Introduction: There are many factors that affect the level of physical activity and body mass index of the elderly. The current study aimed to assess the relationship of physical activity facilitators and body mass index of Kashan elderly. Methods: The cross-sectional study sampled 400 elderly older than 60 referred to 10 healthcare centers in Kashan, 2014, via multistage quota method. Par...

BACKGROUND The appropriate medical treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis is determined largely by the severity of symptoms. Hospital assessment of the severity of disease activity includes investigation of laboratory indices and sigmoidoscopic assessment of mucosal inflammation. AIMS To develop a simplified clinical colitis activity index to aid in the initial evaluation of exacerbati...

THE bispectral index (BIS, Aspect Medical Systems, Framingham, MA) is a complex electroencephalographic (EEG) parameter that integrates several disparate descriptors of the EEG into a single variable and correlates behavioral assessments of sedation and hypnosis. We report two cases in which the bispectral index failed to measure depth of anesthesia but instead was a measure of electromyographi...

Empirical evidence of asset price discontinuities or ‘‘jumps’’ in financial markets has been well documented in the literature. Recently, Aït-Sahalia and Jacod (2009b) defined a general ‘‘jump activity index’’ to describe the degree of jump activities for asset price semimartingales, and provided a consistent estimatorwhen the underlying process contains both a continuous and a jump component. ...

in this research, catalase activity and leaf chlorophyll stability of satsuma mandarin on some citrus rootstocks under waterlogging condition were studied. experiment was conducted as factorial with randomized complete blocks and 6 replications. the first factor, include 7 soils from east mazandaran and the second factor included 7 different citrus rootstocks: 1. sour orange, 2. swingle citrome...

conclusions overweight and obese children may consume more energy according to the international recommendations. in parallel with this, they experience more sedentary behavior, as well. in this situation, planning to decrease their sedentary behavior is at greater priority. results there was a significant difference between physical activity and screen time according to relative body mass inde...