BACKGROUND Models assessing characteristics contributing to response to recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) response rarely address growth extremes in both years 1 and 2 or examine how children track from year to year. Using National Cooperative Growth Study (NCGS) data, we determined characteristics contributing to responsiveness to rhGH and the pattern of change from years 1 to 2. PATIE...

AIMS To obtain age references for sitting height (SH), leg length (LL), and SH/H ratio in the Netherlands; to evaluate how SH standard deviation score (SDS), LL SDS, SH/H SDS, and SH/LL SDS are related to height SDS; and to study the usefulness of height corrected SH/H cut-off lines to detect Marfan syndrome and hypochondroplasia. METHODS Cross-sectional data on height and sitting height were...

Abstract Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a condition in which apparently healthy broiler chickens die suddenly. There are short convulsions and frantic wing-beating prior to death, the weight of internal organs same as chickens. The exact etiology SDS unknown. Heart problems have been implicated potential cause disease Despite considerable research, effective methods prevention still being sough...

Considering the climbing interest to relate temporary uses with long-term change, this contribution explores how demonstrate spatially detached stabilization (SDS) as well factors supporting process. A rhythmanalytical approach helps reframe SDS temporally, while insights from existing research in context of urban regeneration inform a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) accounti...