BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sevoflurane-based sedation technique for colonoscopy in geriatric patients as compared with that using propofol. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty elderly patients, who were scheduled for colonoscopy, participated in this controlled prospective study and were randomly allocated into two groups; P and S. The patients were se...

In this paper, a model for hybrid transmission expansion planning (TEP) and reactive power planning (RPP) considering demand response (DR) model has been presented. In this study RPP considered by TEP for its effects on lines capacity and reduction of system expansion costs. On the other hand the expansion of the transmission system is an important subject, especially dealing with the new i...

Background. Transseptal puncture (TSP) can be challenging. We compared safety and efficacy of a modified TSP technique ("mosquito" technique, MOSQ-TSP) to conventional TSP (CONV-TSP). Method. Patients undergoing AF ablation in whom first attempt of TSP did not result in left atrial (LA) pressure (failure to cross, FTC) were randomized to MOSQ-TSP (i.e., puncture of the fossa via a wafer-thin in...

Methods: A total of 25 fresh-frozen cadaveric shoulders were randomized into 5 suture configuration groups: single-row repair with simple stitch technique; single-row repair with modified Mason-Allen technique; double-row Mason-Allen technique; doublerow cross-bridge technique; and double-row suture bridge technique. Load and displacement were recorded at 100 Hz until failure. Stiffness and bon...

In survey sampling, we aspire to obtain sound and consistent responses, which are not achieved while dealing with sensitive issues. Frequently, respondents give elusive responses questions, so employ randomized response techniques that facilitate finding an appropriate proportion of socially characteristics. the present study, proposed a hidden logit estimation method using Huang, Warner, Manga...

In this paper, we propose the calibration procedure for the variance reduction of the stratified Warner’s randomized response estimators, which suggested by Hong et al. (1994) and Kim and Warde (2004), using auxiliary information at the population level. It is shown that the proposed calibration estimators are more efficient than the ordinary Warner’s estimators.

A new generalized forced quantitative randomized response (GFQRR) model for estimating the population total of a sensitive variable is proposed and studied under a unified setup. The bias and variance expressions are derived under unequal probability sampling design. It is shown that the models due to Eichhorn and Hayre (1983), Bar-Lev, Bobovitch, and Boukai (2004), Liu and Chow (1976a, 1976b),...

The two mean responses after the stimulus differ for the two conditions as expected. As can be seen however, the mean EDA preceding the exposure of an extreme picture also significantly differs from the mean EDA preceding a calm picture. Several hypotheses for this anomaly have been explored. For example, the composition of a sequence of calm and extreme pictures preceding a particular stimulus...