conclusions lidocaine-meperidine-diltiazem gel provides significantly better pain control than lidocaine-diltiazem gel and lidocaine gel alone during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy and probe insertion. this mixture gel is safe, easy to administer and well accepted by patients. results the mean of visual analog pain scale was 4.5 in group a, 3.5 in group b, and 2.0 in group c duri...

We consider the problem of sorting on a one-dimensional sub-bus array of processors. The sub-bus broadcast operation makes possible a new class of parallel sorting algorithms whose complexity we analyze with the parallel insertion model. A sorting method, or sorting strategy, in the parallel insertion model, uses a sequence of left and right insertion steps, of which we give two types: greedy i...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of preprocedure misoprostol on intrauterine device (IUD) placement in nulliparous women. STUDY DESIGN In this randomized controlled double-blind trial at the University of New Mexico reproductive health clinic, nulliparous women requesting an IUD were randomized to 400 mcg of buccal misoprostol or placebo 2-8 hours before insertion. Primary outcomes included p...

Despite the fact that of the words having four or more letters only two appear in the dictionary, uent speakers of English have no diÆculty accepting the text as English or, given a little preparation, reading it aloud. What is it about this text that makes it seem so natural while containing so few English words? The outer structure helps, the line breaks, the capital letters at the start of e...

INTRODUCTION Nasal septal perforation has a variety of causes, and patients can present with a range of symptoms. Symptomatic patients are first treated by regular nasal douching, as this simple measure settles the symptoms in most cases. Those who require surgery are offered occlusion of the perforation using prosthesis or a surgical procedure. Patients are managed with a septal button if they...

Allowing for content-based image retrieval, an image database must perform a number of time-consuming feature extraction tasks when inserting a new image, when searching with a newly entered image, or when bulk-loading many images in parallel. The duration of this preprocessing step typically lies far beyond what one would accept for conventional (short-running) database transactions. Hence, a ...

Il s’agit d’une patiente âgée de 36 ans, sans antécédents particuliers, G3P3, ayant accouché à deux reprises par voie basse. Elle a été admise par le biais des urgences à un terme de 38 Semaines d’aménorrhée pour entrée spontanée en travail. Une échographie obstétricale a été pratiquée objectivant un placenta antérieur loin du col et une image oblongue rappelant le cordon ombilical interposée e...

sterilised women in Iran Sterilisation is an effective and convenient means of contraception and has become increasingly popular as a birth control technique throughout the world during the past 40 years. However some women who choose sterilisation may suffer a neurotic syndrome, which is manifested in the form of pain, depression and loss of libido.1 We undertook a study designed to investigat...

It has previously been shown that the combination of two deleted Pelements in trans, one containing the left functional end and the second element the right functional end, can lead to high levels of male recombination. This finding strongly suggests that P-element, ends from different chromosomes can become associated, followed by “pseudo-excision.” We show that two different processes are inv...