STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of a standardized stimulus during propofol-only hypnosis on the bispectral index (BIS) value with the effect of the injection of local anesthesia for surgery during ketamine plus propofol hypnosis (dissociative monitored anesthesia care). To determine whether ketamine increases the level of propofol hypnosis when used in dissociative doses. DESIGN Descrip...

In an epidemiological study of occupational dermatitis in 5 different shoe factories, 246 workers were interviewed, examined and patch tested using standard and occupational patch test series. The prevalence of occupational contact dermatitis was 14.6% (36/246): 8.1% (20/246) irritant contact dermatitis (OICD) and 6.5% (16/246) allergic contact dermatitis (OACD). Among the latter, the most comm...

Five cDNA clones encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) oxidase (ACO) were isolated from tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) by differential screening of the petal cDNA library and were designated as TgACO1, TgACO2, TgACO3, TgACO4 and TgACO5. The deduced amino acid sequences exhibited similarity to ACO proteins from other plant species. Among these proteins, TgACO1-4 have high similarity...

Recent unenclosed iron-fertilization experiments in the equatorial Pacific Ocean have shown that phytoplankton biomass can be increased substantially by the addition of iron. Analyses of size-fractionated chlorophyll indicate that much of the increase during the most recent fertilization experiment, IronEx II, occurred in the .10-mm size fraction. We used flow cytometry, combined with taxon-spe...

The protozoan intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium commonly infects cattle throughout the world and Iran. The present study was undertaken to determine the abundance and associated risk factors of Cryptosporidium infection in cattle herds of northwestern Iran. A total number of 246 fecal samples from 138 (56.1%) diarrheic (D) and 108 (43.9%) non-diarrheic (ND) cattle were randomly collected and ...

A 17-yr-old black male with hemolysis cells presplenectomy was 5.6%/day. and pigmenturia but no anemia was found whereas after surgery it was normal to Lave hemoglobin K#{246}In (a2 $ val-.met (1 .9%/day). accounting for the disparity EFG5I). Splenectomy was done because of between the survival methods. Study of the complicating thrombocytopenia. Thromboisolated cyanferri derivative of hemoglob...