objective: for decades, exercise has been considered as a cornerstone for managing diabetes. the current study aimed to determine the effects of short-term exercise on blood glucose, lipids and hba1c in type-2 diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: a total of 61 diabetic patients were randomly selected. later, subjects with capability of doing exercise took part in a special four-week exerci...

background: patellar mal tracking is responsible for pain and disability in patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps). patellar kinesio taping may have different effects on short and long term usage. the aim of this study is to compare the effect of short term and long term patellar kinesio taping in patellar position on women with patellofemoral pain syndrome using magnetic resonance imaging (mri). ...

objective: administration of amoxicillin and metronidazole along with scaling and root planning (srp) is an effective adjunctive therapy for chronic periodontitis. studies have shown that administration of azithromycin is also effective for treatment of chronic periodontitis. this study aimed to compare the effect of short-term and long-term azithromycin regimen with amoxicillin and metronidazo...

objective(s): drug addiction is one of the fastest growing social problems that researchers, for many years, have been trying to find proper strategies for its prevention and treatment. short-term physical activity is considered as acceptable for the treatment and prevention of addiction. on the other hand, prefrontal cortex is known to be responsible for many of the complex behavioral response...

in today’s restructured environment, congestion management plays an essential role in power system operation. different methods are presented and discussed in this respect for congestion management in short-term and long-term intervals. it is attempted in the present paper to investigate the impact mechanism of facts devices and demand response programs together with generation re-dispatch as s...