knowledge of habitat requirements of aquatic animals plays an important role in fisheries and protection programs of aquatic ecosystems. hence, this study was conducted to investigate the suitability indexes of habitat use and habitat suitability index (hsi) of barbus cyri in its distribution range in tootkabon river. a number of environmental variables, including elevation, water depth, river ...

Abstract. The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) is a state-of-the-science system model (ESM) with the ability to focus horizontal resolution of its multiple components in specific areas. Regionally refined global ESMs are motivated by need explicitly resolve, rather than parameterize, relevant physics within regions resolution, while offering significant computational cost savings relat...

Papers published in this series record the significant findings resulting from USGS/BRD-sponsored and cospon-sored research programs. They may include extensive data or theoretical analyses. These papers are the in-house counterpart to peer-reviewed journal articles, but with less stringent restrictions on length, tables, or raw data, for example. We encourage authors to publish their findings ...

Background and Study Aim. Muscular strength balance are important components of athletic performance, the muscles around knee (Quadriceps Hamstrings) provide joint stability when is in motion. The aim this study was to analyze correlation between quadriceps/hamstring (H/Q) muscle strength, Hamstring/Quadriceps ratio performance. Material Methods. Ten male volunteers with an average age 21.60±2....

Background and Objectives: Oxidative stress (OS) associated with estrogen deficiency in menopause has been implicated in various complications of menopause. Some indices of OS, bone metabolism, and uric acid (UA) in postmenopausal women were assessed as possible predictors of gouty osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods: This case-control study enrolled 40 postmenopausal women and 60 premenopau...

PURPOSE Low wall shear stress (WSS) and high oscillatory shear index (OSI) influence plaque formation, yet little is known about their role in progression/regression of established plaques because of lack of practical means to calculate them in individual patients. Our aim was to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of patients with carotid plaque undergoing statin treatment to calcula...

Objectives This study aims at comparing by means of computational fluid-dynamics (CFD) the hemodynamics before and after carotid endarterectomy (CEA), and, after CEA, between patch graft (PG) and direct suture (DS) closures. Design We analyzed wall shear stress (WSS), velocities, and vorticity before and after CEA, to highlight the effect of surgery on hemodynamics, and time averaged WSS (TAWSS...

Almond oil (AO) has both food and non-food uses, but the most profitable niche market is its applications for cosmetic (Skincare, Body oil, Hair Soap). In last decade, two almond varieties Ferragnes Ferraduel , with dominance of became to be crucial due their suitability agro-ecological conditions some regions production in Morocco. This study focuses on characterization AO Ferragnes, which mai...

PURPOSE Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved prospective study was conducted to test whether objective and quantitative hemodynamic markers wall shear stress (WSS) and oscillatory shear index (OSI) measured by three-dimensional (3D) cine phase-contrast (PC) can reflect pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen consecutive patients of suspected secondary PAH we...

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the total antioxidant status, oxidant and oxidative stress index (OSI) in saliva patients who recovered from COVID-19 disease with treatments applied our country. Methods: In study, stimulated unstimulated samples were collected 60 diagnosed COVID-19. divided into two groups as group 1 (n=26) 1-3 months ago 2 (n=34) 4-6 ago. Total OSI examined sam...