sub basin prioritization is one of the integrated watershed management and sustainable development strategies. to protect natural resources, through marking zones of potential damage in small areas for is a primary need sustainable development. degradation potential zones project for watershed protection measures is not cost-effective economically. so this is a prerequisite for sub basin priori...

Previous structural imaging studies of autistic individuals have identified gray matter abnormalities. It remains unclear, however, which abnormalities contribute to the etiology of autism and, among these abnormalities, which reflect genetic factors. Using voxel-based morphometry, we compared regional gray matter volume in 23 parents of autistic children to an age and sex-matched control sampl...

Although the human eye is excellent for pattern recognition, it often lacks the sensitivity to detect subtle changes in particle density. Because of this, quantitative evaluation may be required in some studies. A common type of quantitative assessment used for routine toxicology studies is two-dimensional histomorphometry. Although this technique can provide additional information about the ti...

Motor training results in performance improvement. It is not yet fully understood the extent to which functional improvement is reflected in changes in brain structure. To investigate the presence and degree of structural brain plasticity induced by long-term bimanual motor activity, we studied 17 right-handed professional typists with average duration of typing practice of 11 years. Using opti...

The objective of this work was to compare the morphometry of hatchery‐reared and wild‐caught mangrove crab (Ucides cordatus) megalopae. Ten U. cordatus megalopae of each group (hatchery‐reared and wild‐caught) were individually analyzed using a stereoscopic microscope equipped with an ocular micrometer. Length, width, and height of all megalopae were measured, and the size of body appendices wa...

Recently, Bock et al. (2008) proposed a semiautomatic method to quantify the angiogenesis and the lymphangiogenesis in corneal flat mounts. This model has proven suitability for unraveling the cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammatory corneal lymphangiogenesis, as well as for evaluating the efficacy of novel drugs (Bock et al., 2007). The new method proposed by Bock et al. (2008) follow...

M. Quarantelli, O. Palladino, A. Prinster, V. Schiavone, B. Carotenuto, A. Brunetti, G. Ventrella, A. Marsili, A. De Bartolomeis, and M. Salvatore Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Naples, Italy, Institute of Psychiatry, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, 3 “S.D.N.” Foundation, Naples, Italy, Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, Universit...

Computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis has improved the assessment of sperm morphology, but the results depend on the use of adequate evaluation and staining procedures of spermatozoa from individual species. In this study, the morphological module of the Sperm Class Analyzer® was used for the morphometric analysis of stallion sperm heads and midpieces. Semen samples were obtained from si...

Deficient trophoblast invasion and anomalies in placental development generally lead to preeclampsia (PE) but the inter-relationship between placental function and morphology in PE still remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphometric features of placental villi and capillaries in preeclamptic and normal placentae. The study included light microscopic images of placental...

The aim of this research was to describe thyroid cartilage morphometry in the population of Eastern Slavonia in detail. The research was carried out on 68 samples of adult thyroid cartilages. There was statistically significant difference between all analysed parameters in male and female samples, except for the distance between the superior horns tips. All parameters had greater values in men,...