BACKGROUND Alternate day fasting combined with exercise is effective for weight loss. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the behavioral adaptations that occur when ADF is combined with exercise, and to determine how these changes affect weight loss. DESIGN Obese subjects (n = 64) were randomized to 1 of 4 groups: 1) combination (ADF + endurance exercise), 2) ADF, 3) exercise, or...

The production of an ant-deterrent factor(s) (ADF) by Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens, the symbiotic bacteria of the nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, respectively, was examined. In addition to an in vivo assay in which bacteria were tested for their ability to produce ADF within insect cadavers (M.E. Baur, H. K. Kaya, and D. R. Strong, Bi...

Scalar functions defined on manifold triangle meshes is a starting point for many geometry processing algorithms such as mesh parametrization, skeletonization, and segmentation. In this paper, we propose the Auto Diffusion Function (ADF) which is a linear combination of the eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in a way that has a simple physical interpretation. The ADF of a given 3D ...

Monte Carlo computer simulations were used to investigate the performance of three X 2 test statistics in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Normal theory maximum likelihood )~2 (ML), Browne's asymptotic distribution free X 2 (ADF), and the Satorra-Bentler rescaled X 2 (SB) were examined under varying conditions of sample size, model specification, and multivariate distribution. For properly s...

PURPOSE A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the clinical outcomes, complications, reoperation rates, and late neurological deterioration between anterior decompression and fusion (ADF) and laminoplasty (LAMP) in the treatment of multilevel cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). METHODS All related studies published up to August 2015 were acquired by searchi...

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Likeman served as Commanding Officer of the 9th Field Ambulance and the 11th Brigade Administrative Support Battalion, and was Senior Medical Officer of the 11th Brigade from 1964 to 2001. He has had operational deployments to Rwanda and East Timor. In his civilian life as a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology he has lived and worked in the Middle East, Papua New ...

Army’s notorious Unit 731 was apparently unconcerned by the dilemma confronting him. Indeed, he conveniently linked the goals of medical research with the military mission, despite his unit’s involvement in human vivisection, biological weapons testing, and freezing experiments. Sadly, the Japanese Army was not alone in its corruption of the Hippocratic Oath. Perhaps more infamous was the state...

BACKGROUND Alternate-day-fasting (ADF) has been proposed as an effective dieting method. Studies have found that it also can increase life span in rodents, and reduce inflammation in humans. The aim of this paper was to systematically review the efficacy of ADF compared to very-low-calorie dieting (VLCD) in terms of weight loss, and reduction of fat mass and fat-free mass. METHODS Systematic ...

BACKGROUND Alternate day fasting (ADF) is a novel diet therapy that reduces body weight, but its effect on bone health remains unknown. OBJECTIVE This study examined the impact of ADF versus traditional daily calorie restriction (CR) on markers of bone metabolism in a 6-month randomized controlled trial. METHODS Overweight and obese subjects (n = 100) were randomized to 1 of 3 groups for 6 ...

Chemotherapy for adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) has been reported to fail to induce complete remission because of drug resistance in most patients. We have examined the expression of an ATL-derived factor (ADF)/thioredoxin in relation to resistance to adriamycin (ADM) in various T-cell leukemia cell lines including ATL cell lines. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that ATL cell lines expressed ADF/...