we present 2 cases of likely rare event. in case 1, 3rd degree consanguineous marriage revealed inv(6) with same break points in parents who were found to be phenotypically normal. the same inv(6) being inherited in progeny but presented with low amh (anti mullerian hormone) and high level of fsh (follicular stimulating hormone) leading to polycystic ovarian syndrome/premature ovarian failure. ...

Children's number competencies over 6 time points, from the beginning of kindergarten to the middle of 1st grade, were examined in relation to their mathematics achievement over 5 later time points, from the end of 1st grade to the end of 3rd grade. The relation between early number competence and mathematics achievement was strong and significant throughout the study period. A sequential proce...

Nonrandom Variation in Within-Species Sample Size and Missing Data in Phylogenetic Comparative Studies LÁSZLÓ ZSOLT GARAMSZEGI1,∗ AND ANDERS PAPE MØLLER2,3 1Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estacion Biologica de Donana-CSIC, c/ Americo Vespucio, s/n 41092, Seville, Spain; 2Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, CNRS UMR 8079, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 362, F-91405 Orsay Cede...

The CLOX is a clock drawing test used to screen for cognitive impairment in older adults, but there is limited normative data for this measure. This study presents normative data for the CLOX derived from a diverse sample of 585 community-dwelling older adults with complete cognitive data at baseline and 4-year follow-up. Participants with evidence of baseline impairment or substantial 4-year d...

the cotton bollworm, helicoverpa armigera (hübner), is a serious pest on a wide range of economic crops in many parts of the world. in this study, digestive proteolytic and amylolytic activities of h. armigera larvae (3rd to 5th instars) were evaluated on five main host plants including chickpea (cv hashem), cowpea (cv mashhad), soybean (cv 033), navybean (cv dehghan), and corn (cv sc 704) at 2...

Radio protective effect of fruit extract of Emblica officinalis (EO) has been studied against lethal dose (7.5 Gy) of gamma radiation in the liver of Swiss albino mice at various post-irradiation intervals viz. 12 hrs, 24 hrs and 3rd, 5th, 10th,20th and 30th days. In control animals (without EO treated irradiated), an elevation in glycogen and protein content was found till day 3rd and 5th resp...

Objective- Evaluate analgesic effect of meloxicam and tramadol following dental extractions in cats. Design-Experimental study Animals-20 DSH cats who were diagnosed with 3rd or 4th stage of periodontal disease at their third mandibular premolar were entered the study in order to perform surgical dental extraction. Procedure-A blood sample was taken prior to surgery to assess...

jimsonweed (datura stramonium l.) is an important weed in bean fields in iran. in order to investigate the effect of density and relative time of emergence of jimsonweed on yield and yield components of chitti bean, a field study based on factorial experiment was conducted at farm bean research national station in khomein in 2006. treatments were chosen to provide four different weed densities ...