this study was focused on the effect of wattle trait on body sizes and scrotal dimensions of traditionally reared wad bucks in the derived savannah environment. data were collected from 153 bucks ranging from 4 months to 2 years of age and this included, scrotal length, scrotal circumference, body weight, height at withers, body length and chest girth. parameters for wattle traits included, wat...

Several techniques exist for assessing chest wall movements in children, that incorporate different measurement principles. Although the output from such devices appears very similar, the comparability of data from different devices needs to be evaluated. We have investigated the simultaneous measurement of chest wall movement using three different devices in 12 children recovering from intensi...

Informal e-waste recycling activities results in serious environmental pollution of PAHs. We evaluated the body burden of 16 PAH congeners and potential health risks for children. A total of 167 children from exposed and reference area entered this study. Child blood samples were collected; height, weight, head and chest circumferences were measured. Blood PAH and lead concentrations were deter...

BACKGROUND The scientific literature poses a perplexing dilemma for pregnant women with respect to the consumption of fish from natural bodies of water. On one hand, fish is a good source of protein, low in fat and a rich source of other nutrients all of which have presumably beneficial effects on developing embryos and fetuses. On the other hand, consumption of fish contaminated with environme...

It has been shown elsewhere (llhingworth, 1939; 1950; Illingworth, Harvey, and Gin, 1949) that the weight of a child at birth bears an important relationship to his subsequent weight and height. The aim of this study is to determine whether children with different birth weights differ in all the standard body dimensions, namely weight, pelvic and calf girth, chest circumference, nding and sitti...

A practical D-bar algorithm for reconstructing conductivity changes from EIT data taken on electrodes in a 2D geometry is described. The algorithm is based on the global uniqueness proof of Nachman (1996 Ann. Math. 143 71-96) for the 2D inverse conductivity problem. Results are shown for reconstructions from data collected on electrodes placed around the circumference of a human chest to recons...

In this article we propose the novel approach to measure anthropometrical features such as height, width of shoulder, circumference of the chest, hip and waist. The sub-pixel processing and convex hull technique are used to efficiently measure the features from 2d image. The SVM technique is used to classify men and women based on measured features. The results of real data processing are prese...