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... Ammonia is one of the most significant environmental pollutants affecting aquatic animals under culture conditions; however, little is known about ammonia toxicity in marine gastropods. In this study, the effects of different total ammonia concentrations (0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, and 10.0 mg∙L⁻¹ NH₄Cl) on growth performance, tissue damage, antioxidant capacity, immune function, and body composition wer ...
... Background: Although evidence suggests that resistance training should be prescribed as a method to enhance or maintain physical fitness, these findings are mostly based on research on younger men. Studies investigating responses by sex and age to resistance training, especially in war veterans aged ≥50 years, are lacking. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to examine whether a 4-week r ...
bodycomposition, etc ; death; females; males; memory; risk; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Due to the physical, psychological, or socioeconomic changes that accompany aging, many people will be affected by geriatric frailty syndrome, which can lead to multimorbidity and premature death. Nutrition counseling is often used to prevent and intervene in frailty syndrome, especially in geriatric rehabilitation. To this end, the consumption behavior of geriatric patients is recorded using pape ...
bodycomposition, etc ; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; aquaculture; energy; fish; models; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The objective of this study was to develop a nutrient-demand model for King salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) based on a factorial nutrient demand approach. Growth potential was defined using laboratory data to define the thermal response boundaries and benchmarked against commercial farm-data. These factors were combined to determine the size specific mass-gain of the animal across its production ...
bodycomposition, etc ; databases; exercise; postmenopause; quality of life; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Menopause is characterised by several hormonal changes through which women undergo aging. These changes lead to psychological, somatic, urogenital and vasomotor symptoms that influence the quality of life of women. Studies have shown that physical exercise can benefit women in the pre- and postmenopausal stages. However, the physiological benefits of exercise during the menopausal period have been ...
Francesco Campa; Diana Maria Thomas; Krista Watts; Nicholas Clark; Daniel Baller; Thomas Morin; Stefania Toselli; Josely Correa Koury; Giovanni Melchiorri; Angela Andreoli; Gabriele Mascherini; Cristian Petri; Luis Bettencourt Sardinha; Analiza Monica Silva
bodycomposition, etc ; Bayesian theory; bioelectrical impedance; females; males; sports; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The present study aimed to develop reference values for bioelectrical phase angle in male and female athletes from different sports. Overall, 2224 subjects participated in this study [1658 males (age 26.2 ± 8.9 y) and 566 females (age 26.9 ± 6.6 y)]. Participants were categorized by their sport discipline and sorted into three different sport modalities: endurance, velocity/power, and team sports. ...
bodycomposition, etc ; Duroc; computed tomography; juveniles; landraces; osteochondrosis; pathogenesis; veterinary medicine; Show all 8 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) is used to evaluate body composition and limb osteochondrosis in selection of breeding boars. Pigs also develop heritably predisposed abnormal curvature of the spine including juvenile kyphosis. It has been suggested that osteochondrosis-like changes cause vertebral wedging and kyphosis, both of which are identifiable by CT. The aim of the current study was to ...
bodycomposition, etc ; biomedical research; longevity; nationalities and ethnic groups; nutritional status; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Evaluation of body composition (BC) is crucial for an adequate assessment of nutritional status and its alterations, to ensure the optimal tailoring of nutritional therapies during several pathologic conditions. The need for feasible and reliable methods for BC measurement, which could be applied either in healthcare across the lifespan as well as in clinical research and epidemiologic studies, ha ...
bodycomposition, etc ; muscle tissues; muscles; nutrition; questionnaires; risk assessment; sarcopenia; surgery; Show all 8 Subjects
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... OBJECTIVES: Patients with aortic aneurysms (AA) are often co-morbid and susceptible to frailty. Low core muscle mass has been used as a surrogate marker of sarcopenia and indicator of frailty. This study aimed to assess association between core muscle mass with sarcopenia screening tool SARC-F and Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in patients with AA. METHODS: Prospective audit of patients in pre-opera ...
bodycomposition, etc ; case studies; diet; fasting; glycerol; muscle tissues; patients; sports; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The period of Ramadan induces changes in the usual eating patterns of individuals. During this period, Muslims must abstain from drinking and eating from dawn to dusk. Therefore, some research conducted on professional soccer players has observed that during and/or after Ramadan, performance, running speed, agility, dribbling speed, and endurance and/or skill performance in athletic events may be ...
