WILLIAM W. OLIVER is in charge of the Station's silviculmnl research on California conifer types, wilh hcadquwcrs at Kcdding, Calif. He earned a bachelor's degree (1956) in forestry froin the University of New Hampshire. and a master of foreslry degree (1960) fmln the University of Michigan. He joined the Station in 1962. Advance regeneration is co~nmon under decadent, old-growth stands of Cali...

AIM To analyse the effect of ferrule height upon the mechanical resistance and stress distribution within a root to explain variations in the pattern of root fracture. METHODOLOGY An extracted, intact, caries free, maxillary right central incisor was scanned by laser and then reconstructed on a computer to produce a model of the tooth and associated periodontal ligament. A simulated post/core...

the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a session of endurance and sprint exercises on plasma anp in male athlete students. for this reason, 24 male athlete students were volunteered and randomized into endurance (n=8, age 24.5± 2.1 years, height 176.3± 3.5 cm, weight 71.75±4.6 kg), sprint (n=8, age 22.1±2.2 years, height 176.1±4.8 cm, weight 67.6±7.4 kg) and control groups (n=...

Background: Palmaris longus (PL) is a muscle with marked variations. It is harvested as a tendon graft in many surgical proceduresin which a certain length of tendon is required. The aims of the present study were to determine the variations of this tendon in Iranian population and to find whether the length of PL tendon could be estimated by measuring the forearm length and height. Methods: We...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Growth in trunk height in canopy openings is important for saplings. How saplings increase height growth in canopy openings may relate to crown architectural constraints. Responses of crown development to canopy openings in relation to trunk height growth were studied for saplings (0.2-2.5 m tall) of eight tropical submontane forest tree species in Indonesia. The results of ...

We investigated the efficacy of alveolar distraction for reducing crown height:implant length ratio in the posterior mandible. Ten alveolar distractions were done in seven patients. The pre-distraction ratio of required crown height to bone height available for implantation was in all cases > or =1. Two implants were placed in each distracted area (total 20 implants). Before distraction, the me...

the aim of the present study is to assess the effect of pure and mixed plantations of eastern cottonwood (populus deltoides) and alder (alnus subcordata) on quantitative stand characteristics and soil properties. the experiment was established in 1994 using randomized block design with five treatments (1- p100%, 2- p67%-a33%, 3- p50%-a50%, 4- p33%-a67%, and 5- a100%) and four replicates in cham...