—a mushroom of broad adaptability

... understanding of what needs to be nourished Our body is the product of nature and as such it must adhere to the basic laws of nature In fact, you can think of nutrition as the scientific offspring of more ... Composition of Our Body? The late, great Carl Sagan in his personal exploration of the cosmos said that we are made up of “star stuff.” What he meant was that our body is made up of many of the very ... vitamins What Is the Design of Molecules? One limitation of an ink-and-paper representation of molecules is that it often fails to truly capture the three-dimensional beauty of molecules For example,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 04:20

... damage of DNA; (2) oxidations of unsaturated fatty acids in lipids; (3) oxidations of amino acids in proteins; and (4) inactivation of specific enzymes through oxidation of catalytic cofactors ... distribution of conjugated forms of phenolic compounds among berry species of the same family were confirmed, but differences in chromatographic profiles of conjugates and compositions of aglycones ... μmol of TE (Trolox equivalents)·g−1 of fresh weight (fwt), 131.2 mg·100 g−1 of fwt, and 319.3 mg·100 g−1 of fwt, respectively The organic culture also produced fruit with higher contents of myricetin...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... study The draw back of the studies in this area of VTE include the variability of type of MP studied, the techniques employed for measurement of MP and retrospective nature of investigations undertaken ... the site of injury The presence of platelet microparticles at the site of blood vessel injury may contribute to this process by providing a large source of surface membrane for assembly of the ... microparticles irrespective of size However interference of soluble antigens, variable quality of antibodies used for antigen capture and non-exclusion of microsomes are some of the disadvantages 4.3...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 23:20

... study The draw back of the studies in this area of VTE include the variability of type of MP studied, the techniques employed for measurement of MP and retrospective nature of investigations undertaken ... the site of injury The presence of platelet microparticles at the site of blood vessel injury may contribute to this process by providing a large source of surface membrane for assembly of the ... microparticles irrespective of size However interference of soluble antigens, variable quality of antibodies used for antigen capture and non-exclusion of microsomes are some of the disadvantages 4.3...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 09:20

... group of leaner patients there was a significantly higher incidence of coronary heart disease for carriers of at least one C allele (p=0.033) (table 4) Among those with a BMI below 24.6 carriers of ... [9] Treatment of obese rhesus monkeys with GW 501516, a selective PPARδ agonist, led to a significant improvement of metabolic traits characterized by a rise of HDL and lowering of LDL, triglycerides, ... lesions were primarily due to the influence of the +T294C SNP The C allele frequency of 0.24 in our high risk patient group was similar as the frequency of 0.21 reported by Chen et al in their study...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... function and not the type of malformation for this assessment The basis for this is a classification of postoperative (residual) findings or of the clinical conditions of children with cardiovascular ... overview of types of exercise and games in childhood that are associated predominantly with high dynamic or static exercise BOX Selected forms of exercise and games in childhood Types of exercise ... considering the pros and cons of club sports it should be remembered that children not meet in this setting merely for the purposes of competition Often, the sharing of experiences in the club are...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... stage of breast cancer have been randomized into two groups The dietary goals for the test group of the study are servings of vegetables, 16 oz of vegetable juice, servings of fruit, 30 g of fiber, ... indication of the blood sugar response of the body to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food eaten An international table of the glycemic ... is to eat a reduced amount of food (about 70–80 percent of the amount required to maintain "normal" body weight) while still consuming all of the necessary amounts of vitamins, minerals, and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WILLIAM F STENSON, M.D Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Washington University School of ... University of California at Davis Davis, California STEVEN H ZEISEL, M.D., Ph.D Professor and Chairman Department of Nutrition School of Public Health Professor, Department of Medicine School of Medicine ... Professor and Director of Nutrition Education Department of Prosthodontics School of Dentistry University of Washington Seattle, Washington VIRGIL F FAIRBANKS, M.D Consultant Mayo Clinic Professor...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 05:21

