OBJECTIVE To examine food concern (FC) and its associations with obesity and diabetes in a racially diverse, urban population. DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based survey. SETTING Five boroughs of New York City. SUBJECTS Lower-income adults (n 5981) in the 2004 New York City Community Health Survey. RESULTS The overall prevalence of obesity was 24 % and was higher among FC than non-F...

abstract background ulcerative colitis (uc) is characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation limited to the mucosal layer of the colon. calprotectin is a zinc and calcium binding protein derived from neutrophils and monocytes. it is easily detectable in tissue samples, body fluids, and stools, which makes it a potentially valuable marker of inflammation. the aim of the current study is to...

A finite compact (FC) difference scheme requiring only bi-diagonal matrix inversion is proposed by using the known high-resolution flux. Introducing TVD or ENO limiters in the numerical flux, several high-resolution FC-schemes of hyperbolic conservation law are developed, including the FC-TVD, third-order FC-ENO and fifth-order FC-ENO schemes. Boundary conditions formulated need only one unknow...

This paper will use the concept of clearly visible to obtain a Krasnosel'skii-type theorem for the dimension of the kernel of a starshaped set, and the following result will be proved: For each fc and n, 1 < k < n, let f(n,n) = n -\1 and /(n, fc) = 2n if 1 < fc < n — 1. Let S be a nonempty compact set in Rn. Then for a fc with 1 < fc < n, dim ker S > fc if and only if every f(n, fc) points of b...

ii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my wife Dr. Therese Bu Akl– for being a caring and supportive partner who made my life such a wonderful journey; to my daughters Maria and Yasmine– for their patience and love; and to my sister Susan and her husband Alex – for their kindness and support. Thank you. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. Joon Sang Lee for the vital ...

INTRODUCTION Faecal calprotectin (FC) has been proposed to be a biomarker of gastrointestinal (GI) disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The purpose of this study was to extend cross-sectional observations and prospectively assess the variability of FC over time in SSc patients. We also aimed to examine FC in relation to immunosuppressive therapy. Finally we wanted to analyse FC in other rheumat...

Walnut tree (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch) is a plant species showing ecological, social, and economic importance in México. The objective was to determine biomass productivity characterize the raw material briquettes obtained from walnut thinning pruning. variables evaluated were total height (TH), fresh (FB) dry (DB) per hectare (kg ha−1). Briquettes made by using both orchards. Labor...