OBJECTIVE To examine changes in risk factors in overweight and obese Hispanic children at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We recruited 128 overweight/obese Hispanic children with a family history of type 2 diabetes primarily from clinics in East Los Angeles. Children were evaluated annually for 4 years with an oral glucose tolerance test, applying American...

environmental pollution with heavy metals is a global disaster that is related tohuman activities. this study was conducted to determine the extent of heavy metalsaccumulation by plant species in lia industrial city (qazvin, iran) and to investigate theremediative capacity of native plant species grown in the contaminated soils. soil andindustrial wastewater sampling was done radially along tra...

This paper introduces an innovative Bayesian machine learning algorithm to draw interpretable inference on heterogeneous causal effects in the presence of imperfect compliance (e.g., under irregular assignment mechanism). We show, through Monte Carlo simulations, that proposed Causal Forest with Instrumental Variable (BCF-IV) methodology outperforms other techniques tailored for discovering and...

Uptakes of o-chlorophenol (CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP), trichloroethylene (TCE), and atrazine (ATR), as single and mixed contaminants, by roots and shoots of rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) from hydroponic solutions were measured following a 48-h exposure of plant roots. As single contaminants, the concentrations of CP, DCP, and ATR in rice roots and shoots increased significantly with incre...

The aim of the study was to compare the phytoextraction abilities of six tree species (Acer platanoides L., Acer pseudoplatanus L., Betula pendula Roth, Quercus robur L., Tilia cordata Miller, Ulmus laevis Pall.), cultivated on mining sludge contaminated with arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), thallium (Tl), and zinc (Zn). All six tree species were able to survive on such an un...

This investigation analyzed the Zn-bioaccumulation kinetics in the abalone Haliotis diÕersicolor supertexta and in the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui for assessing bioconcentration and biomagnification in an aquacultural system. Laboratory exposure experiments estimated Ž . uptake and depuration rate constants i.e., k and k , respectively of H. diÕersicolor supertexta 1 2 Ž . via ...

This study provides adsorption and diffusion data of selenite on Boda Claystone Formation (BCF) which is a potential host rock deep geological disposal high-level radioactive waste. The experiments were performed two diverse core samples: one albitic claystone sample characteristic for the entire BCF pyrite containing sparsely occurring in BCF. carried out under atmospheric conditions. Batch to...