There is increasing evidence that in utero effects of excessive gestational weight gain may result in increased weight in children; however, studies have not controlled for shared genetic or environmental factors between mothers and children. Using 2,758 family groups from the Collaborative Perinatal Project, the authors examined the association of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) an...

In future wireless networks, end-user nodes may cooperate to form logical links. By cooperation, even singleantenna nodes provide user cooperative diversity resulting in a performance gain comparable to multi-antenna systems. This gain is efficiently provided by cooperative coding schemes where users cooperate by mutually transmitting their code words. However, cooperation employs additional ch...

obesity usually results from a combination of several modifiable and non-modifiable contributing factors, such as genetics, race, and socioeconomic status. other factors, including birth by cesarean section, perinatal antibiotics usage, and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months, could be potentially prevented or modulated. however, one of the factors can be easily implemented thro...

background: given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour university. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 269 newly born babies and their mothers in hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour un...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this commentary is to discuss modern lifestyle factors that promote weight gain and to suggest methods for clinicians to more effectively educate patients about weight management. DISCUSSION Most adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Multiple factors related to the modern lifestyle appear to play causal roles. In general, the population maintains sedent...

The relationship between serum growth factors and body weight gain was examined in five Dorset lambs. The lambs were weighed and bled by jugular puncture at 2-week intervals between 2 and 18 weeks of age. Somatomedin-like activity (Sm) declined from initially high concentrations at 2 weeks to fairly constant concentrations between 6 and 18 weeks. Relative weight gain--i.e., gain expressed as a ...

BACKGROUND The effects of weight-loss attempts on long-term weight gain remain unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective was to study prospectively how attempts to lose weight relate to future risk of major weight gain (>10 kg) and whether familial factors affect this relation. DESIGN Participants in the Finnish Twin Cohort (3536 men and 4193 women aged 18-54 y at baseline) were followed up for 6-15...

A literature study on community building in open-source software (OSS) projects has revealed several factors that are important for community growth. Several of these factors, e.g., the license and government structure, are fundamental for the sponsor to gain revenue and can thus not be arbitrarily varied to optimise community growth. The social factors surrounding the relation of the sponsor w...