Introduction Linear or Distance growth Growth Velocity or Rate of Growth Stages of Growth Prenatal Period Postnatal Period Infancy Childhood Adolescence Hormonal Basis of Adolescence Physiological Changes Maturity The Skeletal Maturity Dental Maturity Shape Age Senescence Theories of ageing Overview of postnatal growth: Scammon’s curves Factors affecting growth and development Genetic control E...

collateralized mortgage obligations are derivatives securities based on mortgage loans which issued in different maturities, interest rates and credit ratings. in iran attention to decision authorities for the first time allowed iran melli bank and maskan bank to issue this kind of securities. one of the main questions in issuing this kind of securities is maximizing the issuer profit by choosi...

AIM To examine ethnic and sex differences in the pattern of skeletal maturity from adolescence to adulthood using a novel longitudinal analysis technique (SuperImposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR)). SETTING Johannesburg, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS 607 boys and girls of black as well as white ethnicity from the Birth to Twenty bone health study, assessed annually from 9 to 20 years...

This paper provides an overview of the latest version of the Capability Maturity Model for Software, CMM v1.1. Based on over six years of experience with software process improvement and the contributions of hundreds of reviewers, CMM v1.1 describes the software engineering and management practices that characterize organizations as they mature their processes for developing and maintaining sof...

BACKGROUND A quality management system can provide a framework for continuous improvement in order to increase the probability of customers and other stakeholders' satisfaction. The test maturity model helps organizations to assess the degree of maturity in implementing effective and sustained quality management systems; plan based on the current realities of the organization and prioritize the...

E-government is said to be an efficient and effective way of delivering government services to its customers. Web information accessibility and online transactional services increase transparency, openness of bureaucratic institutions and reduce cost of transactions. Global e-government surveys which portray the trend in countries’ e-government readiness and stage of e-government maturity rank ...

Dr. Felig is an Established Investigator of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Soman is a recipient of a Clinical Investigator Award (AM-00356) from the National Institutes of Health and of a Research and Development Award from the American Diabetes Association. Received for publication 20 July 1978 and in revised form 24 November 1978. Insulin binding to monocytes and insulin action as det...

Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) is a disorder primarily affecting premature infants and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. The disorder is characterized by widespread atelectasis and an inability of the neonate to expand his or her lungs. Secondary hemor rhage, edema and desquamation of alveolar lining cells then occur which further compromise respira tory func...

Business intelligence has fundamentally changed how companies conduct their business. In literature, the focus has been on volume-operation companies that provide services to millions of customers. In contrast, complexsystems companies have fewer customers and pursue customer needs by providing more customized products and services. This paper presents the results of a case study conducted at a...

Head. 7/6. This small book is another in the stream of information and advice to the adolescent. It is not easy to review except in terms of the curate's egg, for it is an odd mixture. In his foreword Mr. Chamberlain makes it clear that only one chapter is directed to the teacher?that on Sex, Love and Marriage; but this chapter is the best in the book and will help not only the teacher teach, b...