Sir,—The paper by Dunnett (1977) and the subsequent letter from Cormack (1977) deal with the problem of avoiding awareness during endotracheal intubation. May I draw attention to a special situation in which the likelihood of such awareness appears to be increased. This happens when the intranasal cavity is prepared for surgery with cocaine solution or cocaine paste immediately before induction...

In this paper, the study was conducted across the country to assess the rainfall trend in different climate zones of Pakistan over the past three decades. For this purpose dataset comprising 30 years for the period 1976 to 2005 were acquired from 30 meteorological observatories from different parts of the country. The whole data was analyzed through Analysis Of Variations (ANOVA) along Dunnett ...

Besides rubber production, one of the main goals genetic improvement tree [Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Adr. de Juss.) Muell. Arg.] is to develop vigorous clones. The objective present study was evaluate vigor 34 elite juvenile To this end, three experiments were conducted in municipality Pontes Gestal, northwest region São Paulo State. Each experiment consisted 10 treatments, and 2 controls c...

The effect of diets containing 0% wheat bran levels (control buffel grass and cactus pear) contrasted with pear as the only forage source (30; 37 44%) on nutrient digestibility, feed intake, animal performance, carcass characteristics, economic analysis was evaluated. Twenty-eight male, non-castrated crossbred lambs (22.6 ± 2.37 kg) were submitted to confinement for 62 days. A completely random...

Arterial hypertension together with proteinuria is one of the most important factors associated with the progression of both diabetic and nondiabetic chronic kidney disease. Reduction of blood pressure is an efficient way of slowing the progression of this damage whereas antihypertensive drugs vary in their proteinuriaand microalbuminurialowering effects. The objective of the present study was ...

Os elementos dentários que possuem destruição coronária e são tratados endodonticamente tornam-se mais frágeis. O uso de retentores intrarradiculares tem se tornado uma opção viável para reabilitação dentes comprometidos parcialmente. objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o diâmetro dos pinos apresenta resistência flexural semelhante quando comparado com diferentes marcas comerciais. Foram seleci...

Aims: This study aimed to assess the apical sealing ability of experimental apatite-coated gutta-percha points compared various coated root filling materials.
 Study Design: Experimental in-vitro study.
 Place and Duration Study: Department Restorative Dentistry, University Malaya, June 2014 November 2014.
 Methodology: Ninety-six extracted permanent maxillary central incisors we...