In this study, the adsorption of thallium (III) ion from aqueous solutions onto modified ZnOnanopowder as a fairly low cost adsorbent has been investigated in batch mode. It was found thatmodification of the adsorbent was essential for obtaining the significant adsorption percentage. Theadsorbent modified by sodium phosphate solution. The effect of experimental parameters such asinitial pH of s...

background: the metabolic syndrome (mes) is associated with a high risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as well as cut-off points for waist circumference (wc) for diagnosis of mes in zahedan, southeast iran. methods: totally, 1802 people (735 men and 1067 women) with metabolic syndrome were surveyed a...

In May 2001, the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program issued revised guidelines for diagnosing and treating high blood cholesterol.1 These guidelines represent a major advance in risk assessment. They were preceded by the ATP I guidelines (1988), which focused on primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), and by the ATP II guidelines (1993),...

A G-quadruplex-based, label-free fluorescence assay was demonstrated for the detection of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). A double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), hybridized by ATP-aptamer and its complementary sequence, was employed as a substrate for ATP binding. SYBR Green I (SG I) was a fluorescent probe and exonuclease III (Exo III) was a nuclease to digest the dsDNA. Consequently, in the absence of A...

BACKGROUND Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements are significant parameters in the assessment of cardiovascular risk (CVR). The aim was to establish the distribution of clinical-anthropometric parameters in health care workers according to the criteria established by WHO/JNC 7/ATP III. METHODS Observational, cross-sectional study in 350 workers of a general hospital. Definitions of a...

OBJECTIVE To study the agreement among three distinct criteria for metabolic syndrome (MS) adapted to adolescents, and to identify associated factors for MS. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 65 obese subjects aged 10 to 18 years, attended to at the Outpatient Clinic for Obese Children and Adolescents at the Clinical Hospital of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). MS was defined...

OBJECTIVES We estimated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and compared associations of different MetS definitions with coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in a rural Chinese population. METHODS Among 4,748 residents (2,145 men and 2,603 women) aged 30+ years in rural China from 2006 to 2007, the prevalence of MetS was estimated by using five d...