Abstract This paper analyzes Israel’s changing understanding of its geostrategic posture from establishment in 1948 to the current era. It starts by reviewing traditional Israeli ideas and their implementation, mostly, as reflected nation’s national security doctrine. The then investigates effect territorial expansion after 1967 on about geostrategy. Finally, shows how global, regional, technol...

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BACKGROUND Massage therapy (MT) is widely used and expanding rapidly, but systematic research on its mechanisms and effects has, in contrast with many other therapeutic fields, a short history. PURPOSE To take stock of the current state of MT research and to explore approaches, directions, and strategies with the potential to make the next two decades of MT research optimally productive. SE...

conclusions results of this study indicated the better effect of osats on learning and its relative superiority in precise assessment of clinical skills compared with the traditional evaluation method. therefore, we recommend using this method in evaluation of students in practical courses. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of using osats and traditional methods on ...