Key words Structure was assessed in uneven-aged stands of loblolly (Pinus taeda) and shortleaf pine (P. echinata) that were subjected to prescribed winter burns on cycles of 0, 3, 6, and 9 years. Vegetation assessments were made in late summer of 1990, 10 years after a single hardwood control treatment (basal injection of nonpine woody plants >2.5 cm in ground-line diameter with TordorP 101 R);...

discussion we have to stress that the importance of this case report is its presentation in an elderly patient, as the frequent age of presentation in the iranian patients is the middle age. on the other hand, pv occurs rarely, thus, the reporting of any rare case with some exceptions is important. case presentation we reported a case of pemphigus vulgaris in a 79-year-old patient with the exte...

background attitude and knowledge of the different groups of society play an important role in facilitating living conditions and meeting the needs of the disabled elderly. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of medical sciences students toward the disabled elderly from different angles. patients and methods ninety students from semnan university of medical...

background: previous studies on the relationship between sleep patterns and obesity in the elderly are limited and have conflicting results. moreover, few studies have measured sleep patterns objectively. in this study, we investigated objective sleep patterns and their relationship with obesity in the elderly in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 88 elderly (≥60 years old) w...

--Bottomland hardwoods occur on some 35 million acres of forest land in swamps, creek margins, river bottoms, and brown loam bluffs from Virginia to Texas. These hardwood types are very important because the wood has great value and is in demand by forest industries. This article discusses silvicultural alternatives such as site-species relationships, how hardwood timber is used, protection, ti...