OBJECTIVE To assess the life history consequences of cow milk consumption at different stages in early life (prenatal to adolescence), especially with regard to linear growth and age at menarche and the role of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in mediating a relationship among milk, growth and development, and long-term biological outcomes. METHODS United States National Health and Nutrit...

background: today prevalence of overweigh and obesity is increasing in most parts of the world. obesity plays an important role in creating health poverty in women and decreasing life span. the most common formula to assess physical health is body mass index (bmi). the present research was conducted to determine related factors (personal and reproductive characteristics) with women's bmi. metho...

OBJECTIVES To explore social, psychological and financial burden on caregivers of chronically diseased children. METHODS Participants were recruited from ambulatory and hospital areas in pediatrics department following informed consent. Parents who were caregivers of children 18 y or below in age with chronic illness were included. Socio-demographic details were collected using a semi structu...

Background and Purpose: Responsibility among adolescents is of great significance, and families can influence sense of responsibility by creating purpose in life and developing social competence. Herein, we aimed to investigate the structural model of the relationship of family functioning and social competence with sense of responsibility and mediating role of purpose in life in this relations...

background and purpose: responsibility among adolescents is of great significance, and families can influence sense of responsibility by creating purpose in life and developing social competence. herein, we aimed to investigate the structural model of the relationship of family functioning and social competence with sense of responsibility and mediating role of purpose in life in this relations...

astract: happiness is a great gift that should be searched , found , seized and transmit to others . with regard the happiness influence on social and individual life and the widespread role of religion in human lives , the present study has been done with the aim investigate the relationship between religiosity and amount of happiness among young people in tehran . in this study were explored ...

Filtering of signals is of primary importance in signal processing. The design of filters to perform signal estimation is a problem that freeze up in the design of communication systems, control systems, in geophysics & in many other applications & disciplines. Optimum filters are proposed for filtering. In this paper, neural networks have been trained to filter satisfactorily with specified MS...