Neuropeptide Y receptors belong to the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily and mediate a wide variety of physiological functions, including blood pressure regulation, hormone release, appetite control, seizure propensity, cognition, and emotion. The recent description of a new neuropeptide Y receptor, Y5, expressed in hypothalamic nuclei in rat brain, raised the possibility that Y5 was the r...

Background The web-based EatWellQ8 food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed as a dietary assessment tool for healthy adults in Kuwait. Validation against reliable instruments and of its reproducibility are required to ensure the accuracy FFQ computing nutrient intake. Objective This study aims assess relative validity 146-item FFQ, which included images portion sizes based on Compositio...

The concentrating ability of the kidney changes with age: after birth it increases (Smith, 1959), and in old age it falls (Lindeman, van Buren, and Raisz, 1960). The maximum osmolality during the newborn period is much lower than in adults (Heller, 1944; Smith, Yudkin, Young, Minkowski, and Cushman, 1949; Barnett and Vesterdal, 1953; Hansen and Smith, 1953; McCance and Widdowson, 1954; Calgagno...

The importance of the trace metals zinc, copper and iron with respect to fetal growth in human pregnancy, with particular emphasis on their transfer to and uptake by the fetus, was discussed at a meeting of the Nutrition Society by Widdowson et al. (1974). The present paper examines the new information which is available in respect to the trace elements Zn, Cu, manganese, selenium and chromium....

In an article published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics (2000: 164), Fairclough stresses the importance of working ‘in a transdisciplinary way’ by combining language and social theory. He also makes the claim that social theorists fail to show how language operates in social life within social research – possibly because social theorists tend to pay too little attention to the role played by...

OBJECTIVE To examine dietary change that has occurred over 5 to 6 years. SUBJECTS A cohort of Scottish women (n=898) with a mean age of 47.5 years (range 45-54 years) at baseline. DESIGN Dietary intake was assessed by validated food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and analysed using the UK Composition of Foods database. RESULTS Since the first dietary assessment, mean daily energy intake ha...

Over the past 60 years there have been fundamental changes in the quality and quantity of food available to us as a nation. The character, growing method, preparation, source and ultimate presentation of basic staples have changed significantly to the extent that trace elements and micronutrient contents have been severely depleted. This trend, established in a review of the 5th Edition of McCa...

The editor’s notes in our Journal have been so far a site for the clarification of the Journal’s policy and the task still continues. With an inclination towards solving our real world problems in language teaching (and literary studies, which I will discuss in the next issue of the Journal), we would like to take that the introduction of the concept of “life-world” to Social Sciences can be a ...