OBJECTIVES To answer the questions: how does body mass index (BMI) correlate to five overweight related anthropometric variables during different ages in childhood, and which anthropometric variables contribute most to variation in BMI during childhood? METHODS Data on BMI, height (H), sitting height (SH), waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHtR), waist to sitting height ratio (...

In addition to variation in terms of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), whole regions ranging from several kilobases up to a megabase in length differ in copy number among individuals. These differences are referred to as Copy Number Variants (CNVs) and extensive mapping of these is underway. Recent studies have highlighted their great prevalence in the human genome. Segmental Duplications...

A previous study, using capillary electrophoresis (CE) [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17384-17393], reported that six discrete complexes of ubiquitin (UBI) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) form at different concentrations of SDS along the pathway to unfolding of UBI in solutions of SDS. One complex (which formed between 0.8 and 1.8 mM SDS) consisted of native UBI associated with approximately 11...

Metal–aluminum layered double hydroxides (LDHs) intercalated with bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (EHS) and dodecyl sulfate (SDS) anions, formulated as EHS-MgAl-LDH 1, SDS-MgAl-LDH 2, EHS-CaAl-LDH 3, SDS-CaAl-LDH 4, were synthesized using the co-precipitation method. The compounds characterized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scannin...

Biosynthetically-produced Pseudomonas poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a promising substitute for conventional plastics. Costs involved with the production of PHAs can be reduced by optimizing power consumption, which achieved using nutrient media without preliminary steam sterilization. Cultivation bacteria resistant to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on SDS-containing non-sterile yields bioma...

Electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry of proteins separated on sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) gels is severely limited by the requirement that the protein be completely separated from the SDS. As shown here, the gaseous noncovalent SDS adducts of protonated proteins thus formed can be dissociated by infrared irradiation. ESI spectra from myoglobin...

This paper introduces a new kind of Java-server, the Smart Data Server (SDS). It offers the accessing of data with function-calls to SDS-networks. This allows the building of lean clients with the shifting of functionality to the SDS-network. The server builds the middle-tier in a multi-tier architecture (Client SDS-Network Database). It offers a frame for easy-to-build environment-independent ...

Methods This phase IV open-label interventional study was performed on samples from 205 GHD children (175 subjects born AGA and 30 subjects SGA) of Chinese Han origin, recruited at 8 centers. All the subjects were given r-hGH for 4 weeks (0.033mg/kg/d).1536 SNPs were selected from 100 Candidate Genes involved in the GHIGFI axes, growth plate and other short stature-related diseases. We genotype...

Resistance to bile is a prerequisite property of the gastrointestinal bacterial flora. Bile acids are powerful detergents, and resistance to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) has therefore often been considered relevant to studies of bile resistance. We have studied the effects of bovine bile (BB) and SDS on Enterococcus faecalis V583 by traditional growth studies and microarrays. Transcriptional re...