OBJECTIVE The present paper describes a model for public health nutrition practice designed to facilitate practice improvement and provide a step-wise approach to assist with workforce development. DESIGN The bi-cycle model for public health nutrition practice has been developed based on existing cyclical models for intervention management but modified to integrate discrete capacity-building ...

To avoid edge contact and stress concentration on the tooth surface of hypoid gear pairs machined by duplex helical method for drive axle heavy-duty vehicles, a four-segment tool profile was designed simultaneous modification concave convex surfaces pinion. First, geometric model established. Second, mathematical based established, solving generated connecting points presented. Finally, loaded ...

an attempt was made to investigate the thermal and residual stress distribution in a novel three layer (la 2 zr 2 o 7 / 8ysz/ nicraly) during a real-like heating regime which includes heating, service time and final cooling. for achieving maximum accuracy and consistency in calculation of thermal and mechanical properties of hybrid coating system, all related andrequired properties were introdu...

constipation isa common clinical problem that can be functional or organic in origin. thiscondition sometimes overlaps with irritable bowel syndrome. initially, theclinician should differentiate between true and false constipation by clinicaland preclinical evidence such as colonic transit time. numerous patients believethat all defecation problems are called constipation and use laxatives with...

Nutritional and motor individuality vary significantly among human subjects, and their mutal relationship is decisive for a desirable energy balance and turnover with regard to body composition, physical fitness level and health. Early establishment of optimal individualities, with regard to genetic, epigenetic and other factors which influence the organism early in life is desirable for a posi...

PURPOSE Health promotion and disease prevention activities tailored to people with disabilities are crucial to fulfilling the goals articulated in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We propose a conceptual model to facilitate design and evaluation of health promotion strategies across the life course of people with disabilities. Components of the model, described as planes of experience...

OBJECTIVE To provide a simple method for presentation of data in comparative dietary trials. METHODS Individual data from each diet are ranked and all possible paired comparisons are made and displayed in a pay-off matrix which can be color-coded according to the magnitude of the differences between the two diets. Probability of outcome can be calculated from the fraction of matrix elements c...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to examine the daily variations in sales data for individual food items in a supermarket and to assess the usefulness of the computerized sales data of supermarkets for reliable monitoring and evaluation of shopping behaviour. DESIGN Longitudinal observational study. SETTING The study was carried out in one supermarket in Mikkeli, Finland. Seventy-nine pac...

Germline Gene Editing (GGE) has enormous potential both as a research tool and a therapeutic intervention. While other types of gene editing are relatively uncontroversial, GGE has been strongly resisted. In this article, we analyse the ethical arguments for and against pursuing GGE by allowing and funding its development. We argue there is a strong case for pursuing GGE for the prevention of d...