it is found for the last two decades that there has been a rapid rise of ppps across the world. a government in developing countries like india is using ppp arrangements for improved delivery of infrastructure services and social services. public private partnerships which are an integral part of the new paradigm of good governance policy is the most recent addition in the world of society and ...

subluxation of the proximal interphalangeal joint (pipj or pastern joint) is an uncommon condition that occurs in the forelimb or hindlimb. thoroughbred racehorses rarely show dorsal pastern subluxation (thoroughbred ringbone) secondarily to an injury to the soft tissues supporting the fetlock. a 4-year-old thoroughbred mare was presented with signs of lameness, swelling of the dorsal aspect of...

a 25-yr-old iranian woman with incomplete abortion who was diagnosed and scheduled for dilatation and curettage procedures under general anesthesia. after premedication with fentanyl 50µg and midazolam 2mg and enough pre-oxygenation, anesthesia was induced by sodium thiopental 250 mg and succynilcholine 60 mg with mask ventilation. after completion of procedure, the patient had a period of lary...

despite improvements in surgical and anesthetic techniques, total joint arthroplasty (tja) is still associated with substantial blood loss and postoperative anemia (1). a considerable portion of patients with postoperative anemia require blood transfusion, which has been shown to negatively affect the outcome of tja and predisposes patients to development of surgical site infection and peripros...

adhesive bonding technology is being used in a variety of modern industries, including the automotive, aerospace, maritime, construction, defense and so on. on the other side, polymeric nano - composites attracted both academic and industrial interests in the past decades. the scope of this paper is experimental investigation on the effects of the addition of alpha-alumina nanoparticles to the ...

The popularity of running and consequently of running injuries has increased tends to develop shoe sole constructions aiming at preventing different injuries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of shoe outsole containing nanoclay particles on knee joint power during stance phase of running. Fourteen healthy male shod runners run 3 times at 3.5 m.s-1 under three shoe condi...

beta-2 adrenoceptors in blood vessels are one of the active factors that play a role in regulation of tissue blood flow. in diabetic angiopathy, responsiveness of these receptors is decreased, while that is increased in inflammation. according to these opposite effects, the aim of this study was to investigate the vasodilatory response of knee joint blood vessels to salbutamol (beta-2 adrenocep...