The purpose of this study was to examine the neighborhood environment and the association with weight change among overweight/obese individuals in the first six months of a 12-month weight loss intervention, EMPOWER, from 2011 to 2015. Measures of the neighborhood environment included neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood income, and neighborhood food retail stores density (e.g., grocer...

The therapeutic activity of intramuscular (IM) peramivir was evaluated in mice infected with a recombinant influenza A/WSN/33 virus containing the H275Y neuraminidase (NA) mutation known to confer oseltamivir resistance. Regimens consisted of single (90 mg/kg of body weight) or multiple (45 mg/kg daily for 5 days) IM peramivir doses that were initiated 24 h or 48 h postinfection (p.i.). An oral...

Nikkomycin Z was tested both in vitro and in vivo for efficacy against Histoplasma capsulatum. Twenty clinical isolates were tested for susceptibility to nikkomycin Z in comparison to amphotericin B and itraconazole. The median MIC was 8 microg/ml with a range of 4 to 64 microg/ml for nikkomycin Z, 0.56 microg/ml with a range of 0.5 to 1.0 microg/ml for amphotericin B, and < or =0.019 microg/ml...

In 2012, NIST standardized SHA-512/224 and SHA-512/256, two truncated variants of SHA-512, in FIPS 180-4. These two hash functions are faster than SHA-224 and SHA-256 on 64-bit platforms, while maintaining the same hash size and claimed security level. So far, no third-party analysis of SHA-512/224 or SHA-512/256 has been published. In this work, we examine the collision resistance of step-redu...

A series of new N-(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)- and N-(2,3,5-trimethylphenoxy)alkylaminoalkanols [I-XVII] was synthesized and evaluated for anticonvulsant activity. Pharmacological tests included maximal electroshock (MES) and subcutaneous pentetrazole seizure threshold (scMet) assays as well as neurotoxicity (TOX) evaluation in mice after intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration and/or in rats after ora...

For studying the effects of different levels of testosterone propionate on growth, survival and sex-ratio, five different doses such as 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 mg hormone per kg feed were administered to 5-day old Clarias gariepinus fry through diet for a period of 40 days. The growth performance in terms of weight and length gain of the fry receiving 100 and 75 mg hormone per kg feed were signifi...

BACKGROUND Although the detrimental effect of overweight and obesity has been extensively reported in Western populations, little is known on the association between body weight, weight change and mortality in Asian populations whose weight distribution and mortality differ considerably from the West. METHODS A cohort of 75 868 subjects aged 35 years and above, participants of the Trivandrum ...

BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common outcomes of obesity and is characterized by the accumulation of triglycerides, increased tissue apoptosis, and fibrosis. NAFLD is more common among elderly than in younger age groups, and it causes serious hepatic complications. OBJECTIVE In this study, alcalase treatment derived potato protein hydrolysate (APPH) w...

This study aimed to determine the effect of giving various doses fermented cassava peel by local microorganisms (MOL) on percentage carcasses male sheep. The research was carried out at Mr. Praditya Raharja's Ranch, Jalan Bunga Rinte, Simpang Selayang, Medan, from December 16, 2019 March 8, 2020 using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 5 replications. used 20 sheep an av...

Twelve genotypes of bread wheat, with four levels nitrogen (0, 75, 150, 225 kg N ha-1). were grown in split block design three replication growing season (2021), correlation, phenotypic and genotypic coefficient variation, heritability genetic advance estimated for (days 75% flowering, plant height, grain filling, yield, number spike/plant, spike length, weight, flag leaf area, biomes, protein ...