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... is involved in maintain blood glucose, regulating blood lipid levels, processing amino acids, making plasma proteins (e.g., clotting factors, transport proteins), and bile and metabolizing and ... Maintaining optimal body temperature Regulating blood glucose and calcium levels Maintaining an optimal pH level How Our Body Works 23 combination of lipids and proteins with just a touch of ... gland Provides structure and the basis of movement of limbs and our entire body Also serves as a mineral storage Primarily composed of minerals and protein and smaller amount of cells, nerves and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 04:20

... iso-quercitrin, quercitrin, I-3/II-8-biapigenin, kaempferol, myricetin Anthocyanins: cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, pelargonidin, petunidin, and peonidin Isoflavones: genistein, genistin, daidzein, ... ellagitannins, phenolic acids, and anthocyanins Many Vaccinium fruits contain 15–25 distinct anthocyanins (based on the anthocyanidins, delphinidin, cyanidin, petunidin, peonidin, and malvidin) in conjunction ... fruits and flowers which are primarily glycosylated derivatives of the anthocyanidins, cyanidin, delphinidin, peonidin, malvidin, and petunidin), proanthocyanidins, tannins, catechin (and epicatechin,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... Role of B vitamins and enzymes B vitamins function as coenzymes in the synthesis of purines and thymidylate during normal DNA synthesis Diminished levels of these vitamins may result in misincorporation ... (1) A point mutation in the coding region for the 5,10-MTHFR binding site (C677T), leading to the substitution of an alanine to a valine effectively increases homocysteine levels increase and decreases ... homocysteinemia-induced increase of the VTE and cardiovascular disease complications Homocysteine metabolism 2.1 Plasma homocysteine As mentioned in the introduction homocysteine is a sulfur–containing...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 23:20

... Role of B vitamins and enzymes B vitamins function as coenzymes in the synthesis of purines and thymidylate during normal DNA synthesis Diminished levels of these vitamins may result in misincorporation ... (1) A point mutation in the coding region for the 5,10-MTHFR binding site (C677T), leading to the substitution of an alanine to a valine effectively increases homocysteine levels increase and decreases ... homocysteinemia-induced increase of the VTE and cardiovascular disease complications Homocysteine metabolism 2.1 Plasma homocysteine As mentioned in the introduction homocysteine is a sulfur–containing...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 09:20

... investigate the effect of an activated PPARδ In an obese state the activities of numerous interacting genes are altered which may influence the effect of PPARδ on metabolism In our data and in ... rise of HDL and lowering of LDL, triglycerides, and insulin [5] In addition, transgenic expression of an activated PPARδ in mice conferred resistance to obesity and hyperlipidaemia [6] Considering ... Gotto AM, Marian AJ Effects of PPARα, γ and δ haplotypes on plasma levels of lipids and progression of coronary atherosclerosis and response to statin therapy in the lipoprotein coronary atherosclerosis...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... function and hemodynamic findings Exercise echocardiography Cardiac function and hemodynamic findings under exertion BOX Findings after cardiac surgery and/ or interventions Minor remaining findings ... expected in this setting Recommended types of exercise include interval training at moderate intensity, e.g., ball games and running games, or moderate stamina training Their afterload reducing effect ... surgery/interventions (including ablations) 1.1 Without remaining findings (complete correction) 1.2 With minimal findings 1.3 With clinically significant findings 1.4 After palliative interventions:...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a time-integrated measurement of glucose control, and indirectly, of insulin levels Increased risk in colorectal cancer was seen in the EPIC-Norfolk study with increasing HbA1c; ... amount of SDG) After weaning the offspring mice were fed a regular mouse chow diet Researchers then examined the female offspring and found an increased number of terminal end buds and terminal ... group of the study are servings of vegetables, 16 oz of vegetable juice, servings of fruit, 30 g of fiber, and

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... cones of the eye and decline in weight gain of infant monkeys fed a taurine-free diet were prevented by supplements of taurine In premature infants maintained on TPN without taurine, plasma taurine ... before urinary creatinine excretion returns to baseline, indicating that creatine in the diet per se affects creatinine production ( 38) Therefore, consumption of creatine and creatinine in meat-containing ... terminus, and aminopeptidases secreted in intestinal juice at the amino terminus Figure 2.17 Digestion and absorption of dietary protein in the intestine The secretion and feedback system of the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 05:21

