A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of ovine fasciolosis in Debre Berhan region based on clinical, abattoir and field survey from November 2007 to March 2008. Of total 475 ovine faucal samples examined 229 (48.21%) positive for fasciolosis. Sex wise Prevalence off sciolosis 73.05% in male and 26.95% in female animals. Statistical analysis of prevalence rate on sex basis showed no ...

AIMS We compared the effect of desflurane and sevoflurane on anesthesia recovery time in patients undergoing urological cystoscopic surgery. The Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test (SOMCT) measured and compared cognitive impairment between groups and coughing was assessed throughout the anesthetic. METHODS AND MATERIALS This investigation included 75 ambulatory patients. Patients were...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the difference between the clinical effects of nasotracheal suction (NTS) mechanical ventilation and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (CPAP) treatment of cerebral ischemic stroke (IS) induced by sleep apnea. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-three patients diagnosed with cerebral IS caused by sleep apnea from February 2013 to February 2014 were selected for this stu...

background : breast cancer is one of the most common cancers amongst women in developed and developing countries. it is associated with the highest mortality rate in low to average-income countries. breast cancer investigation amongst iranian women reveals that the number of its incidence is yet the highest in all cancer types. despite recent longer survival time of women with breast cancer, mo...

OBJECTIVE Tranexamic acid has been suggested to be as effective as aprotinin in reducing blood loss and transfusion requirements after cardiac surgery. Previous studies directly comparing both antifibrinolytics focus on high-risk cardiac surgery patients only or suffer from methodological problems. We wanted to compare the effectiveness of tranexamic acid versus aprotinin in reducing postoperat...

OBJECTIVES We investigated difference of parameters of polysomnography, cephalometry and dynamic multi-detector computerized tomography (MD-CT) in wake and sleep states according to obesity. METHODS We evaluated 93 patients who underwent polysomnography and cephalometry. MD-CT was performed in 68 of these 93 patients. Fifty-nine and 34 patients were classified as obese and non-obese, with obe...

carbon sequestration potential of three species including agropyron elengatum, stipa barbata and artemisia aucheri was evaluated in parts of a semi-arid rangeland in this study. after determination and selecting key areas as study sites, sampling from vegetation and soil, based on randomized systematic method, was done and 90 plant and 45 soil samples were taken, respectively. shooting and root...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to assess a newly developed toothbrush for efficacy in plaque removal, reduction of gingivitis and soft tissue bleeding, and retardation of stain formation over 30 days. METHODOLOGY Healthy adult subjects (N = 112) were admitted to the study, and randomly given a test toothbrush, (the elmex interX medium) or the control toothbrush, an ADA-Accepted flat-bristl...

A psychoticism questionnaire developed by the authors (Arora & Varma, 1980 a, b) was administered to 100 psychotics, 100 neurotics, 100 relatives of psychotics, and 100 normals. Relationship of P-score with six socioeconomic variables, i.e., age, sex, education, occupation, religion and urban, rural background was studied. P-score was found to be higher in younger age group (15-24 years) in eac...

BACKGROUND Nuclear unrest is a term applied to Wilms' tumors (WT) that show nuclear abnormalities close to anaplasia but without abnormal mitoses. p53 is claimed to be associated with anaplasia and poor prognosis. This study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical significance of nuclear unrest and p53 immunostaining in Wilms' tumor. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of 63 pa...