OBJECTIVE It is more difficult to perform bag-mask ventilation in edentulous patients than in patients with intact dentition. The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) provides a better alternative to the standard face mask if the facial contours of the patient are not suited for the standard face mask. We aimed to compare these two different LMAs in edentulous geriatric patients. METHODS Edentulous pa...

OBJECTIVES Five different second-generation supraglottic airway devices, ProSeal LMA, Supreme LMA, i-gel, SLIPA, and Laryngeal Tube Suction-D, were studied. Operators were inexperienced users with a military background, combat lifesavers, nurses, and physicians. METHODS This was a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. Devices were inserted in the operating room in low light condition...

Amicus curiae briefs are deeply woven into the fabric of modern federal appellate practice. Indeed, amici curiae submit briefs in approximately ninety percent of the cases that the United States Supreme Court entertains, and the Justices deny a minuscule number of amicus requests to participate. Amicus practice is less ubiquitous in the United States Courts of Appeals. Amici seek to file compar...

Good-government reform proposals like those offered by Professors Craig Lerner and Nelson Lund generally confront several difficulties. Details matter, but most reform proposals are understandably sketchy.1 The details ordinarily would be fleshed out as the proposal works its way through the process of enactment, but this process is difficult to navigate. The politics of good-government reforms...

Buechley and Sekercioglu introduce vultures, the supreme avian scavengers that now face multiple threats.

iran energy exchange was established with the approval of exchange supreme council in june 2011, and started its activities in the early june, 2012. studying and investigating the rules and regulations of iran energy exchange, some interferences and disorders can be observed in the competency as well as multiplicity of the enactment authority. most of the energy exchange rules have been enacted...

The legal system prides itself on rigorous issues analysis, logical thought processes and comprehensive use of factual data in cases involving the social sciences. Since the famed" Brandeis brief' was filed with the United States Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York' some 50 years ago, the employment of social science data in public policy cases has been a benchmark of the appellate court proce...

Many oral and maxillofacial surgeons discussed and provided supplementary materials in the Social Networking Service. After the Supreme Court hearings, supplementary data was requested by the court, and many oral and maxillofacial surgeons submitted data. This yielded an excellent outcome. The efforts of the oral and maxillofacial surgeon were undoubtedly get praised in this trial. Because this...