Objectives : The aim of this study was to develop and validate a simple calculator to quantify
the embolic risk (ER) at admission of patients with infective endocarditis. Background : Early …

Aims Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is the first cause of late mortality after mitral valve
surgery. In this retrospective analysis, we studied the association between preoperative …

This paper reports the numerical determination of the entropy generation due to heat transfer,
mass transfer and fluid friction in steady state for laminar double diffusive convection, in an …

BACKGROUND: Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) analgesia is becoming increasingly used
to provide pain relief during labor. It combines both the rapid onset of the spinal analgesia …

METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort diagnostic accuracy study between 2015
and 2016 in a tertiary-care academic center. Inborn neonates at≤ 30 weeks’ gestation with …

The interaction between zinc and cadmium was investigated in tomato plants (Solarium
lycopersicum). Ten-day-old seedlings were treated with 10 μmol/L CdCl 2 associated to different …

Background Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section exposes to high incidence of arterial
hypotension which can result in maternal and neonatal morbidity. We hypothesized that the …

Efficiency of pulsed electric field (PEF) induced permeabilization at 293 K in selected fruit
and vegetable plant tissues (apple, potato, carrot, courgette, orange, and banana) at electric …

The term phytoremediation is used to describe the clean-up of heavy metals from contaminated
soils by plants. In this study, we examined cadmium (Cd) accumulation by Brassica …

Fractionation of the methanolic and total oligomer flavonoid enriched extracts from
Rhamnus alaternus leaves resulted in the isolation of three flavonoids: kaempferol 3-O-…