This study was carried out in the Middle Governorate of Gaza Strip, Palestine. The coastal aquifer is the main source of water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes in the study area. During the last three decades the aquifer has deteriorated to a high degree in the quality and quantity due to the over-pumping and the encroachment of seawater.  Hydrogeochemical analysis for ground...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether a formula could be derived using oxygen saturation (Spo2) to replace Pao2 that would allow identification of children with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Definitions of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome require arterial blood gases to determine the Pao2/Fio2 ratio of 300 (acute lung injury) and 200 (acute respirat...

this study was conducted to evaluate the quality of the groundwaters and the impact of geological units on these waters in hastijan area. for this purpose, 11 samples of water resources have been collected with their appropriate dispersal. physico-chemical parameters of mn, ni, cd, cu, zn, as fe, cr, and ions k+, na+,ca2+, mg2+, cl-, so42-, hco3- as well as indicators th, tds, ec, ph were deter...

We demonstrate the feasibility of saturation-related third-order x-ray resonant nonlinear effects, in particular, absorption saturation and nonlinear refractive index in x-ray laser and laserlike Se XXV and Mo XXXIII plasmas as well as in other plasmas with lower degrees of ionization.

We investigate numerically and analytically the effects of gain saturation on the propagation of the fundamental mode in a gain-guided index-antiguided slab waveguide. The propagating mode adapts to gain saturation by becoming less confined, while at the same time its peak intensity increases more slowly. At steady state, both the mode shape and the power remain constant.

INTRODUCTION Central venous oxygen saturation and blood lactate are different indices of the adequacy of oxygen delivery to the oxygen needs. In pediatric cardiac surgery, lactate level and kinetics during and after cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with outcome variables. The aim of this study was to explore the hypothesis that the lowest central venous oxygen saturation and the peak lacta...

Objective To compare radiation doses between conventional and chest pain protocols using dual-source retrospectively electrocardiography (ECG)-gated cardiothoracic computed tomography (CT) in children and adults and assess the effect of tube current saturation on radiation dose reduction. Materials and Methods This study included 104 patients (16.6 ± 7.7 years, range 5-48 years) that were div...

Purpose: To determine the usefulness of pulse oximetry in patients receiving iloprost infusion for treatment of critical limb ischemia unsuitable for revascularization. Material and methods: A total of 42 patients [28 male, mean age 61.80±5.81 years] were included. Patients were those who considered as unsuitable for revascularization based on angiographic study and received single-dose infusio...

This paper presents a study on the thermodynamics and transport properties of hot potassium carbonate aqueous system (HPC) using electrolyte non-random two liquid, (ELECNRTL) model. The operation conditions are varied to determine the system liquid phase stability range at the standard and critical conditions. A case study involving 30 wt% K2CO3, H2O standard system at pressure of 1 bar and tem...