objectives: the aim of this study was to identify the role of attentional process in postural control using choice reaction time task while changing the visual and proprioceptive cues under difficult balance task (standing on one-leg). methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted by participating 20 young people (22.75±2.29). each subject performed one-leg standing as balance task for each...

Abstract The study was executed to investigate the different cooling periods (0, 24, and 48 hours) effects on plasma membrane integrity depending hypo osmotic swelling test (HOST), spermatozoa motility, acrosome integrity, live sperm, abnormalities, correlation among Host other rams sperm parameters This done at an animal farm in Al-Kut city (southern Baghdad city\ Iraq), from 5th January Febru...

the difficulty of assessing the writing skill is well known. different testing facets seem to affect the result of assessing the writing skill. in addition to the writer’s ability, the topic of the writing task, and methods of rating may contribute to the writer’s score. in this study, 50 efl learners wrote four different types of writing tasks (convincing, describing, instructing, and explaini...

OBJECTIVE This meta-analysis examined 53 controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for adults diagnosed with alcohol- or illicit-drug-use disorders. The aims were to provide an overall picture of CBT treatment efficacy and to identify client or treatment factors predictive of CBT effect magnitude. METHOD The inverse variance weighted effect size (Hedges' g) was calculated for ...

Six abomasally-cannulated wethers (average initial weight 18 kg) were used in a split 3 X 3 Latin square design experiment with a crossover to determine effects of glucose (G) administered orally (O) or infused (I) into the abomasum on nitrogen metabolism and forage fiber digestion. Basal diets were Coastal bermudagrass (CBG) or CBG treated with 1% formaldehyde (F-CBG). Individual treatments we...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of Otis urethrotomy combined with six weekly urethral dilations until 40 French (Fr) in the treatment of women with urodynamic diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). MATERIALS AND METHODS Women diagnosed with lower urinary tract symptoms underwent urodynamic evaluation. Severity of symptoms and quality of life were assessed with international pros...

We present a unified P -value for assessing the significance of peaks in statistical fields searched over regions of any shape or size. We extend this to 4-D scale space searches over smoothing filter width as well as location. The results are usable in a wide range of applications, including PET and fMRI, but are discussed with particular reference to PET images which represent changes in cere...

Music is often played in the operating room to increase the surgeon's concentration and to mask noise. It could have a beneficial effect on surgical performance. Ten participants with limited experience with the da Vinci robotic surgical system were recruited to perform two surgical tasks: suture tying and mesh alignment when classical, jazz, hip-hop, and Jamaican music were presented. Kinemati...