background: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. social, economic and cultural factors are main effective factors on person’s health. as university students are the spiritual resources of each society and the future manufacturers of their own country, the present study aimed to determine the predictive factors f...

staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent causes of gastroenteritis worldwide. knowing the precise boundary for the growth/no growth interface of s. aureus and also determining the period of time needed for bacterial growth initiation is necessary for food safety risk assessment. this study was designed to examine the combined effects of temperature, acetic acid, inoculum level and nac...

a number of patients with inflammatory arthritis due to inadequate clinical or laboratory data do not fulfill diagnostic criteria for a clinical disease categories. these patients with initial diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis (ua) may remit or progress to a definite well- defined condition such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra) or remain as ua with persistence of inflammatory arthritis. the m...

Abstract. Linearizing the cosmological equation of state around the current epoch p = p0 + κ0 (ρ− ρ0) +O[(p− p0)2], is the simplest model one can consider that does not make any a priori restrictions on the nature of the cosmological fluid. Most popular cosmological models attempt to be “predictive”, in the sense that once some a priori equation of state is chosen the Friedmann equations are us...

Knee height has been the most frequently used measure for height prediction where full height is difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to develop and validate predictive equations using knee height to estimate the height of Thai women. The female participants were 18-59 years of age and lived in Bangkok or three surrounding provinces. They were assigned to one of two groups; the equat...

OBJECTIVE Use comparison with indirect calorimetry to confirm the ability of our previously described equation to predict resting energy expenditure in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN Prospective, validation study. SETTING Eighteen-bed, medical intensive care unit at a teaching hospital. PATIENTS All adult patients intubated >24 hrs were assessed for eligibility. Exclusion criter...

Activated carbons can adsorb a wide variety of substances. This is the reason why they are used in canisters to guarantee the safety of the people. The use of the canisters is dependent on several parameters which makes it interesting if the safety margins of the filter can be predicted. The Wheeler-Jonas equation is a well-known predictive equation for describing organic vapour breakthrough ti...

24 Knee height has been the most frequently used in measure for predicting in cases where full 25 height is difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to develop and validate predictive 26 equations using knee height to estimate the height of Thai women. The female participants 27 were 18-59 years of age and lived in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces. They were 28 assigned to one of ...