scholarly journals Evaluation of a digital method to assess evening meal intake in a free-living adult population

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 5311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Dahl Lassen ◽  
Sanne Poulsen ◽  
Lotte Ernst ◽  
Klaus Kaae Andersen ◽  
Anja Biltoft-Jensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Population ◽  
Digital Method ◽  
Evening Meal ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Meal Intake ◽  
Living Adult

scholarly journals Dietary determinants of vitamin E status among a free‐living adult population

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeline B David ◽  
Ella Haddad ◽  
Karen Jaceldo‐Siegl
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Living Adult ◽  
Vitamin E Status

scholarly journals Estimation of ulna length as a predictor of height in Nepalese male adult population

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Rajendra Prasad Sah ◽  
Gopal Rana ◽  
Ravi Kumar Bhaskar
Keyword(s):  
Adult Population ◽  
Styloid Process ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Scatter Plot ◽  
Male Population ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Physical Description ◽  
Forensic Scientists ◽  
The Right ◽  
Living Adult

Introduction: Stature estimation from the skeletal remains bears immense importance for the anatomist, an­thropologist for the forensic experts. It is conventionally used long bones, the humerus, femur, tibia, etc. Ulna has also been used for the said purpose since 1952. An attempt was made to formulate a linear regression equation for the estimation of the stature of living adult population from the lengths of their ulna. Methods: This study was conducted in the M.B. Kedia Dental College Birgunj from January 2017 to December 2017and participants were chosen from among the patients and their attendants in the OPD. The height was measured from the crown to the heel and the length of the ulna was measured from the tip of the olecranon process to the tip of the styloid process. The documented data was calculated by the standard statistical software. Results: The parameters were tabulated and statistically analyzed. The correlation coefficient (r) was found to be 0.399 (p<0.001) for the left ulna with stature and it was 0.486 (p<0.001) for the right ulna with stature. Supportive regression equations and scatter-plot diagrams could successfully interpret the height from the ulna length of the adult male population. Conclusion: The ulna being almost a percutaneous bone, it can be used for the prediction of the height. The ulna length provides an accurate and reliable means in estimating the height of an individual. The regression formulae which were proposed in this study will be useful for clinicians, anatomists, archeologists, anthropologists and forensic scientists when such evidence provides the investigator the only op­portunity to gauge that aspect of an individual’s physical description.

Dietary Fiber and Lifestyle Influence Serum Lipids in Free Living Adult Men

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 649-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha N. Ballesteros ◽  
Rosa M. Cabrera ◽  
Maria S. Saucedo ◽  
Gloria M. Yepiz-Plascencia ◽  
M. Isabel Ortega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Fiber ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Living Adult

scholarly journals Thymus Ontogeny in Frogs: T-Cell Renewal at Metamorphosis

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise A. Rollins-Smith ◽  
Patrick J. Blair ◽  
A. Tray Davis
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Immune System ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Cell Renewal ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Larval Population ◽  
Unique Problem ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Thymus Ontogeny

Metamorphosis in amphibians presents a unique problem for the developing immune system. Because tadpoles are free-living, they need an immune system to protect against potential pathogens. However, at metamorphosis, they acquire a variety of new adultspecific molecules to which the tadpole immune system must become tolerant. We hypothesized thatXenopus laevistadpoles may avoid potentially destructive antiself responses by largely discarding the larval immune system at metamorphosis and acquiring a new one. By implanting triploid (3N) thymuses into diploid (2N) hosts, we examined the influx and expansion of host T-cell precursors in the donor thymus of normally metamorphosing and metamorphosis-inhibited frogs. We observed that donor thymocytes are replaced by host-derived cells during metamorphosis, but inhibition of metamorphosis does not prevent this exchange of cells. The implanted thymuses export T cells to the spleen. This donor-derived pool of cells declines after metamorphosis in normally developing frogs but is retained to a greater extent if metamorphosis is inhibited. These studies confirm previous observations of a metamorphosis-associated wave of expansion of T cells and demonstrate that it is not dependent on the relatively high concentrations of thyroid hormones required for metamorphosis. Although some larval T cells persist through metamorphosis, others may be destroyed or the larval population is significantly diluted by the expanding adult population.

