Receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is a marker of alveolar type I cells and is elevated in the pulmonary edema fluid of patients with acute lung injury (ALI). We tested the hypothesis that RAGE in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) would be elevated in experimental models of direct ALI characterized by alveolar epithelial cell injury. We developed ELISA measurements for RAGE and ...

INTRODUCTION Acute lung injury (ALI) can result from various insults to the pulmonary tissue. Experimental and clinical data suggest that spontaneous breathing (SB) during pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) in ALI results in better lung aeration and improved oxygenation. Our objective was to evaluate whether the addition of SB has different effects in two different models of ALI. METHODS F...

Broad research interests and related applications: My research is in the area of stochastic systems, computational methods for sensing, estimation, and control problems, with a focus on robotic systems. In real-world systems, uncertainty (both in the system model and sensory readings) is omnipresent. A few of the vast set of applications for this research include (i) Motion planning for mobile ...

| 2017 | 1 Seyed-Hossein Abtahi1,2, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi1,2, Seyed Ali Akbar Mortazavi1,2, Hamidreza Jahanbani-Ardakani2,3,4, Mehdi Mazloumi5 1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2Isfahan Eye Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 3Medical School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 4Isfahan Medical Students Research Cent...

* Corresponding Author: Alireza Norouzi, MD Dagestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Tel: +98 21 82415104 Fax: +98 21 82415400 E-mail: [email protected] Recieved: 18 Jun. 2011 Accepted: 23 Jul. 2011 A new section in MEJDD which is aimed to improve chinical decision making by presenting a real patient by an experienced clinician ...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ . MD, Researcher, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] . (Corresponding author) MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Research Vice Chancellor of Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Department of Neuro...

Roghieh Kharaghani, Mohammad Shariati, Afsaneh Keramat, Masud Yunesian, Alireza Moghisi. Department of Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran; Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Institute for Environmental Research, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Health Related S...

1. Kariminejad-Najmabadi Genetic Center, Tehran-Iran 2. Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran 3. Pediatric Neurologist, Tehran, Iran 4. Hospital Marin, Paris, France 5. UPMC Univ Paris 06, IFR14, Paris, F-75013, France 6. CNRS, UMR7215, Paris, F-75013, France 7. Inserm, U974, Paris, F-75013, France 8. Institut de Myologie, Paris, F-75013, France 9. AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier PitiéSalpêtrière, UF Cardi...

This a rare case of adenoid hypertrophy in a 23 years old Saudi non-smoker female, who presented with severe bilateral nasal obstruction, mouth breathing, anterior nasal discharge, snoring for the last 7 months. The nasopharynx was examined by flexible nasopharyngoscope, which showed a big mass occupying the nasopharynx. Under general anesthesia, adenoidectomy was performed. Immediately after t...

Green incentives are included in the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” (ARRA). It is, however, unclear how these government incentives can be carried out most effectively according to market-based principles and if they can serve as a catalyst for an accelerated green transformation and an ultimate solution to the current U.S. and global economic and financial crisis. The article...