BACKGROUND Endocavity ultrasound is seen as a harmless procedure and has become a common gynaecological procedure. However without correct disinfection, it may result in nosocomial transmission of genito-urinary pathogens, such as high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV). We aimed to evaluate the currently recommended disinfection procedure for covered endocavity ultrasound probes, which consist...

All the authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest referring to this article. Citation: Jatte FG, Mazzer N, Monte-Raso VV, Leoni ASL, Barbieri CH. Therapeutic ultrasound on the spinal cord accelerates regeneration of the sciatic nerve in rats. Acta Ortop Bras. [online]. 2011; 19(4):213-8. Available from URL: http://www.scielo.br/aob. ABSTRACT Objective: To study the effects...

In recent years, studies using ultrasound energy for cancer treatment have advanced, thus revealing the enhancement of drug effects by employing low-intensity ultrasound. Furthermore, anti-angiogenesis against tumors is now attracting attention as a new cancer treatment. Therefore, we focused on the biological effects and the enhancement of drug effects brought by this low-intensity ultrasound ...

in this paper, the performance of 11 different distances for image retrieval and classification, based on color, shape and texture, is evaluated. the precision-recall measure and the correct classification rate of the k-nn classifier are used to evaluate retrieval and classification performances, respectively. the experimental results for a database of 1000 images from 10 different semantic gro...

objective: sufficient intakes of docosahexaenoic acid (dha) via breast milk are required for optimizing visual and neural development at early stages of life. little or no information is available on dha intakes and levels found in breast milk in iranian women and surrounding regions. in this study we measure the dha in the breast milk of lactating iranian women from low and high – fish-eating ...

background and objective: ankle sprain is the most common injuries of ankle joint that 22% of sport injuries is related to ankle sprain.the aim of this study is to compare the effect of 1% hydrocortisone phonophoresis (1% hcp) with low level laser therapy (lllt) on treatment of 2nd degree ankle sprain. materials and methods: this double-blinded clinical trial was performed in fattemieh physioth...

High-Level Abstractions for Low-Level Programming Iavor Sotirov Diatchki Ph.D., OGI School of Science & Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University May 2007 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark P. Jones Computers are ubiquitous in modern society. They come in all shapes and sizes: from standard household appliances and personal computers, to safety and security critical applications such as vehicle n...