►Please cite this paper as: Sadegi K, Rostami D, Kaveh M. Remifentanil vs. Lidocaine on Response to Tracheal Tube during Emergence of General Anesthesia. J Cardiothorac Med. 2014; 2(3): 198-202. Introduction Emergence from anesthesia and tracheal extubation may increase arterial pressure, heart rate, plasma concentration of catecholamine, intracranial pressure, and development of myocardial isc...

Video games have become an essential part of the way people play and learn. While an increasing number of people are using games to learn in informal environments, their acceptance in the classroom as an instructional activity has been mixed. Successes in informal learning have caused supporters to falsely believe that implementing them into the classroom would be a relatively easy transition a...

Feeding cycles entrain biological rhythms, which enabling animals to anticipate feeding times and so maximize food utilization. In this article the effect of mealtime on locomotor activity, blood glucose, gastric pH and digestive enzymes was studied in two groups of seabream (Sparus aurata): one group received a single daily meal at random times either during the light and the dark period (rand...

This chapter presents new methodologies designed to facilitate language acquisition in open learning communities via open educational resources and knowledge mapping. It specifically focuses on the OpenLearn project developed by the Open University. This offers a virtual learning environment based on Moodle platform with free educational materials and knowledge media tools such as the instant m...

The importance of the impact of IT for organizations around the world, especially in light of a sluggish recovery from the global financial crisis, has amplified the need to provide a better understanding of the specific geographic similarities and differences of IT managerial and technical trends. Going beyond identifying these influential factors is also the need to understand the considerati...

32 33 Hagfishes are the most ancient of the extant craniates, and demonstrate a 34 high tolerance for a number of unfavorable environmental conditions including 35 elevated ammonia. Proposed mechanisms of ammonia excretion in aquatic 36 organisms include vesicular NH4+ transport and release by exocytosis in marine 37 crabs, and passive NH3 diffusion, active NH4+ transport and paracellular leaka...