background the somatotype may influence the balance control ability. the quality of balance performance is an important factor to prevent injuries during sport activities. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of somatotype on the static and dynamic balance indices as well as falling risk index. patients and methods a total of 141 university student healthy young...

Differences in glucose metabolism between men and women have previously been reported. Our purpose was to determine if there is a gender difference in fasting hepatic glucose uptake (MRglu). Fifty-five patients (44 men, 11 women) referred for routine PET/CT using the glucose tracer 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), mainly for cancer, had dynamic imaging for 30 min immediately following in...

BACKGROUND Prepubescent children may oxidize fatty acids more readily than adults. Therefore, dietary fat needs would be higher for children compared with adults. The dietary fat recommendations are higher for children 4 to 18 yrs (i.e., 25 to 35% of energy) compared with adults (i.e., 20 to 35% of energy). Despite this, many parents and children restrict dietary fat for health reasons. METHO...

BACKGROUND Various studies have shown that the population densities of a number of forest vertebrates, such as orangutans, are higher on Sumatra than Borneo, and that several species exhibit smaller body sizes on Borneo than Sumatra and mainland Southeast Asia. It has been suggested that differences in forest fruit productivity between the islands can explain these patterns. Here we present a l...

See related article, p 2169. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare neurovascular disorder with a highly variable presentation and clinical course. The low incidence and incongruous presentation of CVT often lead to late diagnosis. The incidence of CVT has been reported as being between 2 and 5 million per year. A recent report suggested a much higher incidence (13 million person-years). In...

The two closest living relatives of humans, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), share many traits that are common in humans but rare in other mammals, including societies with high fission-fusion dynamics, male philopatry, female dispersal and extensive social bonding among unrelated individuals [1]. The major difference between these two species is that male aggression is...