During long-term low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia, dew formation and the generation of compound A are increased in the anesthesia circuit because of elevated soda lime temperature. The object of this study was to develop a novel radiator for carbon dioxide absorbents used for long durations of low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia. Eleven female swine were divided into two groups comprising a "radiato...

The Atlantic Rainforest of South America is one of the major biodiversity hotspots of the world and serves as a place of residence for a wide variety of Culicidae species. Mosquito studies in the natural environment are of considerable importance because of their role in transmitting pathogens to both humans and other vertebrates. Community diversity can have significant effects on the risk of ...

Tears of the anulus fibrosus, which have been implicated in back pain, have not been studied systematically with MR imaging. We correlated MR images with cryomicrotome sections to study the lumbar anulus fibrosus in 20 cadavers. Three distinct types of tears of the anulus were identified: concentric tears, characterized by fluid-filled spaces between adjacent lamellae; radial tears, characteriz...

Condensation resulting in the formation of water films or droplets is an unavoidable process on the cuticle or skin of many organisms. This process generally occurs under humid conditions when the temperature drops below the dew point. In this study, we have investigated dew conditions on the skin of the gecko Lucasium steindachneri. When condensation occurs, we show that small dew drops, as op...

The information regarding isolated tears of the meniscus in stable knees (ie, without cruciate ligament tears), specifically in a younger population, is scarce. Although surgical treatment is preferred for young patients with meniscal tears, the diagnosis at this age may be misled by other sources of knee pain. The purpose of this study was to report on the prevalence and sex variance of isolat...

PURPOSE To evaluate the incidence of meniscal tears in patients with chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-deficient knees, and to determine the influence of posterior tibial slope (PTS) on medial meniscal tears in ACL-deficient knees. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed 174 patients (174 knees) with a mean age of 30.7 years who underwent ACL reconstruction for chronic ACL tears. We divided ...

OBJECTIVE To present the incidence and management of dural tears and cerebrospinal fluid leakage during corrective osteotomy [Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (PSO) or Smith-Petersen Osteotomy (SPO)] for ankylosing spondylitis with kyphotic deformity. METHODS A retrospective study was performed for ankylosing spondylitis patients with fixed sagittal imbalance, who had undergone corrective osteot...

Information technology (IT) has brought significant changes in people’s lives. As an important part of the IT industry, data centres (DCs) have been rapidly growing in both the number and size over the past 40 years. Around 30% to 40% of electricity consumption in DCs is used for space cooling, thus leading to very inefficient DC operation. To identify ways to reduce the energy consumption for ...

introduction the purpose of this study was to evaluate personal shields in radiation departments of hospitals affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences. materials and methods first, the information related to 109 personal shields was recorded and evaluated by imaging equipment. afterwards, the equivalent lead thickness (elt) of 62 personal shields was assessed, using dosimeter and st...

A combination of emetine hydrochloride with chloroquine yields better results than either drug alone in the treatment of amoebic liver abscess in adults (Wilmot, Powell, and Adams, 1959). A similar combination of dehydroemetine with chloroquine is equally satisfactory (Wilmot, Powell, MacLeod, and Elsdon-Dew, 1964; Powell, Wilmot, MacLeod, and Elsdon-Dew, 1967). Dehydroemetine is claimed to be ...