Background: Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the gold standard for non-invasive measurement of bone mass. T-scores and Z-scores are used to present the results of bone mass. The present study was designed to evaluate the discordance between T-scores and Z-scores calculated at a same level and its relation with age, gender and body mass index (BMI) in a representative sampl...

MARJOLEIN VISSER,1,2 THOMAS FUERST,3 THOMAS LANG,3 LORAN SALAMONE,4 AND TAMARA B. HARRIS1 FOR THE HEALTH, AGING, AND BODY COMPOSITION STUDY— DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY AND BODY COMPOSITION WORKING GROUP 1Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; 2Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universite...

The importance of food in health promotion and disease prevention is well known. The aims of our study were to evaluate the daily energy intake of an adult group;

In this study, MIE values measured with two different explosion tubes, HARTMANN and MIKE 3, are compared. Generally, MIKE 3 apparatus provides MIE results, which are equal or lower to those measured with the HARTMANN apparatus; this is particularly true for the energy ranges between 1 and 10mJ and higher than 100mJ. Differences observed can modify samples classification according to their sensi...

After a short introduction to solar neutrino physics, this paper describes the conceptual design and expected performance of the BOREXINO underground detector at Gran Sasso. Low background results from the Counting Test Facility, the rst phase of the BOREXINO project, are summarized. Indicative sensitivities to non-standard neutrino physics scenarios are presented.

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE HEART RATE BASED ENERGY EXPENDITURE ESTIMATION METHOD AT GLANCE....................................................................................

Things have been changing increasingly since the first DEXA events due to the new challenges posed by new issues ubiquitously appearing in modern application domains nowadays. In this paper, a quick review of contributions to the DEXA international conferences will be given. The different research trends and challenges that have been posed are succinctly analysed. Some predictions about the fut...

We have measured plasmon energies in Na under high pressure up to 43 GPa using inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS). The momentum-resolved results show clear deviations, growing with increasing pressure, from the predictions for a nearly free-electron metal. Plasmon energy calculations based on first-principles electronic band structures and a quasiclassical plasmon model allow us to identify a pre...