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Changes In Weight Loss, Body Composition And Cardiovascular Disease Risk After Altering Macronutrient Distributions During A Regular Exercise Program In Obese Women, C. M. Kerksick, J. Bunn, D. Fogt, A. Thomas, L. Taylor, B. Campbell, C. Wilborn, T. Harvey, P. Roberts, P. Labounty, M. Galbreath, B. Marcello, C. Rasumussen, R. Kreider

Physical Therapy

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Individual Activities Of Daily Living And Its Association With Self-Rated Health Status In Elderly People, Yu-Ning Hu, Chin-Ching Li, Chia Lee, Rung-Huei Lin, Gwo-Chi Hu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Health-related quality-of-life in the elderly generally encompasses freedom from disease, good physical and psycho-social well-being, and preventing the loss of function in activities of daily living (ADL). Some indices of ADL, such as basic ADL and instrumental ADL, are considered to be measures of functional status in the elderly. However, in most studies, functional status is evaluated by either the summed ADL score or disability score in one or more ADLs. No studies have investigated the association between an individual's ADL function and self-rated health status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of functional status (i.e., …

The Weekly Challenger, December 31, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 31, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Effects Of High Voltage Galvanic Stimulation On Sleep And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Hemodialysis Patients, Min-Dauw Chung, Mu-Jung Kao, Chiu-Ching Huang, Yu-Wen Cheng, Mei-Wun Tsai

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Background/Purpose: Disturbances in sleep and health-related quality of life (HRQL) are common in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of high voltage galvanic stimulation (HVGS) on blood chemistry, sleeping quality and HRQL among hemodialysis patients.Methods: This is an experimental one way repeated measure design. We enrolled 19 patients from a major hemodialysis center. All patients underwent whole body FT-9000 HVGS therapy, 20 minutes per session, three times per week, for 12 weeks. The assessments of therapeutic effectiveness including basic blood cell counts and biochemistry, Short Form-36 (SF-36) health survey, and the Pittsburgh sleep quality …

The Influence Of Pssa On Marine Ecotourism : The Assessment Of Marine Ecotourism And The Applicability Of The Pssa Designation To Shiretoko, Hokkaido, Japan / By Shinji Usui, Shinji Usui

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Institutional Framework For Ocean Governance : A Way Forward, Mohd Khairul Tazril. Tarmizi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track And Field Academic Award Winners, Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Track and Field

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of A Health Promotion Program On Overweight Polio Survivors, Yen-Nung Lin, Chi-Yang Hsu, Chyan-Yeong Wang, Kwang-Hwa Chang, Tsan-Hon Liou

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Although health promotion issues specific to people with physical disabilities have received much attention in the last ten years, related clinical trials studying the efficacy and viability of these programs are lacking. In this pilot study, we implemented a short-term health promotion intervention for overweight/obese post-polio survivors. The study design included a three-month intervention containing exercise, diet education and health behavior modification, a before-and-after comparison, and a 12-month follow-up.Thirty one subjects were enrolled. They were divided into three groups by their mobility ability. Group 1 was comprised of those who could walk independently without an orthosis; group 2 subjects walked …

Relative Height And Weight Among Children And Adolescents Of Rural Southwestern Nigeria, Omolola Ayoola, Kara Ebersole, Olayemi O. Omotade, Bamidele O. Tayo, William R. Brieger, Kabiru Salami, Lara R. Dugas, Richard S. Cooper, Amy Luke

Faculty Publications

Background: There are few data describing the relative height and weight patterns of children and adolescents in rural Nigeria, despite a prevalence of stunting of over 38% among children younger than 5 years. Aim: The present study documented the height and weight patterns relative to international standards among children and adolescents aged 520 years in rural Nigeria. Subjects and methods: Children 520 years of age were enrolled from two rural villages. Height and weight were measured; body composition was estimated using bioelectrical impedance analysis. z-scores and centiles for height and body mass index were calculated; prevalences of low relative height …

Volume 47, Number 19: December 30, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Fagerstrom Test For Nicotine Dependence Vs Heavy Smoking Index In A General Population Survey, M. Pérez-Ríos, M. I. Santiago-Pérez, B. Alonso, A. Malvar, X. Hervada, Jose De Leon

Psychiatry Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) is used for assessing nicotine dependence. A shorter test derived from the FTND used for the general population is the Heavy Smoking Index (HSI) (six questions vs. two). The objective of this study is to compare the validity of the HSI versus the FTND.

