Association of sleep duration and sleep quality with body mass index among young adults
Background: It is evident from the research in recent years that short sleep has been found as a risk factor for obesity. However, we still need enough evidence in this field.
Preeti Gupta +4 more
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Central and Peripheral Obesity on Severity Knee Osteoarthritis
Background: Obesity can affect severity of knee osteoarthritis sufferers. Several studies have examined relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis, but no one has examined the different types of obesity on osteoarthritis, therefore, researchers ...
Refangga Lova Nusantara Efendi +2 more
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Screening for Acute Malnutrition Using Family Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Somali Region of Ethiopia [PDF]
Background: In spite of the decentralization of diagnosis and treatment of severe acute malnutrition from the strictly hospital-based approach for all cases to community-based approach, only about 10%-15% of the estimated 16.5 million children suffering ...
Olusola Oladeji +5 more
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Longer Cycles in Essentially 4-Connected Planar Graphs
A planar 3-connected graph G is called essentially 4-connected if, for every 3-separator S, at least one of the two components of G − S is an isolated vertex.
Fabrici Igor +3 more
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Ala54Thr Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 2 (FABP2) Polymorphism in Recurrent Depression: Associations with Fatty Acid Concentrations and Waist Circumference [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Fatty acid (FA)-alterations may mediate the mutual association between Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, etiology of observed FA-alterations in MDD and CVD remains largely unclear.
Assies, Johanna +7 more
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DEFINITION OF EARTHQUAKE FOCUS COORDINATES USING A COMBINED METHOD
Objectives. The aim of the study is to determine earthquake hypocentres with the simultaneous use of both the sphere and hyperboloid methods of calculation, providing minimal possible error due to the appropriate choice of seismic sensors.Method.
T. G. Aslanov
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Sexual dimorphism in body parameters of the golden jackal Canis Aureus L., 1758 ( Carnivora, Canidae ) in the Sarnena Sredna gora mountain and Thracian plain ( Bulgaria ) [PDF]
The study was conducted in the area of the Sarnena Sredna Gora Mountain and the Thracian Plain in period 1996-2014. On a total of 262 golden jackals (Canis aureus L., 1758) (119 males and 143 females) thirteen somatometric parameters were measured.
E. Raichev +6 more
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Correlation between body mass index and waist circumference in Nigerian adults: implication as indicators of health status [PDF]
Background. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Waist circumference has been advanced as a useful parameter for measuring adiposity. This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI)
Afolabi , Israel Sunmola +7 more
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Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects. [PDF]
Objective (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables.
AURIEMMA, RENATA SIMONA +7 more
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(1) Background: Technically, a simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive method of ascertaining volume changes in thoracic and abdominal cavities are required to expedite the development and validation of pulmonary mechanics models.
Ella F. S. Guy +4 more
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