A prospective study of 132 patients with severe cornmunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treated in the ICU was carried out to determine the causative agents, the value of the clinical, biological, and radiologic features in predicting the etiology, and to define prognostic factors. The study group included 98 men and 34 women (mean age: 58 ± 18 years). The most frequent underlying condition was COP...

The influence of some effective parameters on the removal efficiency of a 500 liters UASB reactor was investigated. The best conditions to removal the pollution loading is pH=7 and temperature range of 35 to 38°C. The optimal of hydraulic retention time in medium COD amounts (800-1800 mg), is 5 h and in the high COD load (1800-2600 mg) is 6 h. Furthermore, the hydraulic rate is between 0.67-0.8...

The dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia has been reviewed elsewhere (72). Cholesterol-lowering diets involve the reduction of overall fat and cholesterol intake, and the substitution of polyunsaturated vegetable oils for saturated fats and complex carbohydrates for sugars (116). Many people have reduced their cholesterol levels dramatically by diet alone. However, when averaged across man...

A BSTRACT Background In patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of cholesterol levels, cholesterol-lowering therapy reduces the risk of coronary events, but the effects on mortality from coronary heart disease and overall mortality have remained uncertain. Methods In a double-blind, randomized trial, we compared the effects of pravastatin (40 mg daily) with those of a placebo ove...

to shorten the dormancy period of potato minitubers and to increase a tuber's capacity to be planted sooner after being harvested, an experiment was conducted at pishtaz tissue culture company in karaj, using factorial experiment on the basis of a completely randomized design with three replications. the first factor was comprised of cultivars (agria, marfona and burren), the second minitu...

Today, “Talent Gap” poses as one of the biggest problems in business world. As ratio this talent gap increases, so too does desperation businesses to alleviate problem. This study aims answer research problem defined as, “Does using game-based assessment provide an advantage companies war attracting and retaining young talents?” To this, aptitudes perspectives 35 candidates towards terms some c...