and ruptures usually occur in middle-aged men during sporting activity. The incidence of these ruptures has increased during the past few decades. The treatment is still controversial, and the main alternatives are either surgical or nonsurgical. During the past decade, surgical treatment has been regarded as the first choice in many hospitals. In addition, it has become common to add early fun...

Information fluency is generally defined as an ability to express oneself creatively, reformulate knowledge, and synthesize information regarding new information technology. The term has recently gained popularity over experience, expertise, competence, knowledge, and literacy. As with other related concepts, there is a great need to accurately assess "information fluency" for research and prag...

Abstract Identifying biologically relevant substrates for protein kinases is a critical step in understanding the function of these clinically important enzymes. Traditional approaches for kinase substrate identification are expensive, slow, and lack sensitivity. For this reason, many kinase activity assays employ generic substrates or peptides that decrease the reliability of these assays for ...

in iran, most mountainous watersheds do not have enough hydrometery stations and defective stations have sparse data. because of limited availability of hydrologic data, watershed modeling plays a crucial role in development of local resources. in this study, swat was applied to simulate runoff in marun dam (idanak) watershed, a sub-basin of marun catchment. calibration and sensivity analyses w...

speed in electronic transactions forms a new kind of software agreements known as end use license agreement. in american legal system, there is no unit procedure. end user license agreement was begun by shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements. browsewrap agreement is the latest development type of them. shrinkwrap agreements are usually formed by opening of the plastic cover of software package or ...

The system architecture of embedded systems includes both, i.e. software and hardware components. Embedded systems are integrated in e.g. dvd-players, television sets, telephones, cars, airplanes, etc. They are a part of our everyday life. Embedded systems are developed using traditional software and hardware development models, which often leads to a deficiency in documentation, since this is ...

In recent years, cleaning validation has achieved a position of increasing in the pharmaceutical industry. It provides assurance to the cleaning procedure that ensures equipment is consistently cleaned from the product, detergent and microbial residues to an acceptable level to avoid cross-contamination and adulteration of drug product with other active ingredients. The aim of this study was to...

Today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. A comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. This paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.

In order to attract more tourists visit a particular place, destination content marketing plays an important role. Tourism research has recently shown interest in marketing; especially when tourism is advertised. Currently, there no scale available measure for promoting destination. The present study two primary objectives. First, investigate the dimension of related context. Second, develop an...