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...

the aim of this article is study of tool plunge depth (tpd) effects on mechanical properties of friction stir welding of aa1100 aluminium alloy to a441 aisi steel. for this purpose the 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 mm tpd selected and other welding parameters kept constant. the results shows that the frictional heat increases and stir zone grain size decreases with increasing tpd at both base metals. ...

Objective (s):Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder, primarily targeting the synovium and articular cartilage that leads to joint damage. Recent reports have suggested the role of adipocytokines in mediating joint damage; however it still is a matter of debate. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between serum values of adiopocytokines (lept...

creating joint-use libraries, backed to 100 years ago, unfortunately many countries have not yet began to build such libraries. regarding the increasing number of libraries, the most important issue for interaction between libraries as places of intellectual life and centers for activities is to create joint-use libraries and information places for the public. it is obvious that building such n...