Length of paired clavicles of northwest Indians of Chandigarh zone was measured in 748 male and 252 female adults (18 to 90 years), 45 male and 30 female children and adolescents (11⁄2 to 17 years), 13 male and 12 female newborns (> 300 mm CR length) and 28 male and 24 female fetuses (32 to 299 mm CR length). In children and adults, the left bone was longer than the right. In fetuses and newbor...

this stud, a quantitative survey, was conducted to identify the learning styles of a group of iranian students studying at the univsersity of new south walves, australia. 110 postgraduate students were assessed by lancaster approaches to studying inventory (lasi). 55 students with an age range of 27-49 completed the questionnaire. the majority of students were male, married and enrolled in engi...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the self-reported knowledge and pattern of physical activity among a sample of 1240 male and 1331 female intermediate and secondary school students in Al-Khobar city, Saudi Arabia. The majority of male and female students knew that physical activity is protective against diseases in general (92.9% and 91.8% respectively) and in the preventi...

Objective. To understand the relationships between participation in different types of leisure time sport activity and adolescent obesity, and how those relationships might differ based on race, gender, and household income. Methods. Data consisted of 6667 students that took part in the 1999 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The authors used adjusted Wald tests to examin...

Animated agents have been found to positively impact learning within computer-based learning environments. However, there is little research on the agent characteristics preferred by K-12 students. The main purpose of this study was to examine student preferences for individual pedagogical agents and their preferences for various agent characteristics. Students’ preferences for the following ag...

Background. Many people with high-functioning autism are not diagnosed and treated until pre-school or early school years. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence spectrum disorder in 7-12 year-old students Arak city order identify these individuals prevent further harm by intervention. Methods. This Cross-sectional analytical conducted on 2864 male female first sixth grades pri...

The present study aims at to find out whether the study habits of higher secondary school students of working mothers (WM) differ significantly from those of non-working mothers (NWM). The study further compared the study habits of higher secondary school students of working and non-working mothers on the basis of gender. The sample of the study consisted of 100 secondary school students (25 ma...

OBJECTIVE Developmental defects of the thyroid gland are the most frequent causes of permanent congenital hypothyroidism. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological features of patients with thyroid dysgenesis (TD). METHODS Medical records of 234 patients with TD followed between the years 2008 and 2010 were evaluated retrospectively. Diagnosis was made by ultrasonography. RESULTS ...

Results: It was determined that 25% of medical and nursing students participated in survey were smoking. It was determined that 18% of female students and 40% of male students were smokers. Significant correlations were found between male gender, older age, medical students, low school performance and smoking habits (p=0.000, p=0.050, p=0.006, p=0.011, respectively). Of the students who smoke, ...