objective(s):we investigated the influence of genetic variation of the transforming growth-factor alpha (tgfa) locus on the relationship between smoking and oral clefts. materials and methods:in this study 105 iranian infants with non-syndromic cleft lip/palate and 218 controls with non-cleft birth defects were examined to test for associations among maternal exposures, genetic markers, and ora...

4. Title and Subtitle Investigating Regional Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling for Improved Bottleneck Analysis: Final Report 5. Report Date October 2012; Revised March 2013 Published June 2013 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) Jennifer C. Duthie, N. Nezamuddin, Natalia Ruiz Juri, Tarun Rambha, Chris Melson, C. Matt Pool, Stephen Boyles, S. Travis Waller, Roshan Kumar 8. Performing...

1. This document is AN124, one of a series of the Animal Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date September 17, 2001. Revised April, 2004. Revised December 2009. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Robert Myer, professor; Travis Maddock, post-doctoral associate; D...

Quadrature noise in light propagating through a cold Rb atomic gas Travis Horrom a , Arturo Lezama b , Salim Balik c , Mark D. Havey c & Eugeniy E. Mikhailov a a Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA b Instituto de Física, Universidad de la República, Casilla de Correo 30, Montevideo 11000, Uruguay c Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, N...

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Background: During lactation, metabolic changes in the bone in different areas of the body may affect the amount of bone mineral density.The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between breastfeeding and bone mineral density in women. Materials and Methods:  In this study, articles were searched at Cochran, Medline (via PubMed), Scopus, and Web of Science databases until June 201...

Background: Since health-promoting lifestyle is an important determinant of health status, this study aimed to compare the health-promoting lifestyle in medical and non-medical students of Guilan, Iran. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a descriptive-analytical approach that was performed on 1319 students of medical sciences and non-medical sciences in Guilan, 2014. The data collec...

Objective(s):We investigated the influence of genetic variation of the transforming growth-factor alpha (TGFA) locus on the relationship between smoking and oral clefts. Materials and methods:In this study 105 Iranian infants with non-syndromic cleft lip/palate and 218 controls with non-cleft birth defects were examined to test for associations among maternal exposures, genetic markers, and ora...