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While Shauman was a graduate student at Michigan, she and Xie began analyzing massive sets of data containing junior high and high school students’ scores on standardized tests dating back to the early 1970s. Xie said that males are more likely to score in the 95th percentile or above on these tests. “Boys tend to be higher achievers and underachievers, while girls are more concentrated,” he said in an interview yesterday...
...average blood pressure of just 88/45. That same girl at age 10 should be up to 102/60, still far below the traditional adult benchmark of 120/80. The NHLBI now recommends making blood-pressure readings a part of all visits to the pediatrician. Any child who repeatedly scores in the 95th percentile or above for height, age and sex should be considered in danger...
...CHICAGO Located on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Building, the women's toilets at the Signature Room restaurant offer a spectacular panorama of downtown Chicago through floor-to-ceiling windows. Meanwhile, at the city's Voyeur nightclub, women using the bathroom can operate a closed-circuit surveillance system that shows pictures of the dance floor outside?perfect for tracking a cheating date or possible catch...
Figuring out if a child has hypertension is trickier than you might think. Because children's blood pressure naturally increases as they grow older and taller, doctors must refer to a standardized distribution chart. Readings at the 95th percentile and up indicate high blood pressure. New guidelines, scheduled to be released this summer, identify the 90th percentile to 95th percentile as prehypertension...
...that was a big reason why it took until Monday for the New York Rangers, who drafted him in the third round (95th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, to sign him to a professional contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...