BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It is unclear whether osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is seen better in standing flexion position radiographs than in the standing extended view. We assessed the value of standing flexion views. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 1,090 radiographs of 545 consecutive knees with non-traumatic knee pain, comparing standing fixed flexion view (FFV) and standi...

Background Phase contrast magnetic resonance (PCMR) has been shown to provide accurate measurement of differential branch pulmonary artery (BPA) flow in patients with congenital heart disease when compared to the gold standard, lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS). Although most studies have compared the ratio of net BPA flow volume (NFV) to LPS, one study found that forward flow volume (FFV) corr...

abstract according to official statistics, domestic production of edible oils provides only less than 10 percent of the country's consumption needs, and therefore every year a significant amount of crude and prepared edible oils and fats is imported to the country spending a considerable amount of foreign exchange. over the past years rapeseed, as a new product, has been implemented by a limite...

This research aims to assess the economic impact of climate change on poverty rice farmers in Kedah. A personal interview was conducted a sample 400 farm households Kedah, Malaysia. To achieve goal analysis, logit model used. The findings indicate that education and non-farm have major positive effect probability being poor for farmers. For Malaysian policymakers, evidence from this study may b...

After the launch of Brazilian program of biodiesel use and production (PNPB) in 2004, the oil seed production became an economic alternative for family farmers since they might have the chance to improve their income and supply the biodiesel enterprises with raw material. Theoretically speaking this picture is easy to draw, but until recently little scientific research was carried out aiming at...

one of the farmers' marketing decisions is how to sell their products to the market. they sell their products in different ways, for example pre-sell, local dealers and wholesalers,. this paper aims at investigating citrus distribution channels and evaluation of factors affecting the choice of each channels by mazandaran ‘s producers. the data was collected by simple random sampling method. 252...

The transition of farming systems to higher levels of productivity without overusing natural resources is of rising interest especially in African countries, where population growth has often been larger than past productivity increases. This paper aims to contribute to the debate on whether environmentally friendly agricultural practices are compatible with economic interests. In the context o...