Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether individuals with neck pain who demonstrate centralization of symptoms have more favorable outcome than individuals who do not demonstrate centralization. Methods: Eleven subjects with neck pain were evaluated and treated by two physical therapists certified in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT). Eleven physical therapy patients un...

from the past to the present time, in all civilizations and countries, urbanization is considered the most striking evolution of human societies. with the advent of the industrial revolution and the rapid expansion of cities, societies were faced with numerous problems. one of the most significant problems is extreme centralization in one city or more and fragmentation of urban hierarchical sys...

OBJECTIVES This research was intended to analyze the special characteristics and structure of social networks among Korean medical schools for the purpose of providing knowledge regarding medical field structure, dynamics, and potential paradigm development. METHODS A collaborative 12-year data set of 35,469 published articles in the SCOPUS® database was analyzed. Among ISI subcategories, 61 ...

The present study evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) the apical canal transportation and centralizing ability of different automated systems after root canal preparation. The mesiobuccal canals of maxillary first molars (n=10 per group) were prepared with: GI - reciprocating system with K-Flexofile; GII - reciprocating system with NiTiFlex files; GIII - rotary system with K3 inst...

In this paper, I explore a natural experiment of organizational change from decentralization to centralization in a leading Chinese newspaper. Using a di¤erences-in-di¤erences approach, I …nd that centralization substantially increases the journalists’performance in the dimension desired by the newspaper. I provide evidence that the journalists whose jobs are potentially associated with larger ...

The concentration and centralization of capital is one of the fundamental general tendencies of the capitalist mode of production. This tendency applies, in Marx's view, to the agricultural as well as the industrial sector.' In Lenin's words: "The fundamental and principal trend of capitalism is the displacement of small-scale production by large-scale production, both in industry and in agricu...