abstract   background: osteoarthritis (oa) is the most common joint disease occuring after middle age. because of the high mobility of the neck, oa is common in the cervical spine. the purpose of this study was to determine and compare the effects of intermittent traction on patients with mild and moderate cervical oa. therefore, 32 patients with cervical oa were recruited.   methods: aclinical...

objective: the present paper studies the feasibility of implementing electronic reference services in the central library and documentation center of university of tehran [cenlib]. methodology: a user-centered approach was implemented based on descriptive method through the use of researcher-developed questionnaire. samples were drawn from postgraduate students' members of cenlib. findings...

Background: Avoidable mortality (AM) is one of the most important health indicators (HI) and represents the quality of care in a hospital.Objective: This study measured the efficacy of a training program for a hospital healthcare staff to reduce AM.Methods: This epidemiological study on community intervention analyzed time-series da...

Nature-based tourism and recreation are attracting attention today as the most favourable form of direct connection between people nature, a very successful tool to motivate protect their natural heritage. This study aims develop test methodology assess potential an acknowledged heritage site in Bulgaria - Malyovitsa Range Urdini Cirque ‘Rila’ National Park provide cultural ...

this study sought to develop a decision support system (dss) for assisting range managers to detect range condition and make informed decisions about feridan county rangelands. all plant species frequencies were measured in 31 range sites with various grazing histories using step point method. four hundred points along four perpendiculars 30 meters transects were measured in each site and grazi...

electronic shopping has increased in recent years increasingly. people who use this channel as an instrument of marketing and selling of goods, understand that consumers do not only focus on timely delivery of goods. but they are also looking for new and different products. thus, the marketers and companies must understand the innovative elements that effective on consumer purchases. in the pre...

the intelligent transportation system (its) provides wireless and mobile communication between vehicles and infrastructure to improve the safety of transportation and make the journey more enjoyable. this system consists of many fixed and mobile nodes (vehicles, trains, vessels, air planes), wireless and wired telecommunication technologies to exchange information between mobile nodes or betwee...

the telecommunications industry plays an important role in providing ICT services to a wide range of customers. In addition to individual customers, corporate customers also are user of these services and have an important role to make return on investment for telecom companies (Telcos). Therefore, this group of customers should not be ignored by any reason. This is where the Telecom Companies ...

transportation industry is the most dynamic components of any society. in the twenty-first century, with the growth of technology and the widespread use of the internet and the emergence of e-commerce and e-business interaction and active transportation industry deserves to have a wide range of electronic services to the transportation community to take advantage of the investors of the new and...