In the context of metric perturbation theory for non-spinning black holes, extreme mass ratio binary (EMRB) systems are described by distributionally forced master wave equations. Numerical solution of a master wave equation as an initial boundary value problem requires initial data. However, because the correct initial data for generic-orbit systems is unknown, specification of trivial initial...

The publication of the article " The Unseen Genome: Gems among the Junk " , by W.Wayt Gibbs (October 2003), may turn out to be a critical step in facing up to the possibility that almost the whole of every DNA strand in a cell is potentially-executable " code ". The original " junk " hypothesis – that only the sections of code that form a template for protein construction represent " valid " co...

Obesity is a condition of the body in which it has excess of body fats. Obesity is directly associated with life-expectancy, public and private expenditure on health and life risking diseases including cardiovascular diseases, hyper tension & liver diseases. Obesity has a harmful effect on labor outcomes which reduces the efficiency and productivity of labor. Therefore the present study was con...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, the public health community has recognized the growing problem of childhood obesity. But, unlike tobacco control policy, there is little evidence about what public policies would work to substantially reduce childhood obesity. Public health leaders currently tend to support traditional "command and control" schemes that order private enterprises and governments to stop or ...

Background: The evidence suggests a relationship between lifestyle and diet-related risk factors. Objective: This study assessed the dietary intake and habits of high school girls in Sistan and Bluchistan province, in southeastern Iran. Methods: In a cross-sectional, descriptive study, 753 high school girls aged 14-18 years old were enrolled by a clustered random sampling method. Dietary intake...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate an employee Internet-based weight management program. METHODS Changes in eating habits, stage of change, body weight, and weight categories were compared between enrollment and 6 months after enrollment. Weights and weight categories were compared among a subset of participants and non-participants at 12 months. RESULTS Seven thousand seven hundred forty-three Internat...

Motivation: Genes code for proteins, the action molecules of life. The bulk of scientific effort has focused on the genes and their products. Yet only about 3% of the human genome codes for genes. The remainder, sometimes called "junk DNA", has received far less attention. Recent findings suggest that this junk may be far more important than previously believed. In particular this "junk" has be...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether early childhood students who participated in the Healthy for Life/PE4ME program experienced significant changes in their age-adjusted body mass index (BMI) percentiles, obesity-related behaviors, and identification of healthy foods and physical activities. The school-based program included nutrition education and physical activity components im...