background: carbaryl (1-naphthyl-n-methyl carbamate) is a chemical in the carbamate family used chiefly as an insecticide. it is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans and classified as a likely human carcinogen. in the present study, the degradation of the carbaryl pesticide was investigated in the laboratory synthetic samples of tap water, in the effect of sonolysis and photolysis ...

conclusions it seems that there is no significant relationship between the side-lying endurance test and abdominal muscles thickness. patients and methods a convenience sample of 55 subjects, aged 20 - 30 years, participated in this study. endurance of abdominal muscles was measured using side-lying endurance test in all subjects. ultrasound thickness measurement for the transverses abdominis (...

results we performed rush on 77 patients. kappa index was 0.71 (p value = 0.000), reflecting acceptable general agreement between initial impression and final diagnosis. for hypovolemic, cardiogenic and obstructive shock, the protocol had an npv above 97% yet it had a lower ppv. for shock with distributive or mixed etiology, rush showed a ppv of 100% but it had low sensitivity. subgroup analysi...

neurocutaneous melanosis (ncm) is a rare, congenital non-hereditary syndrome, characterized by multiple pigmented nevi. we report the radiologic findings of a newborn who had extensive cutaneous melanotic nevus with satellite lesions in the brain. ultrasound showed multiple echogenic foci in the cerebral parenchyma. subsequent mri confirmed these lesions as characteristic deposits of melanin. t...

objective: the effect of ceftazidime on pseudomonas aeruginosa, with or without application of 1 mhz therapeutic ultrasound, was studied. method: an aqueous suspension of microorganisms in a sterile, sealed plate was placed in an ultrasonic tank operating at 1 mhz. different power outputs were used. after desired time of exposure to the ultrasound, each sample was plated separately and after in...

conclusions our study demonstrated that 3d tvs has a good efficacy and reliable agreement with hysteroscopy in diagnosis of uterine lesions among infertile women. therefore, it can decrease the number of diagnostic hysteroscopies. results totally, 153 women were recruited in the investigation. patients aged 30.78 ± 4.79 years in average and the duration of infertility was 4.2 ± 2.91 years among...

this study was a clinical trial performed using consecutive method of samplind for 3.5 years in the physiotherapy clinic of Rafsanjan university of medocal sciences.the purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of the ultrasound along with muscle stretch with ultrasound and muscle stretch along in the treatment of the myofascial trigger points(MTPs).one haundred and twenty patients wh...