normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : this study aimed to investigate the associations between macro- and micronutrients received in the first, second, and third trimesters and risk for preeclampsia considering demographic and reproductive characteristics and physical activity. methods : in this prospective cohort study, data was collected by fill...

OBJECTIVE To compare physical characteristics, health and fitness-related variables, and nutrient intake between children of Japanese ancestry living in the United States and Japan. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Miami, Fla, and Tsukuba, Japan. SUBJECTS Fourteen children of Japanese descent living in the United States and 14 sex- and age-matched children living in Japan. MAIN OUT...

This study uses a simplified two-dimensional time-dependent computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model to the influence of wall shelf configuration and outtake honeycomb inclination angle on performance air curtain in an open-type semi-vertical refrigerated display cabinet. Numerical simulation results show that changing angle, along with configuration, can reduce temperature intake grille improve...

introduction: the relative costs of generating energy vary considerably depending on location. since hospital managers confront serious financial problems, they need to look for ways to use energy more efficiently. this study aimed to study the rate of energy use (water, gas and electricity) in a number of hospitals in isfahan from 1378 to 1382 and to compare the results with the available stan...

conclusions due to seasonal variations in fruit and vegetable dietary intakes, the interventional and case-control studies should consider seasonality. educational and price controlling programs may control such observed seasonality in the intake of fruit and vegetables. results the highest consumption of vegetables was seen in summer (289 ± 3.4 g/day) while the lowest was in winter (224 ± 3.2 ...

the human population has been growing at least at the rate of 1.2% annually since 1960 reachingup to 6.4b in 2002 and more than 7.0b in 2012. in davao city, the annual population growth rate is running at 3.22%in year 1990, at 2.41% last 2007 and recently in 2013 at 2.36%. the alarming problem we confront today is thatthe increase in land area for human use does not expand in proportion to popu...

background: daylight availability data are essential for designing effectively day lighted buildings. in respect to no available daylight availability data in iran, illuminance data on the south facing vertical surfaces were estimated using a proper method. methods: an illuminance measuring set was designed for measuring vertical illuminances for standard times over 15 days at one hour interval...

An inverse design process is applied to determine blade shapes used in vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The method is based on the modified Garabedian-McFadden technique that uses the deviation of the pressure distribution or the velocity distribution on the surface from a target pressure or velocity distribution, and modifies the blade surface in order to reduce this deviation. The method ...