BACKGROUND Circulating adiponectin is a marker for insulin sensitivity, derived from fat cells. It is largely unknown if adiponectin is also an independent marker for early atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Plasma adiponectin levels were measured in 373 men and 514 women of middle-age by a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay. The subjects were sampled stratified for degree of insulin se...

Red meat consumption has been positively associated with colorectal cancer; however, the biological mechanism underlying this relationship is not understood. Red meat is a major source of iron, which may play a role in colorectal carcinogenesis via increased crypt cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and endogenous N-nitrosation. In a nested case-control study within the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal...

To clarify the correlation between kitchen work-related burns and cuts and job stress, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted involving 991 kitchen workers among 126 kitchen facilities. The demographics, condition of burns and cuts, job stress with the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ), health condition, and work-related and environmental factors were surveyed. Multiple logi...

Molecular dynamics simulations employing reactive potentials were used to determine the activation barriers to the dissolution of the amorphous SiO2 surface in the presence of a 2 nm overlayer of water. The potential of mean force calculations of the reactions of water molecules with 15 different starting Q4 sites (Qi is the Si site with i bridging oxygen neighbors) to eventually form the disso...

Neck circumference, a proxy for upper-body fat, may be a unique fat depot that indicates metabolic risk beyond whole body fat. We investigated whether neck circumference is associated with development of diabetes mellitus (DM) in a subset of data with Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (n = 3521, age range = 42-71 years). Nondiabetic subjects at the baseline were categorized into 4 groups (Q1...

Abstract Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and testosterone (T) both play distinct roles in the early stages of folliculogenesis. However, relationship between serum T AMH levels is poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate association infertile women. A total 1935 women aged 20–46 years were included cross-sectional divided into four quartile groups (Q1 Q4) based on levels. Compared subjec...

The paper deals with the impact of low interest rate environment on insurance companies' portfolio composition in EU countries. aim research is to show that continuously rates could influence companies become more exposed risky asset classes, but there also possibility remain mainly fixed income assets. secondary data analysis carried out further examine potential dynamics Q4 2017-Q4 2021 perio...

Detailed and automated data stored by an ablation mapping system may be a valuable adjunctive training tool. To assess whether analysis of lesion level parameters, through cloud-based curation storage (CARTONET), can capture progression manual catheter handling skills in cohort fellows progressing Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP) program. AF ablations involving year 1 (Y1) or 2 (Y2) CC...