A limited number of previous studies have shown inverse associations between bone mass or density and circulating leptin in humans. Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin in Hutterites, who have elevated bone density, are unknown. Knowledge gained from studies in mice suggests that Hutterites exhibit traits consistent with a deficiency in circulating leptin or in leptin signalin...

Our aim was to determine the usefulness of circulating oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) in the identification of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). A total of 304 subjects were studied: 178 patients with angiographically proven CAD and 126 age-matched subjects without clinical evidence of cardiovascular disease. The Global Risk Assessment Score (GRAS) was calculated on the basis...

Let $S$ be a dense subsemigroup of $(0,+infty)$. In this paper, we state   definition of thick near zero, and also  we will introduce a definition that is equivalent to the definition of piecewise syndetic near zero which presented by Hindman  and Leader in [6].  We define density near zero for subsets of $S$ by a collection of nonempty finite subsets of $S$ and we investigate the conditions un...

background: the purpose of this study is to fabricate inexpensive in-house low cost homogeneous and heterogeneous human equivalent thorax phantom and assess the dose accuracy of the treatment planning systems (tps) calculated values for different lung treatment dosimetery. it is compared with thermoluminescent dosimeter (tld) measurement. materials and methods: homogeneous and heterogeneous tho...

objective(s): studies have reported that whole body vibration (wbv) played a vital role in bone remodeling. circulating serotonin is also involved in negative regulating bone mass in rodents and humans. however, both wbv and inhibition of serotonin biosynthesis may suppress receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappab ligand (rankl)-induced osteoclastogenesis in vitro . the purpose of the curren...

The current study examined potential mechanisms for altered circulating ghrelin levels observed in diet-induced obesity (DIO) and following weight loss resulting from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). We hypothesized that circulating ghrelin levels were altered in obesity and after weight loss through changes in ghrelin cell responsiveness to physiological cues. We confirmed lower ghrelin levels...