OBJECTIVE We sought to define processes of pediatric asthma care identifiable through administrative data that correlate with asthma exacerbations for use in quality improvement. METHODS Commercially insured children aged 5 to 17 years from the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's, an independent practice association affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital, with persistent asth...

We prospectively investigated the associations between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Between 1986 and 2000, 3,002 incident prostate cancer cases were identified in our cohort. Using factor analysis, two major dietary patterns were identified, a prudent and a western dietary pattern. Dietary patterns were not appreciably associated with...

Insulin and insulin resistance have been hypothesized to increase the risk of breast cancer as insulin increases breast cell proliferation and inhibits sex hormone binding globulin. Although insulin is directly related to body weight, adiposity is inversely associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women but directly related to risk in postmenopausal women. To explore the association ...

This study assessed the energy budget for juvenile Atlantic Sea Scallop, Placopecten magellanicus , during a natural drop in temperature (15.6°C to 5.8°C) over an 8-week time period fall at three different enrichment levels of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Every weeks, individuals were sampled ecophysiological measurements feeding activity, respiration rate (RR) and excretion (ER) enable calculation ...

Insulin and insulin resistance have been hypothesized to increase the risk of breast cancer as insulin increases breast cell proliferation and inhibits sex hormone binding globulin. Although insulin is directly related to body weight, adiposity is inversely associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women but directly related to risk in postmenopausal women. To explore the association ...

the types of scion-rootstock compound and level of salinity affect on growth characteristics and concentration of nutrition elements of almond leaves and roots. in order to evaluate the effect of salinity stress on vegetative traits and concentration of nutrition elements of leaves and roots almond genotypes, a experiment was carried out with two factors; cultivar in four levels including ‘shah...

to study the effects of priming on seed germination traits of sainfoin 'eski', a factorial in randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted at the laboratory of agricultural research center of sari in 2011. treatments consisted of polyethylene glycol (peg6000) at 5 and 10%, potassium nitrate (kno3) at 5 and 10% and potassium chloride (kcl) at 5 and 10% levels ...

Background: Childhood/adolescence under- and over-nutrition are among the major public concerns worldwide. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among children living in Yazd, Iran using different criteria. Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among children and adolescents aged 6-18 years. Body weight, height, waist, a...