To evaluate the impact of intervention strategies on helminthiasis, nutritional and cognitive status School-Age Children (SAC), we conducted a community trial with 4 arms; “Nutrition Education Only” (NutEd), “Supplementation (Suppl), Education+Supplementation” (NutEd+Suppl) versus ‘Non-intervention‘(Control) group. The was 358 SAC from 8 randomly selected schools (4 fishing farming communities)...

We explore a connection between the singular value decomposition (SVD) and functional principal component analysis (FPCA) models in high-dimensional brain imaging applications. We formally link right singular vectors to principal scores of FPCA. This, combined with the fact that left singular vectors estimate principal components, allows us to deploy the numerical efficiency of SVD to fully est...

In the context of observations that students lack mastery of elementary reading comprehension in Malayalam even by the end of 5-7 years of formal schooling, this study applies multiple regression analysis for reading comprehension. Longitudinal survey data from a representative sample of 159 lower primary students from grade 2 to 4 revealed Reading Comprehension as significantly and positively ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanics of recumbent cycling between adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) classified at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels III and IV and adolescents with typical development (TD). SUBJECTS Twenty subjects, ages (X+/-SD) 15.2+/-1.6 years (10 with TD, 10 with CP), participated. METHODS Lower-extre...

I contrast two approaches to the interpretation of generics such as ‘ravens are black:’ majority-based views, on which they are about what is the case most of the time, and inquiry-based views, on which they are about a feature we focus on in inquiry—an inductive target. I argue that while majority-based views are preferable based on the most basic data about generics, only inquiry-based views ...

Egypt is characterized by many deserts associated with cities. The desert raven considered an ancient one of the most abundant birds in Egyptian and susceptible to a wide range ectoparasites. therefore, present study was identify ectoparasites that infect brown-necked Corvus ruficollis Wadi Dara, Eastern Desert, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. During two years from 2020 2022, several parasites were...

Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten. is widely cultivated in Jeju Island (South Korea) for use in manufacture of health foods. This study described antidepressant effect of two flavonoids (kaempferol and quercitrin) isolated from the Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten. The expression of the hypothalamic POMC mRNA or plasma β-endorphin levels were increased by extract of Opuntia ficus-indica var. s...