mumps is an acute contagious viral disease that usually manifests as inflam¬mation of the parotid glands. the disease may be associated with symptoms such as parotitis, orchitis and meningoencephalitis. 85% of cases occur in children under 15 years of age. the disease is rare below two years but increases with age, reaching a maximum at 5 to 9 years. some studies in iran showed that the highest...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine our experience with surgically treated radiation-associated malignancy (RAM) of the temporal bone. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. METHODS Thirteen patients treated surgically for temporal-bone RAM during 1999 to 2012 were identified. Demographics, symptoms at presentation with RAM, interval between initial radiotherapy and diagnosis of RAM, patholo...

Consider the following method of card shuffling. Start with a deck of N cards numbered 1 through N. Fix a parameter p between 0 and 1. In this model a " shuffle " consists of uniformly selecting a pair of adjacent cards and then flipping a coin that is heads with probability p. If the coin comes up heads then we arrange the two cards so that the lower numbered card comes before the higher numbe...

The present study tried to determine if there are differences between temperament dimensions of boys and girls three five years old. sample includes 406 participants: 221 185 girls, from 9 pre-schools districts (Arequipa-Peru). was descriptive correlational, trying find the relationship in girls. Buss Plomin scale temperament: emotionality, activity sociability (shyness) (EAS), a demographic ca...