Introduction: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Indonesia is 39% and it higher females than males (46% vs. 28%). Features this comprise low-grade chronic inflammation endothelial dysfunction from cardiometabolic abnormalities. High-sensitive C-reactive protein (HsCRP) a biomarker cardiovascular disease, whereas ferritin pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) are markers inflammation. One the an inter...

OBJECTIVE To produce weight for length/height (WLH) percentiles to be used for the screening of growth and assessment of failure to thrive in infancy and early childhood. METHODS The data (2009-2010) of the Anthropometry of Turkish Children aged 0-6 years (ATCA-06) study were used. A cross-sectional study was designed to calculate the WLH references. Reference weight values for each 5-cm LH i...

the term hydrological drought is applied to represent low water levels in streams, reservoirs and lakes as well as a low groundwater level. base flow index (bfi) as one of low flow indices gives the ratio of base flow to total flow and investigates basin’s ability to store and release of water in drought periods. the objectives of this study were to determine bfi and to validate this index in d...

Background: The children’s body composition status is an important indicator of health condition evaluated through their body mass index (BMI). We aimed to provide standardized percentile curves of BMI in a population of Iranian children and adolescents. We assessed the nationally representative of sample populations from Tehran. Materials and Methods: A total sample of 14,865 children aged 7-1...

radiation therapy is considered as one of the main methods in cancer treatment. in this method, determination of exact location and geometric properties of tumor is necessary for treatment planning that leads to increased accuracy and output of treatment and reduction of healthy tissue dose. for this purpose, the aim of the present study has been physiological transmission of gallium as a pharm...

background: normal standard references of blood pressure (bp) for children and adolescents have been suggested to be constructed based on anthropometric indices. accordingly, we aimed to develop first bp reference percentiles by weight and age for iranian children aged 3-18 years old. materials and methods: a total of 16,246 children and adolescents aged 3-18 years were included from 3 cross-se...

atopic eczema (ae) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects children and adults, and alters quality of life with a high morbidity rate and severe economic burden. the objective of the present work was to analyse specific atmospheric pollutants (o3, no, pm10 and so2) affecting the prevalence of diagnosed ae and its symptoms among 6-7-year-old schoolchildren. the participants included ...

[1] Severity of burning can influence multiple aspects of forest composition, carbon cycling, and climate forcing. We quantified how burn severity affected vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in Canadian boreal regions by combining satellite observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Canadian Large Fire Database. We used the MOD...