Asymptomatic cardiac rhabdomyoma in neonates : is surgery indicated?

Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and life threatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. This article reports a case of a 32 week gestation newborn diagnosed with a right ventricular outflow tract mass and subsequently diagnosed with tuberose sclerosis that needed early surgical intervention.peer-reviewe

Lead-Time Estimation Approach Using the Process Capability Index

This research proposes a methodology to estimate the customer order lead-time in supply chain based on the process capability index. The cases when the process output is normally distributed and when it is not are considered. The relationships between the system capability indices in both service and manufacturing applications, delivery system reliabilities and the percentages of orders delivered after their promised due-dates are presented. The proposed method can be used to examine the current process capability to deliver the orders before the promised lead-time. If the system was found to be incapable, the method can be used to help revise the current lead-time to a proper value according to the service reliability level selected by the management. Numerical examples and a case study describing the lead time estimation methodology and testing the system capability of delivering the orders before their promised due date are illustrated

Electrical performance study of a large area multicrystalline silicon solar cell using a current shunt and a micropotentiometer

In this paper, a new technique using a Current Shunt and a Micropotentiometer has been used to study the electrical performance of a large area multicrystalline silicon solar cell at outdoor conditions. The electrical performance is mainly described by measuring both cell short circuit current and open circuit voltage. The measurements of this cell by using multimeters suffer from some problems because the cell has high current intensity with low output voltage. So, the solar cell short circuit current values are obtained by measuring the voltage developed across a known resistance Current Shunt. Samples of the obtained current values are accurately calibrated by using a Micropotentiometer (μpot) thermal element (TE) to validate this new measuring technique. Moreover, the solar cell open circuit voltage has been measured. Besides, the cell output power has been calculated and can be correlated with the measured incident radiation

Strange Fluctuations at RHIC

Robust statistical observables can be used to extract the novel isospin fluctuations from background contributions in K-short K-plus measurements in nuclear collisions. To illustrate how this can be done, we present new HIJING and UrQMD computations of these observables.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, talk at Quark Matter 200

Alterations of blood indices associated with low-dose administration of methomyl insecticide for short times to albino rats

The study aimed to investigate haematological and biochemical alterations associated with short-term intraperitoneal sublethal (1/10 LD 50, 2 mg/kg body weight) methomyl administration to male albino rats over two and five days, and also the effects of a two-week recovery period. Methomyl administration over five but not two days decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. A number of blood biochemical parameters increased (serum glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, urea, uric acid, creatinine) or decreased (globulin); a recovery period returned many entirely or nearly to control levels. Enzyme activities (ALP, ALT, AST) and bilirubin levels increased following methomyl treatment, but again returned to control levels following a recovery period. We conclude that short low doses of methomyl can harm the blood, kidney and liver of rats

New strategy of upgrading slum areas in developing countries using vernacular trends to achieve a sustainable housing development

AbstractVernacular architecture is surely a contradiction in terms. The vernacular is the unconscious work of craftsmen based on knowledge accumulated over generations the very opposite of architecture, which involves a premeditated design process with a conscious appeal to the intellect. Yet, the term is convenient shorthand to describe an approach that adopts the spirit of the vernacular; if not its actual forms it is not intended to indicate a new style. In fact, many of the architects featured here reject the concept of style. Instead, describe their intention to reflect by analogous inspiration the characteristics of local buildings, their scale in particular, whether they have chosen to concentrate on the use of materials, the landscape, the local culture or even no more than the idea of continuity with the past. According to what is seen nowadays in Egypt from increasing in the random self-built areas (slums areas), which is one of the main issues facing the development in developing countries, studies are trying to find out a way to help instead of depending on our governments all the time. And this paper will try to investigate the minimum parameters that are required to create vernacular urban spaces through proposing a new strategy for the slums upgrading projects by finding the similarities between vernacular urbanism and slums. By this way we could help the governments (especially in the third world countries) to find out a way to solve their housing problems through the rapid increase in population growth, without facing the troubles of the informal areas and slums phenomena and to achieve sustainable housing development depending on the concept of self-built enviormen

Green Buildings on The Egyptian Coast: Prospects and Obstacles

Egypt\u27s 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy seeks to add 140 million people to the nation\u27s population by 2050. This expands the built environment, which raises the demand for energy and natural resources. Due to the current extreme weather conditions and advancements in construction technology, which have contributed to the squandering of natural resources. The need for comfort inside structures has grown pressing among residents. nonetheless, without raising prices or diminishing resources.Recent years have seen a rise in the use of the term green building (GB) due to the fact that it provides workable solutions to pressing global concerns like the depletion of energy and water resources and problems with the buildup of waste. The variables affecting the spread of GB on the Egyptian coast are looked at in this research, along with an overview of GB assessment methods.Since Egypt leads the region in construction technology, the findings of this study are practically applicable to every nation in North Africa. Many studies have attempted to categorise the challenges that globally sustainable development programmes confront. This study will discuss Egypt\u27s challenges as well as the rise of green structures there. Additionally, it will draw attention to problems with GB practises all throughout Egypt, but particularly in coastal regions. This covers obstacles and forces that aid in the planning of global factors for green projects