rangeland health assessment provides qualitative information on ecosystemattributes. we examined changes in rangeland health in the zagros semi-arid rangelands ofiran at fixed sites between 2001 and 2011, over the 10-year period. the rangelandfragments significantly declines in the quality of the vegetation, and changes in plantspecies were driven largely by seasonality, and to a lesser extent,...

AIM To review the utility of perfusion index (PI) in the evaluation of neonatal clinical conditions. Twenty-five manuscripts were reviewed. PI provides information about haemodynamic stability, illness severity, early neonatal respiratory outcome, low superior vena cava flow and subclinical chorioamnionitis. CONCLUSION PI is a valuable tool to assess the newborn's health condition and could b...

The ability to resist a high level of physical strain is very demanding for the condition and function of the support-locomotor system and is a prerequisite for successful coping with the complex locomotor structure of the event and sports training demands. The current condition of first-rate high jumpers’ (N=47) locomotor system has been investigated using a questionnaire and information gathe...

BACKGROUND Generic preference-based measures (EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D) and SF-6D) are used in the economic evaluation of mental health interventions. However, there are inconsistent findings regarding their psychometric properties. AIMS To investigate the psychometric properties of the EQ-5D and SF-6D in different mental health conditions, using seven existing data-sets. METHOD The construct vali...

BACKGROUND Fear of negative evaluation (FNE) defines social anxiety yet the process of inferring social evaluation, and its potential role in maintaining social anxiety, is poorly understood. We developed an instrumental learning task to model social evaluation learning, predicting that FNE would specifically bias learning about the self but not others. METHODS During six test blocks (3 self-...

Gerberas are widely cultivated and have a significant market value due to their popularity as ornamental plants traditional medicinal uses. The global gerbera includes various segments, such cut flowers, potted plants, products. Therefore, present investigation was carried out with title at the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture Tec...

BACKGROUND The evaluation and management of stress are important for the prevention of both depression and cardiovascular disease. In addition, the maintenance of the oral condition of the elderly is essential to enable them to stay healthy, especially to prevent aspiration pneumonia and improve mental health in an aging society. Therefore, we examined the efficacy of singing on the oral condit...

For the evaluation of college students’ physical health, t -test, one-way ANOVA test, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, and other methods were used to establish models back generation ANOVA, evaluation; Matlab, Excel, VBA, software programming derive significant influence body weight on no difference health in different pl...

Secretos de la Buena Vida was a successful tailored nutrition communication intervention delivered to Latinas living along the US-Mexico border in California. The intervention was delivered over a 14-week period and consisted of three intervention conditions: weekly home visits with promotoras + weekly tailored mailed newsletters in the first condition, weekly tailored mailed newsletters in the...

Shaping the process of evolution musculoskeletal and nervous systems in animals has allowed these organisms steady increase mobility and mastery of new environments to life. Movement is the essence of life and health. But health is not a permanent condition. Its absence often results in limited mobility of the body. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of immobilization on the state of...