Org NC 45 60-80 microgram kg-1 was administered to 20 pregnant women undergoing general anaesthesia for Caesarean section. Org NC 45 plasma concentrations were measured fluorimetrically in samples of maternal, venous and arterial cord blood obtained at delivery. The venous cord to maternal concentration ratio averaged 11% and was not influenced by the interval between induction and delivery. Th...

the nocturnal harmony of wood orchestra, reza ghassemi’s first novel, is a rare example of iranian postmodernist novel. though the novel has a complicated structure, it is still well-crafted, readable and pleasing, a virtue that very often is not observed in persian postmodernist novels. the present study analyzes the novel in the light of such terms as metafiction, ontological ambiguity, short...

The genus Phyllactinia is one of the members of Erysiphaceae (Erysiphales, Ascomycota) which parasitize several host plant families. This taxon is well characterized by having acicular appendages with bulbous swelling at the base and penicillate cells which are outgrowth of some ascoma wall cells. A number of challenges exist to distinguish species assigned to this taxon. This is because of a f...