... adiposity, and have been shown to be better predictors of several chronic diseases such as diabetes andcardiovascular diseases than the BMI [19], the role of central adiposity in the riskof joint ... adipose mass and the riskof joint replacement Most studies have employed BMI as a measure of obesity, and have shown a consistently positive association between BMI and the riskof both knee ... women Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006, 14:1274-1281 32 Hochberg MC, Lethbridge-Cejku M, Scott WW Jr, Reichle R, Plato CC, Tobin JD: The association ofbody weight, body fatness andbodyfat distribution...
... for CV events, duration and features of RA, CV diseaserisk factors, and HLA–DRB1 and RAGE Gly82→Ser genotypes The characteristics of the patients are shown in Table Of the patients studied, ... aboriginals and one patient of Pacific island origin Previously defined CV risk factors were common Of the patients studied, 63% were positive for RF and 76% had radiographic evidence of erosive disease ... analysis of CV risk factors and features of RA for riskof a time-dependent CV event among 232 patients Coefficient (β) Risk factor Treatment with statins for hyperlipidemia SE Wald χ2 Risk ratio...
... lipohypertrophy of the visceral compartment, breasts, and the upper back (dorsocervical fat pad) and subcutaneous lipoatrophy of the trunk, face and extremities Studies ofrisk factors for the development of ... confirm this finding and understand the extent of change in each of the fat depots in those with a history ofbodyfat abnormalities Further studies are also needed to understand the factors contributing ... O'Donnell CJ, Fox CS, Hoffmann U: Association of pericardial fat, http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/6/1/8 26 intrathoracic fat, and visceral abdominal fat with cardiovasculardisease burden: the...
... age, height and weight of the neonate, and personal identifiers for both mother and child [24] Use of loratadine, other antihistamines, IVF drugs, antidiabetics and epileptics As a part of the tax-funded ... postpartum and maternal use of antihistamines according to time of exposure, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) Time of exposure Exposure 30 days before conception and first trimester ... between use of loratadine and hypospadias was studied in a nested case-control design within the cohort of women who had a livebirth or a stillbirth after the 28th week of gestation Use of loratadine...
... agricultural incomes and caused the failure of thousands of banks located in farm states and other rural areas States where farm land values and cultivated acreage had expanded the most during ... Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Economic Analysis Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and ... consolidation of the U.S banking industry and the advent of banks with interstate branches The largest U.S banks operate thousands of branch offices across several states For example, as of June 30,...
... covered by trees and spontaneous plants The land in the zone is made of alluvial deposits The top layer of the soil, down to a depth of from 0.6 to m, is composed of sand with silt and clay, with ... made of sand and silt Groundwater flows at a depth of about m The contaminated area, whose estimated extension and volume are 5000 m2 and 17,000 m3 respectively, is made up of a mixture of industrial ... One of the pieces of material analysed (A15) has concentrations similar to ones of the relief, whereas the other (A16) has a very high copper level and low content of Fe andof La, Sc, Ti, V and...
... verification of the sampling policy, of the results of analyses or of the exchange of information between the control bodyand other entities In Ireland procedures for approval of control bodies ... No 882/2004 of the European Parliament andof the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal ... apply systematic risk assessment of their operators against risk factors linked to the nature of their operation (such as the quantity of the products concerned and the riskof exchanging organic...
... full and: coam plete statistics on the conditions of education in the United States; conduct, and~ ~ publish reports on specialized analses of the meaning and significance of such, statistics; and ... student often comes from a "package" consisting of different types and sources of aid Such a package may result in funds from Federal and/ or non-Federal sources, and from grants, jobs, loans, and ... financial-aid program The distributionof student aid, by type and source, is displayed in figure Among the four types of student aid, grants and scholarships were the most cornmion kind of non-parental...
... provide an account of the changes that have occurred within the artistic and cultural world of tattooing and the larger world ofbody alteration in the past decade and a half One change and a fairly ... B.C and Egyptian figurines created some 2,000 years later show facial andbody markings thought to represent tattoos Proof of the antiquity of the practice is derived from the mummified bodyof ... adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are tattooed and one in seven had a body piercing somewhere other than the earlobe (nearly one-third of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 said they were...
... in this group of patients and 41% of the 205 patients without a myofilament mutation were non-carriers of this allele The AT1R 1166 C has been associated with the risk for several cardiovascular ... electrocardiography to exclude the existence of cardiac diseases All the patients and controls were Caucasians from the Northern Spain regions of Asturias and Cantabria, and gave their informed consent to ... deletion (ACE and 5-HTT), and SNPs (AGT, AT1R, and 5HT2A) The genomic DNA of patients and controls was polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified (32 cycles) Coto et al Journal of Translational...
