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Percent of body fat, fat-mass, fat-free mass and assessment of body composition among rural school-going children of Eastern-India

Anthropological Review, 2018
Percent of body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) are useful indicators for the assessment of body composition. The present study was conducted among 1351 children (boys: 660; girls: 691) aged 5-12 years residing in West Bengal, Eastern ...
Debnath Sampriti, Mondal Nitish, Sen Jaydip   +2 more
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Prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014
Introduction: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the peripheral and axial skeletal system, causing pain, arthritis, low back pain and functional incapacity.
Aref Hosseinian Amiri, Omid Sedighi
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Sorting suffixes of a text via its Lyndon Factorization

, 2013
The process of sorting the suffixes of a text plays a fundamental role in Text Algorithms. They are used for instance in the constructions of the Burrows-Wheeler transform and the suffix array, widely used in several fields of Computer Science.
Mantaci, Sabrina, Restivo, Antonio, Rosone, Giovanna, Sciortino, Marinella   +3 more
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Comparison of bioimpedance analysis and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in peritoneal diaysis patients according to edema

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2012
The change in difference between bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) according to edema is an important issue for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. We reviewed all adults who received PD.
Seok Hui Kang, Kyu Hyang Cho, Jong Won Park, Kyung Woo Yoon, Jun Young Do   +4 more
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Large-scale compression of genomic sequence databases with the Burrows-Wheeler transform

, 2012
Motivation The Burrows-Wheeler transform (BWT) is the foundation of many algorithms for compression and indexing of text data, but the cost of computing the BWT of very large string collections has prevented these techniques from being widely applied ...
A. J. Cox, Chen, Dewey, G. Rosone, Kozanitis, M. J. Bauer, T. Jakobi   +6 more
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3426 Increased Monounsaturated Fat Consumption is Associated with Improved Body Composition in Subjects with Obesity and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2019
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: We hypothesized that increasing percent calories from MUFA (%MUFA) would be associated an increased FFM/FM index. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Nine consecutive HFpEF patients with obesity participated in a 12-week pilot feasibility
Hayley Billingsley, Salvatore Carbone, Brando Rotelli, Dinesh Kadariya, Justin M. Canada, Roshanak Markley, Antonio Abbate   +6 more
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Comparative Efficacy of Formoterol Combined with Glycopyrronium versus Budesonide in Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomised Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a leading global health issue, often resulting from prolonged exposure to harmful particles or gases.
Madhav Mahawar, Keertivardhan D Kulkarni, BK Likhitha   +2 more
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Enhancing soil health and tobacco productivity with different organic amendments: evidence from a 7-year field experiment

Frontiers in Soil Science
Long-term organic fertilization is widely advocated to counteract soil fertility decline and nutrient imbalances in tobacco cropping systems. However, systematic research comprehensively evaluating the long-term effects of different organic fertilizers ...
Wei Yang, Wei Yang, Biao He, Junying Li, Ziyan Wang, Wenjie Tong, Bo Zhu, Zhihua Xiao, Xiaopeng Deng, Bin Wang   +9 more
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Comparison between bioelectrical impedance analysis and anthropometric indices in hypertensive patients

Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2018
Aim: Obesity is one of the most crucial challenges of contemporary medicine. Bioelectrical impedance analysis is a useful tool to identify individuals with increased fat mass. However, the equipment is relatively expensive, especially compared to basic
Paweł Krzesiński, Paweł Rozbicki, Ewelina Pałkowska-Goździk, Małgorzata Banak   +3 more
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Bone mineral content has stronger association with lean mass than fat mass among Indian urban adolescents

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015
Introduction: There are conflicting reports on the relationship of lean mass (LM) and fat mass (FM) with bone mineral content (BMC). Given the high prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in India, we planned the study to evaluate the relationship between LM ...
Raman K Marwaha, M K Garg, Kuntal Bhadra, Nikhil Tandon   +3 more
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