Although it is well established that maximal O(2) uptake (Vo(2 max)) declines from adulthood to old age, the role played by alterations in skeletal muscle is unclear. Specifically, because during whole body exercise reductions in convective O(2) delivery to the working muscles from adulthood to old age compromise aerobic performance, this obscures the influence of alterations within the skeleta...

The main objective of this Paper was to evaluate the outage cost due to system downtime (Turbine failure) of Egbin Thermal power station from the year 1999 to 2008. The result of the analysis carried out revealed that for the whole ten years under review that there was a power generation loss of 46 percent of the Installed capacity putting the performance of the power station at 54 percent. Fur...

Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) remains a major public health problem in the developing world. The aim of this study was to determine the current nutritional status and the influence of feeding practices and family characteristics on the nutritional status of under-five rural Nigerian children. It was conducted using a cross sectional, community based survey design. From 344 households, 420 c...

Background:Tenofovir is among the first-line treatments for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection. We evaluated the efficacy of Tenofovir in the treatment of Iranian adult patients with CHB. Methods: In a retrospective study, we evaluated 154 HBsAg positive patients referred to Sadoughi hospital in Yazd-Iran for treatment ...

PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the risk on development and persistence of constipation after hysterectomy. METHODS We conducted a prospective, observational, multicenter study with three-year follow-up in 13 teaching and nonteaching hospitals in The Netherlands. A total of 413 females who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease other than symptomatic uterine prolapse were inclu...