Drugs and life style choices such as alcohol consumption and smoking are capable of independently altering levels of essential trace elements as well as tissue or organ function. The purpose of the study is to determine how differences in degree of exposure to cigarette smoke and alcohol consumption will alter serum magnesium (Mg), Cobalt (Co) and Manganese (Mn) levels in female subjects using ...

Jame's rule proposes a direct relationship between body size and altitude. There are several studies about this rule; however, few studies analyze proportional changes in body parts along gradients. The morphological variation of Agelaia pallipes (Olivier) in five sites along an altitudinal gradient (2600-3380 m) in the Santuario de Iguaque, Colombia, were studied in order to test whether or no...

Learning media play an essential role in the development of students' skills. However, use learning remains low, particularly developing critical and creative thinking This study aims to analyze increase skills fifth-grade students participating using picture storybook media. was quasi-experimental utilized pre- post-test designs. The subjects this were 50 a elementary school cluster IV Sintang...

BACKGROUND The complex mechanism of nicotine dependency makes it challenging to evaluate dependence or progress towards dependence. The aim of this study was to estimate nicotine dependence levels and identify determinants of dependence among Chinese rural-urban migrants. METHODS Multi-stage systematic sampling was used to select 4,198 rural-urban migrants aged 18 years or older from three me...

of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Science. ANALYSIS OF KNEE MECHANICS DURING THE SQUAT EXERCISE: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FEMALES AND MALES By Francis Arlington Forde May 2005 Chairman: John Chow Major Department: Applied Physiology and Kinesiology The purpose of this study was to analyze the ...

BACKGROUND Around the world, beans and rice are commonly consumed together as a meal. With type 2 diabetes increasing, the effect of this traditional diet pattern on glycemic response has not been studied fully. METHODS We evaluated the glycemic response of bean and rice traditional meals compared to rice alone in adults with type 2 diabetes. Seventeen men and women with type 2 diabetes contr...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this laboratory study was to evaluate the effect of acidic pH on the sealing ability of calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement and mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) apical plugs. METHODS AND MATERIALS Seventy single-rooted human maxillary anterior teeth were recruited. The teeth were randomly divided into 4 experimental groups (n=15), and 1 negative and 1 positive co...

Methods 30 males (22.5 yrs; 81.1 kg) ingested either leucine (60 mg/kg/bw), BCAA (120 mg/kg/bw), or placebo. Supplementation was ingested at 3 time points (1/3 of the total dosage at each time point): 30 minutes prior to RE, and immediately preand post-RE. The subjects performed 4 sets of leg press and leg extension at 80% 1 RM to failure. Rest periods between sets and exercises were approx. 15...

Regardless of its form, the coingestion of cocaine (COC) and ethanol is still a very important problem in drug abuse. The formation of the transesterification byproduct, cocaethylene (CE), which has lower LD50 has led to the idea that the combination of the two drugs is more toxic (lethal) than just cocaine individual response and that smaller concentrations of the drug concentration should be ...

The purpose of the study is to examine healthy eating habits of the population of Serbia through three dimensions: knowledge, problems, and feelings as well as to determine whether there are any differences between genders and among different age-groups. The research instrument was an Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ) which consisted of 35 items. There were 382 respondents involved in the study...