Purpose This study set out to identify the association between the intraperitoneal CO2 concentrations and postoperative pain by dividing the participants into a control group and 2 experimental groups receiving irrigation (1 L and 2 L), and directly measuring their intraperitoneal CO2 concentrations with a CO2 gas detector. Methods A total of 101 patients, American Society of Anesthesiologist...

If you take meetings, instant messaging, emails and calls out of your working day there is a fair chance that the remaining work-related communication is relatively small. Most of people’s daily lives is interacting with the social network at the office, engaging with people and using relationships to drive innovation and results. Most individuals would attest to having a good understanding of ...

This lecture—based on the author's book, General Lattice Theory , Birkhäuser Verlag, 1978—briefly introduces the basic concepts of lattice theory, as needed for the lecture " Some combinatorial aspects of congruence lattice representations ". 1.1. Posets. A partially ordered set A; ≤≤ consists of a nonvoid set A and a binary relation ≤ on A such that the relation ≤ satisfies properties (P1)–(P3...

Critical to survival is the geriatric concept, allostasis, defined as the ability to achieve stability through change. It is appropriate that allostasis is an introduction to this commentary, which may partially apply to the medical and pharmacy profession as currently constituted.

PURPOSE This study compared the effectiveness of 2 nasal hoods (Porter/Brown and Accutron) in reducing waste nitrous oxide gas during conscious sedation for routine pediatric dental treatment. METHODS Thirty children, ages 3 to 8 years (mean=5.4 +/- 1.2 years), participated in this study. Fifteen randomly selected children started with the Porter/Brown mask, which was then switched to the Acc...

To determine the effect of breed on copper status of crossbred (F1) lambs, a study was conducted using 187 crossbred wether lambs. Wether lambs were progeny of five ram breeds (Dorset, Finnsheep, Montadale, Romanov, and Texel) and two ewe breeds (Rambouillet and a composite breed [1/2 Columbia, 1/4 Suffolk, 1/4 Hampshire]). Diets were adjusted to decrease crude protein twice during the experime...

1.0 Binaural Directly from eardrum to eardrum 1 1.1 Binaural in practice 2 1.2 Quasi-binaural recording for loudspeaker playback 2 2.0 From mono to stereo by panning 4 2.1 Recording and rendering with paired microphones 6 2.2 Rendering below 1 kHz 10 2.3 Spaced microphones 13 2.4 Blending AB and XY recording techniques 15 3.0 Rendering in a reverberant environment 16 3.1 Loudspeaker placement 2...

101 THIS TWO-PART FEATURE BEGAN with a discussion of why unconventional left-turn alternatives hold promise for the relief of congested urban and suburban arterials. Part One, which was printed in the September 1998 issue of ITE Journal on pages 26–29, also described three unconventional alternatives—the median U-turn, the bowtie and the superstreet. This part discusses four more alternatives.

The gold standard for treating dyslipidemia in patients with or at high risk for CVD centers on intensive LDL-C lowering with statins. However, even among patients who achieve LDL-C levels < 70 mg/dL, the residual risk for subsequent CHD events remains high. The role of elevated TG, elevated non–HDL-C, and low HDL-C on residual CHD risk, guidelines for treating beyond LDL-C, and clinical trial ...