objective refractory convulsive status epilepticus (se) which does not respond to first line drugs (benzodiazepines, phenytoin and phenobarbital) heralds an emergency condition in pediatric neurology which can cause irreparable brain damage. there is no consensus on the choice of drug treatment for refractory generalized  convulsive status epilepticus in children. lidocaine is a valuable forgot...

objective midazolam is a significant and effective drug for control of a life-threatening condition, generalized and partial refractory convulsive status epilepticus. the goal of this study was evaluation of midazolam efficacy for management of this serious disease and its two side effects, hypotension and respiratory failure. materials & methods our study was done using a quasi experimental me...

how to cite this article: fallah r, yadegari y, salmani nodushan m. efficacy and safety of intravenous sodium valproate in convulsive status epilepticus in children in shahid sadoughi hospital. iran. j. child. neurol 2012;6(2):39-44.   objective status epilepticus (se) is the most common pediatric neurologic emergency with high mortality and morbidity. there is no consensus on the drug of choic...

background and objectives: an association between socioeconomic status (ses) and poor health has been recognized. inequalities in nutrition have been associated with inequalities in health. this study aimed to identify the social variability in the food and nutrient intake of iranian households. materials and methods: this study was conducted in the framework of the comprehensive study on house...

Qualitative counterparts of expected utility can be expressed by means of Sugeno inte-grals. Both von Neumann and Morgenstern-like and Savage-like axiomatic justiications are provided. In this framework, pessimistic (i.e., risk-averse) as well as optimistic attitudes can be captured.

In the model of Funaki and Yamato (1999) the tragedy of the commons can be avoided with pessimistic players, while this does not hold for optimistic players. We propose a new core concept to overcome this puzzle and provide numerical simulations of simple games where the conclusions coincide or are less sensitive to behavioural assumptions.

In this paper, we propose a task redundancy strategy based on measures of accuracy of volunteers. Simulation results show that our strategy reduces the number of generated task replicas compared to the pessimistic and moderate strategies. It also generates similar or less task replicas compared to the optimistic strategy.

In this paper, we prove an exponential rate of convergence result for a common estimator of conditional value-at-risk for bounded random variables. The bound on optimistic deviations is tighter while the bound on pessimistic deviations is more general and applies to a broader class of convex risk measures. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

This paper presents a new protocol for atomic broadcast in an asynchronous network with a maximal number of Byzantine failures. It guarantees both safety and liveness without making any timing assumptions or using any type of “failure detector.” Under normal circumstances, the protocol runs in an “optimistic mode,” with extremely low message and computational complexity — essentially, just perf...

The intensive use of soil and water resources results in a disbalance between the environmental economic objectives river basin. quality management model supports good status, especially downstream dams reservoirs, as case Sutla/Sotla This research aims to develop new, improved integrated rural transboundary basins achieve protection Natura 2000 sites. uses basin pressure analysis assess effect...