was higher than that expected by chance. Distinguishing features that are present in newborns' faces allow adults to identify the babies' sex, but these cues are subtle and easily missed or inconsistent. Accuracy increases with exposure to newborns, as seen with the nurses in our study. Perhaps people who have more contact with babies are more able to see differences between babies. Preconcepti...

Doctors are generally the first port of call for teenagers and young women suffering from PCOS. Their initial reason for consulting the GP is usually not PCOS as such, but acne, hairiness or weight gain which may be more upsetting than irregular periods. The Treatment of PCOS In issue 10 Jane presented Part 1 in which she discussed possible causes of PCOS. In Part 2 she focuses on the range of ...

BACKGROUND Women with hirsutism have reported imparied health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Social support is a factor that might increase HRQoL in chronic diseases, but little is known about this association among women with hirsutism. AIM The aim of the study was to describe social support and explore its association with HRQoL among women with hirsutism. A further aim was to ...

Yarn quality is judged according to the achieved values of tested yarn properties that are selected in dependence on yarn utilization. Quality level of the yarns can be assessed using the USTER® STATISTICS [2]. This tool is composed of graphs enabling users to compare their measured results of yarn (sliver, roving, fiber) with the corresponding worldwide established fibrous product quality refe...

The impact of card cylinder speed, card production rate and draw frame doubling on cotton yarn quality parameters was investigated by using the BoxBehnken experimental design. It was found that yarn tenacity, elongation and hairiness increase by increasing the number of draw frame doubling up to a certain level and then decrease by further increase in doubling. Yarn unevenness increased by incr...

Viola pubescens, the downy yellow violet, is a common species of plant found across eastern North America. My research focused on intraspecific variation within two varieties viola pubescens: pubescens var. and scabriscula. I examined climate trait data United States (regionally), compared Indiana (locally) between sites that are just few miles apart. The result indicated regional scale, not si...