The objectives of this study were to reveal the proportion of Shorinji Kempo athletes who had suffered fractures related to sports activities, and to evaluate bone mass, bone turnover, nutritional status, and physical function in these athletes. A medical examination was carried out for 16 Shorinji Kempo collegiate athletes. Seven athletes (43.8%) had experienced a sports-related traumatic frac...

Aluminum (Al) as aluminum lactate in a purified diet was fed to adult female Swiss-Webster mice over a six week period. Comparison groups were: controls (CON), 25 micrograms Al/g diet; low Al (LO), 500 micrograms Al/g diet; high Al (HI), 1000 micrograms Al/g diet; and pair fed (PF) 25 micrograms Al/g diet pair fed to HI group. Weights, food intake and toxic signs were recorded at 3-day interval...

in accordance with the iranian government intention toward two step forward elimination of energy subsidies policy in coming years, we focus in this study on the extent by which the corresponding raising costs will be distributed across the livestock sector and how they affected food security. for this purpose, scenario of increasing energy prices and improving productivity at vertical and hori...

To identify preoperative factors which influence the effectiveness of strabismus surgery in adults, we retrospectively reviewed the records of 179 patients > 15 years old (131 with exotropia, 48 with esotropia) who had had combined recession and resection surgery for correction of horizontal strabismus. Eighteen preoperative variables were evaluated; those with significant influence on the surg...

Abstract A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available public. The raw abundance obtained by different research projects using surface net tows or continuous seawater intake. Fibrous microplastics removed calibrated dataset. Microplastic fluctuates due verti...

the starting behavior of a supersonic axisymmetric mixed compression air intake was numerically investigated. the code solves reynolds-averaged navier–stokes equations using an explicit finite volume method in a structured grid by the roe flux difference splitting scheme. further, it uses the baldwin–lomax algebraic model to compute the turbulent viscosity coefficient. the correct method of sur...

The present study assessed the effects of a low dose of orally administered caffeine on sensitization of open-field behavior in rats. Rats had free access to untreated water every day or water containing 0.2 mg/ml of caffeine every other day of the 14-day experiment. On alternate days discrete movements (horizontal and vertical) and ambulatory distance were measured in open-field activity monit...

Sward composition and structure influence herbage intake of grazing animals. We conducted a grazing study to examine how forage mixture complexity affected sward structure. Replicated 1-ha pastures (Hagerstown silt loam soil: fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic, Typic Hapludalf) were planted to either orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) and white clover (Trifolium repens L.) or a nine-species mixtu...

The symmetry of floating drops is considered. Under conditions that the free boundary is flat it is shown that all three component interfaces are symmetric about a vertical line.

Goal. To offer the improved technology of water intake by systems anti-filtration protection territories against flooding from reservoirs and preparation drainage waters for use. Methods. Analytical-synthetic — analysis modern scientific research development measures to improve curtains reservoirs; statistical parameters a technological process; calculation create simulation model curtain with ...