METHOD(S) : In our tertiary referral hospital, 25 mg vaginal misoprostol 6 hourly for a maximum of five doses and 50 μg oral misoprostol 6 hourly for a maximum of five doses were compared with 0.5mg intracervical dinoprostone gel 12 hourly for a maximum of three doses for induction of labor at term in 150 women in three groups of 50 each. Number of vaginal deliveries achieved, induction to vagi...

Solar radiation models for predicting the average daily and hourly global radiation, beam radiation and diffuse radiation are reviewed in this paper. Seven models using the Ångström– Prescott equation to predict the average daily global radiation with hours of sunshine are considered. The average daily global radiation for Hong Kong (22.3 N latitude, 114.3 E longitude) is predicted. Estimations...

Solar radiation data are available for many locations on an hourly basis. Simulation studies of solar energy systems have generally used these hourly values to estimate longterm annual performance, although solar radiation can exhibit wide variations during an hour. Variations in solar radiation during an hour, such as on a minute basis, could result in inaccurate performance estimates for some...

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic in southeast Asia and northern Australia. In recent years, the incidence of melioidosis has increased worldwide. Septic arthritis is a rare but well-recognized manifestation of melioidosis. Patients with underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes mellitus, renal impairment, cirrhosis, and malignancy are at greater ri...

Quantitative assessments of home-range dynamics and movements of long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata) are lacking, in spite of the importance of these data to understanding how habitat fragmentation influences behavior, ecology, and interspecific interactions. During autumn to late winter 1998–2000, we monitored 11 long-tailed weasels (7 male, 4 female) via radiotelemetry to examine home-range...

Accumulated growing degree-days (aGDD) are widely used to predict phenological stages of plants and insects. It has been shown in the past that the best predictive performance is obtained when aGDD are computed from hourly temperature data. As the latter are not always available, models of diurnal temperature changes are often employed to retrieve the required information from data of daily min...

OBJECTIVE To determine the therapeutic efficacy of adjuvant use of voriconazole, 1%, eyedrops in the treatment of refractory fungal keratitis. METHODS A prospective open-label trial was conducted to determine voriconazole levels obtained in human aqueous humor after administration of a 1% solution, preserved with 0.01% benzalkonium chloride, every 6 hours for 3 days, or hourly for 4 doses. Te...

This paper reports on the results of a dynamic pricing experiment that compares the performance of three popular pricing programs–hourly pricing, critical peak pricing, and critical peak-pricing with a rebate–for a representative sample from the population of households in the District of Columbia. The sampled households differ in terms of their income levels, electricityusing appliance holding...