We determined selected risk factors for the metabolic syndrome and assessed the metabolic risk status (using IDF criteria) of third-year physiology students at Stellenbosch University (88 males and 178 females). Outcome measures included anthropometry [body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio], blood pressure (BP), resting pulse rate, and fasting blood glucose, total chole...

In this research initialization of the student model in a Socially Intelligent Tutoring System (SITS) by means of the Five-Factor Model of personality (Big Five) is considered. Where applicable, using the Five-Factor Model inventory provides for “getting to know the stranger (student)”. The student model this paper is based on is the one described by Heylen et al. While part of the student mode...

background: group b streptococcus is regarded as a potential factor for adverse outcomes of pregnancy such as preterm birth. objective: to study the association of maternal vaginal colonization with group b streptococcus (gbs) and preterm labor. materials and methods: from april 2005 to may 2006, vaginal culture for gbs were conducted in 101 laboring women with a gestational age of 24-37 weeks ...

purpose: the objective of this study was to identify possible risk factors associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (poag). methods: a case-control study included patients seen at rasoul-akram hospital ophthalmology clinic. cases were consecutive patients with confirmed unilateral or bilateral poag presented during the study period. controls were a random sample of all other patients aged 30...

This study aimed to present a model for portfolio risk premium assessment of companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to achieve this purpose, monthly data of 150 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2007-2017 was used. In this study, the predictive powers of FamaFrench three-factor model [11], Carhart four-factor model [1], Fama - French five-factor model [24], Brousseau...

This paper is aimed at determining of the effect of subjective measures of web service usability on its objective measures. Using these results by appropriate design of web system its usability can be improved. A checklist combining the dimensions of web service usability and web service quality is proposed. For determining the subjective measures with the highest and lowest contribution to web...

Trevor I. Smith, Donald B. Mountcastle, and John R. Thompson Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of STEAM Education, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA (Received 29 September 2014; published 23 ...

We have developed a Web-delivered, multimedia health educational program, Student Bodies. designed to improve body satisfaction, a probable risk factor for the development of eating disorders in young women. The program includes psycho-educational content and a newsgroup for communication, and is delivered in a structured framework of weekly readings, assignments and postings to the newsgroup. ...