OBJECTIVE Despite well-known adverse health effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSP), it is still unclear if MSP varies geographically and if neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation (SED) plays an important role in MSP. This study aims to investigate small-area geographic variation in MSP and examine the association of SED with MSP. METHODS The Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study (...

OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to determine whether time spent in sedentary behaviors (SED) was associated with 2-hour glucose and insulin resistance in adults with abdominal obesity. We also examined the association between light physical activity (LPA) and sporadic (accumulated in bouts <10 minutes in duration) moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with glucose metabolism...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In recent years, the genus Malassezia has come to be considered important in the etiology of seborrhoeic dermatitis (SED). The aim of present study was identification of Malassezia species on the lesions of Iranian SED patients. METHODS 100 patients with SED were enrolled in the study. The patients were evaluated both clinically for the severity of SED and microscopi...

Eight Merino sheep (49.4±4.23 kg LW) and eight Alpine goats (53.2±2.51 kg LW) were used in two experiments to study the effect of quebracho tannins (Q) on some plasma metabolites. Four sheep and four goats were fed daily 20 g DM of alfalfa hay (3-5 cm) per kg LW (A), whereas the other animals were given the same amount of hay treated with 50 g of Q. Blood samples were taken after 5, 34, and 64 ...

For more than 50 years, the Statistical Engineering Division (SED) has been instrumental in the success of a broad spectrum of metrology projects at NBS/NIST. This paper highlights fundamental contributions of NBS/NIST statisticians to statistics and to measurement science and technology. Published methods developed by SED staff, especially during the early years, endure as cornerstones of stat...

1 Hervé Blanchon, CLIPS-GETA, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, [email protected] 2 Christian Boitet, CLIPS-GETA, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, [email protected] Abstract  In the LIDIA project, we have demonstrated that, in many situations, Dialogue-Based MT is likely to offer better solutions to multitarget translation needs than machine aids to translators or batch MT, even if ...

Socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) and its contribution to the pain experience is of growing interest and relevance. This review will provide a brief overview of definitional and measurement issues related to SED. Selected literature considering the relationships between SED and pain will then be summarized, and several possible mechanisms to explain the relationships will be considered. Last, fu...

In trecvid 2011, our team takes part in 2 event detection competition including pointing and cell to ear. We build two systems to recognize these events separately. For pointing, we extract texture and silhouette to recognize this action. And for cell to ear, we use orientation of optical flow and SVM classifier to finish this work.

In this contribution, I review the applications and potential limitations of the spectral energy distribution fitting tool that I have developed, with a strong emphasis on the limits to which this tool can be used to improve our understanding of massive star formation. I discuss why our current grid of models cannot be used to distinguish between the several competing theories of massive star f...

BACKGROUND Moderate-vigorous physical activity (%MVPA) confers beneficial effects on child musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular fitness, and psychosocial well-being; in contrast, sedentary time (%SED) is emerging as a risk factor for health. This study aimed to identify parental, child and neighborhood factors influencing longitudinal assessments of body mass index (BMI) and activity patterns...