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Healthy lifestyles and body mass index as correlates of body image in primary schoolchildren [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Body image is a representation of the self that develops from an early age. Such representations are likely to be associated with lifestyle choices.Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between health ...
Calmeiro, Luis, Pereira, Carlos
core   +1 more source

Colchicine Concentrations and Relationship With Colchicine Efficacy and Adverse Events: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Colchicine for Gout Flare Prophylaxis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to examine the relationship between colchicine plasma concentrations and clinical and demographic factors and to determine the relationship between colchicine concentrations and colchicine efficacy and colchicine‐specific adverse events.
Lisa K. Stamp   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A memory-based gravitational search algorithm for solving economic dispatch problem in micro-grid

open access: yesAin Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
In recent years, the integration of renewable generation into micro-grid has been growing. Therefore, it is essential to optimize the power generation from multiple sources with minimal cost.
Zahraoui Younes   +3 more
doaj  

Hedgehog signaling and Bmi-1 regulate self-renewal of normal and malignant human mammary stem cells.

open access: yesCancer Research, 2006
The epithelial components of the mammary gland are thought to arise from stem cells with a capacity for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation. Furthermore, these cells and/or their immediate progeny may be targets for transformation. We have used
Suling Liu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Body mass index has risen more steeply in tall than in short 3-year olds: serial cross-sectional surveys 1988-2003 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objective: To monitor the changing relationship between body mass index ( BMI) and height in young children.Design: Annual cross-sectional surveys using health-visitor-collected routine data 1988 - 2003.Setting: Wirral, England.Participants: Fifty ...
Buchan, IE   +3 more
core  

Two‐Year Follow‐Up of a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The Plants for Joints (PFJ) intervention, including a whole‐food plant‐based diet, exercise, and stress reduction, reduced signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or metabolic syndrome–associated hip or knee osteoarthritis (MSOA) compared to usual care.
Carlijn A. Wagenaar   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is a fan coil unit (FCU) an efficient cooling system for net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs) in tropical regions? An experimental study on thermal comfort and energy performance of an FCU

open access: yesResults in Engineering, 2023
In tropical regions, the selection of an efficient cooling system is a prerequisite for energy-efficient and net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs), while fan coil unit (FCU) systems are commonly used to provide thermal comfort (TC) of the interior ...
M.M.S. Dezfouli   +5 more
doaj  

The good, the bad and the ugly of South African fatal road accidents

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2018
We reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of the fatal accidents occurring on South Africa’s roads. The cost of human lives indisputably equates to ‘the ugly’ and the economic cost of accidents associates with ‘the bad’.
Tanja Verster, Erika Fourie
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal consumption of artificially sweetened beverages during pregnancy is associated with infant gut microbiota and metabolic modifications and increased infant body mass index

open access: yesGut Microbes, 2021
Artificial sweetener consumption by pregnant women has been associated with an increased risk of infant obesity, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown.
Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Optimization of an EEG-Based Brain Machine Interface (BMI) to an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Stroke Survivors

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2016
This study demonstrates the feasibility of detecting motor intent from brain activity of chronic stroke patients using an asynchronous electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain machine interface (BMI).
N. Bhagat   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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