We propose an algorithm for deriving surface specific information from a multitemporal thermal data set with a simple model of the diurnal temperature curve. Based on an analytic solution of the heat conduction equation (Price 1977) this algorithm allows the determination of the thermal inertia and of the linearization coefficients of the outgoing heatfluxes for each pixel of a multitemporal th...

OBJECTIVE The paper presents a new trend of weight-for-height index of 2397 school children (1268 boys and 1129 girls) aged 6.5-11.5 years by sex in a representative sample from primary schools of Shiraz (Southern Iran) at an interval of 15 years (1988-2003) and its relation to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data (2000). METHODS The data relate to a multi-stage random sam...

Lipid-deprived mice increase alveolar surfactant disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DSPtdCho) synthesis compared with mice fed a standard diet by increasing expression of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT), the rate-limiting enzyme for DSPtdCho synthesis. We previously observed that lipid deprivation increases mRNA synthesis for CCT [Ryan, McCoy, Mathur, Field and Mallampalli (2000) J....

The aim of this study was to evaluate sex difference in the prevalence and risk factors for asymptomatic cholelithiasis in Korean health screening examinees.Examinees who underwent examination through health promotion center at 5 hospitals of Daegu-Gyeongbuk province in 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. All examinees were checked for height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure, an...

We report a comprehensive large-scale expression profiling analysis of mammalian male germ cells undergoing mitotic growth, meiosis, and gametogenesis by using high-density oligonucleotide microarrays and highly enriched cell populations. Among 11,955 rat loci investigated, 1268 were identified as differentially transcribed in germ cells at subsequent developmental stages compared with total te...

The long-term hemodynamic effects of a high dietary sodium intake were studied in 10 young normal subjects. After a 4-day diet of 10mEq of sodium and 60 mEq of potassium per day the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was 82.3 +/- 15.1 mmHg, the cardiac index (CI) was 2.32 +/- 0.69 liter/min/m2, and total peripheral resistance (TPR) was 1778 +/- 947 dyne sec cm-5. After 4 to 6 days of 200 mEq of...

Rivera-Ch, Maria, Alfredo Gamboa, Fabiola LeónVelarde, Jose-Antonio Palacios, David F. O’Connor, and Peter A. Robbins. Selected Contribution: High-altitude natives living at sea level acclimatize to high altitude like sea-level natives. J Appl Physiol 94: 1263–1268, 2003. First published November 27, 2002; 10.1152/japplphysiol.00857. 2002.—Sea-level (SL) natives acclimatizing to high altitude (...

M.T. Bardo et al. (eds.), Inhibitory Control and Drug Abuse Prevention: From Research to Translation, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1268-8_11, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Moving beyond studies of age differences in “cool” cognitive processes related to risk perception and reasoning, new approaches to understanding adolescent risk behavior highlight the influence of “hot” socia...

Hematoporphyrin derivative and light in the presence of cysteine or glutathione were found to convert oxygen to superoxide and hydrogen peroxide at pH less than approx. 6.5, while at pH greater than 6.5 no superoxide or hydrogen peroxide production was observed. However, at pH values greater than 6.5 the rate of oxygen consumption increased. This rate paralleled the acid dissociation curve of t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined intervention to reduce inappropriate hospital stays. DESIGN Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test with a non-equivalent control group. SETTING Three teaching hospitals in the National Health System in Alicante, Spain. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Intervention group (2 Surgical Units with 1451 hospital stays) and control group (1 Surgical Unit wi...