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In our study, over half of the adolescents were overweight or obese 54.3% (95% CI: 49.9-58.4). The prevalence of overweight (including obesity) was higher in boys (59.8%, 54.3- 66.3) than girls (49.2%, 43.5-54.8). No association between parental education and the risk of overweight/obesity was found. |
CONCLUSIONS |
There is an alarmingly high rate of overweight/obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents, but we did not find evidence of a social gradient in obesity risk. Urgent actions are needed to reverse this epidemic across all social groups.On Approximating the Best Decision for an Autonomous Agent |
In this paper we are concerned with decision making in autonomous agents and, in particular, the tradeoff between the optimal solution provided by MDPs and the more tractable approximation provided by the BDI model. In order to establish the relative performance of the approaches for the TILEWORLD domain, we have to fi... |
Expression of nuclear-encoded plastid proteins and import of those proteins into plastids are indispensable for plastid biogenesis. One possible cellular mechanism that coordinates these two essential processes is retrograde signaling from plastids to the nucleus. However, the molecular details of how this signaling oc... |
A pathogenic Vibrio alginolyticus strain,named V_A-76,was isolated from ceca contents of a diseased Litopenaeus vannamei collected from Fuqing,Fujian Province. Antimicrobial susceptibilty tests for 13 antimicrobials and infection assay for Litopenaeus vannamei were performed to determine the phenotype of antimicrobial ... |
Abstract A major concern over the use of transgenic trees is the potential for transgene dispersal through pollen and seeds. The incorporation of sterility inducing genes into transgenic lines of trees has been proposed to reduce or even avoid gene flow of transgenes into non-transgenic interbreeding species. The evalu... |
The full dynticks feature also known as adaptive-ticks is a relatively new feature released in the Linux kernel since kernel version 3.10. Previous research studies have attempted to understand the effect of this feature on system latency and to some extent on power consumption. However, a comprehensive investigation o... |
Unlike others quite a number of theoretical approaches to deal with the electron-impact ionization problems,such as Born approximation,BBK(M Brauner J S Briggs and H Klar) and CCC(the convergent close-coupling).In this paper,we use analytical approach to deal with the(e,2e) reaction of atomic hydrogen.Our model start p... |
The possible differential regulation of pulsatile follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in pre-pubertal children and in post-menopausal women was investigated. Children were studied for 4 h and post-menopausal women for 6 h; blood samples were taken every 10 min. Post-menopausal wome... |
In this paper a monopole antenna with shape of heart for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) applications is proposed. The structure is a simple patch with shape of heart designed on FR-4 substrate and fed by a 50 Ohms microstrip line. The ground plane of the antenna has been modified including several defects to improve its behavio... |
AIM |
The association between two polymorphisms of ERCC1 and treatment outcomes after platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced urothelial cancer (UC) was examined. |
MATERIALS & METHODS |
Genotyping of 19007C>T and 8092C>A polymorphisms was determined by PCR amplification and RFLP in 113 advanced UC patients, treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. |
RESULTS |
Seventy eight patients (69%) were carriers of the 19007T polymorphic allele: 51 (45%) heterozygotes and 27 (24%) homozygotes. Fifty three (47%) patients were carriers of the 8092A polymorphic allele: the frequencies of C/A and A/A genotypes were 37% and 10%, respectively. The T/T genotype was independently associated w... |
CONCLUSION |
19007C>T, especially in its homozygotic state, but not 8092C>A polymorphism, could be a useful prognostic marker in advanced UC treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.Measuring Combinatorial Coverage at Adobe |
Adobe offers an analytics product as part of the Marketing Cloud software with which customers can track many details about users across various digital platforms. For the most part, customers define the amount and type of data to track. In addition, customers can specify many feature combinations when reporting on thi... |
Guava (Psidium guajava Linn.) Family Myrtaceae is important plant used traditionally for medicinal purposes. Guava is rich in antioxidants compounds and contains a high level of ascorbic acid. The pharmacological actions and the medicinal uses of aqueous extracts of guava leaves in folk medicine include the treatment o... |
Summary Records of 870 orthodontic patients were used to assess growth prognosis as measured by Bjork's Sum of Angles and Jarabak's Facial Height Ratio. The predicted direction of growth in 447 cases was compared with that actually observed and no correlation was found between actual direction of growth and the size of... |
Abstract Platelet transfusion, both prophylactic and therapeutic, is a key element in modern medicine. Currently, the standard platelet product for clinical use is platelet concentrates at room temperature (20–24°C) under gentle agitation. As this temperature favors bacterial growth, storage is limited to 5–7 days, whi... |
Starting from the success of giant web service companies as well as Google and Facebook in managing and utilizing unstructured data in the form of consumer generated media and click stream in a very large volume, a concept known as Big Data then became the center attention in the world of information technology. The fa... |
Abstract: Motorcycle fatalities in the United States continue to increase on both crude and adjusted bases. This paper examines fatal motorcycle accidents as a cause of death, using a retrospective analysis of motorcycle operator fatalities from 2003 to 2008 in the state of Indiana. During these six years, out of more... |
