Previous studies have demonstrated that rapid evacuation, disrobing and emergency decontamination can enhance the ability of emergency services and acute hospitals to effectively manage chemically-contaminated casualties. The purpose of this human volunteer study was to further optimise such an "Initial Operational Response" by (1) identifying an appropriate method for performing improvised ski...

In many children with enuresis repetitive awakening by an alarm as soon as urination begins will gradually train the brain to exert automatic control over the bladder. The child will eventually either wake up before urination or sleep throughout the night without needing to empty the bladder. Such treatment is accepted as the most successful way of curing bed-wetting and may result in over 80% ...

every year large amounts of grapes are stores in normal and cold rooms to offer off-season of grapes to the market which based on several reasons their quality and weight greatly decreases. therefore, in order to decrease the post harvest losses of grapes and selection of suitable cultivars for long time storage, this study was conducted in two experiments, one in a factorial experiment based o...

sawdust of the most inexpensive and abundant most engrossing read and the ability to absorb heavy metals from water and wastewater types. on the other hand increased metal hexavalent chromium (cr6 +) in drinking water cause toxicity, and complications from it can be. so the purpose of this research, effects of the dosage absorbent sawduste, equilibrium time, the efficiency of absorption and cal...

To the Editor Monitoring urine output remains essential to the care of adult patients admitted to the hospital. In acute, decompen-sated heart failure, ongoing assessment of urine output is required to adjust diuretic dosing in keeping with current recommendations for hospitalized patients. [1] In patients with acute kidney injury, assessment of urine output is essential for diagnosis and manag...

Key Points  Loss or injury of pad tissue, despite an otherwise normal limb, can result in complete loss of limb function, so preserving pad function is critical for most small animals.  Skin around the pad may in some cases be able to adapt to function similar to pad tissue but it is generally accepted that adjacent skin is not a suitable replacement for lost pad tissue, particularly in activ...

to investigate effects of different super absorbent polymer and animal manure ratios on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of soybean under drought stress, a split plots experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications in marvdasht, iran in 2009. main factor included of irrigation with 50, 100 and 150 mm evaporation from pan class a and su...