Abstract Background Estimation of fetal weight (EFW) by ultrasound is useful in clinical decision-making. Numerous formulas for EFW have been published but not validated pregnancies complicated preterm premature rupture membranes (PPROM). The purpose this study to compare the accuracy patients with PPROM, and further evaluate performance most commonly used formula - Hadlock IV. Methods A retros...

R. W. Bagley, E. G. Begle, J. W. Brace, A. T. Brauer, E. A. Cameron, C. ECapel, Haskell Cohen, H. S. Collins, F. E. Cothran, A. C. Downing, Jr., B. M. Drucker, L. A. Dye, S. E. Dyer, Jr., J. C. Eaves, D. O. Ellis, M. H. M. Esser, W. M. Faucett, F. A* Ficken, L. R. Ford, L. R. Ford, Jr., M. K. Fort, Jr., Tomlinson Fort, H. K. Fulmer, Seymour Ginsburg, Wallace Givens, R. A. Good, W. L. Gordon, E....

BACKGROUND Most recently, a novel myokine, named irisin, was identified in human that expressed by skeletal muscle after exercise. Irisin increases energy expenditure by turning white adipose tissue into brown adipose tissue. Thus improves carbohydrate homeostasis in humans. Irisin is considered as a potential biomarker for obesity and metabolic syndrome. In recent years, numerous studies have ...

OBJECTIVE To establish reference charts for fetal biometric parameters in a non-selected risk population from Uberaba, Southeast of Brazil. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed among 5656 non-selected risk singleton pregnant women between 14 and 41 weeks of gestation. The ultrasound exams were performed during routine visits of second and third trimesters. Biparietal di...

BACKGROUND Diagnosis of intrauterine fetal growth restriction and prediction of small-for-gestation age are often based on fetal abdominal circumference or estimated fetal weight (EFW). The present study aims to create unconditional (cross-sectional) and conditional (longitudinal) standards of fetal abdominal circumference and EFW for use in an ethnic Chinese population. METHODS In the Growin...

The intertidal herbivorous snail Planaxis sulcatus (Born) showed different avoidance behavior in response to crushed conspecifics than that to whole or crushed Morula anaxeres (Kiener). Addition of a crushed conspecific to pools containing P. sulcatus caused most individuals to move until they had reached crevices, but addition of the predatory gastropod M. anaxeres caused most P. sulcatus to m...

This paper examines the capital structure implications of market timing. I isolate timing attempts in a single major financing event, the initial public offering, by identifying market timers as firms that go public in hot issue markets. I find that hot-market IPO firms issue substantially more equity, and lower their leverage ratios by more, than cold-market firms do. However, immediately afte...