background: pulse wave velocity (pwv) is widely used for estimating the stiffness of an artery. v arious invasive and non-invasive methods have been developed to determine pwv over the years. in the present research , the non-invasive estimation of the pwv of large arteries was used as an index for arterial stiffness. methods: a dynamic model based on the navier-stokes equations coupled to elas...

During the next years a number of mobile satellite systems (MSS) for low earth orbits (LEO) and for medium earth orbits (MEO) will be available for global personal communications. The most important currently projected systems are Iridium, Globalstar, Odyssey, ICO (formerly Inmarsat-P), and Teledesic. These systems will provide mobile communication from any place on the earth to any person at a...

background: although giant cell tumor (gct) is considered to be a primary benign bone tumor, its aggressive behavior makes its diagnosis and treatment, difficult and challenging. this is especially true in distal radius where gct appears to be more aggressive and difficult to control locally. we report our clinical outcome of en-block resection and reconstruction with non-vascularized fibular a...

The population of planets smaller than approximately 1.7 Earth radii (R⊕) is widely interpreted as consisting rocky worlds, generally referred to super-Earths. This picture largely corroborated by radial velocity mass measurements for close-in super-Earths but lacks constraints at lower insolations. Here we present the results a detailed study Kepler-138 system using 13 Hubble and Spitzer trans...

background: expansion of bone marrow cavity and decreased cortical and trabecular bone tissues and osteoporosis are resulted from beta-thalassemia. the aim of this study was to assess bone mineral density (bmd) in patients with β thalassemia major and intermedia, and to determine their biochemical and hormonal profiles that may affect bmd. materials and methods: in a cross sectional study from ...