Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the plasma levels of hypoxanthine (HX) and xanthine in the renal vein blood samples for prediction of delayed graft function (DGF). Materials and Methods: Two blood samples were taken from 47 kidney recipients, intraoperatively. The first sample was obtained from a peripheral vein before vascular anastomosis and the second from the allograft r...

Over the past 40 years, there have been a number of review articles attempting to rationalise cord clamping practice. Early cord clamping was originally thought to be important in active management of the third stage of labour, but this was never evidence based. Without an evidence base to justify it, early cord clamping in clinical practice has remained very variable. There is good evidence th...

PURPOSE To evaluate infrared thermometer (IRT) accuracy compared to standard digital thermometer in measuring kidney temperature during arterial clamping with and without renal cooling. MATERIALS AND METHODS 20 pigs weighting 20Kg underwent selective right renal arterial clamping, 10 with (Group 1 - Cold Ischemia with ice slush) and 10 without renal cooling (Group 2 - Warm Ischemia). Arterial...

Objective: During meatotomy procedure for children with meatal stenosis (MS), a straight clamp used as hemostat on the ventrum of meatus before incised scissors clamping and holding bleeding from site operation. The aim this study was to evaluate optimum time in MS. Materials methods: All patients MS between 2014 2019 were enrolled retrospective study. Patients uncircumcised penis, traumatic ca...

in this research, the influence of bolt preload on the fatigue strength of 2024-t3 aluminium alloy double lap bolted joints has been studied experimentally and numerically. to do so, three sets of the specimens were prepared and each of them subjected to tightening torque of 1,2.5 and 5 n-m and then fatigue tests were conducted under various cyclic axial load levels. in the numerical method, th...

The handle of a commercial bar clamp was redesigned using ergonomic principles and then compared with an original clamp. Ten male and ten female students participated in simulated clamping tasks under various conditions, including different clamping heights, clamping methods, and handle-gripping methods, with respect to the dependent variables of clamping and handle-squeezing forces. The result...

Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET) is a key component to check temporal constraints of realtime systems. WCET by static analysis provides a safe upper bound. While hardware modelling is now efficient, loss of precision stems mainly in the inclusion of infeasible execution paths in the WCET calculation. This paper proposes a new method to detect such paths based on static analysis of machine code ...

Upper and lower bounds for the eigenvalues of three types of matrices M are established. If M is written as the sum of a diagonal matrix D plus a matrix A, the real parts of the eigenvalues of M must lie between the real parts of the neighboring diagonal elements of D, no matter how large the elements of A or how closely spaced the diagonal elements of D. One of the types—that representing one ...

Background & aim: Based on the current scientific evidence, delayed cord clamping (DCC) elevates early hemoglobin concentrations and iron stores in the neonate. However, the persistent practice of early cord clamping (ECC) is still a routine care. The aim of the present study was to investigate the umbilical cord clamping practices of maternity care providers in Oman. Methods: This cross-sectio...