introduction: prolonged labor can lead to maternal and neonatal complications. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pethidine on the duration of active labor in nulli-parous women. materials and methods: in a randomized clinical 90 nulliparous women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies at term were randomly assigned into two groups. the first group received 50 mg pethi...

formulae expressing explicitly the coefficients of an expansion of double jacobi polynomials which has been partially differentiated an arbitrary number of times with respect to its variables in terms of the coefficients of the original expansion are stated and proved. extension to expansion of triple jacobi polynomials is given. the results for the special cases of double and triple ultraspher...

Sodium-oxygen batteries hold great promise for the transition to a non-fossil fuel economy due their high theoretical energy density. One of most important components these devices is air-cathode, where electrons available at solid electrode, Na+ ions present in liquid electrolyte and oxygen gas react form sodium oxides as discharge products. The kinetics discharge/charge reactions depend signi...

Surface modification of boron-doped diamond (BDD) with copper phthalocyanine was achieved using a simple and convenient dropcast deposition, giving rise to a microcrystalline structure. Both unmodified and modified BDD electrodes of different surface terminations (namely hydrogen and oxygen) were compared via the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in aqueous solution. A significant lowering of...

A key obstacle to practical operation of protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) is the development of high efficient cathode materials. In this study, we report the identification of Gd0.1Ce0.9O2-d (GDC) infiltrated PrBaCo2O5þd (PBC) e BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.2O3-d (BZCY) materials as a novel triple phase (e /Hþ/O2 ) conducting composite cathode of PCFCs. This triple phase conducting composite cathode is c...

We present a general theory for determining the force (and torque) exerted on a boundary (or body) in active matter. The theory extends the description of passive Brownian colloids to self-propelled active particles and applies for all ratios of the thermal energy kBT to the swimmer’s activity ksTs = ζU 2 0 τR/6, where ζ is the Stokes drag coefficient, U0 is the swim speed and τR is the reorien...

3D microstructure-performance relationships in Ni-YSZ anodes for electrolyte-supported cells are investigated in terms of the correlation between the triple phase boundary (TPB) length and polarization resistance (Rpol). Three different Ni-YSZ anodes of varying microstructure are subjected to eight reduction-oxidation (redox) cycles at 950 °C. In general the TPB lengths correlate with anode per...

background & aim : the process of delivery, from physiologic point of view, is similar to long exercises and decrease in physical activities is so common during pregnancy which could cause disruptions in the process of delivery. the present study aimed to determine the effects of exercise on childbirth process among primigravid women. methods & materials : this single-blind randomized clinical ...

A series of microstructured, supported platinum (Pt) catalyst films (supported on single-crystal yttria-stabilized zirconia) and an appropriate Pt catalyst reference system (supported on single-crystal alumina) were fabricated using pulsed laser deposition and ion-beam etching. The thin films exhibit area-specific lengths of the three-phase boundary (length of three-phase boundary between the P...

As the Semantic Web (SW) is being automatically populated with large number of RDF triples scalability issues related to wide scale reasoning occur. We believe these difficulties are due to the use of global reasoning engines, which carry all the load of collecting and handling all relevant triples, and they can be alleviated by distributing the load of the reasoning amongst the meaningful enti...