the growth parameters, mortality rates and exploitation population dynamic parameters and exploitation rate of psettodes erumei were assessed between july 2010 to june 2011 using length frequency analysis. the data were collected from landing sites of jask, bandar abass, kong and qeshm hormozgan province waters. using total weight (w) and total length (tl) data, the length- weight relationship ...

Recent evidence of an increase in the trend rate of productivity growth inspires speculation about how a change in the underlying process of technological progress might be associated with adjustment dynamics. This paper considers such dynamics in the framework of a computable general equilibrium model that incorporates stochastic growth. Simulations of the model suggest that transition dynamic...

Health care spending increased 8.2 percent in 2004. This was virtually unchanged from 2003, which suggests that health care cost trends have stabilized. Hospital spending grew 10.1 percent in 2004, also virtually unchanged from 2003, reflecting a small increase in the hospital utilization trend and a small decline in hospital price inflation. Meanwhile, growth in prescription drug spending cont...

1. Growth models for body mass and length were fitted to data collected from 1842 sea otters Enhydra lutris shot or live-captured throughout south-west Alaska between 1967 and 2004. Growth curves were constructed for each of two main year groups: 1967-71 when the population was at or near carrying capacity and 1992-97 when the population was in steep decline. Analyses of data collected from ani...

In arid and semi-arid regions, soil surface warming is a considerable phenomenon causing a high thermal gradient which makes water flow intensely. The degree of soil temperature is effective on crop production, plant growth and soil microorganisms. In recent years, the ascending trend of temperature has been substantially noticed by researchers in the issues of pointwise climate change and at w...

Background Ultrasonography is a non-invasive and accurate diagnostic method to evaluate urinary system and its anomalies in the neonates. Kidney sonographic measurement can be used as an alternative method to estimate gestational age. The aim of this study was to measure kidney size in preterm neonates and to provide a guide reference for gestational age. <...

BACKGROUND Maternal cow-milk consumption may increase birth weight. Previous studies did not assess the association of maternal milk consumption with trimester-specific fetal growth. OBJECTIVE The objective was to assess associations of first-trimester maternal milk consumption with fetal growth characteristics in different trimesters and the risk of neonatal complications. DESIGN In total,...