background: this double-blinded, randomized clinical trial was designed to evaluate the comparison of intravenous versus intraarticular (ia) administration of midazolam on postoperative pain after knee arthroscopy. materials and methods: in this study, 75 patients randomized in three groups to receive 75 mc/kg ia injection of midazolam and 10 ml intravenous injection of isotonic saline (group i...

Background and Objective: Epidural analgesia (EA) has been used to relieve labor pain in many obstetric units, yet controversy persists about its effect on progress and outcome in labor. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of EA on the rate of cervical dilation and myometrial contractility. Methods: In a 6-month period, 36 women who received standardized EA were mat...

Identifying factors/latent constructs deemed to influence internal audit effectiveness (IAE), through identifying variables used as measures of and hypothesising which have a statistically significant relationship with IAE was the primary objective. Secondary objectives involved exploring perceptions viewpoints auditing providing general recommendations. To achieve above objectives, questionnai...

ABSTRACT- Efficient use of irrigation water for summer crops should be considered seriously due to rare occurrence of precipitation in summer. This research was focused on the assessment of water use efficiency for dominant crops of summer cropping pattern in the study area (i.e., maize and rice) via considering water productivity (WP) with different water management scenarios at farm level at ...

K oyna Earthquake of December 11, I967: Report of the Expert Committee on Electrical and Mechanical Equipment. UNESCO, No. 1489/BMS.RD/SCE, Paris , September, 1969, 52 pp. Hydroelectr ic power generators are common in seismic regions th roughou t the world and the i r abi l i ty to w i th s t and ea r thquakes is i m p o r t a n t to public welfare. There is very l i t t le informat ion in the ...

Objective(s): Fibromyalgia (FM) is a central nervous system disorder characterized by widespread mechanical hyperalgesia due to unknown mechanisms. Several inflammatory mediators, such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor, are increased in the serum of FM patients. Although medications including pregabalin, duloxetine, and milnacipran are used...

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

Two percu taneous and min imal ly invasive means of abla t ing small hepatoce l lu lar carc inomas (HCC) are (1) injection of e thanol guided by u l t r asonography (US),1 and (2) inters t i t ia l h y p e r t h e r m i a induced by an electrode needle ac t iva ted by rad iof requency (RF) or by inser t ion of a laser fiber, also unde r US guidance. 2, 3 The ex ten t of necrosis induced by inte...

Background:Punica granatum var. pleniflora (PGP) has been used for thousands of years as an effective agent to treat various types of diseases. However, there are a few new evidences addressing its therapeutic effects and related mechanisms. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory effects of ethanolic (ET), dichloromet...