Nutritional intervention in overweight and obese patients

Background and Aims. Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, pulmonary diseases, osteoporosis. Our study aimed to evaluate the caloric intake, vitamins and minerals from food before a nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients. Material and methods. We evaluated the content of food before running a nutritional intervention program of 124 overweight and obese patients . We assessed the kilocalories, vitamins and minerals from intake food using a 7-day weighed food self-records; measured resting metabolic rate after eight hours fasting with an indirect calorimeter and parameters like weight, body mass index, body fat, percent of body fat, abdominal circumference and arterial tension

An analysis of social gaming networks in online and face to face bridge communities

Online social games are Internet-based games that use the social networks formed by players to extend in-game functionality. For example, gamers participating in the BBO Fans community combine online bridge play with social networking. Despite an increase in the popularity of online social gaming—currently, there exist over one million online bridge players—, and of decades of research on social networks, the activity characteristics and the community structure of online social gaming remain relatively unknown. In this work we investigate and contrast these aspects for two bridge communities, BBO Fans (online) and Locomotiva (face to face). We propose the use of playing relationships instead of traditional social relationships such as friends and friends-of-friends. Using long-term, large-scale data we have collected from both the online and face to face bridge communities, we analyze user behavior, social network structure, and playing style in bridge communities. We find many similar characteristics in the two studied communities, but we also find more variation in the activity levels and fewer stable partnerships for the face to face bridge community

A MODEL OF THE INFLUENCES OF A FOREST FIRE ON ITS NEIGHBORHOODS AND RELATED RISK MANAGEMENT ASPECTS

Abstract. The aim of the present paper is to produce a model for the propagation of a forest fire analyzing the influences that the fire zone has on its neighborhoods. The model is aMoore cellular automaton type. It depends on six parameters: the medium slope of the elementary cell, the layer type, and the burning time of the fuel, the fuel type, the wind direction and speed. In order to study the influences of various parameter configurations on the system of vicinities of a fire cell we construct some special directional correlation functions. An application is elaborated based on real data

Nutritional intervention in overweight and obese patients

Background and Aims. Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, pulmonary diseases, osteoporosis. Our study aimed to evaluate the caloric intake, vitamins and minerals from food before a nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients. Material and methods. We evaluated the content of food before running a nutritional intervention program of 124 overweight and obese patients . We assessed the kilocalories, vitamins and minerals from intake food using a 7-day weighed food self-records; measured resting metabolic rate after eight hours fasting with an indirect calorimeter and parameters like weight, body mass index, body fat, percent of body fat, abdominal circumference and arterial tension

Choosing the nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients

Weight problems occur in 1.5 billion people and these are a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, pulmonary and periodontal diseases, cancer and osteoporosis. Our study aimed to evaluate the caloric intake, vitamins and minerals from food before a nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients

D2.4. Building a Personal Learning Environment with Language-Technology-based Widgets: Services v2 - integrated thread

Hoisl, B., Haley, D., Wild, F., Anastasiou, L., Buelow, K., Koblische, R., Burek, G., Loiseau, M., Markus, T., Rebedea, T., Drachsler, H., Kometter, H., Westerhout, E., & Posea, V. (2010). D2.4. Building a Personal Learning Environment with Language-Technology-based Widgets: Services v2 - integrated thread. LTfLL-project.This deliverable reports on the results achieved by the LTfLL work packages in their efforts toward interoperability of the LTfLL tools and services. There are two aspects: one is the pedagogical utility of achieving interoperability; the other aspect involves the technical features. The technical basis of the interoperability is to use Wookie widgets in Elgg and is thoroughly described here. Finally, the deliverable provides details and screen shots of each widget for each LTfLL service embedded in the Elgg environment.The work on this publication has been sponsored by the LTfLL STREP that is funded by the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme. Contract 212578 [http://www.ltfll-project.org

THE EFFECT OF INSULIN CONCENTRATION ON HUMAN NEUTROPHILS LUMINOL-DEPENDENT CHEMILUMINESCENCE

We investigated the effect of insulin on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by human neutrophils stimulated with opsonized zymosan and incubated for 30 minutes with different insulin concentrations. For measuring ROS production, we used luminol-dependent chemiluminescence assay (CLLD). We observed that the CLLD depends on insulin concentration and this supports the hypothesis that insulin may play a role in ROS production by normal human neutrophils

The Antenatal Detection of Fetal Limb Anomalies

The etiology of fetal limb abnormalities is very complex, involving different risk factors: chromosomal abnormalities, gene disorders, intrauterine factors, maternal diseases, or exposure to different risk factors. The prevalence of fetal limb anomalies is reported to be approximately 6 in 10,000 live births, and the impairments of the upper limbs seem to present a higher incidence in comparison to the inferior limbs, more often are affected unilaterally and on the right side in comparison to the left side, some being isolate or may associate other anomalies, as a part of an underlying syndrome. According to the current guidelines, the assessment of the fetal limbs should be performed in the late first and early second trimester. Three-dimensional ultrasound provides a better understanding of the fetal anomaly for the parents and helps a better counseling, and it is used to confirm the anomalies detected by the conventional ultrasound. In cases of treatable anomalies, a multidisciplinary approach involving an obstetrician, geneticist, neonatologist, pediatrician, and pediatric orthopedic surgeon is essential to improve the postnatal outcome. Ultrasound examination and genetic counseling for the parents has an important benefit since some conditions present a genetic inheritance, and the recurrence rate in further pregnancies is very high

Choosing the nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients

Weight problems occur in 1.5 billion people and these are a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, pulmonary and periodontal diseases, cancer and osteoporosis. Our study aimed to evaluate the caloric intake, vitamins and minerals from food before a nutritional intervention to overweight and obese patients