INTRODUCTION Our objective was to compare the effectiveness, speed, and complication rate of the traditional manually placed intraosseous (IO) catheter to a mechanical drill-assisted IO catheter by emergency medicine (EM) resident physicians in a training environment. METHODS Twenty-one EM residents participated in a randomized prospective crossover experiment placing 2 intraosseous needles (...

Systematic explorations of new phases in the Ag(I)-Ti(IV)/V(V)/Mo(VI)-iodate systems led to four new quaternary silver iodates, namely, Ag(2)Ti(IO(3))(6), Ag(2)(VO(2))(IO(3))(3), Ag(2)(V(2)O(4))(IO(3))(4), and Ag(2)(MoO(2))(IO(3))(4). They represent the first examples of silver iodates containing d(0) transition metal cations. Ag(2)Ti(IO(3))(6) is isostructural with K(2)Ti(IO(3))(6) and its str...

Background: The objective of the current study was to determine the effect of activation of injected oocytes with dithiothreitol on development of ovine embryos derived from in vitro-matured oocytes and intracytoplasmic sperm.The injected oocytes with non-treated sperm were activated with 1) ionomycin (Io) + 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) 2) DTT, 3) DTT+ ionomycin (I)+6-DMAP. Materials and Meth...