The primary mission of the Biometry Branch is to conduct applied research in the areas of biomathematics, epidemiology, and risk assessment. The Branch also provides statistical, mathematical, data processing and computer engineering support to the Institute. Biomathematics, which is essentially a collaborative effort involving a variety of scientific disciplines, focuses on mathematical modell...

PURPOSE To examine ocular growth in nonhuman primates (NHPs) from measurements on ex vivo eyes. METHODS We obtained NHP eyes from animals that had been killed as part of other studies or because of health-related issues. Digital calipers were used to measure the horizontal, vertical, and anteroposterior globe diameters as well as corneal horizontal and vertical diameters of excised globes fro...

purpose the purpose of this study was to describe the body structure and morphological characteristics of tunisian elite handball players, and to determine the effect of these variables on functional and physical performance levels. methods a sample of 42 male handball players (mean age 21.98±3.24 years; training duration 12 years) at international level was submitted to a test battery comprisi...

as a result of our survey in february 2011, a single female specimen of n. dipterygia was found in the tidal zone of chabahar bay and it was caught with a small deep net. the fish was transferred in a bucket to the fisheries laboratory of chabahar maritime university and kept in a salt water aquarium for further examinations. we witnessed the birth of 6 juveniles after 3 days. the female and he...

original article   to determine the association between ocular biometric components and near work in bank employees.this study was conducted as an analytical cross-sectional study. a group of bank employees and a control group were randomly selected. after applying the inclusion criteria, all selected subjects had a set of examinations including refraction, uncorrected and corrected visual acui...

purpose: to determine the distribution of axial length (al), vitreous chamber depth (vcd), anterior chamber depth (acd), lens thickness (lt), lens power (lp), radius of curvature (cr), and white-to-white corneal diameter (wtw) in the 14-20 year age range methods: in a cross-sectional study, sampling was done from aligoodarz high schools using multistage simple cluster sampling. for all students...