the bender-gestalt test was given to thirty mentally-retarded psychiatric patients. the mean, standard deviation, and standard error were 56.73, 26.25, and 4.80 respectively. rotation was the most frequent major deviation which occurred in all the designs. design # 7 was the most difficult one to be reproduced in the sample. this design by itself, was subject to 47% of distortion, 79% of omissi...

Trace minerals have long been identified as essential components in the diets of domestic livestock species. Chromium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc are included in the category of essential trace minerals (or microminerals). Trace minerals exist in cells and tissues of the animal body in a variety of chemical combinations, and in characteristic...

introduction trauma is the most common cause of death in people aged 1–44 years and the third leading cause of death regardless of age. early diagnosis can shorten the time of emergency care and a quick transfer of patients to a treatment center. objective this study evaluates the mgap scoring system to predict mortality in trauma patients. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, 5...

conclusions the mgap scoring system can be used as an appropriate scoring system to predict mortality in triage trauma patients. results patients were divided into three groups : scores of less than 18, 18 - 22 and greater than 22; in which the mortality rates were 75.2%, 9.5% and 0.1%, respectively (p < 0.0001). the best cut-off point was 22 in our study, and the mgap scoring system had 93.7% ...

Trace minerals exist in cells and tissues of the animal body in a variety of chemical combinations, and in characteristic concentrations, depending on the trace mineral consumed and the tissue in which the trace mineral is metabolized (McDowell, 1992; Underwood and Suttle, 1999). Concentrations of trace minerals must be maintained within narrow limits in a cell (McDowell, 1989, 1992; Underwood ...

composition and size and weight of organs in growing chickens. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 12: 49-55. SHAFEY, T.M., MCDONALD, M.W. and DINGLE, J.G. (1991) Effects of dietary calcium and available phosphorus concentration on digesta pH and on the availability of calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc from the intestinal contents of meat chickens. British Poultry Science 32: 185-94. ...

background: the present study was performed to develop a scoring system for predicting cure status in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl). materials and methods: this study included 199 patients with cl from skin diseases and leishmaniasis research center (isfahan, iran). data were collected as longitudinal in each visit of patients. we applied ordinal logistic generalized estimating equ...

different software tools for quantification of myocardial perfusion spect (mps) studies are routinely used. several perfusion parameters can be computed automatically.  interpretation of the mps should start with visual inspection of the rotating planar images, visual analysis of reconstructed spect slices and then quantitative analysis to confirm the visual impression. quantification should be...