it is necessary for community health nurses to be aware of children growth velocity as well as their height. this is a report of joan arton’s study on primary schools children. traditionally children health indicators were based on if they gain enough weight or not. although today it is proved that height is a better index for children health, but measuring height alone is not enough and growth...

STUDY DESIGN  A retrospective cohort of 68 patients who underwent insertion of the DIAM (Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Switzerland) interspinous device (ISD) during 2006-2008 at one medical center. OBJECTIVES  To assess the short- and intermediate-term outcomes and complications associated with ISD. METHODS  Evaluation of files and all patients who underwent insertion of a DIAM ISD was performed...

Sigmoids (AKA s-curves or logistic curves) are commonly used in a diverse spectrum of disciplines as models for time-varying phenomena showing initial acceleration followed by slowing: technology diffusion, cumulative cases an epidemic, population growth towards carrying capacity, etc. Existing work demonstrates that retrospective fit data is often impressive. We show time series data, the futu...