BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Data on the physical dimension of the hand of Indian women are scanty. This information is necessary to ascertain human-machine compatibility in the design of manual systems for the bare and gloved hand, such as design and sizing of hand tools, controls, knobs and other applications in different kinds of precision and power grips. The present study was undertaken to gene...

This study aims to evaluate the reliability and establish procedures for the use of digital photogrammetry in anthropometric measurements of the human hand. The methodology included the construction of a platform to allow the placement of the hand always equivalent to a distance of the camera lens and to annul the effects of parallax. We developed a software to perform the measurements from the...

Different rugby positions make different demands on players. It therefore follows that optimum body composition may vary according to the position played. Using anthropometry and bioimpedance analysis (BIA) assess composition, present study aimed compare effect of sex variables using BIA methods. A total 100 competitive players (35 women 65 men) competing in First Spanish National League were r...

nifedipine (nif), a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist, undergoes photo-degradation to dehydro-nifedipine (dnif) upon exposure to ultraviolet (uv) light and to the nitroso analogue of dehydro-nifedipine (ndnif) when exposed to sunlight or some kinds of artificial lights. nif photo-degradation products do not contribute to clinical activity, thus prevention of photo-degradation of ni...

An adverse intra-uterine environment has been associated with abdominal fat distribution in singletons. Twins often have a low birth weight and a short gestation. Therefore, they may have an increased risk to develop abdominal obesity. Furthermore, monozygotic monochorionic twins (MZ MC) have a larger intra-pair birth weight difference compared to monozygotic dichorionic twins (MZ DC). If adult...

anthropometry, a useful method for evaluating craniofacial soft tissues, makes the quantitative description of the face possible. it also assesses the degree of disharmony and imbalance in the growth and development of the face. the aim of this study was to examine the overall common age-related changes of nasomaxillary complex of adolescent boys in northeast iran. three- hundred- twelve 12 to ...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...

conclusions using -2.5 standard deviations as the cutoff for micropenis, a newborn infant in golestan province with a pl of < 23.3 mm had micropenis; however, more investigations are needed to clarify this issue. results means of pl and agd of 427 healthy term newborns were 32.1 ± 3.5 and 24.5 ± 2.5 mm, respectively. there was a positive correlation between pl and agd (r = 0.097, p = 0.046). ac...

The anthropometric measurements (height, weight and mid upper arm circumference) of children of working mothers in the age group of 12 to 60 months show a closeness in the values relating to urban and rural children although the males had higher values than females in all the age groups. The average Gomez percentage taking all the age groups combined were 91.59 and 86.95 in males against 95.54 ...