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$μ$-model for the statics of dry granular medium [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2006
We propose the description of the granular matter which is based on distribution of dry friction coefficients. Using such a concept and a simple one-dimensional packing of grains we solve the silo problem. The friction coefficients at contacts are determined both by geometry of packing configuration and the stress distribution in a medium.
arxiv  

Overweight in Children [PDF]

open access: green, 1921
William R. P. Emerson
openalex   +1 more source

Maternal and familial correlates of anthropometric typologies in the nutrition transition of Colombia, 2000–2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Q2Q1Objective: We aimed to assess the maternal and family determinants of four anthropometric typologies at the household level in Colombia for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. Design: We classified children
Brownson, Ross C   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Neck circumference: Independent predictor for overweight and obesity in adult population

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2017
Background: Neck circumference (NC) measurement, an index of upper body fat (BF) distribution, seems promising as a community-based screening measure for overweight and obesity in want of evidence on its validity as a screener.
Madhur Verma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1992
BACKGROUND Overweight in adults is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In contrast, the long-term effect of overweight in adolescence on morbidity and mortality is not known.
A. Must   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Techniques: A review and current trends [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2008
Diabetes mellitus is a complex group of syndromes that have in common a disturbance in the body's use of glucose, resulting in an elevated blood sugar. Once detected, sugar diabetes can be controlled by an appropriate regimen that should include diet therapy, a weight reduction program for those persons who are overweight, a program of exercise and ...
arxiv  

Changes in the nutritional status of Bolivian women 1994-1998: demographic and social predictors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Introduction: Bolivia, as one of the poorest Latin American countries, has dealt with the problems of undernutrition for the last 50 y. Little importance has been given to the increase in overweight and obesity among the population, despite the ...
Kolsteren, Patrick   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Features of the Course and Control of Bronchial Asthma among Schoolchildren with Overweight

open access: yesMìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2015
The study of clinical features and identification of inflammatory markers in the bronchi of 52 schoolchildren with overweight and bronchial asthma has been carried out.
L.A. Ivanova
doaj   +1 more source

Expert Software for the Determination of Juvenile People's Obesity [PDF]

open access: yesAnn. Univ. Tibiscus, Comp. Sci. Series 6 (2008), 113-120, 2009
Keeping the health condition at the juvenile population is the concern of both the medical staff and the physical education teachers. Considering the steady tendency of the growth of the number of the youth with excessive weight (overweighted or obese) the intervention to combat this phenomenon must be initiated in the early stage when this condition ...
arxiv  

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