abstract introduction: in this study the role of pge2 as an important inflammatory mediator in indomethacine and theophylline effects on joint diameter and vascular response of chronically inflamed rat knee joint to saphenous nerve stimulation was investigated. methods: inflammation was induced by intraarticular injection of 0.2 ml freund,s complete adjuvant (fca) and 3, 7, 14, 21 days post inj...

Planning optimal paths for large numbers of robots is computationally expensive. In this thesis, we present a new framework for multirobot path planning called subdimensional expansion, which initially plans for each robot individually, and then coordinates motion among the robots as needed. More specifically, subdimensional expansion initially creates a one-dimensional search space embedded in...

An asymptotic expansion is developed for the joint density of the sum and maximum of an i.i.d. sequence when the parent distribution is in the domain of extreme value attraction of the Gumbel distribution. Previous results by Chow and Teugels, extended by Anderson and Turkman, show that in this situation, the normalized sum and normalized maximum of the sample converge to independent normal and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect that respiratory muscle stretching using the global postural reeducation (GPR) method has on respiratory muscle strength, thoracic expansion and abdominal mobility in sedentary young males. METHODS This was a randomized study involving 20 sedentary volunteers, aged 22.7 +/- 2.5 years, divided into two groups of 10: a control group, composed of subjects not per...

The bulk-scattering properties of dust aerosols and clouds are computed for the community radiative transfer model (CRTM) that is a flagship effort of the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA). The delta-fit method is employed to truncate the forward peaks of the scattering phase functions and to compute the Legendre expansion coefficients for re-constructing the truncated phase ...

Arthritis, with osteoarthritis (OA) accounting for most of this burden, is a leading cause of disability in the western world. Symptomatic full-thickness defects of the knee joint surface require surgical treatment for symptom relief and to prevent secondary OA. Current gold standard of cell therapy for joint surface repair consists of implantation of autologous, culture-expanded articular chon...

abstract background: patient education is among the lowest met need of patients in iran; therefore, expansion of that role can result in greater professional accountability. this study aimed to explain the practical science of the process, structure, and outcomes of a nurse‑led action research project to expand the nurses’ role in patient education in iran. materials and methods: this study was...