Eating disorders are complex and serious psychiatric illnesses whose etiology includes psychological, biological, and social factors. Treatment of eating disorders is challenging as there are few evidence-based treatments and limited understanding of the mechanisms that result in sustained recovery. In the last 20 years, we have begun to identify neural pathways that are altered in eating disor...

The Australian hardwood plantation industry is challenged to identify profitable markets for the sale of its wood fibre. The majority of the hardwood plantations already established in Australia have been managed for the production of pulpwood; however, interest exists to identify more profitable and value-added markets. As a consequence of a predominately pulpwood-focused management regime, th...

The anti-suck-back ability of five new high-speed air turbine handpiece models was evaluated in this study. First, suck-back pressure with water displacement within a glass tube was measured. Next, under three different conditions, how many on-off times it takes before fluorescent stains became visible on a piece of gauze at the exhaust vent was counted and the presence of fluorescent stains on...

Structured diagnostic interviews were used to determine DSM-III-R axis I and II diagnoses among 136 female psychiatric inpatients. To distinguish comorbidity of eating disorders with axis I and II disorders from simple diagnostic overlap, the frequency and distribution of diagnoses among the 31 patients with an eating disorder and the 105 without an eating disorder were compared. Social phobia,...

Wind energy is presently the fastest growing renewable energy source in the world. However, the industry still experiences premature turbine component failures, which lead to increased operation and maintenance (O&M) costs and subsequently, increased cost of energy (COE). To make wind power more competitive, it is necessary to reduce turbine downtime and increase reliability. Condition monitori...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders in a large adolescent population of girls with and without ADHD. METHOD We estimated the incidence of lifetime eating disorders (either anorexia or bulimia nervosa) using Cox proportional hazard survival models. Comparisons between ADHD girls with and without eating disorders wer...

abstract background: eating disorder is one of the most common health problems with clinical and psychological consequences, which can affect body image in cancer patients. similar studies in this area for checking the status of this disorder and its relevance with body image in patients with cancer are limited. therefore, this study was designed with the aim of determination of eating disorder...

Over the last few decades, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has experienced rapid socio-cultural changes caused by accelerating economy Arabian Gulf region. This was associated with major in food choices and eating habits, which became progressively more “Westernized”. Such a “nutritional transition” been claimed to be responsible for rising rates overweight obesity recently observed among populat...