High tibial osteotomy (HTO) has traditionally been performed to correct the mechanical axis of the knee in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the medial compartment associated with pain and functional impairment; in these patients the restoration of the alignment was related to the regeneration of the articular cartilage that seemed apparently normal (Fujisawa et al., 1979; Odenbring et al., ...

The article presents the profile and scientific achievements of Polish entomologist - orthopterologist Anna Liana, who dealt with systematics, biology, ecology bionomics orthopterans related groups insects as well physiography issues nature conservation. A list publications a described taxa are attached.

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of a revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with nonirradiated patellar tendon allograft used to salvage a failed index patellar tendon autograft procedure. TYPE OF STUDY Retrospective case series with minimum 2-year follow-up. METHODS Between 1993 and 1999, 39 patients underwent a revision reconstruction. Clinical, radiographic, arthrometri...

    Background: This was a systematic review presenting the future competencies for hospital managers.     Methods: Participants, interventions, comparisons and outcomes (PICO) strategy with MeSH terms were used for searching. Databases used were Web of Science, PsycINFO and Medline, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, Emerald, ProQuest, Social Sciences Research Network, Embase, and some Iranian database su...

ranking is one of the key measures for evaluating universities.  progress of research at universities is often measured by the rate of its publications.  it is also common knowledge in the field of research that journal publications owe their success to their impact factor.  however, one of the contributing factors that affect a journal's impact factor is the accessibility and availability of i...

Given the budgetary restrictions on scientific research and the increasing need to better inform conservation actions, it is important to identify the patterns and causes of biases in research effort. We combine bibliometric information from a literature review of almost 16,500 peer-reviewed publications on a well-known group of 286 species, the Order Carnivora, with global datasets on species'...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: providing free access to the latest research and more publishing channels, open access (oa) is hoped to decrease the south countries' information poverty and professional isolation. due to its particular importance, it is necessary to investigate how they exploit open access resources. methods: applying a cit...