objectives:the aim of the present study was to assess the analgesic efficacy of iv ketamine injection inaddition to nephrostomy tract infiltration of ketamine – bupivacaine on postoperative pain relief after tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl). patients and methods: patients (n = 100), with renal stone who were candidates for pcnl were randomized to five groups with 20 cases in each: g...

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BACKGROUND Chip pan fires are responsible for 25% of fire related injury in the UK, despite government strategies to encourage safer frying. To establish the feasibility of promoting oven ready chips (fries), the residents in a materially deprived ward of London were surveyed. Sample frame: 1073 of 2145 households participating in a randomised controlled trial. RESULTS Approximately half of t...

I provide several lessons learned from running a number of conference program committees over the past decade, as well as some additional thoughts on conference organization and the reviewing process. Topics include how to deal with poor or absent reviewers, inbreeding among PC members, starting a new conference, and several other issues.

Artificial recharge of urban aquifers with stormwater has been used extensively in urban areas to dispose of stormwater and compensate for reduced groundwater recharge. However, stormwater-derived sediments accumulating in infiltration beds may act as a source of dissolved contaminants for groundwater. Concentrations of hydrocarbons, heavy metals, nutrients and dissolved oxygen (DO) were monito...

The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal Acknowledgements The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) provided funding for this review. The involvement of the project manager from the MPCA, Bruce Wilson, was greatly appreciated. Executive Summary Recently, there has been an increased interest in the use of infiltration as a method of managing st...