in this note we review a simple criterion, due to ekedahl, for superspecial curves defined over finite fields.using this we generalize and give some simple proofs for some well-known superspecial curves.

Growth curves for children with Laron syndrome were constructed on the basis of repeated measurements made throughout infancy, childhood, and puberty in 24 (10 boys, 14 girls) of the 41 patients with this syndrome investigated in our clinic. Growth retardation was already noted at birth, the birth length ranging from 42 to 46 cm in the 12/20 available measurements. The postnatal growth curves d...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single largest killer of both men and women in America. It is estimated that CHD caused 1 of every 5 deaths in the United States in 2003. There is ample evidence that cholesterol levels predict atherosclerosis, and therefore, CHD. Recent studies also support the importance of serum triglyceride (TG) levels as independent predictors of CHD risk. Triglycerides ...

OBJECTIVE: Growth curves can be used to assess intrauterine growth, to predict diseases in newborns, and to characterize different populations. The objective of this study was to obtain intrauterine growth curves of newborns from the maternity ward of the Hospital Albert Einstein (MAE) and compare them with intrauterine growth curves of a population from California, USA. METHODS: We plotted the...

In this study, the pitting type of corrosion growth characteristics, fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior; axial fatigue tests were carried out on precipitation hardened martensitic Custom 450 steel in the air and 3.5wt% NaCl solution. Using the ratio of the depth to the half-width of the pits; (a/c)= 1.5±0.2 the corrosion pit depth growth law was obtained as a function of stress a...

background: reference percentile curves are usually used as a screening tool to determine growth disorders. anthropometric indices are population-dependent and may differ according to ethnicity, dietary pattern and lifestyle habits. this study aims to compare the curves of anthropometric measures obtained in two national studies conducted among iranian children and adolescents in 2003-2004 and ...

Growth charts such as those published by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) consist of a set of smoothed percentile curves showing the distribution of different aspects of body size for infants, children, and adolescents. The original NCHS growth charts are currently being revised to incorporate additional national data, to include growth curves for body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2)...

BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity in young people are assessed by comparing body mass index (BMI) with a reference population. However, two widely used reference standards, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) growth curves, have different definitions of overweight and obesity, thus affecting estimates of prevalence. We compared the associ...