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Stature Prediction using Shoe Print Dimensions of an Adult Nigerian Population

open access: yesArab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2019
This study aimed to derive predictive equations for stature estimation using shoe print dimensions of adult Nigerian medical students in the University of Lagos.
Emeka A Okubike   +3 more
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Growth (including short stature and tall stature)

open access: yes, 2011
Introduction 2Measurement techniques 6Physiology 10Growth disorders 12Causes of short stature 14Investigation of short stature 22Therapy for short stature 24Introduction to tall stature 28Constitutional tall stature 30Exogenous obesity 31Syndromic tall ...
Gary Butler, Jeremy Kirk
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Physical stature and its interpretation in nineteenth century New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes
During the late nineteenth century the physical stature of New Zealandborn men stagnated, despite an apparently beneficial public health environment and growth in per-capita incomes.
Les Oxley, Evan Roberts, Kris Inwood
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Determination of Stature from Hand Anthropometry among Visayan Population in Philippines for Person Identification [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2019
Background: Stature or height determination from amputated, mutilated limbs, skeletal remains or dispersed human body parts in mass disaster incidents is pivotal for victim identification.
Nataraja Moorthy T   +3 more
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THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF SOME LOWER LIMB PARAMETERS IN STATURE ESTIMATION [PDF]

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology
BACKGROUND: Establishing a person’s identity is known as personal identification. In both man-made and natural disasters, personal identification becomes necessary. Forensic anthropology is a subfield of physical anthropology that collaborates with other
Maha Elnady   +4 more
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Nineteenth Century Stature and Family Size: Binding Constraint or Productive Labor Force? [PDF]

open access: yes
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economics. Nevertheless, a neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented here to be ...
Scott A. Carson
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Stature estimation from footprint dimensions in an adult Nigerian student population

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2018
Examination of footprints provides important evidence in crime scene investigations and helps in stature prediction of criminals. This study aimed to derive regression equations and multiplication factors for stature estimation from footprint dimensions ...
Emeka Ambrose Okubike   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short stature and Helicobacter pylori infection in Italian children: prospective multicentre hospital based case–control study. (I.F. 5.143)

open access: yes, 1998
Helicobacter pylori is mainly acquired in childhood,1 but the diseases associated with such infection remain unknown. Scottish and Italian schoolchildren infected with H pylori showed reduced growth in height,2,3 and H pylori gastritis was found in 55 ...
E. Chiorboli   +6 more
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Improvements in Maximum Likelihood Estimators of Truncated Normal Samples with Prior Knowledge of σ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Researchers analyzing historical data on human stature have long sought an estimator that performs well in truncated-normal samples. This paper reviews that search, focusing on two currently widespread procedures: truncated least squares (TLS) and ...
A'Hearn, Brian, Komlos, John
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Outer and Inner Canthal Distances and their Stature Estimation Potentials among Nigerian Igbos and Ibibios Residing in Rivers State, Nigeria

open access: yesAnthropological Review
Both inner (ICD) and outer canthal distances (OCD) are some examples of facial parameters often applicable in forensic anthropology as these differ among ancestries.
Gabriel Sunday Oladipo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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