No previous study has investigated the full range of complete blood count (CBC) parameters in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) newborns. The main aim of this study was to compare CBC and peripheral smear parameters in term, healthy SGA neonates and appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) neonates, and to establish CBC reference values for full-term SGA newborns. One hundred thirty-two healthy, ter...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the consequences of being small-for-gestational age at extremely low gestational age. METHODOLOGY Comparison of two historical cohorts of small-for-gestational age (SGA) and appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) infants born between 24 and 26 6/7 weeks of gestation (gestational age estimated by early ultrasound at 16 to 18 weeks). Data were collected retrospectively on 1...

BACKGROUND Although the genetic basis of androgenic alopecia has been clearly established, little is known about its non-genetic causes, such as environmental and lifestyle factors. OBJECTIVE This study investigated blood and urine heavy metals concentrations, environmental exposure factors, personal behaviors, dietary intakes and the genotypes of related susceptibility genes in patients with...

INTRODUCTION The human placenta expresses the IGF-I and IGF-IR proteins and their intracellular signal components (IRS-1, AKT and mTOR). The aim of this study was to assess the IGF-IR content and activation of downstream signaling molecules in placentas from newborns who were classified by gestational age and birth weight. We studied placentas from 25 term appropriate (T-AGA), 26 term small (T-...

Serum total protein, albumin, IgG, IgM, and IgA were determined in cord blood of 54 term infants appropriate-for-gestation-age (AGA), 14 preterm AGA infants, and 21 small-for-dates infants, and in their mothers immediately after delivery in Dar-es-Salaam. The mean serum levels of total protein, albumin, and IgG in mothers who delivered a term AGA infant were 6.8 g/100 ml, 2.9 g/100 ml, and 1840...

This paper presents an improved cellular automata (CA) model optimized using an adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA) to simulate the spatio-temporal process of urban growth. The AGA technique can be used to optimize the transition rules of the CA model defined through conventional methods such as logistic regression approach, resulting in higher simulation efficiency and improved results. Applicati...

The growing trend toward vehicles being connected to various unidentified devices, such as other or infrastructure, increases the possibility of external attacks on“vehicle cybersecurity (VC). Detection intrusion is a very important part network security for vehicles, that have open connectivity, and self-driving vehicles. Consequently, has become an requirement in trying protect these attacker...

The performance of facial super-resolution methods relies on their ability to recover structures and salient features effectively. Even though the convolutional neural network generative adversarial network-based deliver impressive performances face hallucination tasks, use attributes associated with low-resolution images improve is unsatisfactory. In this paper, we propose an Attribute Guided ...

Background: This study was conducted to compare the cord blood lipid profile in term small for gestation (SGA) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) babies as determination of cord blood lipid profile is useful screening tool for early detection of babies at higher risk as atherosclerosis has its genesis in childhood. Methods: Study Design: Hospital based cross sectional study. Setting: ne...

OBJECTIVE During diabetes, retinal microglial cells are activated to release inflammatory cytokines that initiate neuronal loss and blood-retinal barrier breakdown seen in diabetic retinopathy (DR). The mechanism by which diabetes activates microglia to release those inflammatory mediators is unclear and was therefore elucidated. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Microglia activation was characteri...