The authors investigated the relation between children's pulmonary function and intake of fruits, vegetables, juices, and vitamins A, C, and E by examining cross-sectional data from 2,566 children in the Children's Health Study collected during 1997-1998. Low total vitamin C intake (< or =10th percentile) was associated with deficits in forced vital capacity for both boys and girls and with def...

PURPOSE Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vital capacity (FEF(25-75)) are not included in routine monitoring of asthma control. We observed changes in FeNO level and FEF(25-75) after FeNO-based treatment with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in children with controlled asthma (CA). METHODS We recruited 148 children with asthma (age, 8 to 16 y...

The study evaluated the effect of four treatment compositions on plasticity tropical red soil (Lateritic soil) admixed with Bacillus coagulans (B. coagulans). Samples for Atterberg limits test were prepared using compositional variables. They include 25% B. suspension and 75% cementation reagent, (25%B /75%C); 50% reagent (50% B /50%C); (75%B /25% C) above three being in equivalent volumes corr...

BACKGROUND The mid-portion of the maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curve is often described by values of the mean forced expired flow as lung volume decreases from 75% to 25% of vital capacity (ie, forced expiratory flow, midexpiratory phase [FEF(25-75)]). It is common practice to report also forced expired flow at 50% of vital capacity (FEF(50)). STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate whether F...

Macroporous poly(lactide-co-glycolide) PLGA 75/25 foams were prepared for application in bone tissue engineering. Their in vitro degradation behaviour was followed over a 30 week period at 37 degrees C and at one of three pHs: (1) pH 5.0, which mimics the acidic environment produced by activated macrophages, (2) pH 7.4, which reproduces normal physiological conditions and (3) an intermediate pH...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the durability of glycemic control of twice-daily insulin lispro mix 75/25 (LM75/25: 75% insulin lispro protamine suspension/25% lispro) and once-daily insulin glargine, added to oral antihyperglycemic drugs in type 2 diabetes patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS During the initiation phase, patients were randomized to LM75/25 or glargine. After 6 months, patien...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D insufficiency has been implicated in autoimmunity. ChIP-seq experiments using immune cell lines have shown that vitamin D receptor (VDR) binding sites are enriched near regions of the genome associated with autoimmune diseases. We aimed to investigate VDR binding in primary CD4+ cells from healthy volunteers. METHODS We extracted CD4+ cells from nine healthy volunteers. E...

The purposes of this study were to compare the effects of two preload settings (0 N, 75 N) and two ranges of motion (5-90 degrees ROM, 25-70 degrees ROM) on torque output of the knee musculature. Twenty females were randomly assessed for isokinetic concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) torque of the knee extensor (EXT) and flexor (FLEX) musculature at a velocity of 1.62 rads.s-1. Two four-way AN...