I suggest for memorization an equation for calculating approximate sample size requirements intended only for a specific set of values (80 per cent power for a two-tailed alpha = 0.05 test) which seems to occur often in biopharmaceutical research. After presenting the formula in terms of variance estimate s2 and effect size d, I derive a few alternative forms and then discuss the accuracy of th...

calpastatin has been introduced as an effective candidate gene as regards growth efficiency and meat quality traits. throughout the present study, blood sampling as well as carcass trait measurements were performed on 74 lori-bakhtiari sheep and on 40 zel-atabay cross-breds from industrial slaughterhouses of shahrekord and gorgan cities, respectively. following dna extaction, polymerase chain r...

In June 2009 Lori L. Jervis organized a meeting on ‘Aging and the Indigenous Peoples of America’ in Norman, Oklahoma that was sponsored by the Association of Anthropology and Gerontology. The idea of organizing a session for the 2010 American Anthropological Association meetings in New Orleans arose at this meeting. Subsequently Lori L. Jervis and I organized a session titled ‘Culture, Health a...

1 From the Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada (L.A.W., N.G., P.A.P., D.S.L., V.K.H., R.T.T.); Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (L.A.W., N.G., P.A.P., R.T.T.); Departments of Nuclear Medicine (L.A.W.), Radiology (N.G., R.T.T.), and Maternal and Newborn Health (D.S.L., V.K.H.), St Joseph’s Health Care...

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