Cement restriction and pressurisation are helpful technical points in achieving a good cement mantle in cemented hip replacement. In this prospective study, we compared 39 cases where a Hardinge polyethylene restrictor was used and 33 cases where a bone block restrictor was used during Charnley hip replacement. The preoperative radiographs were templated, calibrated holders for the cement restr...

This-cross sectional study investigated the age and sex variations in thinness among 2016 (930 boys and 1086 girls) 3-5 years old rural children of Bengalee ethnicity. The children were randomly recruited from 66 Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) centres of Chapra Block, Nadia District, West Bengal, India. The area is remote and mostly inhabited by Bengalee Muslims. All preschool chil...

The present paper studies the body build and proficiency in the game of 74 female volleyballers aged 13-15 years from eight teams, who participated in Estonian championships. Fourteen anthropometric measurements were taken from the players, and these data were systematized into a 5 SD height-weight classification (small, medium, large, pyknomorphous and leptomorphous). The players participated ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate dental, skeletal, and soft tissue effects during Twin-block treatment. METHODS A systematic search of several electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, Embase, all EBM reviews, and Web of Science) was conducted until July 2013, as well as a limited grey-literature search (Google Scholar). Human cephalometric studies that used a Twin-block appliance in a non-extraction and n...

Subtalar distraction bone-block arthrodesis for malunited calcaneal fractures was performed in 31 patients (26 men, five women), with a mean age of 38.5 years. The mean time from injury to arthrodesis was 36 months. There were no cases of nonunion. One patient had an early dislocation of the bone block requiring a repeat arthrodesis, and one had a soft-tissue infection. The mean AOFAS hindfoot ...

Soybean is one of the main sources of foreign exchange credits for Brazil in the agricultural sector. There is increasing interest in growing this leguminous crop, especially in the southern region of Minas Gerais, due to its importance as an alternative for crop rotation with maize. In this respect, the study of the adaptability of new cultivars to the region is indispensable so as to obtain h...

to determinate the most proper n.p.k. fertilizer level  for increasing the quality and quantity of polygerm seeds of sugar beet , an experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design with three replications in 1998-2000 at research farm of faculty of agriculture, azad university of ardabil (hassan barog). fertilizer treatments were: n30p60k60, n90p90k90, n0p0k0, n90p150k150, n90p120k...

black saxaul (haloxylon aphyllum) is one of the best options for rehabilitating drought affected desert lands. the species is remarkably adapted to the central dry environment ofiran and a major source of raising pasture productivity of the areas. progenies of 25 randomly selected black saxaul trees from four populations of the species were studied in a randomized complete block design with thr...