Previous research has investigated the manner in which absolute height impacts on jealousy and mate retention. Although relative height is also important, little information exists about the potential influence of sexual dimorphism in stature (SDS) within established relationships. The current study investigated the relationship between SDS and the satisfaction, jealousy and mate retention beha...

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and other alkyl sulfates, provided they contain a minimum of 12 carbon atoms (or 322 A in length), stabilize mouse interferon (MIF) in the presence of urea, 2-mercaptoethanol, and heat. When MIF is treated with the alkyl sulfates in the absence of urea and 2-mercaptoethanol, all alkyl sulfates inactivate MIF to the same extent. This suggests that the stabilizing eff...

In a retrospective, population based cohort study, we examined whether constitutional delay was associated with the growth response to growth hormone (GH) in children with short stature and normal GH responses. 70 patients were treated with 21 GH iu/m2/week from 1975 to 2013 throughout New Zealand. Demographic and auxological data were prospectively collected and standard deviation scores (SDS)...

Febrile seizures are the most common seizure type in children (6 mo to 5 yr). The pathophysiology of febrile seizures is unknown. Current genetic studies show that some febrile seizures result from channelopathies. We have performed electrophysiological experiments in in vitro hippocampal slices to test a novel hypothesis that a disordered regulation of ionic homeostasis underlies the genesis o...

The identification of individuals carrying unexpressed genetic liability to schizophrenia is crucial for both etiological research and clinical risk stratification. Subclinical psychopathological features detectable in the nonpsychotic part of the schizophrenia spectrum could improve the delineation of informative vulnerability phenotypes. Inspired by Meehl's schizotaxia-schizotypy heuristic mo...

The properties of porous and lightweight ceramic foam that can be cured at room temperature using metakaolin-based geopolymers were studied. A geopolymer slurry was prepared metakaolin a potassium-based alkaline medium temperature, the obtained viscous paste expanded via gaseous methods, by means decomposition peroxide temperature. Therefore, (GP) developed in this study through multivariate ge...

BACKGROUND Clinical limitations of the criteria of somatoform disorders (SDs) have been criticized. However, little objective evidence supports this notion. We aimed to examine the prevalence of SDs in a population with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), which was expected to have higher probabilities meriting such diagnoses, and to evaluate factors that may influence the clinical judgment o...

Introduction This study aimed to analyze the correlation between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and body weight provide some bases for clinical judgment of influencing factors on children's height. Material methods A total 333 children with a height less than 10th percentile were enrolled in this study. Among these children, 212 male 121 female. The age ranged within 5-14-years-old....

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations calls upon all signatory countries to localize its goals through National and Regional Strategies (SDS). As in Italy SDS constitute framework Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Plans Programmes (P/P), question arises as whether SEA can represent a fundamental tool SDS. Although mutual relationship between is recognized lite...

The impact of sleep disorders (SDs), particularly apnea (SA), on the development colorectal cancer (CRC) has been subject significant research. However, potential contribution other SDs to incidence CRC remains unexplored. objective this study was examine effects risk developing CRC. This assessed among individuals diagnosed with compared age- and sex-matched unaffected individuals. A longitudi...