Favism represents the clinical manifestation of Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and induces acute hemolytic anemia after the ingestion of fava beans or the consumption of several drugs such as antimalarias, sulfonamides and aspirin. It is known that aspirin is the cornerstone of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and patients who are contraindicated for aspirin intake because of hypersensitivity or active gastric bleeding pose a challenge for PCI. G6PD deficiency is another condition in which aspirin treatment is generally contraindicated. We present a literature review of patients with known G6PD deficiency that needed to undergo PCI using drug eluting stent (DES) and double antiplatelet treatment.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the induced changes in curve of activity against time (Renogram) in unilateral rabbit\'s left kidney stenosis. Renal scintigraphy is a diagnostic technique imaging to evaluate the kidney and its function in which the special radioactive substance is injected intravenously. Renal activity is evaluated by gama camera machine and a curve of activity against time is plotted by computer. Changes in the shape of the renogram can be helpful in diagnosing renal diseases. Early diagnosis of renal stenosis can lead to appropriate therapy and so cause reduces involvement side effects. In order to evaluate the renogram of the left kidney stenosis, ten nonpregnant Germen female rabbits were chosen and the semi left renal artery was occluded by ligation. Scintigraphy was under anesthetic condition with using 99m-DTPA radiodrug .The radioactive substance was injected rapidly through the marginal ear vein. Immediately after intravenous injection of radiodrug scintigraphic operations were done and computerized dynamic scans were gathered to plot the renogram curve. The ROIs can be drawn in scans and radioactive counting was easily measured. In our results, the renograms showed that the graph of renal stenosis had not reached the maximum level and the evacuation phase was delayed. The percentage of radioactive substance reaching both kidneys had decreased and in the stenotic kidney it decreased drastically. It shows the stenosis status in comparison to the normal kidney. Thus scintigraphy and renograms could be used noninvasively and accurately to diagnose unilateral stenosis in the rabbit kidney.

Relay nodes are used in the transfer of the data packets to the base station (BS) via the sensor nodes (SN). The placement of RNs influences the lifetime and connectivity of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) system. A traffic aware random deployment technique for the relay nodes is proposed in this paper. The scalability and traffic of the WSN are analyzed. A traffic aware RN selection is performed for both single hop and multi hop communication cases. Traffic based random deployment methods of RN, namely, lifetime-oriented deployment, and hybrid deployment, solve the issue of a short WSN lifetime and insufficient energy utilization. The trade-off between the lifetime extension and connectivity of SN in a WSN is considered in the performance analysis. The proposed method provides an efficient approach for the placement of RNs in a heterogeneous WSN.

In this paper, a systematic model for chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal using the ANAMMOX process was provided based on an experimental design. At first, the experimental data was collected from a combined biological aerobic/anaerobic reactor. For modelling and optimization of COD removal, the main parameters were considered, such as COD loading, ammonium, pH, and temperature. From the models,the optimum conditions were determined as COD 97.5 mg/L, ammonium concentration equal to 28.75 mg-N/L, pH 7.72 and temperature 31.3oC. Finally, the analysis of the optimum conditions, performed by the response surface method, predicted COD removal efficiency of 81.07% at the optimum condition.

Abstract\nLearner-oriented education is a spectrum that extends from the interaction between learner and teacher to pure learner-oriented education. This study uses a descriptive-analytical methodology to explore the views of the three main contributors of learner-oriented education, namely, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget. This study is an attempt to find the positions of these three personalities on learner-oriented education spectrum. The findings of this study show that all three personalities supported learner-oriented education and emphasized on its many attributes. These attributes provide learner the freedom of experimentation, interaction, and participation based on his needs, motivation, interest, and willingness that are driven by his talents and understanding. Learner-oriented education is like a color spectrum. It starts at the light end (A) and turns darker as education moves on the spectrum toward the other end (B). Each one of the three contributors has a position on this spectrum.