--Total height, annual height growth, root collar diameter, total number of branches and total number of buds around the leader bud were recorded at age 6. The experimental material was included 136 half-sib families originating from stone pine natural populations from the Carpathian Mountains. Population samples were included in a randomized complete block experiment with four replications and...

Dwar sm is a condition characterized by shorter stature, at times accompanied by di erential skeletal growth proportions relative to the species-typical physical conformation. Causes vary and well-documented in humans as well as certain mammalian species in captive or laboratory conditions, but rarely observed in the wild. Here we report on a single case of apparent dwar sm in a freeranging adu...

Recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) is indicated for pediatric patients with a variety of growth disorders. Treatment with r-hGH requires long-term daily injections (1). Non-adherence or low adherence to treatment is associated with less favorable clinical outcomes, lower quality of life and higher healthcare costs (2,3). easypod has been specifically designed to improve patients’ ease of ...

Evaluation of three hundred and sixty four proso millet germplasm accessions were done during rabi, 2008-2009 at Department of Millets, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore to study genetic variability, diversity, correlation and path analysis of yield and its components. High variability observed for most of the characters indicated the scope o...

Due to measurement uncertainty, often, instead of the actual values xi of the measured quantities, we only know the intervals xi = [x̃i−∆i, x̃i +∆i], where x̃i is the measured value and ∆i is the upper bound on the measurement error (provided, e.g., by the manufacturer of the measuring instrument). These intervals can be viewed as random intervals, i.e., as samples from the interval-valued random ...

This study provides a community-level analysis of how regeneration requirement and adult stature are related to tree allometry (diameter, height and crown size) throughout post-seedling ontogeny on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Comparing 65 species, gap species are taller, have higher diameter growth rates and occupy more low-canopy sites (≤10m canopy height) than shade species at small diamet...

As much of my work is collaborative, I am very aware of the virtues and difficulties of collaboration in the modern scientific world. Most collaborations are short term; perhaps one scientist has an assay, the other a reagent, and an obvious quick gain will result from joining forces. But greater (though often less concrete) benefits come from longer term collaborations. Your collaborator may b...

BACKGROUND The body mass index (BMI) is based on the original concept that body weight increases as a function of height squared. As an indicator of obesity the modern BMI assumption postulates that adiposity also increases as a function of height in states of positive energy balance. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the BMI concept across different adiposity magnitudes, in both children and adults. M...