Objective: The goal of this paper was to evaluate the validity foot and ankle offset (FAO) measurements in setting severe deformities. Methods: This study included 57 feet (36 patients) that had a history cavovarus deformity. Each participant received weight-bearing computed tomography (WBCT) scan then used measure FAO. measurement performed once using traditional technique two additional times...

BACKGROUND Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) is expressed in the heart and regulates genes involved in myocardial fatty acid oxidation (FAO). The role of PPAR-alpha in acute ischemia/reperfusion myocardial injury remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS The coronary arteries of male mice were ligated for 30 minutes. After reperfusion for 24 hours, ischemic and infarct ...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the impact of the pro-inflammatory cytokine hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on the regulation of glucose and lipid placental metabolism. METHODS HGF levels were quantified in amniotic fluid and placenta from control and obese women. 2-deoxy-glucose (2-DOG) uptake, glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation (FAO), fatty acid esterification, de novo fatty acid synthesis, triglycer...

Daily evapotranspiration (ET) rates are needed for irrigation scheduling. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining accurate field measurements, ET rates are commonly estimated from weather parameters. A few empirical or semi–empirical methods have been developed for assessing daily reference crop ET, which is converted to actual crop ET using crop coefficients. The FAO Penman–Monteith method, which...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Diabetic hearts exhibit intracellular lipid accumulation. This suggests that the degree of fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in these hearts is insufficient to handle the elevated lipid uptake. We previously showed that palmitate impaired the rate of FAO in primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. Here we were interested in characterizing the site of FAO impairment induced by palmitate sin...

The evapotranspiration rate has a vital role in agricultural water management. In this paper, ability of Box-Jenkins models in forecasting the reference potential evapotranspiration is estimated. For this purpose meteorological data of Mehrabad synoptic station in Tehran was selected. Using this data and according to eight famous evapotranspiration equations amounts of evapotranspiration were f...

OBJECTIVE To assess the adequacy of predictive equations for estimation of energy expenditure (EE), compared with the EE using indirect calorimetry in a sample of Brazilian and Spanish women with excess body weight. METHODS It is a cross-sectional study with 92 obese adult women [26 Brazilian -G1- and 66 Spanish - G2- (aged 20-50)]. Weight and height were evaluated during fasting for the calc...

BACKGROUND Nutritional requirements have been previously calculated for emergency-affected populations and are widely used for planning and assessing the nutritional adequacy of humanitarian food assistance. The Sphere Project is an interagency collaboration that defines minimum standards and indicators for humanitarian responses, including food and nutrition. It last published population nutri...

In both Australia and Swaziland large areas of sugarcane rely on irrigation to produce a viable crop or to improve rainfed productivity. Matching water supply to crop demand is essential for productivity and sustainability in any irrigation scheme. Historically Class-A pan evaporation was used as a basis for determining sugarcane water demand or evapotranspiration (ETc). ETc is now frequently o...

BACKGROUND Undernutrition during childhood is a common disorder in the developing countries, however most research has focussed much on its treatment rather than its prevention. OBJECTIVE We investigated the potential of using chickpeas in infant follow-on formula production against the requirements of WHO/FAO on complementary foods and EU regulations on follow-on formula. METHODS Chickpeas...