Study reported a pillow with a uniform height was not suitable for sleeping in supine and lateral positions. The study aims to determine the pillow dimensions for fitting supine and lateral positions for Taiwanese. Ten females and ten males subjects with a mean age of 21.9 years (SD= 1.07 years) participated in the study. Body dimensions of head, neck and shoulder in crown and sagittal planes w...

Ten young male participants were recruited to test their maximum symmetric and asymmetric isoinertial lifting capabilities from floor to the knuckle height in different container dimensions varied in both width and length. The results showed that the order from the highest to lowest lifting capability for the lifting modes was symmetric lifting, asymmetric lifting with leg rotation and asymmetr...

BACKGROUND Adult height is a useful biological measure of long term population health and well being. We examined the cohort differences and socioeconomic patterning in adult height in low- to middle-income countries. METHODS/FINDINGS We analyzed cross-sectional, representative samples of 364,538 women aged 25-49 years drawn from 54 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 1994 ...

PURPOSE To investigate whether growth was adversely affected in 137 young competitive female artistic gymnasts involved in different training volumes. METHODS This was a 2-yr prospective cohort study in which height, sitting height, leg length, weight, skinfolds, and pubertal status were measured in competitive advanced (20-27 h x wk(-1)) and intermediate (7.5-22 h x wk(-1)) training level fe...

OBJECTIVE To measure the working dimensions of the cricothyroid membrane in the adult south Indian population and to establish the association between the working dimensions and the appropriate endotracheal tube size for the purpose of cricothyroidotomy. METHODS Cross-sectional evaluation of 50 fresh adult autopsy cases (35 men, 15 women) in a medical university teaching hospital in South Ind...

The purpose of this study was to see the effect giving Vesicle Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) on vegetative growth white corn (Zea mays L), distance treatment plant and interaction both them corn. This used a randomized block design (RBD) factorial with two-factor three replications. first factor is VAM (A) various doses consisting A1 (10 g/plot), A2 (20 g/plot) A3 (30 while second spacing (J) si...

PURPOSE Determining the ideal length of a ureteric stent is important to avoid complications associated with stent placement. Clinically, most urologists usually choose the length of a ureteric stent according to the patient's height. On the basis of a Chinese population study, a 22 cm ureteric stent has been recommended for patients smaller than 175 cm. We evaluated the appropriateness of this...

The aim of this research study is to define some morphological characteristics of mules raised in Van province. A total of 62 mules, 35 males and 27 females, in three age groups (3-6, 7-8 and 9-15 years) were examined. Descriptive statistics of morphologic traits were as follow: Withers height 129.9±0.87 cm; height at rump 128.3±1.64 cm; body length 134.2±0.83 cm; heart girth circumference 148....