... numbers of HPs and OPs The number of HPs increased more than threefold between 1974 and 2004, and exceeded the number of OPs during 1974 and 1984 Even though the total numbers of HPs (N1, N2, N3 and ... rates of HPs who withdrew from hospital work in each of the classes of 1970, 1980 and 1990 The numbers of HPsin the classes of 1970, Table 2: Descriptive statistics of the classes of 1970, 1980 and ... analyses of the classes of 1970, 1980 and 1990 were 0.24, 019 and 0.17, respectively all outpatient services and 94% of inpatient services [9,10] This indicates that the separate roles of hospitals and...
... sensitive marker Page ofof inflammation provides a quick and a simple method ofrisk prediction [8] Other risk factors associated with nutrition, include the fatty acids that are a part of the lipids ... Table Prevalence and medians of CD -risk factors of the compared occupational groups Prevalence of elevated risks Group p1 median (P25-P75) chef group office group chef group office group N % ... to the riskofdisease Regarding the work-related exposition of chefs, the focus was placed on atherosclerotic risk factors affected by nutrition In addition to the analysis of the common risk...
... organization and management of safety and health precautions Economic survival and economic competition concerns quite often might override basic health and safety concerns Another reason is that SMEs often ... analysis of the risks of fatal and nonfatal injuries, including figures for 1994/5-1995/6 Labour market trends 1999, 107:19-26 10 Gambatese JA: Design’s role in construction accident causality and ... Mikkelsen K: The effects of firm size on risks and reporting of elevation fall injury in construction trades Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2003, 45:1074-1078 Page of 19 Hannerz H,...
... Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin Distributionand Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin Distributionand Ecology of Some ... Species of the Mekong River Basin Distributionand Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin 10 Distributionand Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of ... 11 Distributionand Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin 12 Distributionand Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin 13 Distribution...
... distributionand T½ – Free toxicant in equilibrium with bound and available for distributionand endpoint effect – Plasma concentration is a good indicator of toxicant concentration at site of ... shows the transfer of Pb between blood and other body tissues, or the elimination of Pb from the body altogether • Probability Distribution Component: shows a probability of a certain outcome ... receptors • Barriers that inhibit migration – Blood-brain and placental Principles of Environmental Distributionand Composition of Toxicology Body Fluid Components RBC PLASMA WATER 4.5% BONE 3L 3%...
... the creation of institutions or cultures that advocate the rule of law and the protection of human rights vi Globalization has a lot of benefits, however, it also has risks too First of all, globalization ... Everything has its pros and cons and globalization is not an exception In this essay, we will examine the benefits and risks of globalization, as well as personal view of the author if we should ... countries’ operation, for example, credits statues of governments and corporations all over the world are determined by Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s vii Second, many people also criticize globalization...
... indicator-CMT and California mastitis test andriskof violative antimicrobial residues Table Observed frequencies (%) of milk samples (n = 239) positive and negative for mastitis using the CMT, SCC, and ... ± standard error of the mean for cows in each group SCC = somatic cell count; CMT = California mastitis test; n = number of observations Table †Mean ± SEM of SCC and CMT in non -infected and ... sector of Kiambu District, Kenya pp 14- California mastitis test andriskof violative antimicrobial residues 18 PhD Thesis, University of Nairobi 1997 13 Osteras O, Edge V, Martin S Determinants of...
... beam of primary electrons did not penetrate other cells, layer of cells on a sheet of aluminium were analysed All measurements were made using an X-ray take-off angle of 45°, a measuring time of ... (% dry mass), powdered spruce needles and beech leaves were used as standards (CRM 100 and CRM 101 given by Community Bureau of Reference of the Commission of the European Com- munities) Chemical ... epidermis of NFA + 50 and in the endodermis The main changes in Istebna occurred in the endodermis, mesophyll and vascular bundle and in beech, they were in the parenchyma and vascular bundle and the...
... sum of items 4, 5, and 6), or total hypersomnia burden (the sum of items 22, 23, and 24) entered separately Gender and chronicity were added to the model since they were found to predict riskof ... laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism without adequate and stable replacement therapy; or had a history of nonresponse to an adequate trial of a SSRI (defined as a 4week trial of ≥ 40 mg of fluoxetine ... of relapse in MDD Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to explore the impact of residual sleep disturbance on the Page ofriskof relapse of MDD during the continuation/maintenance...
... localization of metastatic disease in patients with various kinds of malignancies The uptake of the FDG in the normal thyroid gland is homogenous andof low intensity; the normal thyroid gland is usually ... thyroid nodules and demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET/CT were 60% and 91% The positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the FDG-PET/ CT was 75% and 83% Jeong ... drafted the manuscript and contributed to conception and design BJC contributed to acquisition and analysis of data WCP, JSK and SSJ participated in the design of the study and revised ir critically...