In the Bayesian approach to internal dosimetry, uncertainty and variability of biokinetic model parameters need to be taken into account. The discrete empirical Bayes approximation replaces integration over biokinetic model parameters by discrete summation in the evaluation of Bayesian posterior averages using Bayes theorem. The discrete choices of parameters are taken as best-fit point determi...

More than 2 years of columnar atmospheric aerosol measurements (2006–2009) at the Tamanrasset site (22.79 N, 5.53 E, 1377 m a.s.l.), in the heart of the Sahara, are analysed. Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) level 2.0 data were used. The KCICLO (K is the name of a constant and ciclo means cycle in Spanish) method was applied to a part of the level 1.5 data series to improve the quality of the ...

OBJECTIVE When the dimensional measurements of the students who spend most of their time at school are taken into consideration, inappropriate dimensions of school equipment may affect their body and psychological improvements negatively. Anthropometric measurements are necessary for designing the educational equipment of the children at school. It is emphasized that anthropometric measurements...

This paper introduces a kind of measurement method of the displacement for the liquid level by the use of the laser triangulation and the angular displacement tracking. Based on the principle of the laser reflection and the principle of the source synchronous tracking, according to the triangulation method and the optoelectronic matrix imaging technology, it realize the corresponding relationsh...

An automated liquid column height measurement technique using the total internal reflection of a collimated laser beam from the convex meniscus surface is proposed. This new technique can alleviate the shortcomings of the traditional cathetometer that tends to introduce user bias. Experimental measurements and theoretical predictions have been conducted to examine the detected signal broadening...

height measurement is an important part of nutritional assessment especially in children. however, in such cases as hospitalized or certain kinds of malformations or disabilities, height cannot be measured accurately. we aimed to determine appropriate height predictors in iranian healthy children for further use in disabled and/or hospitalized children. a total of 730 apparently healthy childre...

BACKGROUND Parental height data are essential in the assessment of linear growth in children. A number of studies have documented inaccuracy in self-reported adult height. AIMS To determine whether there is a tendency for men to overestimate and women to underestimate their height. METHODS Heights of parents of children attending outpatient clinics were measured (MHt) and compared with repo...

The culture and biochemical features of 10 non-chromogenic variants of S. marcescens isolated from clinical sources are reported. Autoagglutination titres were significantly high in sera from those patients in whom Serratia bacilli appeared to contribute to the illness. Since the taxonomic stature of the Serratia bacilli is not clear it might be better to limit the identification of this group ...

This paper estimates a height production function using data from a randomized nutrition intervention conducted in rural Guatemala from 1969 to 1977. Using the experimental intervention as an instrument, the IV estimates of the effect of calories on height are an order of magnitude larger than the OLS estimates. Information from a unique measurement error process in the calorie data, counterfac...

The correlation consistent composite approach (ccCA) was applied to the prediction of reaction barrier heights (i.e., transition state energy relative to reactants and products) for a standard benchmark set of reactions comprised of both hydrogen transfer reactions and nonhydrogen transfer reactions (i.e., heavy-atom transfer, SN2, and unimolecular reactions). The ccCA method was compared again...