METHODS: A survey of tobacco use in the general population was carried out in the northern Spanish region of Galicia using both the FTND and the HSI to study a representative sample of 1655 daily smokers. The HSI was compared with the FTND, considered the gold standard. Measures …

The Prevalence Of Weight Loss Assessed By Body Mass Index In Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Kassim M. Sultan, Muhammed .W.Alobaidy, Alaa. I. Hussein

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and weight loss has long been recognized and is a common clinical observation and it is one of the systemic manifestations of COPD. A number of studies have identified weight loss and low body mass index (BMI) as independent predictors of mortality and worse prognosis. OBJECTIVE: We have undertaken this study to confirm the association between BMI, weight loss and COPD and the relation to its severity. METHODS: A cross section study of 100 patients with stable COPD have been identified and classified according to Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive …

The Lipid Profile In Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus In Erbil Governorate, Abbas A. Alrabaty, Abdulkader A. Alnakshabandi, Nazar B. Yahya

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Diabetes Mellitus is the most common endocrine-metabolic disease in children. Diabetic patients with hyperlipidemia frequently develop atherosclerosis which is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate serum lipids total serum cholesterol, total serum triglyceride (TGs), High density lipoprotein (HDL-C), Low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL-C) in children with type-1 diabetes mellitus in comparison with controls, and to determine the relationship of lipid profile with gender, body mass index (BMI) and duration of diabetes among patients. METHODS: In this case-control study, the lipid profiles of 52 …

Indications Of Iv Fluids In Medical City, Bassam Hameed Al-Jarrah, Zeena Muthafer Al-Nema

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Intravenous (IV) fluids are the most commonly used drugs in the inpatient wards and the emergency units. They are not usually dealt with as a medication, and are frequently prescribed even by junior doctors and even the nursing staff. Serious side effects and complication may arise from this practice. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the indications of IV fluid prescription in the Medical City. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of the use of IV fluids in surgical wards and emergency units in the Medical city in Baghdad during a period of ten weeks. Two hundreds and ninety three patients were collected. …

Proteolytic Regulation Of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems By Clppc In Staphylococcus Aureus, Niles P. Donegan, Earl T. Thompson, Zhibiao Fu, Ambrose L. Cheung

Dartmouth Scholarship

Bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems typically consist of a small, labile antitoxin that inactivates a specific longer-lived toxin. In Escherichia coli, such antitoxins are proteolytically regulated by the ATP-dependent proteases Lon and ClpP. Under normal conditions, antitoxin synthesis is sufficient to replace this loss from proteolysis, and the bacterium remains protected from the toxin. However, if TA production is interrupted, antitoxin levels decrease, and the cognate toxin is free to inhibit the specific cellular component, such as mRNA, DnaB, or gyrase. To date, antitoxin degradation has been studied only in E. coli, so it remains unclear whether similar mechanisms of regulation …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 25, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 25, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Penyebab Keberhasilan Dan Kegagalan Praktik Pemberian Asi Eksklusif, Sandra Fikawati, Ahmad Syafiq

Kesmas

Target cakupan ASI eksklusif oleh Depkes RI sebesar 80% masih sulit dilaksanakan. Berbagai studi menunjukkan cakupan ASI eksklusif di Indonesia masih sangat rendah. Ada berbagai faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan dan kegagalan pelaksanaan ASI eksklusif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali berbagai faktor predisposisi, pemungkin, dan pendorong yang berhubungan dengan keberhasilan atau kegagalan pelaksanaan ASI eksklusif di Puskesmas Kecamatan Jagakarsa, Jakarta Selatan. Disain studi adalah studi kualitatif dengan 14 informan yaitu ibu bayi yang berusia >6-24 bulan yang dibagi berdasarkan keberhasilan pelaksanaan ASI eksklusifnya. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam dan dilakukan triangulasi sumber data mencakup bidan puskesmas dan suami serta triangulasi analisis …

2008-2009 Annual Report

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Chylomicrons Promote Intestinal Absorption And Systemic Dissemination Of Dietary Antigen (Ovalbumin) In Mice, Yuehui Wang, Sarbani Ghoshal, Martin Ward, Willem De Villiers, Jerold Woodward, Erik Eckhardt

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: A small fraction of dietary protein survives enzymatic degradation and is absorbed in potentially antigenic form. This can trigger inflammatory responses in patients with celiac disease or food allergies, but typically induces systemic immunological tolerance (oral tolerance). At present it is not clear how dietary antigens are absorbed. Most food staples, including those with common antigens such as peanuts, eggs, and milk, contain long-chain triglycerides (LCT), which stimulate mesenteric lymph flux and postprandial transport of chylomicrons through mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and blood. Most dietary antigens, like ovalbumin (OVA), are emulsifiers, predicting affinity for chylomicrons. We hypothesized that chylomicron …

