in the present study, the age- and sex-specific changes of various haematological and blood serum biochemical blood parameters of beluga ( huso huso ) were investigated. blood samples were collected from 4-, 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old beluga (n = 7 for each sex and age). the specimens were fed at a rate of 0.5-3% body weight per day. ast and ldh levels in 7- and 8-year-old fish of both sexes were s...

Objectives: All subjects suspected of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) were previously tested by free recall dichotic digits test (DDT). The study objective was normalization and reliability evaluation of two-pair DDT in 750 native Persian subjects aged 8 to 12 years. Materials: A total of 750 subjects were divided into five age groups varying between 8 years and 12 years and 11 mon...

purpose : to analyze the correlation of ocular higher-order aberrations (hoas) and mesopic pupil size (mps) with age and gender in myopic patients screened for refractive surgery methods : ocular hoas and mps were examined in 1,641 females eyes and 749 males eyes with myopia and also in two different age groups, under 30-year-old (1,675 eyes) and over 30-year-old (715 eyes), using the zywave ab...

OBJECTIVE To determine age-specific serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) values for women presenting to U.S. fertility clinics. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Single clinical reference laboratory. PATIENT(S) A total of 17,120 women of reproductive age ranging from 24 to 50 years old. INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Determination of single-year median and mean AMH valu...

Three experiments investigated the role of oppositional predicate dimensionality in four- and five-year-old children's processing of negation. In Experiment 1 children (37 four-year-olds, mean age 4;8, and 20 five-year-olds, mean age 5;9) were asked to produce opposites for common terms (e.g. 'big'). In Experiment 2 children (27 four-year-olds, mean age 4;8; 23 five-year-olds, mean age 5;9) wer...

Background. The natural history of idiopathic scoliosis is a crucial issue in the planning and assessment of different treatment methods. This article presents the evaluation of scoliotic deformity in immature patients who have been in observation without any treatment. Material and methods. 159 patients (128 girls, 31 boys) were examined between 1971 and 2002. Skoliosis was diagnosed at a mean...