BACKGROUND As childhood obesity increases in the U.S., the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) can be assumed to be increasing in the pediatric population as well. To date, there is lack of information on the most prevalent risk factors of MS in children and the patterns of risk factors present in children met the criteria for MS. METHODS Anthropometric and medical data of children 2-18 years old of a na...

aim of this research was evaluated and compared of density (number tree per hectare), basal area and volume characteristics for estimation of tree species diversity in degraded forests. in order to, 73 hectares of kouhmian forests was inventory based on random systematic pattern with circular plots (10r and 26 plots). in each plot species, dbh and number of tree were measured and recorded. to e...

background: in patients with acute ischemic cerebral infarction, thrombolytic therapy using intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (iv?tpa) necessitates precise documentation of symptoms’ onset. the aim of this study was to identify major barriers related to the iv?tpa injection in such patients. materials and methods: between 2014 and 2015, patients with definitive diagnosis of acute cerebra...

A positive correlation between human population density and species richness has been recorded across the tropics. Here I investigate whether this correlation holds true for Europe. Analyses reveal a positive correlation between human population density and plant (rho = 0.505), mammal (rho = 0.471) and reptile and amphibian (rho = 0.556) species richness. The results are largely concordant with...

Habitat fragmentation may interrupt trophic interactions if herbivores and their specific parasitoids respond differently to decreasing connectivity of populations. Theoretical models predict that species at higher trophic levels are more negatively affected by isolation than lower trophic level species. By combining ecological data with genetic information from microsatellite markers we tested...

The electric organ of Torpedo has been stimulated with 1800 pulses at 0.1 Hz to produce biochemical and morphological heterogeneity of its synaptic vesicle population. This was verified by biochemical and morphometric analyses of the synaptic vesicle population isolated by sucrose density gradient zonal separation following stimulation. Biochemical or metabolic heterogeneity was verified using ...

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a disorder which is composed of several metabolic abnormalities: glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, obesity and hypertension. PCOS which is characterized by menstrual irregularities and hyperandrogenism, is a common endocrinological disorder in female reproductive age. The prevalence of the syndrome is 5-10%. Insulin resistance is a common feature of the PCOS (...