BACKGROUND New "UK 1990" data have been proposed for assessing growth and nutritional status in infancy and childhood. These are still largely untried in clinical practice. There is also doubt about the applicability of more traditional reference data, which are still widely used, in assessing length, weight, skinfold thicknesses, and head circumference. AIMS To determine the suitability of n...

OBJECTIVE To describe growth in infants <32 weeks GA. To assess the relationship between growth and perinatal factors (like intrauterine growth retardation and the postnatal use of dexamethasone) and neurodevelopmental outcome. DESIGN Regional, prospective study in two health regions in the Netherlands. Part of the Leiden Follow-Up Project on Prematurity (LFUPP). PATIENTS 196 live born infa...

in this research, anatomical descriptions of the structure of the temporal bone and auditory ossicles have been performed based on dissection of ten guinea pigs. the results showed that, in guinea pig temporal bone was similar to other animals and had three parts; squamous, tympanic and petrous .the tympanic part was much better developed and consisted of oval shaped tympanic bulla with many re...

Citation: Karakullukcu B, Kanick SC, Aans JB, Sterenborg HJCM, Tan IB, Amelink A and Robinson DJ (2015) Integration of fluorescence differential path-length spectroscopy to photodynamic therapy of the head and neck tumors is useful in monitoring clinical outcome. Front. Phys. 3:20. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2015.00020 Integration of fluorescence differential path-length spectroscopy to photodynamic the...

Reproductive or neotenic soldiers of the Archotermopsid Zootermopsis nevadensisnevadensis (Hagen) are compared to sterile soldiers and primary male reproductives. Several head capsule morphometrics correlate significantly with gonad size across all forms and both sexes of soldiers. The easily observed field character of ratio of mandible length to labrum length is a consistent and reliable feat...

Discocriconemella inaratus n. sp. from Iowa prairies is characterized by a single offset disk-shaped head annule which is often discontinuous, a sigmoid vagina, a stylet length of 51-61 mum, and 77-100 smooth body annules. Criconemoides inusitatus n. sp. from Iowa woodlands is characterized by two offset head annules, a "closed" vulva, a straight vagina, no overlapping anterior vulva lip, a sty...