The study investigated the determinants of birth weight in Botswana using instrumental variable (2SLS) model applied to the Botswana Family Health Survey (BFHS) data for 1996. The findings suggest that birth weight is positively and significantly influenced by the mother’s socioeconomic characteristics (tetanus immunization status, age, education level) and the husband’s education level. From t...

Our aim was to investigate whether birth weight in mothers with diabetes mellitus type 1 is higher as compared to nondiabetic controls. Methods. A retrospective study was performed using an existing database covering the region of Flanders, Belgium. Data included the presence of diabetes type 1, hypertension, parity, maternal age, the use artificial reproductive technology, fetal- neonatal deat...

The demand for applications involving Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) or RFID systems is increasing. The sensor in a WSN and RFID tag/reader in a RFID system are called resource constrained devices because these devices have limited processing power, memory size and energy supply. The information transmitted among these low resource devices must be protected from unauthorized access using specifi...

Endogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone that plays an important role in maintaining pancreatic function as well as caloric intake. Since the advent of GLP-1 receptor agonists resistant to dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) (degradation, it has become clear that their chronic use promotes negative energy balance. With regard to their effects on body weight, the principal ac...

Several prospective epidemiologic studies over the past 4 y concluded that ingestion of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee can reduce the risk of diabetes. This finding is at odds with the results of trials in humans showing that glucose tolerance is reduced shortly after ingestion of caffeine or caffeinated coffee and suggesting that coffee consumption could increase the risk of diabetes. Th...

Frequent nut consumption is associated with lower rates of coronary artery disease (CAD). Also, nut-rich diets improve the serum lipid profile of participants in dietary intervention trials. However, nuts are fatty foods, and in theory their regular consumption may lead to body weight gain. Because obesity is a major public health problem and a risk factor for CAD, clinicians and policy makers ...

Abstract. In [2] the codes Cq(r, n) over Fq were introduced. These linear codes have parameters [2, ∑r i=0 ( n i ) , 2], can be viewed as analogues of the binary Reed-Muller codes and share several features in common with them. In [2], the weight distribution of C3(1, n) is completely determined. In this paper we compute the weight distribution of C5(1, n). To this end we transform a sum of a p...