background: low birth weight (lbw or birth weight <2500 g) is one of the most serious health problems in today's world. objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate growth parameters of neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) admitted lbw preterm neonates at corrected ages of 6 and 12 months. materials and methods: in a prospective cohort (follow up) study, all lbw preterm neonates whom wer...

Anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. However, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. During recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...

background: admission of low birth-weight (lbw) neonates in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) causes their deprivation of tactile and sensory stimulation. objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy of body massage on growth parameters (weight, height and head circumference) gain velocity of lbw in yazd, iran. materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial study was cond...

a selection program is being implemented to improve meat production in makooei sheep. increasing litter size per ewe is the main objective, but possible repercussions on weight traits of lambs should be considered. the aim of this study was to estimate heritability along with genetic and phenotypic correlations between ewe's reproductive vs. weight traits in makooei ewes. data were comprised of...

background: given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour university. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 269 newly born babies and their mothers in hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour un...

The Doxorubicin hydrochloride, popularly known as Adriamycin, is among the most antitumoral drugs used in oncology practice. This is a glycosidic antibiotic from the anthracycline group, which acts directly on the G2/M period, leading to cell death. This study aimed at analyzing placental alteration and congenital malformations in Wistar rats fetuses who were exposed to the chemotherapeutic. Tw...

Specification of the mammalian left–right (L–R) axis is controlled by fluid flows in the embryonic node, a ciliated pit like structure located at the distal tip of the mouse embryo. Nodal cilia rotate so as to cause a leftward fluid flow-this has been experimentally demonstrated to control embryonic sidedness. How the embryo interprets this flow remains the subject of debate. The two cilia hypo...