Today - December 23, 2009, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Heart patient reunites with LLU Overseas Heart Surgery Team members 35 years after they saved her life in Saigon
-- CAPS welcomes Helping Hands Pantry to SACHS–Norton
-- Nursing professors research diabetes management in local community
-- LLU Heart & Surgical Hospital physician performs groundbreaking procedure
-- School of Public Health advances health geoinformatics education
-- Wyatt Caley raises funds to buy an Xbox 360 Elite for kids in Children’s Hospital
-- Milton Murray passes away
-- Trees of Hope bring beauty to Children’s Hospital lobby
-- LLU physician to appear on ‘The Doctors’
-- How …

Health-Enhancing Activities And The Environment: How Competition For Resources Makes The Environmental Policy Beneficial, Xavier Pautrel

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In a two-period overlapping generations model, this paper demonstrates that the relationship between the environmental taxation and the economic activity (level- and growth-output) becomes inverted-U shaped, when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and the private decision of each working-age agent to improve her health are taken into account. Especially, a tighter environmental tax is more likely to promote (rather than to harm) output-level and –growth when health is very sensitive to pollution, the weight of health in preferences is high, the polluting capacity of the production technology is high and the rate of natural purification of pollutants is …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 22, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Objectives And Principles Of The Trips Agreement, Peter K. Yu

Faculty Scholarship

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which established the minimum standards for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights for WTO members, remains one of the more controversial international intellectual property agreements that have entered into force. Although that Agreement embraces a highly problematic super-size-fits-all approach, it includes a number of safeguards and flexibilities to facilitate economic development and to protect the public interest. Articles 7 and 8, in particular, lay out explicit and important objectives and principles that can play important roles in the interpretation and implementation of the Agreement.

Presented at the 2009 Santa …

The Big Garden Project: Omaha Community Foundation, R. K. Piper, Gerard Wellman

Past Publications

This executive summary of the final report documents the major findings of interviews and site visits conducted during the summer and fall of 2009 with representatives of BIG Garden and other community gardens in Omaha. The purpose of the study is to gather qualitative information for staff and sponsors on current gardening activities and other factors, relating to effective management and the implementation of best practices.

An Analysis Of Teacher And Student Interactions In Desegregated School Environments, Veronica Diane Roberts

Student Theses and Dissertations

This exploratory study examined whether teacher/ student interaction is affected by the integration and the ethnicity of both teachers and students in selected schools. Ten teachers, six White and four Black, from three selected school campuses volunteered to participate in the study. Each of the selected schools enrolled between six to nine hundred students with average student populations that were comprised of 60 percent White students and 40 percent Black students. Selected classrooms had a demographic composite that was representative of the total school enrollment. Using the Flanders Interaction Analysis System, verbal interaction was classified into ten major categories. The …

Energy And Water Programs Within The United States Department Of Agriculture, Ron Abramovich, Michael Strobel

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Preschool Education On The Missouri Assessment Program Scores Of Missouri, Alicia Carlinda Shaw

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to do a comparative analysis of Missouri Assessment Program Test (MAP) performance of third grade students in Missouri Bootheel schools. The analysis was designed to answer the following research question: Is there a significant difference in MAP scores of third-grade students who attended publicly funded preschool programs and those who did not attend publicly funded preschool programs? A total of 239 scores were analyzed to determine if a significant difference existed between the two groups. Data were placed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program. The mean standard scores for Communication …

Effect Of Channel Catfish Stocking Rate On Yield And Water Quality In An Intensive, Mixed Suspended-Growth Production System, Bartholomew W. Green

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

This study was conducted to determine the effect of stocking rate on yield of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus and water quality in a mixed suspended-growth (biofloc) production system with zero water exchange. Channel catfish (National Warmwater Aquaculture Center 103 strain; average fish weight -- 13 g) were stocked into nine 35-m² tanks (28 m³/tank) at a rate of 2.9, 5.7, or 8.5 fish/m² for a 238-d grow-out period. One 1.865-kW blower for every three tanks supplied air continuously through a diffuser grid (constructed of 2.5-cm-diameter polyvinyl chloride pipe) on the bottom of each tank. Well water …

Effects Of A Putative Reb1 Protein Binding Site On Ime4 Sense And Antisense Transcription And Sporulation In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Milele Ramsay

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Genome transcription is much more widespread than has been traditionally thought because our view of a "gene" or "transcription unit" has changed dramatically over the past 4 to 5 years with the identification of many different non-coding ribonucleic acids. In the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, meiosis and sporulation are an important part of the life cycle and IME4 gene expression is required for these processes. IME4 sense transcript levels of expression are influenced by the level of its complementary non-coding antisense strand by mechanisms that are currently unknown. The a1-alpha2 heterodimer binding in the downstream 3' region of IME4 is one …