Obesity in children and young people is a significant public health issue. It can be associated with adverse health, economic and social implications. It is argued that preventing obesity needs adaptation to a healthy lifestyle, which includes behavioral modification, reduction in sedentary behavior, changes in nutrition, managing stress and increased...

background & aim : dietary behavior modification has an important effect on chronic disease occurrence. this study aimed to examine the effects of an education program on nutritional knowledge, attitude, and behavior among female students studying in bojnord, iran. methods & materials : this was a clinical trial that was conducted in 2009. of all secondary schools, 2 classes were randomly selec...

this paper addresses an experimental investigation in the hydrodynamic behavior of a modified slotted sieve tray. slotted sieve tray (push valve sieve tray) is a sieve tray that the push valves have been utilized on the tray deck to eliminate liquid gradients and non-uniformity of liquid distribution on the tray. the air-water system was used in an industrial scale experimental rig with an inte...

We investigate the behavior of a complete flat metric on surface near puncture. call puncture regular if it has neighborhood which is isometric to that point at infinity cone. prove there are punctures not and only curvature $4\pi$. classify irregular up modification equivalence, where two called modification-equivalent they have neighborhoods. show uncountably many modification-equivalence cla...

PURPOSE A blind, severely intellectually impaired boy aged 17 with Down syndrome and persistent serious challenging behavior received attachment-based behavior modification treatment. The aim was to study the effect of the treatment and the development of the therapeutic attachment relationship. METHOD In a single-case study, attachment therapy sessions alternated with control sessions. Treat...

Subthreshold-seeking behavior occurs when the majority of the points that an algorithm samples have an evaluation less than some target threshold. We characterize sets of functions where subthresholdseeking behavior is possible. Analysis shows that subthreshold-seeking behavior, when possible, can be increased when higher bit precision is used with a bit climber search algorithm and a Gray code...

objective(s):the aim of this study was to improve flowability and compressibility characteristics of starch to use as a suitable excipient in direct compression tabletting. quasi-emulsion solvent diffusion was used as a crystal modification method. materials and methods: corn starch was dissolved in hydrochloric acid at 80˚c and then ethanol as a non-solvent was added with lowering temperature ...

sulfur mustard (sm, bis- (2-chloroethyl) sulphide) is a chemical warfare agent that causes dna alkylation, protein modification and membrane damage. sm can trigger several molecular pathways involved in inflammation and oxidative stress, which cause cell necrosis and apoptosis, and loss of cells integrity and function. epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a growing research topic and is ...