... relationships of the arterial trunks in space the position of the heart and the orientation of its apex Cardiac Description the segmental anatomy of the heart the classification of the cardiac ... mirror-imaged arrangements.’’ Visceral Situs William T Mahle, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine Norman H Silverman Stanford University Lucile Packard Children’s ... Cardiac Description the segmental anatomy of the heart the classification of the cardiac lesion the description of the cardiac lesion Left and Right For cardiac chambers: ‘‘left’’...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... form of pericarditis are usually treated as cases of severe carditis Diagnosis of extra cardiac manifestations of RF Although the cardiac manifestations of RF are most important in terms of immediate ... Diagnosis of rheumatic fever Journal of the American Medical association, 1944, 126:481–484 Rutstein DD et al Report of the Committee on Standards and Criteria for Programs of Care of the Council of ... the recurrence of carditis as the cause of CHF, and the decompensation of chronic progressive valvular disease, because the use of steroids may be lifesaving in active carditis, but of no benefit...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... cent of men and 32.2 per cent of women had a BMI of 25 or more, and 13.4 per cent of men and 15.8 per cent of women had a BMI of 30 or more See figure 1.4 for projections of the proportions of ... and 25.9 per cent of women had a BMI of at least 25; 10.1 per cent of men and 27.9 per cent of women had a BMI of at least 30 See figure 1.4 for projections of the proportions of men and women ... systematic review and, dare I say it, the wisdom of the experts The elegance of the process was one of the many attractions to me of assuming the role of chair of the Panel I could pretend that it was...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... 45% of all episodes of ARF were recurrences.19 In the Gisborne area of New Zealand, failure to prevent recurrent ARF was thought to be due to a range of factors, including lack of recognition of ... more of their scheduled BPG injections over a 12-month period, while 45% of all episodes of ARF were recurrences A variety of factors, mainly sociological, combine to limit the effectiveness of ... prevention of further episodes of secondary prophylaxis for a minimum of ARF is a priority It should include strategies 10 years after the last episode of ARF or aimed at improving the delivery of secondary...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... 20% of children with heart disease report significantly impaired psychosocial quality of life irrespective of the severity of heart disease [23] This recent result affirms previous findings of ... Berkes et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:14 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/14 Page of 12 Table Intercorrelations of subscales of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Generic Core ... sample consisted of children with different severity of heart disease The ratio of children with severe to those with simple heart diseases Page of 12 corresponded to the distribution of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Depression Inventory, Profile of Mood Scale, Time Trade-off, Quality of Well-Being, Katz social functioning instrument, and a symptom limited exercise test] Twenty-eight out of 34 hypotheses were ... the measurement properties of the MacNew Heart Disease Healthrelated Quality of Life [MacNew] Questionnaire [14,15] This instrument is a modification of the Quality of Life after Myocardial Infarction ... assessment of efficacy and effectiveness [5] This paradigm shift is partly a result of the introduction of a "biopsychosocial" perspective in medicine [6] Coronary heart disease is the major cause of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... design of the study and assisted in the drafting of the manuscript VL participated in the design of the study and assisted in the drafting of the manuscript CM participated in the design of the ... read the Chinese version of the HADS In Europe, the HADS has been applied extensively in the studies of patients with CHD as an index of both outcome and the effect of therapeutic intervention ... previous studies of the factorial structure of the HADS patients The study was conducted in the general cardiovascular wards of two large university-based teaching hospitals in Xi'an City of China Inclusion...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... number of missing baseline and change scores Normality of distributions was tested with Shapiro-Wilk's W test [18] The ceiling effect of each domain was assessed by computing the percentage of patients ... vitality Figure Bland-Altman plot of EQ-5D and SF-6D Bland-Altman plot of EQ-5D and SF-6D Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:20 responding ... change in median utility scores Off-CABG = off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; on-CABG = onpump Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:20...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... different stages of disease Further details of the studies used, the clinical measures, the use of measurements from different time points, and the individual relationship between each of these clinical ... one of these measures of prediction accuracy because it is penalised for larger models, with the use of the less than 5% change criterion further contributing to a parsimonious model Only two of ... degree of heterogeneity in these relationships has previously been shown [14] One of the multiple variable models was chosen as the mapping model based upon explanation of the maximum amount of variability...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... elimination of the nonsignificant variables are shown in Table Adjusted Kaplan–Meier estimates of survival according to quartiles of NT-pro-BNP are shown in Figure Further analyses of subgroups of patients ... conducted a prospective observational study of the prognostic value of NT-pro-BNP in a large consecutive series of patients with symptoms or signs of coronary artery disease who were referred ... according to quartiles of NT-pro-BNP relation of nt- pro -bnp levels to angiographic status and lvef The NT-pro-BNP level increased with the severity of angiographic disease and of left ventricular...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... the quality and quantity of carbohydrate consumed Each unit of glycemic load represents the equivalent blood glucose–raising effect of g of pure glucose Calculation of the low-carbohydrate-diet ... ≥15), use of multivitamins (yes or no), use of vitamin E supplement (yes or no), history of hypertension (yes or no), history of hypercholesterolemia (yes or no), and parental history of myocardial ... by the person-years of follow-up for each decile of the lowcarbohydrate-diet score Relative risks of coronary heart disease were calculated by dividing the rate of occurrence of coronary heart...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... mg of CRP/liter Relative Risk of Coronary Heart Disease 14.0 1.0–2.9 mg of CRP/liter 12.0 ≥3.0 mg of CRP/liter 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Quintile of Total:HDL Cholesterol B Men Relative Risk of ... of at least three of the following five abnormalities: a body-mass index of at least 25, a triglyceride level of at least 150 mg per deciliter (1.7 mmol per liter), an HDL cholesterol level of ... of medicine Table Relative Risks of Coronary Heart Disease during Follow-up, According to the Quintile of Plasma Levels of Inflammatory Markers at Baseline.* Variable† P for Trend‡ Quintile of...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20