bl ood glucos e l evels meas ured a t half hour intervals in a series of 45 major s urgica l procedur es demonstrated a consis tent hyp er glycemi a during the course of operation . peaks were ass ociated with per iods of cardi a-vascular stress .. i n cont r ast , pat ients in whom autonomi c act ivi ty was inhibited by ganglionic blockade demonstra t ed a cons ist ent decrease in blood g luco...

Assessment of physical activity in morbidly obese subjects is important especially in bariatric surgery. We examined the validity of Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA) for measuring physical activity and sedentary behavior in morbidly obese women. Activity types, gait counts, and speed detected by the IDEEA monitor were compared to those reported by an observer. The ...

The topic of data warehousing encompasses architec-tures, algorithms, and tools for bringing together selected data from multiple databases or other information sources into a single repository, called a data warehouse , suitable for direct querying or analysis. In recent years data warehousing has become a prominent buz-zword in the database industry, but attention from the database research c...

Motor activity was recorded continuously with a wrist-worn activity monitor for almost six days in nine patients with different predominant manifestations of Parkinson's disease and 10 normal subjects. The indices of diurnal motor activity decreased with the progressive worsening of hypokinesia and rigidity. With this monitor and a simple diary it was possible to determine the contribution of a...