background: electrophysiologic (edx) study is the most valuable method in grading the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome (cts), but it is invasive and painful. we evaluated the efficacy of ultrasound for this purpose. materials and methods: eighty-one wrists of 52 consecutive patients with clinical evidences of cts, confirmed and graded by edx as mild, moderate, and severe, were examined by ult...

In contrast to other European countries, the nurseries in Hungary mainly use Myrobalan seedlings as rootstock for plum trees; no experience with rootstocks is available yet. The aim of our research was gather and recommend growers that are adapted climatic conditions can be used high-density intensive orchards. experiment, six (Myrobalan seedlings, ‘St. Julien GF655/2’, A’, ‘Fereley’, ‘Wangenhe...

this study was carried out to investigate the important characteristics in some cultivars/genotypes of persianwalnut (juglans regia l.), black walnut (j. nigra l.), and walnut inter-specific hybrids: paradox (j. hindsii × j.regia) and royal (j. hindsii × j. nigra) in kamalshahr research station in karaj in 2011-2012. in the study,vegetative vigor was evaluated based on trunk cross-sectional are...

Abstract Little information is available on vegetative and generative performance of apple cultivars during the early growth trees in orchards. The aim this five-year study was to evaluate 2 (trunk cross sectional area (TCSA) tree height (TH)) 7 parameters (tree yield (TY), fruit number per (FNT), crop load (CL), diameter (FD), shape index (SI), surface color (FSC) intensity (FCI)) their inter-...

background: along with the prospers of scientific production there is a need for measuring and evaluation of university’ s scientific productions by means of accepted international indices to make comparison between academic institutions. this study aims to evaluate the scientific production of faculty members affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences (sbmus) in web of scienc...

Abstract This study describes an effective protocol for naturalistic archaeological weapons experiments that improves cross-validation with controlled and allows testing of multiple hypotheses. Stone-tipped atlatl darts arrows were launched by skilled users against fresh carcasses, high-speed cameras radar guns capturing details ballistic performance, impacts to bone stone armatures, other vari...

AIM To report a 10-year follow-up of patients suffering from severe dry eye syndrome (DES) initially treated with topical ciclosporin A (tCSA) for 6 months. METHODS The charts of 26 patients with severe DES related to keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) and followed for a minimum 10-year follow-up were retrospectively reviewed. All of them were treated initially with tCSA for 6 months. The Schir...

background and aims: loneliness typically includes anxious feelings. it is particularly relevant to adolescence period. it has effect on physical and mental health. the present study aimed to identify the predictive factors of loneliness among high schools female students.methods: a cross –sectional survey was carried out among high schools female students in ilam during the academic year 2014-...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of the uncorrected refractive errors in bojnourd students methods : in a cross-sectional study, the samples were selected proportionate to the population of the schools using stratified randomized cluster sampling. the target population was the primary and junior high school students of the city of bojnourd. visual acuity (va) (snellen chart) and cycloplegi...