The Class II malocclusions have a strong hereditary component as etiologic factor, both in families and in ethnic and racial groups. The purpose of this study to compare skeletal and dentoalveolar morphology in Class II division I malocclusion of Lithuanian and Jordanian females. The sample consisted of 60 standardized lateral cephalograms (30 Jordanian - 30 Lithuanian). The mean age of the sub...

INTRODUCTION The assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during childhood favors the identification of factors that affect growth and development. The objectives of this study were: a) to describe the HRQoL in children between 8.0 and 11.9 years old living in the Province of Tucuman; and b) to assess whether the HRQoL varies in relation to macrosocial (quality of life in the depart...

Progress in science often comes from discovering invariances in relationships among variables; these invariances often correspond to null hypotheses. As is commonly known, it is not possible to state evidence for the null hypothesis in conventional significance testing. Here we highlight a Bayes factor alternative to the conventional t test that will allow researchers to express preference for ...

The purpose of the study was to find out the differentials on passing ability between universal attackers and blockers of college level volleyball players. To achieve this purpose of the study 15 universal attackers and 15 blockers from various colleges were selected as subjects. The subjects who participated in St. Joseph’s inter collegiate volleyball tournament held at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, ...

OBJECTIVES We investigate the differences in birthweight between first- and second-borns, evaluating the impact of changes in pregnancy (e.g., gestational age), demographic (e.g., age), and social (e.g., education level, marital status) maternal characteristics. DATA AND METHODS All analyses are performed on data collected in Umbria (Italy) taking into account a set of 792 women who delivered...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Noontime conferences are widely used in family practice residencies. This study determined the effectiveness of noontime conferences for increasing residents' knowledge. METHODS Twenty residents were tested monthly over 6 months and then cumulatively on the content of noontime conferences. RESULTS Monthly test scores of attendees versus nonattendees were compared u...

1 TRIPP Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA 3 Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 4 Psychology Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA 5 Forestry Department, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania *Correspondence: [email protected]

OBJECTIVE Investigate the impact of a nutrition education program on student academic performance as measured by achievement of education standards. DESIGN Quasi-experimental crossover-controlled study. SETTING California Central Valley suburban elementary school (58% qualified for free or reduced-priced lunch). PARTICIPANTS All sixth-grade students (n = 84) in the elementary school clust...

The questions presented by Professor Dr. Roberto Fernandes da Costa and Dr. Edilson Serpeloni Cyrino are relevant and, Regarding the statistical analysis, we used a stringent sampling procedure and data that met specific requirements, namely: (a) the dependent variables were quantitative and continuous, and were measured in at least one interval scale; (b) there was homoscedasticity based on Le...

The purpose of this study was to examine the kinematic and kinetic differences of the sprint start and first two steps between faster and slower high-level sprinters. Twelve male sprinters were dichotomized according to personal best 60- and 100-m times. Each participant performed five starts under constant conditions. An eight-camera system was used for 3-D kinematic analysis. Dynamic forces a...