bodycomposition, etc ; calorimetry; comparative study; equations; females; males; nutrition; overweight; prediction; Show all 9 Subjects
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... To determine the resting energy expenditure (REE) in Chinese adults using indirect calorimetry (IC), and evaluate the validity of published predictive equations for estimating REE in overweight and obese subjects comparing to IC. 181 subjects with different body mass index (BMI) were recruited. Body composition was determined by bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA). REE was measured by IC and e ...
bodycomposition, etc ; exercise; hand strength; physical fitness; questionnaires; regression analysis; researchers; Pakistan; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Background. The current study is the foremost study exploring the relationships between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and health-related physical fitness indicators among 12–16-year-old adolescents of the South Punjab region of Pakistan. Methods. The researcher adopted the cross-sectional research design for the study. A total of 2970 participants (1477 boys and 1493 girls) aged adolescen ...
bodycomposition, etc ; adults; genomics; hypoxia; lung function; metabolism; phenotype; photogrammetry; t-test; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genomic imprinting disorder associated to a complex neurodevelopmental phenotype and a distinctive facial appearance. The study investigated the relationships between the quantitative facial dysmorphism in PWS and clinical and biochemical markers of the disease and its treatment. Methods: Facial images of 15 Caucasian adult individuals with PWS (8 ...
bodycomposition, etc ; cross-sectional studies; food quality; males; risk; weight control; weight gain; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Weight cycling is prevalent in sports/professions with body composition standards, and has been associated with weight management behaviours that may contribute to suboptimal diet quality and weight gain. US Army Soldiers may be at increased risk of weight cycling relative to civilians due to mandated body composition standards. However, the relationship between weight cycling, weight management b ...
bodycomposition, etc ; adipose tissue; algorithms; clinical nutrition; computed tomography; obesity; pancreatitis; skeletal muscle; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The association between body composition parameters measured on computed tomography (CT) and severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) is conflicting because these composition parameters vary considerably by sex and age. We previously developed normative body composition data, in healthy subjects. Z-score calculated from the normative data gives age and sex adjusted body composition parameters. We studi ...
bodycomposition, etc ; appetite; caregivers; child care; children; diet; questionnaires; systematic review; variance; China; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A systematic review was conducted on the literature on feeding behaviors in Chinese families of children under 6 years old. Forty relevant publications were identified, of which 33 were published in Chinese, 7 in English. All studies were questionnaire-based and used a cross-sectional research design. Approximately half of the studies reported a score for each feeding practice/style, based on a Li ...
bodycomposition, etc ; Scolopax minor; habitats; migratory behavior; overwintering; radio telemetry; summer; New England region; Show all 8 Subjects
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... How postbreeding habitat quality and body composition of migratory birds carry over to influence fall migration strategies and residency merits consideration when creating cross-seasonal conservation plans, especially in breeding populations that are partial migrants. We assessed the influence of postbreeding habitat quality on departure body composition and fall migration patterns in a southern N ...
Andrea L. Deierlein; Haotian Wu; Allan C. Just; Allison J. Kupsco; Joseph M. Braun; Emily Oken; Diana C. Soria-Contreras; Alejandra Cantoral; Ma Luisa Pizano; Nia McRae; Martha M. Téllez-Rojo; Robert O. Wright; Andrea A. Baccarelli
bodycomposition, etc ; Bayesian theory; biomarkers; obesity; phthalates; pregnancy; psychosocial factors; research; weight gain; Mexico; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Phthalates are endocrine disrupting chemicals that may influence weight status; however, few studies have considered weight gain during pregnancy and subsequent long-term weight changes in women. To determine associations of prenatal phthalate exposure with maternal weight during pregnancy and through up to seven years post-delivery. We analyzed 15 urinary phthalate biomarker concentrations during ...
bodycomposition, etc ; climate change; corals; enzyme activity; metabolism; nutrient uptake; oceans; salinity; water temperature; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Climate change is causing dramatic changes in global ocean temperature and salinity, threatening coral survival. Coral growth and metabolism are greatly affected by the temperature, salinity and feeding time of the environment. In order to explore the threats to coral survival caused by climate change, this study will investigate the changes in body composition, digestive enzymes and metabolism of ...
bodycomposition, etc ; bioelectrical impedance; body weight; males; muscle tissues; muscles; nationalities and ethnic groups; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The evaluation of muscle mass in athletes correlates with sports performance directly. Bioimpedance vector analysis is a growing method of assessing body composition in athletes because it is independent of predictive formulas containing variables such as body weight, ethnicity, age, and sex. The study aims to propose a new parameter (Levi’s Muscle Index, LMI) that evaluates muscle mass through ra ...