1 Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 2 Basic Department, Air Force Aviation University of Chinese PLA, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, Nanling Campus, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China 4 Department of Pain, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the economic impact of a 100% smoke-free law on bars and restaurants in an Argentinean province. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a time series analysis of restaurant and bar revenues in the province of Santa Fe 31 months before and 29 months after the implementation of the 100% smoke-free environment law. The neighboring province of Entre Rios without smoking restricti...

Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Information Institute, 155 Hanzhong Rd, Bai Xia Qu, Nanjing, Jiangsu China; Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou 221009, Jiangsu Province, China; The Affiliated XuZhou Hospital of Medical College of Southeast University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Xuzhou Clinical School of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Xuzhou Clinical Medical C...

in the competitive environment, service and manufacturing organizations try to improve the quality of their services and productions. in this regard, information systems are the important factors in achieving competitive advantages. but many organizations don’t know anything about the influential factors on the success of information systems. literature suggests a number of factors, so that the...

distribution of the genus chondrostoma in iran, which is mostly known from the caspian sea, tigris river, kor river and esfahan basins was mapped. the kura nase, chondrostoma cyri is reported from armenia, georgia and iran and it is found in the streams and rivers draining to the western coast of the caspian sea from the kuma river in the north southward to the kura and aras river basins in the...

Ptomaphaginus Portevin, 1914 is one of the most speciose genera in the tribe Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae). Its members are mainly soil dwellers and are almost all distributed in the Oriental Region. This paper reports eleven new species from China: P. guangxiensis sp. nov. (type locality: Napo, Guangxi autonomous region), P. gutianshanicus sp. nov. (type locality: Gutianshan...

Four species of the genus Pseudopoda are recorded from southern China. Three new species are described: Pseudopoda bicruris sp. nov. (male, female; Hainan Province), Pseudopoda mediana sp. nov. (male, female; Hainan Province), Pseudopoda tiantangensis sp. nov. (male, female; Hubei Province). The female of Pseudopoda lushanensis (Wang, 1990) from Jiangxi Province is described for the first time.

The present study was conducted to determine peak ground acceleration (PGA) over bedrock in probabilistic analysis methods for the seismic hazard and uniform hazard spectra at different hazard levels for Esfahan city. A series of statistics containing historical and instrumental seismic data covering from the 8th century A.D. to the now up to a radius of 200 km was employed and seismic sources ...