INTRODUCTION: Neck pain is a significant cause of disability worldwide, caused by various conditions like underlying diseases, mechanical and neuropathic abnormalities. Longwave Diathermy (LWD) therapeutic heating modality used to treat many musculoskeletal conditions. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy LWD on pain, disability, range motion (ROM) in neck pain. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The study ...

The effective measuring range of an electromagnetic wave resistivity instrument used in logging while drilling (LWD) is small, and the measurement greatly influenced by dielectric constant, especially high-dielectric-constant formations. In this paper, response characteristics under a high constant are investigated numerical simulation algorithm, conversion method determined. results show that ...

Riparian forests regulate linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet relationships among riparian forest development, stand structure, and stream habitats are poorly understood in many temperate deciduous forest systems. Our research has (1) described structural attributes associated with old-growth riparian forests and (2) assessed linkages between these characteristics and in-st...

A method to analyze and assess knowledge sharing risks in the virtual enterprise is proposed. Firstly, based on risks analysis, an index system is set up to assess such risks as the core competence losing risk, the enterprise culture risk, the knowledge spillover effect risk and the moral risk, etc.. Then, according to the index system and the characteristics of linguistic assessment informatio...

In this paper, we extend the distance measure to the linguistic fuzzy sets, and develop the linguistic distance operators, such as linguistic weighted distance (LWD) operator, linguistic ordered weighted distance (LOWD) operator, and study some of their desired properties. These aggregation operators are very useful for decision-making problems because they establish a comparison between an ide...