BACKGROUND No study has been undertaken on people of Asian Indian origin to investigate the age and sex variation in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. OBJECTIVES To investigate the age and sex variation in the prevalence of CVD risk factors among the people of Asian Indian origin. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 682 (302 males and 380 females) participants aged 2...

To enhance the production efficiency of ring spinning and reduce the tension in the spinning process, the system which installed the balloon control ring on the ring spinning machine to control the balloon configuration of the yarn in the spanning process and control the tension in the spinning process was designed in the article. The system is the automatic control system based on PLC (Program...

BACKGROUND The accurate measurement of physical activity is crucial to understanding the relationship between physical activity and disease prevention and treatment. OBJECTIVE The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the activPAL physical activity monitor in measuring step number and cadence. METHODS The ability of the activPAL monitor to measure ...

As a result of the production powder processing causes lot dust around machine and factory. This course can cause pollution. Dust needs to be collected using Collector (DC) machine. The controller on DC at PT. xxx is often damaged in control unit requires repairs cost Rp. 5,000,000 per unit. In facts there are about 10 units machines PT.xxx that must work all. Because their controllers, mainten...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to examine blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol levels among centenarians in Australia, and to compare the relationship between these biological parameters with cognitive and functional status. METHODS We performed BP (n = 142) and cholesterol (n = 67) measurements using the Omron automated sphygmomanometer (Omron Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia) and...

BACKGROUND Free blood pressure (BP) checks offered by community pharmacies provide a potentially useful opportunity to diagnose and/or manage hypertension, but the accuracy of the sphygmomanometers in use is currently unknown. AIM To assess the accuracy of validated automatic BP monitors used for BP checks in a UK retail pharmacy chain. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional, observational stud...