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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background The mechanisms explaining the positive relationship between television (TV) viewing and body mass index (BMI) are unclear. ‘Mindless eating’ and ‘physical activity displacement’ theories have been suggested, but have not been tested ...
Verity J. Cleland +5 more
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Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2014 The aim of this study was to compare the values obtained through methods directed to height and body weight estimates in relation to measurements taken from hospitalized adult. Study participants were 142 adults of both genders.
Ana Paula Ferreira Melo +3 more
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Validation and Invariance of the Dental Anxiety Scale in a Brazilian sample
Brazilian Oral Research: The aim of this study was to evaluate the properties of the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) when applied to Brazilian adults and to test its invariance across independent samples and different sociodemographic groups.
Fernanda Salloume Sampaio BONAFÉ +1 more
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Using a modified DEA model to estimate the importance of objectives. An application to agricultural economics. [PDF]
This paper shows a connection between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the methodology proposed by Sumpsi et al. (1997) to estimate the weights of objectives for decision makers in a multiple attribute approach.
Francisco J. André +2 more
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The accuracy of parent-reported height and weight for 6–12 year old U.S. children
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Previous studies have examined correlations between BMI calculated using parent-reported and directly-measured child height and weight. The objective of this study was to validate correction factors for parent-reported child measurements ...
Davene R. Wright +4 more
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Measurement of wound area for early analysis of the scar predictive factor
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2020 Objective: to evaluate the use of the 2D-FlexRuler as a facilitating tool for the early calculation of the predictive scar factor of chronic wounds. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative, experimental, longitudinal and prospective approach ...
Adriano Antonio Mehl +3 more
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An axiomatic approach to composite solutions [PDF]
We investigate a situation in which gains from cooperation are represented by a cooperative TU-game and a solution proposes a division of coalitional worths.
Claus-Jochen Haake, Dinko Dimitrov
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GMS German Medical Science, 2014 [english] Aim: To study associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), frequency of illness, and weight in primary school children in southern Germany.
Kesztyüs, Dorothea +7 more
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Endocrine and Metabolic ScienceNeck circumference is a low-cost and simple anthropometric measure that has been proven to accurately assess central obesity. However, evidence of its use and feasibility in low-resource settings is limited.
Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas +5 more
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Agreement in cardiovascular risk rating based on anthropometric parameters
Einstein (São Paulo)Objective To investigate the agreement in evaluation of risk of developing cardiovascular diseases based on anthropometric parameters in young adults.Methods The study included 406 students, measuring weight, height, and waist and neck circumferences ...
Endilly Maria da Silva Dantas +3 more
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