before the operation the twins, who were abandoned at birth by their parents, were given just a 25 per cent chance of surviving without brain damage.
这对女婴在出生后就被父母遗弃。她们的父母都认为手术对大脑不造成影响的概率仅有25%。
in the study, the authors examined 20 preterm infants with a mean gestational age at birth of 29 weeks (range 26-35) and who were otherwise medically stable.
with graphic yet simple examples, a new world bank report spells out how inequities start at birth and ultimately hamper a country’s development.
—利用图表和简单的例子,世界银行新报告说明了不平等是如何开始于出生时并最终影响到一个国家的发展。
circumcision is still routinely practiced in the united states, where about 60% of boys are circumcised at birth due to religious and personal reasons.
在美国,割礼仍旧经常进行,在那里由于风俗或者个人原因,60%的男孩子都要在出生的时候进行割礼。
helle and colleagues looked at birth and marriage records of sami* people from 1640 to 1870.
赫勒和他的同事研究了1640至1870年间拉普人的婚姻及生育记录。
washington: the brains of neanderthals and humans were similar at birth but developed differently in the first year of life, according to a german study published this week in the united states.
at birth there are no symptoms of the disorder so it was only when morgan failed to develop properly that his parents realised there was something wrong.
摩根出生时身体并未出现任何紊乱癥状,所以只有当他未能正常发育时他的父母才意识到出了问题。
knut shot to fame after his mother rejected him at birth and he had to be hand-reared by zookeeper thomas d?rflein.