Objectives: To compare the outcomes of prone and supine lumbar traction in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain. Methods: The test was prospective and randomized control trial. The structure of trial was Urban Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinic. Participants was included of A total of 124 subjects with chronic low back pain (LBP) and evidence of a degenerative and/or herni...

Coarse-grained red sandstone soil is often used as embankment filling material but prone to being broken by extrusion, which lowers the stability of roadbed. This paper aimed clarify influence variation in coarse-grain content on mechanical properties coarse-grained soil. Soil with a grain size greater than 5 mm regarded soil, and soils different contents coarse grains were prepared cylindrical...

this study aimed to determine the prone areas for sugar beet planting with regards to their major effective factors. climatic data of 1998-2009 period were obtained from the local stations of khorasan razavi meteorological bureau. the topographic data including altitude, slope, slope direction, and tin layers were extracted from 1:250000 topographic maps of cartographic organization, iran. the ...

abstract   background : the application of du emanation for first time contaminated certain areas in the south west region of iraq after the second gulf war (1991). these contaminated areas were discovered in 1994. radioactive contamination was detected using the nuclear enterprise pcm5/1 in soil samples collected from two regions near by grazing lands. this study was done for assessment of du ...

Considering the persistently growing pressure on finite freshwater and soil resources, it becomes increasingly clear that the challenge of feeding tomorrow’s world population is, to a large extent, about improved water productivity within present land use. Rain-fed agriculture plays a critical role in this respect. Eighty per cent of the agricultural land worldwide is under rain-fed agriculture...

During an eight month prospective study, 8240 newborns were examined for detection of congenital dislocation of the hip from Oct. 23, 1991 to June 22, 1992. On fIrst examination we found 1302 neonates (158/1000 live births) to have abnormal hips 1063 (81.6%) were prone to subluxation (subluxatable), 218 (16.81 %) prone to dislocation (dislocatable), 17 (1.3%) were dislocated and 4 (0.3%) w...

This study aims to investigate the impact of soil-structure interaction (SSI) on seismic behavior reinforced concrete buildings. An advanced numerical model for SSI was developed and verified using ABAQUS software. The response a 12-story building four types soil (rock, dense soil, stiff soft soil) examined Normalized Response Spectra based Moroccan paraseismic regulation RPS 2011. global later...