The aims of the present study were to develop and validate a new obesity-specific, parent-proxy measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL), Sizing Them Up. Participants included 220 obese youth (M(age) = 11.6 years, 68% female, 53% African American, M(BMI) = 36.7) and their primary caregivers (88% mothers). Primary caregivers completed a demographics questionnaire and two HRQOL measures:...

An evaluation of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) for typing Neisseria gonorrhoeae using 52 isolates revealed that its discriminatory power approached that of Opa-typing in identifying epidemiologically linked isolates. Automated, accurate sizing of FAFLP amplified fragments permits objective data analysis and storage, making it an attractive method for large surveilla...

The character of cracks is an important parameter in manufacturing of test pieces for UT qualification. In these studies we (Trueflaw and Fortum Nuclear Services) have manufactured 22 cracks by different production methods. Opening of cracks have been manipulated for different values. Sizing of the true dimensions of cracks has been made by destructive tests. These values are the basis for the ...

A model for delay evaluation and minimization in paths composed of logic gates and RC wires is presented. The method, Unified Logical Effort (ULE), provides closed-form conditions for timing optimization while overcoming the breakdown of standard logical effort (LE) rules in the presence of interconnect. The ULE delay model unifies the problems of gate sizing and repeater insertion: In cases of...

introduction: the complex geometry of breast and also lung and heart inhomogeneities near the planning target volume (ptv) result in perturbations in dose distribution. this problem can result in overdosage or underdosage in the match region of the three treatment fields. the purpose of this study is to create a homogeneous dose distribution in the match region between the supraclavicular and t...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the current use and fit of structural firefighting gloves and developed an improved sizing scheme that better accommodates the U.S. firefighter population. BACKGROUND Among surveys, 24% to 30% of men and 31% to 62% of women reported experiencing problems with the fit or bulkiness of their structural firefighting gloves. METHOD An age-, race/ethnicity-, and gender-stra...

A new method based on adaptive GA (genetic algorithm) and manual experience for sizing and optimizing the CMOS analog circuits is presented in this paper. In the method the simulation tool is called to produce the fitness of every circuit in a population. According to the evaluation of the fitness we can choose the better circuits. By adjusting the sizes of the transistor through GA and restric...

physical characteristics of agricultural products are the most important parameters in the design of grading, conveying, processing and packaging systems. among these physical characteristics, volume, mass, projected area and center of gravity are the most important for sizing systems. in this study, the segmentation method was used to estimate lemon volume. a total of 50 randomly selected lemo...