In recent years, there has been a decline in physical activity among adults. Motivation has been shown to be a crucial factor in maintaining physical activity. The purpose of this study was to whether PA motives measured by the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale PALMS predicted the actual amount of PA at a later time to provide evidence for the construct validity of the PALMS. A qua...

BACKGROUND Many recent papers have documented the phytochemical and pharmacological bases for the use of palms (Arecaceae) in ethnomedicine. Early publications were based almost entirely on interviews that solicited local knowledge. More recently, ethnobotanically guided searches for new medicinal plants have proven more successful than random sampling for identifying plants that contain biodyn...

Throughout SE Asia, palms are important in agroforestry systems and homegardens. Most species are used for multiple purposes based on both physical and nutritional properties of the palms. Except for a few commodities of worldwide importance such as palm oil and coconut, many palm products either do not figure in trade statistics, or they are merged with other products in a way, which makes it ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has become increasingly popular, accounting for as much as 70% of Internet traffic by some estimates. Recently, we have been witnessing the emergence of a new class of popular P2P applications, namely, P2P audio and video streaming. In this paper, we propose and investigate a full distributed, scalable, and cooperative protocol for live video streaming in an over...

The propagation of palms for agricultural and ornamental purposes is accomplished typically by seeds. The few exceptions are certain cultivars of Phoenix dactylifera and some ornamental palms such as Rhapis spp., which propagate by vegetative (division) and tissue culture. Because of slow, irregular germination in most species, seed propagation may be a challenge. New palm species are being int...

AN: acanthosis nigricans CTD: connective tissue disease ILD: interstitial lung disease NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia TP: tripe palms INTRODUCTION Tripe palms [(TP); acral acanthosis nigricans (AN)], is a rare cutaneous syndrome in which the palms develop velvety thickening and rugosity that creates an exaggeration or distortion of dermatoglyphics, resembling boiled tripe. In more tha...

We report a 34 years old gentleman who was referred to us with multiple brown spots on the palms, soles and scalp. He had those three months prior to being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His past history includes both Evan's syndrome and membranoproilferative glomerulonephritis treated by mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). On examination he had multiple brownish macules over the palms, soles ...

Malignant acanthosis nigricans is a cutaneous eruption characterized by symmetric hyperpigmented hyperkeratosis, dermal papillomatosis, and mucosal involvement associated with internal malignancies. Tripe palms refers to a characteristic velvety thickening of the palms, with exaggeration of normal skin markings. We present the second case of ovarian cancer in association with two coexisting par...

On San Miguel, one of the smallest of the 7 000 islands of the Philippines, a few coconut palms were slowly dying in 1928. Ten years later, 50 000 palms on this island were dead or dying. The disease seemed to be limited to a certain area and affected only coconut palms. No bacteria or fungi were found to be associated with the dying palms. The disease, believed to be caused by a virus, began t...

INTRODUCTION Sensory testing in people affected by Hansen's disease is usually performed on palms and soles only. In Israel, both palmar/plantar and dorsal aspects of limbs are routinely tested. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the magnitude of dorsal sensory impairment (SI) in limbs and compare the frequency of SI on palms and soles with that on the dorsum of hands and feet. ...