Background: Hb A2 is elevated in subjects with beta thalassemia minor but small percent of carriers have normal Hb A2 with elevated levels of HbF (2-10%). This type of thalassemia is called delta beta thalassemia, and can be missed in pre-marriage hematologic consults or screening which leads to increased risk of child birth with beta thalassemia major. Materials and Methods: In this prospe...

Researchers have typically studied the effects of Test-First Development (TFD), compared to Test-Last Development (TLD), across groups or projects, and for relatively short durations. We define Test-With Development (TWD) as more general than the fine-grained step of TFD, but also in contrast to the large-grained phase of TLD. With this definition, we performed a multiple comparative study to e...

BACKGROUND Recently, an infant and child feeding index (ICFI) constructed on brief recalls of breastfeeding, feeding frequency and food diversification was assumed to provide long-term prediction about child feeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the cross-sectional ICFI (CS-ICFI) or longitudinal ICFI (L-ICFI) and child anthropometric indices in down...

On a jack-up structure acts static loads (own weight, machines, installations and materials weight) and dynamic loads (waves, wind, marine currents, earthquake, operating installations). The authors led their analysis on the determining the dynamic loads produced by waves, wind and marine currents, in the Black Sea, because these are the main source in collapse of the structure. The structural ...

Data on tsunamis occurring in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea from antiquity up to the present were updated, critically evaluated and compiled in the standard format developed since the 90’s for the New European Tsunami Catalogue. Twenty nine events were examined but three of them, supposedly occurring in 557 AD, 815 AD and 1341 or 1343, were very likely falsely reported. Most of the remaining 2...

a Thalassemia modifies the hematologic expression of homozygous sickle cell (55) disease, resulting in increased total hemoglobin and HbA2 and decreased HbF. mean cell volume, reticulocytes. irreversibly sickled cells. and bilirubin levels. The age at which these changes develop in children with 55 disease is unknown. Ascertainment of globin gene status in a large representative sample of child...

A followup study of 2-17 yr was performed on 44 pancytopenic patients with benzene exposure. They had been subjected to high concentrations of benzene (150-650 ppm) in adhesives for 4 mo to 15 yr. The benzene content of the adhesives varied between 9% and 88%, (average 50%). Complete remission was seen in 23 patients and fatal outcome due to complications of pancytopenia was observed in 14 panc...