Note on weighing out fats

Note on Weighings Carried Out on the NBS - 2 Balance

The Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards features advances in measurement methodology and analyses consistent with the NBS responsibility as the nation's measurement science laboratory. It includes reports on instrumentation for making accurate and precise measurements in fields of physical science and engineering, as well as the mathematical models of phenomena which enable ...

On circulant weighing matrices

Algebraic techniques are employed to obtain necessary conditions for the existence of certain circulant weighing matrices. As an application we rule out the existence of many circulant weighing matrices. We study orders n = 8 +8+1, for 10 ~ 8 ~ 25. These orders correspond to the number of points in a projective plane of order 8.

A Coat Effect Observed in Mice When Fed with Fats under Certain Conditions. (A Preliminary Note)

Saturated fats

The Heart of Mersey cardiovascular disease prevention programme in the UK Launched in 2003, following a visit to Finland, the Heart of Mersey (HoM) cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme aims to improve the health of the local population through structural changes at regional, national and European level.(1) Based on the evidence (ie raised blood cholesterol and blood pressure, and t...

Facts on fats: what are the implications?

We are delighted to see a cross-discipline review article by Chong, Sinclair and Guymer appearing in this issue of CEO (‘Facts on fat’, pp. 464–471). As the authors anticipate, this review provides valuable information to readers of the Journal, who are mostly ophthalmologists. We also believe that this cross-discipline review article will enable readers to better understand the roles of dietar...