Introduction. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), described as a complex three-dimensional spinal deformity, is thought to affect neurophysiological processes that result in loss of proprioceptive input. The main purpose this case study investigate the effect Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) on spine joint reposition (JR) sense 20-year-old with AIS. Methods/ Case Description. ...

The shallow landslides affect most of the hillslopes in the Prahova Subcarpathians and are mainly caused by the agriculture practices. Though, these processes do not imply immediately losses for human activity, the landslide susceptibility assessment is necessary to prevent terrain degradation. The evaluation of landslide susceptibility requires understanding of spatial distribution of the fact...

INTRODUCTION Bevel-tipped flexible needles can be steered in soft tissue to clinical targets along curved paths in 3D while avoiding critical structures. Duty-cycled rotation [1] during insertion allows for control of the curvature of the needle. These capabilities of 3D steerable needles make it potentially suitable for applications such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) and drug delivery to bra...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being deployed by the military to tackle rising terrorism and crime, for combat and reconnaissance, as well as surveillance purposes. Amazon, an online retailer, recently announced its plan to use UAV for package deliveries in the city. UAVs are also being put to use for topographical mapping of a region [13]. Thus, large range of potential appli...

introduction: providing the material for penile reconstruction after release of chordee associated with hypospadias is challenging. we have used the preputial vascularized island flap for this purpose. we report the results of this prospective study. materials and methods: one hundred and twelve boys ranging from 13 months to 12 years of age were enrolled in this study. the location of meatus r...

in order to present a quantitative indicator for the onset of instability, in this paper, the critical points of a stratified gravitational flow on a slope are found and analyzed. these points are obtained by means of the solution of the two-dimensional navier-stokes equations via the standard arakawa-c finite-difference method. results show that in the marginal richardson numbers, the critical...

the goal of this research is gully erosion hazard zoning by using dempster-shafer theory for the garnaveh watershed (golestan province). for this purpose, at first a gully erosion inventory map with the scale of 1:200000 (dependent variable) for the gharnaveh watershed has been prepared using multiple field surveys and satellite pictures. from total gullies 70% of them have randomly selected fo...