OBJECTIVES To systematically analyze growth data from infant health maintenance records to characterize infant weight gain increasing risk for childhood overweight, and to identify additional information from those records that could refine risky infant weight gain as a screening tool. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING A pediatric office in central Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS Chil...

BACKGROUND HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children experience increased mortality compared with their HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU) peers. It is unclear whether HEU children are also at increased risk for undernutrition, a modifiable risk factor for mortality. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey of children <5 years of age in 5 health districts in Botswana. Linear m...

to investigate the effect of droughtstress on chlorophyll content, enzymatic responses and some growth characteristics of acacia victoriae seedlings and the effect of super-absorbent polymers (sap) in reducing drought stress, a split plot experiment based on the completely randomized design was conducted. the treatments included four levels of drought stress (15, 30, 60 and 100% of field capaci...

The consumption of methane in anoxic marine sediments is a biogeochemical phenomenon mediated by two archaeal groups (ANME-1 and ANME-2) that exist syntrophically with sulfate-reducing bacteria. These anaerobic methanotrophs have yet to be recovered in pure culture, and key aspects of their ecology and physiology remain poorly understood. To characterize the growth and physiology of these anaer...

Maternal concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) may influence fetal growth. Offspring birth weight related to maternal IGF-I and IGFBP-1 measured in pregnancy was studied in 368 randomly selected women without preeclampsia who delivered a singleton liveborn child in Norway between 1992 and 1994. Maternal IGF-I concentrat...

Background: Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a metabolic and growth regulator. Aim: To investigate the role of FGF21 during growth in infancy. Methods: Blood samples for FGF21, leptin, insulin and glucose were collected from cord blood obtained from 95 preterm and term newborns (crosssectional group), and at 6 and 12 months of life in 80 preterm and term infants (longitudinal group). Leng...

the effects of sodium chloride and zn rates and sources on the growth and chemical composition of lowland rice (oryza sativa l.) were studied using calcareous soil in a greenhouse experiment. the treatments comprised 5 levels of nacl (0, 12.5, 25, 37.5 and 50 mmol kg-1 soil), three zn rates (0, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 soil) and two zn sources (znso4, 2h2o and znedta). applied salinity decreased shoot ...

A factor in goat's colostrum which stimulates DNA synthesis and cell proliferation in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts has been purified approx. 350-fold by a sequence of acid precipitation, cation-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The growth factor is a highly basic, heat stable (100 degrees C for 5 min) polypeptide with Mr approx. 35000. The polypeptide resists denaturation by guanidinium chlo...

Demaio AR, Branca F. BMJ Glob Health 2017;3:e000492. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000492 The past half-century has seen a significant shift in the quality and quantity of human diets, and resulting epidemiology, worldwide. 1 2 Nutrition and associated health and demographic transitions were once accepted as near-linear, gradual processes. Heavily influenced by rapid economic and income growth, global...