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In qualitative research the researcher can, to some limit, govern the nature of data he works with. This is done by the way he conducts the interview and analyses data. In another word, he will be the painter as well as the critic at the same time. This article, which represents a continuation to the previous article, will deal with qualitative data collection and analysis using fine art critic eye and fine art work as examples.

Objective: The objective of the present study is to evaluate the oral toxicity of the methanolic stem extract of Plumeria acuminata Ait. (a plant used by the Mising tribes of Assam, India to cure reproductive related disorders) and study its effect on the reproductive cycle of female albino mice. 

Introduction: Triage is the process of rapidly screening sick patients when they first arrive in the hospital and of placing them in one of the groups like those with emergency signs (who require immediate treatment), those with priority signs (who should be given priority while waiting in the queue, so that they can be assessed and treated without delay) and those with non-urgent signs (who have neither emergency nor priority signs).

Aims: The study aim was to assess the effect of Citric acid dressing on wound healing of diabetic foot ulcer and to identify the association of wound healing with the selected demographic and clinical variables among the patients with diabetic foot ulcer. 

Background: Radical vaginal Trachelectomy (RVT) plays an important role asthe definitive treatment of uterine cervical cancer. 
Objective: To determine the conservative fertility in females in early pregnancy with invasive uterine cervical cancer stage IB1.
Patients and Methods: A prospective case-controls study was performed in cervical cancer IB1 stage who wished to preserve fertility. The patients underwenttoRVT and laparoscopic lymphadenectomy.

Objective: to analyze surgical skin antisepsis in clean surgeries as a process indicator for surgical site infection prevention in a university hospital in the central-western region of Brazil. Method: retrospective analytical cross-sectional study that analyzed the records of 700 medical records of patients older than 18 years submitted to clean surgery. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed. Results: 50.9% (n = 356) records were considered adequate, in which there was degermation followed by antisepsis.

Undescended Testis (UDT) is a common congenital anomaly especially in preterm boys. Serial examination is essential to diagnose cases of acquired cryptorchidism. The treatment of UDT has undergone a dramatic change in recent times with emphasis on early surgical intervention between 6 months to 1 year of age. Hormonal therapy to induce descent of testes has been used for over 70 years based on the premise that androgens promote testicular descent, but efficacy is questionable. The traditional approach to surgical treatment of palpable testes is inguinal orchidopexy.

Olive (oleae europaea L.) is one of the most important agricultural crops production and plays a role in the Palestinian economy, we analyzed the mean monthly temperature and precipitation using data from nine weather stations from the Palestine Meteorological Department, recorded in the period from 1993-2008, with the same years plant production (rain-fed) from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).

Over the past few years there has been a considerable increase in interest in the potential of magnesium alloys to be used as surgical implants. This is due to the fact that magnesium implants can be used both, as a scaffolding to allow new bone formation and also as fixative devices, to hold the reduced fractured segments till bone healing takes place. Magnesium is biocompatible and has a modulus of elasticity closer to bone, thus desired over other materials presently being used.

Over the past few years there has been a considerable increase in interest in the potential of magnesium alloys to be used as surgical implants. This is due to the fact that magnesium implants can be used both, as a scaffolding to allow new bone formation and also as fixative devices, to hold the reduced fractured segments till bone healing takes place. Magnesium is biocompatible and has a modulus of elasticity closer to bone, thus desired over other materials presently being used.