The use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sometimes leads to additional and unnecessary risks compared with thoracotomy. We report a troubling case of VATS lung biopsy in a 43-year-old woman with mild pulmonary hypertension. A progressive elevation of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) was noted after the commencement of right unilateral ventilation. When the systolic PAP reached 90 m...

Using bottom outlets for drain and regulation of water level in reservior has significant importance in performance mahagment of dam. Amount of service and emergency gates opening have important role in pressure, velocity and discharge coefficient variations and finally dam performance. In the present research, flow aeration between emergency and service gates was studied with different hydraul...

Elite migration and brain drain trend in Iran have undergone a dramatic ascent in the past few decades while we are seriously in need of educated manpower to help accomplish the 20-year national vision. So to consider brain drain is necessary and must be accounted by policymakers in all levels. In the upcoming paper, we study the brain drain as a social problem and elaborate a five-dimensional ...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a serum parathyroid hormone (PTH)-based discharge algorithm can be used to safely facilitate outpatient total thyroidectomy. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review of consecutive total and completion thyroidectomies performed by the senior author from March 2008 to November 2009. SETTING An academic tertiary care center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS At the authors' i...

In Pakistan, many subsurface (SS) drainage projects were launched by the Salinity Control and Reclamation Project (SCARP) to deal with twin problems (waterlogging salinity). some cases, sump pumps installed for disposal of SS effluent into surface channels. Presently, have become dysfunctional due social financial constraints. This study evaluates alternate design Paharang system that could per...

concentrations of eight metals namely, cr, mn, fe, co, ni, cu, zn and pb were examined in the surface sediments of discharge channels of six industries in lagos using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry.these channels drain into the isolo canal which empties into the lagos lagoon and eventually into the atlantic ocean. this study was conducted to detect any contamination levels within the sediments...

elite migration and brain drain trend in iran have undergone a dramatic ascent in the past few decades while we are seriously in need of educated manpower to help accomplish the 20-year national vision. so to consider brain drain is necessary and must be accounted by policymakers in all levels. in the upcoming paper, we study the brain drain as a social problem and elaborate a five-dimensional ...