PURPOSE To evaluate the role of quantitative elastography of the cervix in the prediction of successful labor induction compared to the Bishop score (BS) and ultrasound cervical length (CL). MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective pilot study was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011 in patients without preterm membrane rupture undergoing labor induction with vaginal prostaglandins. Before st...

To investigate molecular mechanisms involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, we developed a tetracycline-regulated transgenic system to conditionally switch a constitutively active form of the Akt1 protein kinase on or off in the adult heart. Short-term activation (2 wk) of Akt1 resulted in completely reversible hypertrophy with maintained contractility. In contrast...

The paper presents a reliability assessment of a widely used protection system of large power squirrel cage induction motors. In conjunction with published field induction motors Failure data this assessment effort is based on a integrated predictive analysis using three methods: (1) a Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) that allows to identify and then quantify the initiating failure cause weighting fac...

background: unripe cervix is one of the most causes of failure of labor induction. there are different methods for labor induction, which may differ depending on its duration. this study was performed to compare the effectiveness of vaginal misoprostol intravenous and oxytocin for induction of labor on hospitalized patients. methods: in a randomized clinical trail 110 pregnant women with bishop...