were enrolled in a double-blind placebo controlled crossover trial of oral theophylline, (Uniphyllin) 800 mg, taken at night for four weeks. Overnight polysomnography, using standard techniques, was perfisemed at the end of each treatment period. The total number of apneas (A) and hypopneas (H) decreased significantly while receiving the ophylline compared to placebo, from 398(69), mean (SEM), ...

Background. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an uncommon affection of the female genital tract. The youngest case reported of xanthogranulomatous salpingooophoritis in literature was by Shilpa et al. in 2013 in an eighteen-year-old female. Case Report. We report a case of 2-year-old female child with right-sided xanthogranulomatous salpingooophoritis presented as mass in abdomen. This is a c...

BACKGROUND Fungal endocarditis, the most severe form of infective endocarditis, is characterized by excessive mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to analyze the characteristics of fungal endocarditis to improve the management of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, vegetations on the mitral or tricuspid valves and embolic material surg...

Background: Sleep characteristics vary throughout life, with a well-documented night preference among adolescents from 12 years of age onwards, predilection for later times to sleep and waking up. The COVID-19 outbreak caused an impact on the adolescent patterns, including duration, latency, time, quality onset insomnia symptoms.

This paper presents an approach to the reuse of common structures in safety case arguments through their documentation as ‘Safety Case Patterns’. Problems with the existing, informal and ad-hoc approaches to safety case material reuse are highlighted. We argue that through explicit capture and documentation of reusable safety case elements as patterns, the process of safety case construction an...

In this study we examined the effect on subsequent snack intake of having participants document their lunch menus. In Experiment 1, we asked all participants to have lunch as usual. However, some were instructed to document their lunch menus before eating. These participants demonstrated lower snack intake than control condition participants who had not documented their lunch menus. In Experime...