objective(s) the objective of this study was to document and explain bilateral differences in the q angle. materials and methods two hundred limbs of healthy adult indian volunteers were studied. the q angle was measured using a goniometric method with the subjects supine, quadriceps relaxed and lower limbs in neutral rotation. the relative lateral placement of the tibial tuberosity with respec...

background: antigen b (agb) is frequently used for immuno-diagnosis of hu-man cystic echinococcosis (ce). echinococcus granulosus agbs show a high degree of genetic variability in different hosts or in different ce endemic areas. the present study aimed to evaluate the genetic polymorphisms of encoding antigen b2 gene (agb2) among different iranian isolates of e. granulosus. methods: a total of...

little information is available regarding genetic variation in wild wheat relatives from iran. in this study, genetic diversity of 36 populations of wild einkorn wheat, triticum boeoticum, was studied using amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) primer combinations. seventeen aflp primer combinations led to amplify 979 scorable fragments ranging from 50 to 500 bp and of these, 429 (44%) ...

the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic aspects of language use vary across different situations, languages, and cultures. the separation of these two facets of language use can help to map out the socio-cultural norms and conventions as well as the linguistic forms and strategies that underlie the pragmatic performance of different language speakers in a variety of target language use situatio...

nitrate concentration of the soil, at the start of growing season, is high due to minerali-zation of soil organic n during the fall and the addition of n fertilizers. it may be useful to exploit this n form as much as possible. therefore, the nitrate uptake, assimilation and dry matter production of several wheat cultivars were examined in a series of experiments using a hydroponic culture syst...

abstract the temperature of water entering the soil or variation in soil temperature has a direct impact on soil hydraulic conductivity via the effect on water viscosity. in this research, the time variability of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (ks) was studied. the relation between soil temperature and fluid viscosity with hydraulic conductivity were also studied. the necessary experimen...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (osas) is a prevalent disease in adults. limited evidence regarding the effect of severity of sleep apnea and depression on heart rate variability (hrv) indices exists. hence, we decided to focus on the association between hrv and severity of osas based on depression score. materials and methods: a total of 193 patients with confirmed o...

objective: the theraputic exercise is regarded as one of the most important theraputic interventions in the chronic low back pain patients. stabilization exercise is among the most significant practical ones in these patients. the study of the effects of these exercises on the variability of trunk muscles postural strategies and the ability in normalizing these strategies are among the uncertai...

having knowledge about genetic relationships among accessions is necessary for developing breeding strategies to produce improved cultivars. in present study, genetic diversity and inter-relationship among 29 genotypes of citrus were comparatively analyzed using morphological and rapd markers. significant variability was observed among citrus genotypes for 61 quantitative and qualitative morpho...