Modeling based feasibility study has been performed on vascularized human skin model with the motivation to device a non-invasive and non-contact novel methodology to characterize the increasing subcutaneous fat thickness. The study considers an integrated model for human skin exposed to natural convection, local radiation, and evaporation due to sweating during thermal recovery phase after rem...

Commercial slaughter steers (n = 329) and heifers (n = 335) were selected to vary in slaughter frame size and muscle thickness score, as well as adjusted 12th rib fat thickness. After USDA carcass grade data collection, one side of each carcass was fabricated into boneless primals/subprimals and minor tissue components. Cuts were trimmed to 2.54, 1.27, and .64 cm of external fat, except for the...

Background: Skinfold thicknesses have long been considered important and valid measurements of subcutaneous fat. Nevertheless, there are no current skinfold reference data for US children and

AIMS To establish the normative data distribution of nuchal translucency (NT) thickness in Thai fetuses. METHODS A cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted among 6,455 women with singleton pregnancies and gestational age between 10 and 14 weeks. For each case, the fetal crown-rump length (CRL) and NT were measured by transabdominal ultrasound. Transvaginal ultrasounds were used in poor...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of lung disease characterized by progressive development of obstructed airflow and an increased chronic inflammatory response in the airways1. COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide2. The BODE index, is an important prognostic predictor of COPD, and is a multidimensional scoring system, combining information about variou...

Measurement of subcutaneous fat thickness with a skinfold caliper is a simple and inexpensive technique for assessment of body composition, but is influenced by the skin site or the obesity level. The resulting measurement errors may influence the prediction accuracy of body density. We therefore aimed to clarify the characteristics of measurement errors with a skinfold caliper and to determine...

Abstract The objective was to evaluate growth performance and estimates of body composition in offspring dams that consumed diets containing tall fescue seed with (E+) or without (E-) the toxic endophyte melatonin during mid-late gestation. Pregnant heifers (n = 57) artificially inseminated sex-sorted semen (X chromosome-bearing sperm) from a single Angus sire were administered dietary treatmen...