Objectives. To investigate whether lifestyle-only intervention in obese children who maintain or lose a modest amount of weight redistributes parameters of body composition and reverses metabolic abnormalities. Study Design. Clinical, anthropometric, and metabolic parameters were assessed in 111 overweight or obese children (CA of 11.3± 2.8 years; 63 females and 48 males), during 8 months of li...

Sacramento Wash 005 (SaW) 005, Meteorite Hills 00428 (MET) 00428, and Mount Howe 88403 (HOW) 88403 are S-rich Fe,Ni-rich metal meteorites with fine metal structures and homogeneous troilite. We compare them with the H-metal meteorite, Lewis Cliff 88432. Phase diagram analyses suggest that SaW 005, MET 00428, and HOW 88403 were liquids at temperatures above 1350 C. Tridymite in HOW 88403 constra...

This report discusses various aspects of undergraduate cross-registration procedures, including the dimensions, values, roles and functions, basic assumptions, and facilitating and encouragment of crow: registration. Dimensions of cross-registration encompass financial exchange, eligibility, program limitations, type of grade and credit; extent of participation, academic requirements, and appro...

In this paper, existence and uniqueness of solutions to two-point boundary value problem associated with the non-linear kronecker product Lyapunov system on time scales are derived. These generalize the results obtained for two-point boundary value problems involving kronecker products. Bartles-Stewart algorithm and a modified QR-algorithm are presented for solving the system of equations invol...

The purpose of this study was to examine self-reinforcement as an agent of behavior change with children who were deficient in desired attention behaviors. Twenty three first and second grade school children were taught through external reinforcement procedures to raise their level of attention on a simple discrimination task. Subjects in one group were then taught to manage their cwn reinforce...

Results 12 patients with idiopathic uveitis were enrolled in this study. 10 of them were female and 2 were male. The youngest patient was a 7-year-old child and the oldest was 57. The most common complaints of patients was blurred vision and then eye redness. One patient was heterozygous for Wt/R761H in the MEFV genetic analyses. Genetic analysis of 12 most common MEFV mutations in the patients...

1. Modification of parameters in Biome Property Look-Up Table (BPLUT) to agree with GPP derived from measurements at eddy flux towers and synthesized NPP. 2. Alteration of growth respiration module in the collection 004 to make it is 25% of annual NPP, rather than being dependent on the annual maximum LAI. 3. Replacement of the constant Q10 quotient of 2.0 for vegetation maintenance respiration...

Background Serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX - a marker bone resorption) and ACPA titer have been associated to higher erosive score in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) lower mineral density (BMD), even patients with pre-arthritis. Prominent inflammatory status cannot totally explain such association. The interplay between ACPA, disease activity, BMD CTX is still unclear. Objectives...

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study characterized the safety and pharmacological properties of AVI-005, a novel glycosylated recombinant human interferon-alpha2b produced from the egg whites of chickens transfected with human cDNA. METHODS 18 healthy volunteers received single subcutaneous rising doses (0.5, 1.66 or 5 million international units, MIU) of AVI-005. A randomized parallel comparator group...

Zeolites containing Zn in their frameworks are promising materials for ion-exchange and catalysis because of their unique ion-exchange capabilities and characteristic Lewis acidity. However, expensive organic compounds often required in their synthesis can prevent their practical uses. Here, a facile organic-free synthesis route for new zincoaluminosilicate zeolites having MOR topology, in whic...