... setting of heterotaxy In 2007 Supplement to Cardiology in the Young: Controversies and Challenges Facing Paediatric Cardiovascular Practitioners and their Patients, Anderson RH, Jacobs JP, and ... Anderson, Paul M Weinberg The clinical anatomy of transposition In: Jacobs JP, Wernovsky G, Gaynor JW, and Anderson RH (editors) 2005 Supplement to Cardiology in the Young: Controversies of the Ventriculo-Arterial ... classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy Béland MJ, Colan SD, Gaynor JW, Krogmann ON, Kurosawa H, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Elliott MJ In 2007 Supplement to Cardiology in the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... pathogenesis of RF and RHD, although further studies are warranted into the role of groups C and G in the pathogenesis of RF (1, 2, 7–9) In both developing and developed countries, pharyngitis and skin infection ... remain significant causes of cardiovascular diseases in the world today Despite a documented decrease in the incidence of acute RF and a similar documented decrease in the prevalence of RHD in industrialized ... colonization and invasion The binding of bacterial surface ligands to host surface receptors is the most crucial event in the colonization of the host, and it is initiated by fibronectin and by streptococcal...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... 1990s Rates of overweight and obesity doubled in many high-income countries between 1990 and 2005 In most countries in Asia and Latin America, and some in Africa, chronic diseases including obesity ... the main times of intensive physical work include building field systems, sowing, harvesting, and storing The level of energy balance and of physical activity varies greatly, depending in part ... declines, whereas the proportion of energy from fats and oil, and animal protein (including from meat, milk, and eggs) increases For example, in China, energy intake from foods of animal origin...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... any, cases of ARF; • there is variability in the management of these diseases, with lack of up-to-date training and experience in the management of ARF and RHD occasionally resulting in inappropriate ... (Table 2.9) DIAGNOSTIC AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF SUBCLINICAL RHEUMATIC VALVE DAMAGE IN ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER MAIN CLINICAL FEATURES OF ARF IMPLICATIONS OF A FINDING OF SUBCLINICAL VALVE DAMAGE Polyarthritis ... compromise, and even be life-saving in severe acute carditis.82,102 The potential major adverse effects of short courses of glucocorticoids, including gastrointestinal bleeding and worsening of heart...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... requirement in accordance with the WHO definition of health and well-being [3] Pediatric quality of life studies that investigate the individuals’ perceptions of their well-being in a multidimensional ... development, refinement and validation of the original instrument and linguistic validation to a number of European and other languages have been described in many papers [30-35] Results of research with ... dimensions of HRQoL and the advanced levels of children’s coping strategies [4,54-57] Subscale values were highest in the Social Functioning Scale, probably indicating the successful integration of children...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... rate of 28% in the low HRQL and 9% in the high HRQL group [19] Overall these findings support the face and content, construct, and predictive validity of the MacNew for evaluating HRQL in patients ... to changes in HRQL following various interventions for patients with coronary heart disease Interpretability Interpretability is concerned with the understanding of the meaning of the instrument's ... The minimal important difference is defined as "the smallest difference in score in the domain of interest which patients perceive as beneficial and which would mandate, in the absence of troublesome...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Xi'an province of China Mandarin is spoken Due to the pictorial nature of Chinese writing, both Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking Chinese would be able to read the Chinese version of the HADS In Europe, ... screening and case detection utility and accuracy [16] The present study was designed to examine the underlying factor structure of the Chinese version of the HADS in a mainland Mandarin-speaking ... findings of the factor structure of the Chinese version of the HADS in Cantonese-speaking Chinese CHD patients in Hong Kong indicates clear and consistent superiority of three-factor models in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... domain, imputing that value for missing items in that domain, rounding imputed values to the nearest integer, and then recalculating the SF-6D We performed parametric and non-parametric testing of ... 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 ... equivalency of the SF6D and the EQ-5D cross-sectionally, in domain content, in scoring distribution, and in the amount of change measured after intervention We addressed these questions by comparing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... measures in combination in a single model to predict the EQ-5D index In this case, disease severity was taken into account using a single variable, and more implicitly from the point of view of stage ... to the EQ-5D index explained 37% of the variability in the EQ-5D index and also performed poorly in individuals with EQ-5D index values of about 0.4 or less [15] Other studies mapping other HRQoL ... used, the clinical measures, the use of measurements from different time points, and the individual relationship between each of these clinical measures and the EQ-5D index can be found in our earlier...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... an inactive prohormone that is split into the active hormone BNP and the inactive N-terminal fragment (NT-pro-BNP) BNP has a number of systemic effects, including vasodilation, increases in urinary ... The creatinine clearance rate, expressed in milliliters per minute, was calculated from the equation of Cockcroft and Gault, as follows: [(140¡age)¬ weight in kilograms]÷serum creatinine in micromoles ... was therefore insufficient for any attempts at a meaningful analysis of medicine Other potential confounders of the association between increasing levels of NT-pro-BNP and mortality include atrial...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... informa- included in the analysis Table Criteria for Determining the Low-Carbohydrate-Diet Score Points Carbohydrate Intake Total Protein Intake Total Fat Intake Animal-Protein Intake Animal-Fat Intake ... in fat and protein and low in carbohydrate remain popular, and several best-selling books endorse this strategy for weight loss.5-9 The long-term safety of carbohydrate-restricted diets remains ... encourage increased consumption of animal products and therefore often contain high amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol This may cause unfavorable changes in serum lipid levels and increase...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... disruption.1,2 Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-a) are inflammatory cytokines and the main inducers of the secretion of C-reactive protein in the liver.3 C-reactive protein is a marker of lowgrade ... TNF-a and interleukin-6 can cause insulin resistance in animal models, and plasma levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 have been shown to predict type diabetes in humans.30,31 The increased ... cholesterol, and smoking status We found a gradient of risk of coronary heart disease within each increasing category of C-reactive protein and ratio of total to HDL cholesterol (Fig 1) This finding supports...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20