OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study was to provide wrist circumference (WrC) and body frame size (height/WrC) percentile values in Turkish children and adolescents aged 6-17 years. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the data of "Determination of Anthropometric Measures of Turkish Children and Adolescents" (DAMTCA II) study in Kayseri/Turkey were used. A total of 4330 observations were ...

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy is used to record an absorption spectrum of H2 O water vapor in the 16 570–17 120 cm 1 region. In the spectrum, 596 lines are identified as belonging to H2 O, of which 375 lines are assigned by comparing to newly calculated theoretical lines. The spectrum covers the entire 5m polyad and two new vibrational band origins, (321) at 16775.381 cm 1 and (401) at 16854.99...

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of an excess intake of quickly degradable nitrogen (QDN) on ovarian follicle development. Twenty lactating dairy cows were fed mixed silage and concentrates twice daily. The control diet was a typical ration for high producing dairy cows in the United Kingdom (crude protein (CP)=17.5%; metabolizable energy (ME)=11.8 MJ/kg DM). The cows were ...

This paper presents a preliminary experimental study of the performance of basic sparse matrix computations on the CM-200 and the CM-5. We concentrate on examining various ways of performing general sparse matrix-vector operations and the basic primitives on which these are based. We compare various data structures for storing sparse matrices and their corresponding matrix – vector operations. ...

N-type doping of high-resistance wide bandgap semiconductors, wurtzite high-Mg-content MgxZn1-xO for instance, has always been a fundamental application-motivated research issue. Herein, we report a solution to enhancing the conductivity of high-resistance Mg0.51Zn0.49O active components, which has been reliably achieved by fluorine doping via radio-frequency plasma assisted molecular beam epit...

The transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS has expanded educational opportunities for educators and trainers who are taking on the responsibility of training coders on the new system. Coding education currently faces multiple challenges in the areas of how to train the new workforce, what might be the most efficient method of providing that training, how much retraining of the current workforce with ICD-9...

The effects of uterine length per embryo and stage of gestation on prenatal survival, development, and sex ratio were determined by systematically restricting embryos to 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or > 50 cm of initial uterine length per potential embryo and examining the reproductive tracts at d 17, 23, 29, 35, or 41 of gestation. At d 3 the mean length of a uterine horn was 169 +/- 35...

Aim of study: To evaluate diets with different proportions butterfly pea hay (BH) and cactus pear meal (CM) on the intake digestibility nutrients, productive performance, feeding behavior physiological parameters crossbred Boer kids.
 Area Northwest Brazil.
 Material methods: 32 intact male goats were distributed in a randomized block design, four treatments BH CM diets, partially rep...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled trials (non-RCTs, NRCTs) is to investigate the effectiveness and related costs of case management (CM) for patients with heart failure (HF) predominantly based in the community in reducing unplanned readmissions and length of stay (LOS). SETTING CM initiated either while as an inpatient, or on d...