background menopause is a unique event in a woman’s life which has many symptoms. frequency and severity of these symptoms vary, and they are based on the woman’s epidemiological characteristics. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms and related factors among women, 40-60 years in kashan, iran. patients and methods in this cross-sec...

Clinical material: Since February 1985 (4.2 years) 75 implants have been inserted. 62 Mark I ligaments and since January 1989, 13 Mark II ligaments. This paper discusses the experience with the 62 Mark I ligaments. 56 male, 61 ACL?in all but one, giving way, either at sport or at leisure was the predominant presenting symptom. Correlation between the laxity signs and instability symptoms were n...

Research into computerized storage and retrieval of pictorial information has grown from modest beginnings in the late 1970's to a thriving field encompassing areas as diverse as digitized maps, satellite images, fingerprint collections, and libraries of engineering or architectural drawings. As more and more applications have been developed, the limitations of conventional retrieval methods ha...

This paper presents empirical evidence about the relationship between market openness and markup distribution of manufacturing firms. The empirical analysis uses a panel data set of Spanish firms in the period 1990-2005, with a structural approach that lets us to identify individual mark-ups. The results point out that tougher competition associated to openness reduces the average of marginal c...

Trademarks and domain names are infringed by an unauthorised ‘use in the course of trade.’ Trademark infringement predates the Internet, of course, but by eroding the geographic boundaries that traditionally allowed multiple users to apply the same or similar mark in different countries or in relation to different products, the Internet has aggravated the illegitimate use of trademarks. Part I ...

â â â  â  zahra zamani [1] â â  seyed komail tayebi â  department of economics, university of isfahan, iran â â department of economics, university of isfahan, iran â â â  abstract â  international trade causes that markets to become more competitive and small-medium sized enterprises (smes) learn to compete effectively within this increasingly competitive global market place. smes are able to ...

background & objectives: streptozotocin (stz) is used for induction of type-1 diabetes mellitus in animal models. its beta-cytotoxic action results in sudden release of insulin leading to severe hypoglycaemia and even mortality. however, its sensitivity varies with species. present investigation was aimed at studying stz induced acute clinical effects in rabbits. methods: streptozotocin@ 65...