INTRODUCTION Pubertal growth pattern differs according to age at pubertal growth spurt onset which occurs over a five years period (girls: 8-13 years, boys: 10-15 years). The need for more than one pubertal reference pattern has been proposed. We aimed to obtain five 1-year-age-interval pubertal patterns. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Longitudinal (6 years of age-adult height) growth study of 1,453 he...

As a new spatial measuring technic developed in 1970s,altimetry was designed to determine the sea surface height based on spatial technology, electronic technology and microwave technology. It also plays an important role in geodesy and oceanography; meanwhile, it can provide all-weather and repetitious measurements in global region for the studying of variation of SSH, earth gravity field, oce...

The paper presents analysis relating to the method of local quasigeoid modelling based on the geophysical technique of gravity data inversion, using non-reduced surface gravity data and GNSS/levelling height anomalies. One of the main problems occurring in the application of the method is to determine the model weighting matrix, the purpose of which is to control the inversion process. This pap...

This paper presents an interactive visualization framework for heterogeneous geospatial data developed in context of an interdisciplinary research project that aims at the risk analysis of sea-dumped chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea. In the focus of the analysis are geophysical, hydrographical, geochemical, and biological data acquired on research cruises as well as data produced by toxic com...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of birth weight and early childhood stunting on body mass index (BMI), body fat and fat distribution at ages 7 and 11 years, and the change from 7 to 11 years. DESIGN Prospective cohort study SETTING Kingston, Jamaica. SUBJECTS One hundred and sixteen stunted children (height-for-age below two standard deviations (<-2SD) of the National Center for Health...

BACKGROUND Previously, there were only a few reports on the negative relationship between pubertal growth in height and levels of serum lipid in boys. Detailed information on both genders is needed. METHODS We investigated the relationship between pubertal growth in height and serum lipid. Subjects were 1442 boys and 1350 girls followed up from age 10-11 years (the fifth grade level of elemen...

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radars (InSAR) have been used to measure several geophysical quantities such as topography, glacier flows and deformations [1]. To estimate the surface topography, the phase difference between two or more complex SAR images acquired using two slightly different flight paths or two physically separated antennas is used. Then through geometrical equations relati...

Heavy sea states and severe weather conditions have caused the loss of more than 200 super carriers within the last 20 years. In many cases single 'rogue waves' of abnormal height as well as groups of extreme waves have been reported by crew members of such vessels. The European Project MAXWAVE deals with both theoretical aspects of extreme waves as well as new techniques to observe these waves...