Traditional fuel-powered vehicle emissions have long been recognized as a major barrier to sustainable environment, and their minimization could ensure both economic support for the societal fundament pollution prevention. Electrifying light-duty fleets, such taxis, provide financial return well bring significant environmental improvements. This paper offers ranked selection of electric vehicle...

The aim of this paper is to analyse age at menarche in Tanzanian girls for associations with body composition and selected somatic indices. The study included 97 girls (71 post-menarche and 26 pre-menarche). Measurements were taken of body height, body weight, waist and hip circumferences. Body composition was analysed for percentages of body H2O, fat, and muscle. The girls' nutritional status ...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Obese youths (1,452) had an oral glucose tolerance test and a fasting lipid profile. Insulin sensitivity was estimated using the whole body insulin sensitivity index (WBISI) and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA)-IR and evaluated, in a subgroup of 146 obese youths, by the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. The cohort was divided by ethnicity (612 whites, 357 Hispani...

In several studies a correlation between body weight and peak exercise capacity has been found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the present study a thorough analysis of the relationship between body composition and peak exercise performance was executed in 62 patients with clinically stable COPD. This was based on the hypothesis that particularly muscle mass, as...

Leptin has emerged over the past decade as a key hormone not only in energy balance regulation but also in neuroendocrine and inflammatory processes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether hyperleptinemia deregulates neuropeptides during weight loss. A total of 86 post-pubertal obese adolescents (with or without hyperleptinemia) participated in one year of interdisciplinary weight...

abstract the present study was aimed to investigate the planting dates effects on yield associated traits and also determining stability of the result of factor analysis and stepwise regression analysis in different planting dates of rapeseed genotypes at biekol agriculture research station during 2011-12 cropping season. result of split plot analysis exhibited significant genotypes effects for...