Landfill siting was determined within Mafraq City, Jordan, through the integration of geographic information system (GIS), weighted linear combination (WLC) analysis, and remote sensing techniques. Several parameters were collected from various sources in vector and raster GIS formats, and then, used within the GIS-based WLC analysis to select optimum solid waste disposal sites. Namely, urban a...

INTRODUCTION. The observation of ultra-broadband supercontinuum generation in gases was first reported by Corkum et al. [1]. The possibility to produce high energy white-light continua (WLC) using ultra-short pulses has sparked interest in applications such as remote sensing in the atmosphere [2] and nonlinear spectroscopy [3]. In contrast to white-light generation in solid-state fibers, the na...

BACKGROUND International evidence-based guidelines recommend physical exercise to form part of standard care for all cancer survivors. However, at present, the optimum exercise intensity is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a high intensity (HI) and low-to-moderate intensity (LMI) resistance and endurance exercise program compared with a wait list control (WLC) group...

Abstract Introduction Comorbid insomnia and perceived cognitive impairments (PCI) affect up to 26% of individuals diagnosed with cancer. Given the association between sleep cognition, lack interventions improve PCI, present study examined impact behavioral therapy for (CBT-I) on PCI among cancer survivors disorder complaints (clinicaltrials.gov:NCT04026048). Methods Cancer (N=122) were randomiz...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effects of a specialized yoga program for individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) on pain, psychological, and mindfulness variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants with SCI (n=23) were outpatients or community members affiliated with a rehabilitation hospital. Participants were randomized to an Iyengar yoga...

BACKGROUND Chronic low back pain is a highly prevalent condition with no definitive treatment. Professional Kinesiology Practice (PKP) is a little known complementary medicine technique using non-standard muscle testing; no previous effectiveness studies have been performed. METHODS This is an exploratory, pragmatic single-blind, 3-arm randomised sham-controlled pilot study with waiting list ...

CONTEXT Controversy exists regarding the therapeutic benefit and cost effectiveness of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or hexyl aminolevulinate (HAL) in addition to white-light cystoscopy (WLC) in the management of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). OBJECTIVE To systematically evaluate evidence regarding the therapeutic benefits and economic considerat...

DNA bending on length scales shorter than a persistence length plays an integral role in the translation of genetic information from DNA to cellular function. Quantitative experimental studies of these biological systems have led to a renewed interest in the polymer mechanics relevant for describing the conformational free energy of DNA bending induced by protein-DNA complexes. Recent experimen...

OBJECTIVE In this 3 year randomized clinical trial the cost effectiveness of a 6 week educational/cognitive intervention (ECO) is compared with an educational discussion intervention (EDI) and a waiting list condition (WLC). METHODS A total of 131 patients with fibromyalgia were randomly allocated to the ECO, EDI, or WLC intervention. The ECO and EDI groups were followed for 12 months, wherea...