Anthropometric and somatotype differences between C1 paddlers who were and were not selected for the Czech national team

Who Were the Maya ?

12 volume 54, number 1 expedition he ancient maya created one of the world’s most brilliant and successful civilizations. But 500 years ago, after the Spaniards “discovered” the Maya, many could not believe that Native Americans had developed cities, writing, art, and other hallmarks of civilization. Consequently, 16th century Europeans readily accepted the myth that the Maya and other indigeno...

Who were Fabry and Pérot?

In 1897 Charles Fabry and Alfred Pérot published their most important article on what we now call the Fabry–Pérot interferometer. Despite the great importance of this instrument for present-day research in physics and astrophysics, its inventors are almost completely unknown to most physicists. This article presents brief accounts of the life and work of Fabry and Pérot, who at the beginning of...

BCG: who were Calmette and Guérin?

The Diverse Learning Needs of Young Children Who Were Selected for an Intervention Program

This paper examines the learning needs of 35 Grade 1 children and 60 Grade 2 children who were identified as vulnerable in their number learning on the basis of a clinical interview and reference to a set of research-based growth points. All children were selected for an intervention program that aimed to accelerate learning in four number domains. A key finding was that the children had divers...

The relationship between histopathology and age factor in patients who were operated for renal masses.

OBJECTIVE Renal neoplasms have a predilection to occur in older patients and they are often malignant. They may have different structural characteristics according to age groups. In our study, we have investigated age-related demographic characteristics of the patients who were operated because of suspected malignant renal masses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2010 and 2014, 129 patients were...