please cite this article as: ordobazari m, naqavi al-hosseini aa, zafarmand h. a novel approach for craniofacial symmetry evaluation: using the midsagittal reference line drawn from “crista gali” with nhp technique. novel biomed 2013;1(2):48-53. background and objective: the purpose of this study was the determination of midsagittal reference line (msl) for craniofacial asymmetry assessment by ...

This article introduces regression quantile models using both RS and FKML generalised lambda distributions (GLD) and demonstrates the versatility of proposed models for a range of linear/non linear and heteroscedastic/homoscedastic empirical data. Owing to the rich shapes of GLDs, GLD quantile regression is a competitive flexible model compared to standard quantile regression. The proposed meth...

This paper uses nonlinear regression, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Genetic Programming (GP) approaches for predicting an important tangible issue i.e. scours dimensions downstream of inverted siphon structures. Dimensional analysis and nonlinear regression-based equations was proposed for estimation of maximum scour depth, location of the scour hole, location and height of the dune downs...

The individual intrinsic excitability of the motoneuron pool was investigated by the H-reflex method. A Iinear regression line was calculated +.o be fitted to the recruitment curve of the H-reflex evoked at a range of electric stimulation lower than the threshold of the M-response. The slope of this regression line was found to be significantly invariant among repeated measurements within an in...

There are many studies that have been done to examine what types of voting behavior or patterns are present when voting for environmental ballot measures. This paper examines what characteristics of people are likely to cause them to support Proposition 37 in California, an initiative that, if passed, would require GMOlabeling on all genetically modified foods. Using voting data at a zip code l...

Re-analysis A better approach might have been plotting each value of mREE and pREE with a slope regression and identity line. As an example, according to the available data into the Siirala paper, for Harris Benedict equation the regression line would be y = 1,43x 77,22 (r2 0,91). Slope higher than 1,0 means that higher values of kcal from the mREE are associated with greater differences than H...

shiga toxins (stxs) are bacterial virulence factors produced by shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 and escherichia coli strains. stxs are critical factors for the development of diseases such as severe bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome. additionally, stxs trigger the secretion of pro- inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, particularly in monocytes or macrophages. the inflammatory cyto...

background: prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among men. new gene expressed in prostate (ngep), is a prostate-specific gene expressed only in normal prostate and prostate cancer tissue. because of its selective expression in prostate cancer cell surface, ngep is a potential immunotherapeutic target. to target the ngep in prostate cancer, it is essential to investigat...

The numerical test results of different D-dimer assays vary widely. Because of the complexity of the analyte of target as well as the variability in specificity of different D-dimer assays, only harmonisation of the test results seems to be feasible. The use of a single conversion factor does not take into account for several methods the lack of commutability between test results and consensus ...