We provide in this paper a pair of properties that are both necessary and sufficient to characterize the domain of single-peaked preference profiles. This characterization allows for a definition of single-peaked preference profiles without using an ad-hoc unlerlying order of the alternatives and also sheds light on the structure of single-peaked profiles. Considering the larger domain of value...

Introduction Implementation of Casemix system needs a well-organized and computerized system with well-trained and oriented staff, otherwise the system will fail. Improving knowledge and understanding of the funding system among staff and managers in hospitals and health systems can provide the groundwork for service improvements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Intro...

FAO, and its Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, needs to maintain its strong and active role in the field of nutrition by providing an agricultural and food friendly perspective to nutritional problems and therefore a food and agriculture approach to their solution. This underlies the importance of FAO for nutrition and the importance of nutrition for FAO. FAO cannot leave it to other ...

Myocardial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) imaging is a noninvasive technique that can measure FAO rates in tissues for research applications in animals and humans, as well as clinical applications in managing patients with metabolic disorders. FAO imaging has great potential in diagnosis and monitoring of patients with ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, ...

We have previously shown that fatty acid oxidation (FAO) is required for AMP-activated protein kinase (PRKA)-induced maturation in vitro. In the present study, we have further investigated the role of this metabolic pathway in hormone-induced meiotic maturation. Incorporating an assay with (3)H-palmitic acid as the substrate, we first examined the effect of PRKA activators on FAO levels. There ...

Wheat is an important crop of India. Precise estimates of evapotranspiration can be obtained by multiplying crop coefficients to reference evapotranspiration using readily available climatic data. PenmanMonteith equation is adopted world wide as the most reliable and accurate method for computing reference evapotranspiration. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented crop coefficien...

Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and Forkhead box C2 protein (Foxc2) enhance lipolysis in multiple tissues. However, their relationship in adipose fatty acid oxidation (FAO) remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that α-MSH and Foxc2 increased palmitate oxidation to CO2 in white (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT). C/EBPβ expression was reduced by α-MSH and Foxc2. FFA level was ele...

Ionizing radiation is useful for the conservation and disinfestation of fresh and dried fruits. The treatment of fruits with gamma-rays or beams of accelerated electrons has been carefully tested and was recommended by FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission for the common use as an effective and safe preservation method [1]. It was found earlier that the ionizing radiation produces stable EPR si...