the objective of this study was evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi on macrosomia of neonate. in a descriptive cross-sectional study, neonate weighs of all term pregnancy in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi delivered from 2002 to 2004 in shaheed sadoughi hospital in yazd, were evaluated. compared with mothers w...

A series of prey items of a given weight were offered to a spider. They were obligatory removed 1 min after the beginning of the attack, and their state noted afterwards. Venom is injected in small as well as in large prey. The prey had 37 to 520 % of the spider weight. The mortality rate of the prey is negatively and linearly correlated with their weight. When a prey weighs about 30 mg or more...

Rapidly accumulating evidence points to the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as major molecular mediators of arterial diseases. Findings from human pathological specimens, animals, and cell and molecular biology implicate matrix metalloproteinases in all stages of atherosclerosis including lesion initiation and progression and ultimately in plaque complication and triggering of thrombosis. The ...

The title ionic complex [CoCl(NCS)(C2H8N2)2][Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2], which crystallizes as a non-merohedral twin, is build up of a complex cation [CoCl(NCS)(en)2](+) (en is ethane-1,2-di-amine) and the Reinecke's salt anion [Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2](-) as complex counter-ion. A network of N-H⋯S and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, as well as short S⋯S contacts [3.538 (2) and 3.489 (3) Å], between the NCS groups of the c...

The role of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and pediatric cardiovascular disease remains controversial, and the practice varies widely even among cardiovascular centers of excellence. A need for EMB exists because specific myocardial disorders that have unique prognoses and treatment are seldom diagnosed by noninvasive testing. Informed clinical decision maki...

If the Higgs boson weighs about 115 GeV, the effective potential of the Standard Model becomes unstable above a scale of about 10 6 GeV. This instability may be rectified only by new bosonic particles such as stop squarks. However, avoiding the instability requires fine-tuning of the model couplings, in particular if the theory is not to become non-perturbative before the Planck scale. Such fin...

A 40-year-old woman presents to your office for a routine well-woman examination. She has no significant medical history. She recently participated in a health fair at work and underwent free lipid and glucose screening; both levels were within normal limits. Her pulse is 68 beats per minute, her respiration rate is 16 breaths per minute, and her blood pressure is 120/76 mm Hg. She is 170 cm (5...

Biosimilars have the potential to lead to enormous cost savings in healthcare without reducing the level of care for patients. In Europe, biosimilars have to demonstrate comparability in an extensive biosimilarity exercise including analytical, preclinical and comparative clinical studies. By successfully completing the biosimilarity exercise, the biosimilar shows that all aspects that are cons...