the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of misoprostol and oxytocin for induction of labor. in this prospective and randomized controlled trial one hundred twenty women with an unfavorable cervix who underwent labor induction were assigned to receive either intravenous high dose oxytocin(6miu/min) or intravaginal misoprostol 50µg every 6 hours for two doses. twelve hour...

Modified electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is most often a day care procedure and requires an induction agent with a rapid onset and emergence. At the same time it should not increase the seizure threshold, or decrease the duration of seizures because the clinical outcome of ECT depends on the duration of seizures. Methohexital seems to be the gold standard [1] for induction of general anaesthesi...

This paper introduces a new type of intelligent agent called a constructive induction-based learning agent (CILA). This agent differs from other adaptive agents because it has the ability to not only learn how to assist a user in some task, but also to incrementally adapt its knowledge representation space to better fit the given learning task. The agent’s ability to autonomously make problem-o...

objective: to evaluate the safety and efficacy of isosorbide mononitrate (imn) as a cervical ripening agent prior to induction of labour in term pregnant women. materials and methods: a randomized placebo-controlled study was conducted on 100 term singleton pregnancies planned for induction of labour. the participants were randomly assigned to two groups. one group received 40 mg imn and the ot...

Most student modelling systems seek to develop a model of the internal operation of the cognitive system. In contrast, Input-Output Agent Modelling (IOAM) models an agent in terms of relationships between the inputs and outputs of the cognitive system. Previous IOAM systems have demonstrated high predictive accuracy in the domain of elementary subtraction. These systems use zeroth-order inducti...

Introduction: Laryngoscopy and subsequent tracheal intubation cause a fugitive tachycardia hypertension as result of sympathoadrenal stimulation. Careful selection anestheshetic is thus required, cardiovascular reserve decreased in certain patients, so to avoid undue depressions cardiac circulatory function Aims And Objectives: This randomized double blind prospective study had been designed fo...

Background: Intravenous Propofol as Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) is being widely used for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia. Sevoflurane is a relatively newer anaesthetic agent which is expensive, but has the advantage of rapid induction and recovery characteristics. Materials and Methods: Sixty patients ASA Grade I and II aged 18-65 yrs were randomly divided into two groups....

Gossypin is a bioflavonoid isolated from Hibiscus Vitifolus Linn. The antinociception activity of gossypin has been studied in comparison with the standard antinociception agent, morphine, against the experimental model of tonic continuous pain produced by formalin. Formalin (0.1ml of 1% solution) was injected under the plantar surface of right hind paw of mice and the time an animal spent in l...

Wounds and wound healing have always been one of the most important subjects that experimental researches were dedicated to. Simvastatin has been used for long as a common lipid lowering agent which was reported to have some pleiotropic effects such as antioxidation, anti-inflammation and immunomodulation. In this study we aimed to determine the effect of simvastatin on wound healing process in...