Text representation is a basic issue of text information processing and event plays an important role in text understanding; both attract the attention of scholars. The event network conceals lexical relations in events, and its edges express logical relations between events in document. However, the events and relatio... |
Abstract As witnessed in several behavioural studies, a complex relationship exists between people’s cultural background and their general acceptance towards robots. However, very few studies have investigated whether a robot’s original language and gesture based on certain culture have an impact on the people of the d... |
Due to aging and an increased incidence of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, coronary artery disease and diabetes, the incidence and prevalence of heart failure (HF) will increase. Currently, one in five, both men and women, will develop HF during their lifetime.1 After diagnosis of HF, no cure is avail... |
The wireless streaming media communications are fragile to the delay jitter because the conditions and requirements vary frequently with the users' mobility. Buffering is a typical way to reduce the delay jitter of media packets before the playback, however, it will incur a longer end-to-end delay. Our motivation in th... |
An extensive amount of research in clinical psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and the neurosciences has led to effective pharmacological treatments for affective disorders. These impressive developments have suffered from several limitations. In the case of antidepressant drugs, the delayed onset of antidepressant effect... |
Oral antidiabetic agents were introduced into clinical practice during the 1950s. Biguanides and sulfonylureas are still used extensively today and their safety and tolerability profiles are well defined. Developments and refinements within these classes have included the introduction of second- and third-generation su... |
Longitudinal links between early childhood temperament, maternal sensitivity, and adolescents' adjustment have been proposed and found in several longitudinal studies, but the mechanisms of influence have not been explored. The authors examined the paths from maternal sensitivity and temperament in early childhood to a... |
The preparation of chemical protective clothing (CPC) materials with excellent protective performance and physiological comfort have always been a global challenge. The selective permeability of organic matter and water shown by polyelectrolyte membranes in fuel cells and other applications |
provides ideas for solving this problem. This research focused on sulfonated poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (SPPO), a polyelectrolyte membrane material with excellent performance, and carried out different counter-ion substitutions to prepare a series of membrane materials, and their |
mechanical properties, contact angle, permeability, and selectivity. The performance was tested and compared with Nafion, a typical commercial membrane. The results show that the SPPO membrane has the potential of CPC application and the performance of the membranes can be controlled by the |
simple method of adjusting the counter-ion exchange of the membrane material.The effects of women board directors on firm performance: An empirical evidence from Malaysia |
Gender diversity in boardroom has been associated with corporate governance and firm |
performance and it’s had become one of the focuses of the related study. This study examines the effects of women on the board of directors to firm performance (ROA and Tobin’s Q) for the data set of 80 listed companies in Bursa Malaysia on year 2011 and employs Multiple Regression Analysis for the regression test. Thi... |
women director on the board to the firm performance (ROA and Tobin’s Q), results also |
indicates that women in audit committee has a positive relationship to firm performance |
(ROA and Tobin’s Q).Lack of basophilia in human parasitic infections. |
While basophilia is often found in animal models of parasitic infection, it has not yet been established whether it occurs in parasite-infected humans. We investigated the relationship between basophilia and parasitic infections in humans by reviewing charts from 668 patients with confirmed parasitic infection (472 wit... |
OBJETIVE |
To analyze the effectiveness of a company-based physical activity program using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) questionnaire. |
METHODS |
In March 2014 we implemented a company-based physical activity program (Mueve-T, by its Spanish acronym) with the objective of increasing awareness of physical activity among employees, and measuring improvements in activity level. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, we administered the IPAQ Questionnaire, be... |
RESULTS |
A total of 746 participants responded in 2014 and 563 in 2016. Only 314 respondents completed both surveys. In 2014, 35.4% of the respondents reported a low level of activity, moderate was 39.5% and highwas, 25.2%. In 2016, 36.3% reported a low level of activity, moderate was 39.8% and a high level was indicated by 23.... |
CONCLUSIONS |
The results did not find this intervention program to be effective in increasing levels of physical activity. The differences found among the sales and commercial task employees could have been due to differences in the effect on awareness achieved by companywide information dissemination (e.g., newsletters, talks, int... |
The article considers the application of the neural network model to check the quality of packaging of drinking milk in the technological production process. The neural network allows you to remove the routine load from the verification staff. Method of detection of possible defective areas and identification of signs ... |
Abstract Context: Chard is used as an antidiabetic agent by the diabetic patients in Turkey. Objective: The effect of chard extract [Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla (Chenopodiaceae)] on the antioxidant system and the expression of surfactant-associated proteins (SP) in the lungs of hyperglycemic rats were examined. Materia... |
OBJECTIVES |
We retrospectively evaluated the functional results of patients who were treated surgically for post-traumatic isolated subscapularis tendon ruptures. |
METHODS |
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