The authors examined the association between perceived safety of neighborhood and likelihood of exercise among adult residents of eight European cities. Data were collected by a survey of neighborhood, housing, and health conducted by the World Health Organization in 2002 and 2003. Baseline category logistic regression models were fit to estimate the association between perceived safety and exe...

BACKGROUND We ascertained the degree to which language (English versus Spanish), and residence time in the US influence responses to survey questions concerning two topics: self-reported acculturation status, and recent physical activity (PA). This topic is likely to be of general interest because of growing numbers of immigrants in countries worldwide. METHODS We carried out qualitative (cog...

The Dunning R-3327 rat prostatic adenocarcinoma and its sublines have been developed as a model system to study prostate tumor progres sion. We have used this system to study the changes in androgen receptor (AR) and AR mRNA expression which occur during tumor progression from androgen dependent to androgen independent growth. Dorsal pros tate and all tumor sublines contained a 10-kilobase AR m...

It is well e~tablished (Nye and Blake, 1938, pp. 22, 42) that a peneplain existed over much of Tasmania at the beginning of the Permo-Carboniferous sedimentation. Beds of Permo-Carboniferous and Trias-Jura sediments were laid down on this surface, and, apart from tilting, retain their original horizontal relation8. At, or near, the close of the Trias--.Jura sedimentation, the intrusion of a dol...

In data for 5688 ch ildren , age-an d sex-specific com parison s of weigh t, h eigh t, body m ass in dex (BMI), an d skin fold data are m ade with an accepted British stan dard an d also with th e recen tly developed in tern ation al stan dard based on pooled data from several cou n tries. 3 Usin g th ese stan dards, th e au th ors also m ake age-an d sex-specific com parison s across eth n ici...

The J-decay properties ofground-state and iso-_ mer of l03In were investigated by means of --ray spec troscopy. The half-lives of l03*In and ,03mIn were deter mined to be 60 ± 1s and 34 ± 2 s. respectively. Out of 149 transitions ascribed to the decay of ,0-»In, 104 have been placed in a decay scheme including 55 excited states of ,03flCd. The main part of the resulting distribution of the Gamo...

A study was undertaken to attempt to relate the distribu tion of exogenous factors to the varying incidences of esophageal cancer in the Caspian Littoral of Iran. For the study, 38 villages were chosen by random sampling in 14 regions defined by their esophageal cancer incidence and environmental characteristics. Information was obtained on the dietary, social, and cultural features of each vil...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract The present paper introduces an analytical approach fo...

To determine the intercyclic effect of oxytocin and carbetocin on equine myometrial tissue, the effect of the drugs was evaluated through pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies. The complete pharmacokinetic profile for oxytocin was unknown and had to be established. To do so, 25 IU of oxytocin were administered intravenously to six cycling mares and blood samples were collected before and ...

Sialylated recombinant human acetylcholinesterase (rHuAChE), produced by stably transfected cells, is composed of a mixed population of monomers, dimers and tetramers and manifests a time-dependent circulatory enrichment of the higher-order oligomeric forms. To investigate this phenomenon further, homogeneous preparations of rHuAChE differing in their oligomerization statuses were generated: (1...