The effect of non-immune stresses on the development of Strongyloides ratti

Parasitology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. CROOK ◽  
M. E. VINEY
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Host Immune Response ◽  
Natural Host ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Developmental Effects ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Living Adult

Strongyloides ratti is a parasitic nematode of rats. The host immune response against S. ratti affects the development of its free-living generation, favouring the development of free-living adult males and females at the expense of directly developing, infective 3rd-stage larvae. However, how the host immune response brings about these developmental effects is not clear. To begin to investigate this, we have determined the effect of non-immune stresses on the development of S. ratti. These non-immune stresses were subcurative doses of the anthelmintic drugs Ivermectin, Dithiazanine iodide and Thiabendazole, and infection of a non-natural host, the mouse. These treatments produced the opposite developmental outcome to that of the host immune response. Thus, in infections treated with subcurative doses of Ivermectin, Dithiazanine iodide and in infections of a non-natural host, the sex ratio of developing larvae became more female-biased and the proportion of female larvae that developed into free-living adult females decreased. This suggests that the mechanism by which the host immune response and these non-immune stresses affect S. ratti development differs.

scholarly journals Osteoporosis is a Predictive Factor for Nephrolithiasis in an Adult Free-Living Caucasian Population From Southern Italy: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study Based on a General Practice Database

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 446-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Rendina ◽  
Lanfranco D’Elia ◽  
Marco Evangelista ◽  
Gianpaolo De Filippo ◽  
Alfonso Giaquinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Predictive Factor ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
High Incidence

Abstract Osteoporosis and nephrolithiasis are common multifactorial disorders with high incidence and prevalence in the adult population worldwide. Both are associated with high morbidity and mortality if not correctly diagnosed and accurately treated. Nephrolithiasis is considered a risk factor for reduced bone mineral density. Aim of this retrospective longitudinal study was to evaluate if osteoporosis is a predictive factor for the nephrolithiasis occurrence. Free-living subjects referring to “COMEGEN” general practitioners cooperative operating in Naples, Southern Italy. Twelve thousand seven hundred ninety-four Caucasian subjects (12,165 female) who performed bone mineral density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and have a negative personal history for nephrolithiasis. Subjects aged less than 40 years or with signs or symptoms suggestive of secondary osteoporosis were excluded from the study. In a mean lapse of time of 19.5 months, 516 subjects had an incident episode of nephrolithiasis. Subjects with osteoporosis had an increased risk of nephrolithiasis than subjects without osteoporosis (Hazard Ratio = 1.33, 95% Confidence Interval 1.01–1.74, p = 0.04). Free-living adult subjects over the age of 40 with idiopathic osteoporosis have an increased risk of incident nephrolithiasis, suggesting the advisability of appropriate investigation and treatment of the metabolic alterations predisposing to nephrolithiasis in patients with osteoporosis. The study protocol was approved by the ASL Napoli 1 Ethical Committee, protocol number 0018508/2018

scholarly journals Strongyloses ratti and S. stercoralis: effects of cambendazole, thiabendazole and mebendazole in vitro

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
David I. Grove ◽  
Carolyn Northern
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Infective Larvae ◽  
In Vitro Incubation ◽  
Living Adult

The effects of in vitro incubation of three henzimidazole anthelmintics, thiabendazole, mebendazole and cambendazole on Strongyloides were compared. No drug affected hatching of S. ratti eggs or the viability of infective larvae or parasitic adult worms, but all three inhibited moulting of S. ratti larvae. In addition, cambendazole, but not thiabendazole or mebendazole, impaired the viability of S. ratti first- and second-stage larvae. The three drugs had no effect on isolated S. stercorais free-living adult worms, but they all prevented development of S. stercoralis rhabditiform larvae. Thiabendazole and mebendazole had no effect on the infectivity of either S. ratti or S. stercoralis infective larvae, but infection with these worms was abrogated by prior incubation with cambendazole. These results indicate that cambendazole acts in a different manner to the other two drugs. Since it is active against larvae migrating through the tissues, it is potentially of much greater value than thiabendazole or mebendazole in the therapy of strongyloidiasis.

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