stretching is an ancient method of treating soft tissue structures amongst the historical cultures. this method, in addition to other manual techniques such as, massage and manipulation has been taught in ancient medicine. nowadays, a wide range of studies have been performed to reveal the effects of this manual method on different muscle groups in patients, as well as healthy athlete subjects....

it has been encountering with large modifications and developments during recent decades and it makes large developments at rey & islamshahr regions. as the habitation areas as shaped in different dimensions. thought it can investigate the implicational structural at large scales even at littler scales too. nevertheless the essential applications of living areas on over coming life need such ha...

Stable isotopes in wood cellulose of tree rings provide a high-resolution record of environmental conditions, yet intra-annual analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes and their associations with physiological responses to seasonal environmental changes are still lacking. We analyzed tree-ring stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope variations in the earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) of pin...

The Qehan Lake Basin (QLB) and its system of lakes are located in a marginal monsoon zone and are extremely sensitive to global climate change. In this paper, using aerial photographs from different periods, in addition to MSS, TM, and ETM images, and combining these with regional topographic maps, we analyze lake area changes from 1958 to 2010 and the relation between Qehan Lake (QL) and clima...

BACKGROUND The dairy industry has undergone substantial structural changes as intensive farming has developed during recent decades. Mastitis continues to be the most common production disease of dairy cows. Nationwide surveys of mastitis prevalence are useful in monitoring udder health of dairy herds and to study the impact of structural changes on the dairy industry. This survey on bovine sub...

background: in the past three decades, tehran has experienced warmer summer so we need to determine heat-related mortality to establish appropriate public health activities during hot summers. the aim of the present study was to detect heat waves during the last decades and then determine excess mortality in immediate and lagged times. method: an ecological study based on time-series model was ...

for years, the role of cerebellum was believed to be limited to motor functions. only since almost two decades ago, a new concept about cerebellum and its contribution to non-motor functions including cognition and emotion started to emerged. during the recent years, numerous studies have focused on the cerebellar non-motor functions with their results providing supportive evidence on this view...

abstract the prevalence of asthma is inconsistent in different countries and even in regions of a country. awareness of this prevalence has favorable impacts on health care system planning. the aim of this literature review and meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of pediatric asthma in the islamic republic of iran during two recent decades. a search was done in national (sid, magiran, ...