Indirect estimation of the solar wind conditions in 29-31 October 2003

Washington University Record, October 31, 2003

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

First draft : 29 October 2003 Comparative Economic Systems and the New Comparative

The field of comparative economic systems has been recently enriched by the arrival of the new comparative economics. This approach is in the line of the law and finance tradition and presents an important contribution under different perspectives. In the paper I present the most important propositions of this new approach and I evaluate them in the light of the problems that the comparative st...

Forum October 2003

Background: Development and increasing acceptance of rehabilitation robots as well as advances in technology allow new forms of therapy for patients with neurological disorders. Robot-assisted gait therapy can increase the training duration and the intensity for the patients while reducing the physical strain for the therapist. Optimal training effects during gait therapy generally depend on ap...

FORUM, October 2003

Advances in information technology (IT) have brought a powerful array of new clinical and management tools to VA medical centers (VAMCs), and continue to change in very fundamental ways how we think about and provide primary care. This is particularly important as VA makes the transition from visit-based primary care management to a model of patient-centered primary care management that monitor...