OBJECTIVE To analyze the outcome of children with short bowel syndrome (SBS) who required long-term parenteral nutrition (PN). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of children (n=78) with SBS who required PN >3 months from 1975 to 2000. STATISTICS univariate analysis, Kaplan-Meier method, and Cox proportional regression model were used. RESULTS We identified 78 patients. Survival was bette...

An effort carried out to find out the smaller size of cuttings for propagation ofMorus alba in Experimental area, Department of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 2005. Different size of cuttings i.e.5 cm, 10 cm, 15 cm and 20 cm were planted in polythene tubes of 9 cm x 18 cm. The attempt was also made to compare the performance of cuttings outdoor a...

Schwannomas are rare tumors originating from the Schwann sheath of the peripheral or cranial nerves. They are usually benign tumors and in 95% of the cases they originate from the peripheral nerves. Occurrence in the retroperitoneum is rare. We report a case of giant retroperitoneal schwannoma. The patient was a 71-year old female. She was admitted in with the complaints of finding abdominal ma...

Introduction: Today, temporary or permanent venous catheters are being increasingly used in patients with renal failure. It seems a necessity to be familiar with their clinical applications and complications as well as their efficacy. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two catheters of 16 cm and 20 cm lengths. Methods: This research project was a descriptive, analytic study...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether Parkinson disease (PD) genes are somatically mutated in cutaneous melanoma (CM) tissue, because CM occurs in patients with PD at higher rates than in the general population and PD is more common than expected in CM cohorts. METHODS We cross-referenced somatic mutations in metastatic CM detected by whole-exome sequencing with the 15 known PD (PARK) genes. We compute...

Mechanical hill direct seeding of hybrid rice could be the way to solve the problems of high seeding rates and uneven plant establishment now faced in direct seeded rice; however, it is not clear what the optimum hill seeding density should be for high-yielding hybrid rice in the single-season rice production system. Experiments were conducted in 2010 and 2011 to determine the effects of hill s...

Epidural catheters inserted 8 cm within the epidural space are more likely to result in intravenous cannulation and unilateral block1. Epidural catheters inserted 2 or 4 cm within the epidural space are more likely to be dislodged than epidural catheters inserted 6 or 8 cm.1 Obese patients are at particular risk of epidural catheter displacement2. It is recommended that epidural catheters shoul...

A desiccant column contains a silica gel as solid moisture absorbent material has been used in this study, which the regeneration or desorption process was discussed. The dimensions of silica-gel are 30 cm long*30 wide with three thickness bed (5,10, &15) cm, respectively. mass flow rate and inlet temperature air 3.72 kg/min 53 °C This obtained using solar heater addition to an electric hea...

High plant functional group diversity has been hypothesized to reduce resource concentrations based on the assumption that species from one functional group acquire resources similarly to one another, while species from other functional groups acquire resources dissimilarly. To determine if functional groups use soil nutrients different from one another, we investigated the impact of removing i...

In grassland ecosystems, N and P fertilization often increase plant productivity, but there is no concensus if fertilization affects soil C fractions. We tested effects of N, P and N+P fertilization at 5, 10, 15 g m-2 yr-1 (N5, N10, N15, P5, P10, P15, N5P5, N10P10, and N15P15) compared to unfertilized control on soil C, soil microbial biomass and functional diversity at the 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm...