AIM To examine the influence of socioeconomic status on growth pattern in height from age 7 to 23 years. METHODS Prospective cohort study. A total of 10 200 white singleton born children from the 1958 British birth cohort (National Child Development Study) were analysed. RESULTS Differences in height by birth weight persisted throughout the follow up period. However, the mean differences in...

age and growth of mesopotamian barb, capoeta damascina, were studied in the zayandehrud river, in central iran, from march 2007 to april 2008. among the 689 specimens studied, age groups in males ranged from 1+ to 9+ and that in females ranged from 1+ to 10+. the sex ratio (1m:1.6f) was not significantly different from 1:1 ratio. maximum fork length and weight was 39 cm and 1,115 g for males an...

A high level of encephalization is critical to the human adaptive niche and emerged among hominins over the course of the past 2 Myr. Evolving larger brains required important adaptive adjustments, in particular regarding energy allocation and life history. These adaptations included a relatively small brain at birth and a protracted growth of highly dependent offspring within a complex social ...