Abstract This article focuses on how the concept of “turning points” can be used in narrative research when studying people’s (professional) identities and identity formation. By examining various understandings turning points, we aim to show they identified as analytical tools different ways conducting analyses A case study from a project police is illustrate application perspectives points. T...

This single-blind, sham-controlled study investigated the effectiveness of ‘needleless acupuncture’ in the management of osteoarthritis of the knee. The study employed a Silver Spike Point (SSP) Needle Free Acupuncture Device for administering treatments. Participants were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group (total n = 36). Needleless acupuncture (NA) was applied to a standardised...

Software product line are often developed through reengineering existing products and legacy applications. In such cases it is not uncommon for the behavioural and quality characteristics of individual product architectures to be inconsistent with those of the common architecture. Successful development of product lines dictate that those inconsistencies be resolved. The resolution process invo...

The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of amitriptyline as a treatment of FM. A comprehensive computerized search in Medline (Pubmed), EMBASE and The Cochrane Library was performed. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing amitriptyline vs placebo in adult patients suffering from FM were identified, the methodological quality was assessed and the results of the m...

Water table elevation is a key feature for identifying the groundwater behaviour. Accordingly, appropriate measurements—in terms of both frequency and spatial distribution—play crucial role capturing aquifer response to recharge withdrawals. However, numerical models simulating main features behaviour water may help management, as an additional tool. In this article, soil moisture data from thr...

natural hazards such as earthquakes have threatened the life of human beings during the history.as a consequence, the vibration mitigation of structures has caught great importance. activecontrol of structures is one of the rapidly emerging areas in the concept of structural control. thispaper presents a control method to deal with this subject when the dynamics of the structure ishysteretic an...