when intracranial pressure (icp) was uncontrollable among patients with severe traumatic brain injuries (stbi) and especially if it raises above 40 mmhg 100% morality was reported. eighty four percent of head injured patients would die if their initial icp is greater than 25 mm hg. decreasing icp through decompressive craniectomy (dc) theoretically may revert increased icp to normal and decreas...

In this paper, an integrated three-voltage-booster DC-DC (direct current to direct current) converter is proposed to achieve high voltage gain for renewable-energy generation systems. The proposed converter integrates three voltage-boosters into one power stage, which is composed of an active switch, a coupled-inductor, five diodes, and five capacitors. As compared with conventional high step-u...

objective: it is believed that monocyte isolation methods and maturation factors affect the phenotypic and functional characteristics of resultant dendritic cells (dc). in the present study, we compared two monocyte isolation methods, including plastic adherence-dendritic cells (adh-dc) and magnetic activated cell sorting- dendritic cells (macs-dc), and their effects on phagocytic activity of d...

The Gutenberg–Richter parameters (a and b), fractal dimension (DC), and relationships between these parameters are calculated for different regions of the North of Central-East Iran Blocks (NCEIB). The whole examined area (between 34°-36° N and 55°-61° E) is divided into 55 equal square grids. Both the a and b values for the frequency-magnitude distribution (FMD) and the fractal dimension (DC) ...