Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has gained widespread acceptance among cardiac anaesthetists as a tool to facilitate peri-operative decision-making. This observational study analyses the impact of TOE and its inter-observer variability on intra-operative patient management during cardiac and major vascular surgery. From June 1996 to December 1998, standardized reports were obtained from...

[Purpose] To compare the toe flexor, hand grip and knee extensor strengths of young and elderly men, and to examine the association between toe flexor strength and physical activity or inactivity levels. [Subjects and Methods] Young (n=155, 18-23 years) and elderly (n=60, 65-88 years) men participated in this study. Toe flexor, hand grip, and knee extensor strength were measured. Physical activ...

ABSTRACT: Vegetable and fruit waste are produced in huge quantities the market. These wastes also nutritionally very rich and, can be a viable option to used as substrate for generation of value-added products. However, there is need characterize these before using them raw materials production any product. In this regard, present study was taken up determine proximate analysis vegetable waste....

background:   to introduce our experience of using the free neurovascular flap from great and second toe. methods:   thirteen patients (fifteen fingers) sought surgical treatment for soft tissue defects of the hand at our medical institutin between march 2006 and september 2009. in two patients, fibular side skin-nail flaps of great toe were applied to cover the dorsal defect of distal thumb. i...

The objective of this study was to evaluate function of the great toe in maintaining human static and dynamic balance. Correlation among the great toe length, body height and balance performance parameters were also investigated. Thirty female subjects (aged 22.1±1.87 years) were tested in two great toe conditions, unconstrained and constrained. Balance testing was done in the orders listed: 1)...

the aim of this study was to find any structural differences between the digital pads of forelimbs and hind limbs as well as more careful investigation of the internal and external structures of the toe-pad. in this study, pad morphology and cytology in litoria caerulea is described using sem, tem and light microscopy. at the gross anatomical level, toe-pads in hind limbs were subdivided into m...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of hen production cycle (HPC) and the effect of egg weight (EW) at the same egg production level on egg quality, egg composition, hatchability, duckling quality, and first-week BW in Pekin ducks. For HPC, hatching eggs were obtained from different Pekin-duck breeder flocks, aged 31 wk for the first production cycle (HPC1) and 78 wk for the second...

Indonesia as an agricultural country, produces products and their waste. To increase the utilization of waste, hence Palm Oil Mill Boiler Ash processed into adsorbent. This research aimed to determine effect contact time on quality adsorption process crude palm oil using adsorbent from Ash. The results showed that optimum at 60 minutes resulted in largest reduction free fatty acids by 2.99% wit...

This paper aimed to evaluate the effects of storage periods on the conservation of Pachyrhizus ahipa roots at different temperatures and packaging materials. The roots were harvested, washed, packed in PVC, plastic bags, without wrappings (control) and stored in polystyrene trays in refrigerators, or cold chambers, or at room temperature. Total titratable acidity (TTA), total soluble solids (TS...