Abstract Background Plantar heel pain is a commonly occurring foot complaint.Stretching is frequently utilised as a treatment, yet a systematic review focusing only on its effectiveness has not been published.This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of stretching on pain and function in people with plantar heel pain.Methods Medline, EMBASE, CI
An 82-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room with an acute left-sided groin pain and scrotal swelling.He has suffered from a groin hernia for two years.Abdominal x-ray Boys athletic-sweaters demonstrated air-fluid levels in the left upper quadrant suggesting an intestinal obstruction (Figure 1).Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan was o
A program has been developed to calculate enthalpies at the salient points (later referred to as stations) of a combined power and cooling cycle provided pressure, temperature, mixture concentration and condition are known at these points.The ammonia-water mixture, which is taken as the working fluid, may be at one of the following seven conditions
The Bicoid (Bcd) protein gradient in Drosophila serves as a paradigm for gradient formation in textbooks.The SDD model (synthesis, diffusion, degradation) was proposed to explain the formation of the gradient.The SDD model states that the bcd mRNA is located at the anterior pole of the embryo at all times and serves a source for translation of the