 2 Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) On-body system are evaluated and compared to the single-i...

Public and private organizations continuously invest on projects. With a number of candidate projects bigger than those ones that can be funded, the organization faces the problem of selecting a portfolio of projects that maximizes the expected benefits. The selection is made on the evaluation of project groups and not on the evaluation of single projects. However, there is a factor that must b...

With the large consumption of traditional primary energy, hydrogen as a clean and renewable energy has been widely studied by scholars around world. Hydrogen is mainly used in internal combustion engine fuel cell. direct fuel, with advantages easy use. Alternatively, cell converts chemical into electrical electrochemical reaction, which high efficiency zero pollution. Regardless use method, saf...

This study was intended to validate a rubric assess pedagogical practices SOCME 10 in teachers who have recently gone into teaching service Mexico based on socioformation. Its content validity determined from 21 expert evaluation. Highly satisfactory levels of suitability and understandability were obtained each the contained instrument (Aiken’s V > .80). Afterward, administered 532 Mexican rec...

only DESCRIPTION Coagulation Factor IX (Human), Mononine, is a sterile, stable, lyophilized concentrate of Factor IX prepared from pooled human plasma and is intended for use in therapy of Factor IX deficiency, known as Hemophilia B or Christmas disease. Mononine is purified of extraneous plasma-derived proteins, including Factors II, VII and X, by use of immunoaffinity chromatography. A murine...