third-degree perineal lacerations in 7 mares were repaired surgically by a one-stage method (goetz technique). primary healing occurred in all of them without any complication. the conception rate obtained after surgery was 70.1%. five horses out of seven got pregnant after surgery and no further injury was seen at subsequent foaling. three mares have produced several healthy foals without any ...

vital decisions made at the strategic level in an organization are not only intricate but also costly to alter. it is therefore important to find a comprehensive approach to deal with such a possibility. one of the major problems of a common balanced scorecard (bsc)-based model in strategic management is lack of a ranking system for strategic objectives in order to enable prioritization of the ...

labor pain is a cause of stress and suffering; for which many women seek methods to relieve this pain. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation techniques on pain relief during labor. this study was carried out on 62 pregnant women referred to fatemieh hospital (hamadan, iran) during their labor. they were selected using convenience sampling and were divided randomly in t...

background and objective: mmp enzymes are a family of membrane proteins that are capable of digesting extracellular matrix compounds (ecm) and basement membrane. matrilysin enzyme is the smallest member of mmp family that is encoded by mmp-7 gene (matrilysin). according to the reports, g allele of -181 a/g single nucleotide polymorphism of mmp-7 gene causes an increase in the expression of this...

purpose: to investigate indications and methods of surgery in corneal transplantation in labbafinejad medical center from 2007 to 2009. methods: records of 1083 patients who had undergone corneal transplantation from 2007 to 2009 were reviewed. age, sex and indication and type of surgery were evaluated. results: patients included 709 (65.5%) male and 374 (34.5%) female subjects with mean age of...

Third-degree perineal lacerations in 7 mares were repaired surgically by a one-stage method (Goetz technique). Primary healing occurred in all of them without any complication. The conception rate obtained after surgery was 70.1%. Five horses out of seven got pregnant after surgery and no further injury was seen at subsequent foaling. Three mares have produced several healthy foals without any ...

purpose: to compare the results of conventional hang-back technique (chbt) with that of anchored hang-back technique (ahbt) for bilateral lateral rectus (lr) recession in patients with exotropia. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 60 patients underwent chbt (group 1) or ahbt (group 2) for lr recession (30 patients in each group). preoperative and postoperative deviation, age, sex, the ...