the present study assessed the real life therapeutic effects of weekly doses of alendronate in treating a group of osteoporotic patients in iran. the present historical cohort was conducted on patients who had undergone two or more bone mineral densitometry within an interval of 1.5-2 years in shariati hospital bone mineral density department between 2002 and 2010.patients were asked by phone a...

We present a new skew-normal distribution, denoted by NSN($lambada$). We first derive the density and moment generating function of NSN($lambada$). The properties of SN($lambada$), the known skew-normal distribution of Azzalini, and NSN($lambada$) are compared with each other. Finally, a numerical example for testing about the parameter $lambada$ in NSN($lambada$) is given. ...

determination of physical properties of municipal waste compost is necessary to obtain the parameters related to designing and constructing a suitable pelleting machine for producing compost pellets. the purpose of this study is determining some physical properties such as; bulk density, coefficient of friction, porosity, angle of repose for compost and density and expansion for compost pellets...

in this study, the effects of moisture content and corn variety on the physicochemical properties of popcorn were investigated and modeled using response surface methodology. each of the two corn varieties (hybrid corn ksc 600 pc and american) was prepared with a range of moisture (six moisture levels ranging from 10 to 20%) and popped by a hot air popper. variety and moisture content affected ...

background: ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that leads to a progressive ankylosis of vertebras and ossification of paravertebral ligaments. bone loss and osteoporosis are amongst the important complications of as, treatment of which is a challenging issue. objectives: this study aimed to clarify the effect of alendronate on the prevention of bone loss in patient...

determination of stockpile weight and stockpile inventory are critical to any quarry or mining operation, whether it is required by accounting firms or used internally for the quarterly balance of production and sales. generally, errors and problems originate from two factors. volume of stockpile that is traditionally worked out from the mapping results has a low accuracy due to irregular shape...

A density network is a neural network that maps from unobserved inputs to observable outputs. The inputs are treated as latent variables so that, for given network parameters, a non{trivial probability density is deened over the output variables. This probabilistic model can be trained by various Monte Carlo methods. The model can discover a description of the observed data in terms of an under...

Physical density is a numerical measure of the concentration of individuals or physical structures within a given geographical unit. It is an objective, quantitative and neutral spatial indicator. However, in practice, physical density takes on a real meaning only if it is related to a specified scale of reference. For instance, density expressed as ratio of population to land area can vary sig...

background: due to its minimal systematic adverse effects, transdermal estrogen is widely used for the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.the present meta-analysis aimed to clarify the effects of transdermal estrogen on bone mineral density (bmd) of postmenopausal women.methods: studies were identified by searching electronic databases including cochrane library, medline, embase...