Child undernutrition in affluent societies: what are we talking about? [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper we set out to explore the prevalence of child undernutrition found in community studies in affluent societies, but a preliminary literature review revealed that, in the absence of a gold standard method of diagnosis, the prevalence largely ...
Ada L. Garcia +6 more
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BODY MASS INDEX AND HEAD DIAMETERS OF FIFTH GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOLCHILDREN IN NIS [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2007 Body mass index, as proposed by World Health Organisation, is a measure which is widely used, particulary in the assessment of obesity, but it is also used in evaluation of body development.
Tijana Purenović
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 IntroductionAn association between weight status and migraine has been previously reported; however, this relationship has only been studied in adults, not in the paediatric population.ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between weight status and ...
Carlos Quispe-Vicuña +11 more
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Application of a Mamdani-type fuzzy rule-based system to segment periventricular cerebral veins in susceptibility-weighted images [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents an algorithm designed to segment veins in the periventricular region of the brain in susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance images. The proposed algorithm is based on a Mamdani-type fuzzy rule-based system that enables enhancement
Aymerich Martínez, Francisco Javier +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundMost studies have focused on overweight/obesity and its secular trend, with insufficient studies on the factors influencing thinness and trends recently.
Chengyue Li +5 more
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Thin-Film Metamaterials Called Sculptured Thin Films [PDF]
, 2010 Morphology and performance are conjointed attributes of metamaterials, of which sculptured thin films (STFs) are examples. STFs are assemblies of nanowires that can be fabricated from many different materials, typically via physical vapor deposition onto rotating substrates.
Lakhtakia, Akhlesh +1 more
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Body mass index in children and its relation with socio-economic factors in West-Azerbaijan, Iran
Chronic Diseases Journal, 2018 BACKGROUND: By the epidemiological transition, most of the developing countries still have malnutrition problem as well as different levels of obesity and overweight as most important risk factors of non-communicable and chronic diseases. Body mass index
Seyedeh Fereshteh Hosseini +1 more
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Characteristics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients With a Low Body Mass Index: Emphasis on the Obstruction Site Determined by Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Objectives This study aimed to elucidate the patterns of upper airway collapse in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with a low body mass index (BMI). Methods We designed and conducted a retrospective cohort study. Consecutive patients diagnosed with
Hyun-Jae Woo +7 more
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Universal Taylor series, conformal mappings and boundary behaviour [PDF]
, 2013 A holomorphic function f on a simply connected domain {\Omega} is said to possess a universal Taylor series about a point in {\Omega} if the partial sums of that series approximate arbitrary polynomials on arbitrary compacta K outside {\Omega} (provided ...
Gardiner, Stephen J.
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Understanding the role of perfectionism in adult expectations of dietary restriction and thinness
Gülhane Tıp DergisiAims: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between perfectionism and expectations of thinness and dietary restriction in adults. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with adults 18-65 years old.
Emine Merve Ekici +2 more
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