background: in this study we investigated the differences of functional gait and balance measures between patients with chronic stroke with different level of concern about falling. methods: fifty-four patients with chronic stroke participated in this observational, cross-sectional study. the level of concern relating to falls was assessed by using the falls efficacy scale-international. thirty...

background : to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in tabriz city to investigate the extent, frequency, causes, and major outcome(s) of falling accidents in the houses of rural and urban areas of this city. the current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues. methods: in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 43170 i...

background: fear of falling is not only a risk factor for falls, but it is also an important clinical predictor of functional decline in older adults. this study identified sex differences in fear of falling and related factors in older adults with low grip strength. methods: the data of 902 older adults from the 2012 korean national survey, conducted as a research project by the korea employme...

abstract: the dust is one of the weather phenomena that have negative environmental effects and consequences. the central city of ahvaz in khuzestan province is one of cities that in every year witnessed the dust in its environment. in this study, after determining that the dust phenomena data are abnormal, using the sen's nonparametric model been proceed to modeling of changes and survey ...

mineral dust can directly affect the solar and terrestrial radiation in both visible and infrared (ir) spectral regions through scattering and absorption processes. due to specific optical properties of dust particles, satellite observed radiances carry the spectral signatures of dust particles that are different from molecular, cloud, and underlying surface. based on these differences, various...

limestone, exploited near bielawy, a town located in the kujawsko-pomorskie province ofpoland, is the main raw material in the production process in a cement plant. the dust emitted by the factory is of alkaline ph and contains such heavy metals as: cadmium (cd), lead (pb), chromium (cr) and nickel (ni). the research aims at assessing the influence of cement dust on the total content and bioava...

background: the phenomenon of dust is a serious environmental problem in dry and semi dry regions. it has a destructive effect for the residents of such regions. over two-thirds of iran is in areas of dry and semi-dry climate conditions. methods: in this research, dust fall measurements were taken in 41 stations across yazd city using a marble dust collector (mdco) located in different parts of...