BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nutritional status is a prognostic factor for survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. We investigated the contribution of some of the components contributing to resting energy expenditure (REE) in order to determine whether potentially higher energy needs should be considered for these patients. METHODS Thirty three ALS patients and 33 age- and gender-mat...

We construct a system of nonequilibrium entropy limiters for the lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM). These limiters erase spurious oscillations without blurring of shocks, and do not affect smooth solutions. In general, they do the same work for LBM as flux limiters do for finite differences, finite volumes and finite elements methods, but for LBM the main idea behind the construction of nonequili...

BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of testosterone treatment (TT) are debated. METHODS Double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of six months TT (gel) in 54 men aged 60-78 with bioavailable testosterone (BioT) <7.3 nmol/L and waist >94 cm randomized to TT (50-100 mg/day, n = 20), placebo (n = 18), or strength training (ST) (n = 16) for 24 weeks. Moreover, the ST group was randomized to TT (n =...

The recently introduced inertial-range IR consistent Smagorinsky model and the classical Smagorinsky model are applied to the large-eddy simulation LES of decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence based on the lattice Boltzmann method LBM , which is implemented using the 19-velocity D3Q19 lattice model. The objectives of this study are to examine the effectiveness of the LES-LBM technique for s...

Results from a pilot project indicate that isoflavones and exercise could have an additive effect on body composition and clinical risk factors of CVD in postmenopausal women. The objective of the present study was to assess the combined effect of exercise and isoflavones in overweight-to-obese postmenopausal women. In this double-blind randomised controlled trial, 100 overweight-to-obese (BMI ...

BACKGROUND Loss of muscle mass and function is an important complication to ageing and a range of pathologies, including, but not restricted to, cancer, organ failures, and sepsis. A number of interventions have been proposed ranging from exercise to anabolic pharmacological therapy, with varying success. Easily applicable serological biomarkers of lean and/or muscle mass and change therein wou...

Growth hormone (GH) treatment reverses the muscle loss allegedly responsible for diminished aerobic capacity and increased fatigue in patients with HIV-associated wasting. This study examined whether submaximal measures of physical performance can be used as objective measures of the functional impact of GH treatment-induced anabolism. We randomized 27 HIV-positive men [mean (SD) age, 43.9 (7.2...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between macronutrient intake, body composition (lean body mass and fat mass) and bone mineral content in Moroccan children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS A cross-sectional study, conducted between May 2010 and June 2011, covering out patient with JIA. The characteristics of patients were collected. The nutr...

The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is an efficient simulation technique for computational fluid mechanics and beyond. It based on a simple stream-and-collide algorithm Cartesian grids, which easily compatible with modern machine learning architectures. While it becoming increasingly clear that deep can provide decisive stimulus classical techniques, recent studies have not addressed possible co...

During the process of bubbles interacting with particles, the bubble movement velocity, jetting phenomenon, topological deformation, and even properties of flow field may demonstrate novel variation. To investigate these characteristics, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) which is based on kinetic theory is adopted to build up the three dimensional coupled model. The gas-liquid interface with l...