F. K. Wacker, S. G. Nour, J. L. Duerk, J. S. Lewin Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Dept. of Radiology, Cleveland, OH, United States Synopsis: The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of MRI to control radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of pulmonary tissue in a rabbit model. Puncture and lung RFA were performed in 5 New Zealand White rabbits under MR image control...

More and more adults are now presenting for orthodontic treatment. They don’t only present with malocclusions of varying severity but also additional restorative and periodontal needs requiring well coordinated interdisciplinary care. In addition, today’s adult patients also present with a demand for more aesthetic and less visible orthodontic appliances. This paper discusses the important cons...

TrzN, the broad-specificity triazine hydrolase from Arthrobacter and Nocardioides spp., is reportedly in the amidohydrolase superfamily of metalloenzymes, but previous studies suggested that a metal was not required for activity. To help resolve that conundrum, a double chaperone expression system was used to produce multimilligram quantities of functionally folded, recombinant TrzN. The TrzN o...

in the course of our faunistic survey on leafhoppers (hem.: cicadellidae) in northwestern iran, 46 species were collected and identified of which the species macrosteles chobauti ribaut, 1952 is newly recorded from iran. drs. hani abdul-nour (lebanese university, lebanon) and paul freytag (university of kentucky, usa) confirmed the identification of the species.

Abdelghani Dendouga, Nour-Eddine Bouguechal, Souhil Kouda and Samir Barra Advanced Electronic Laboratory, Batna University, Algeria 05 Avenue Chahid Boukhlouf, 05000 BATNA, ALGERIE E-mail: [email protected] Abstract—Sigma delta modulators (ΣΔMs) form part of the core of today’s mixed-signal designs. The ongoing research on these devices shows the potential of ΣΔ data converters as a promi...

The goal of this research is recognition of species of pollution and a rough estimate of rate of transmitted pollution through northern Iran rivers to Caspian sea. Sampling from 3stations up-river, mid-river, and down-river in Lavij rood, Gland rood, and Sabze rood in a 6 month period from 2008/5/22 to 2008/11/22 coincides with warm, low rain, cold and rainy seasons and parameters as temperatur...

This study attempted to investigate the relationship between depression and self-confidence among children with visual impairment. It also aimed at identifying gender differences in this regard. The descriptive-comparative method was utilized. participants were (80) impairment (45 males – 35 females) (9 - 12) years of age (mean age= 10.6; SD= 1.06).  They recruited from Al-Nour School for blind...