BACKGROUND Although obesity is associated with important hemodynamic disturbances, there are few data on population-wide blood pressure (BP) distribution in children and adolescents in this era of endemic pediatric obesity. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a school-based survey of a representative sample of youth aged 9, 13, and 16 years in Quebec, Canada. Resting BP was measured with an osci...

In an attempt to facilitate the processing of meat which is a daily nutritional food requirement of man, a meat slicing machine has been developed. The machine consists of a cutting blade, a meat feeder, a meat tray, a meat clamp, the crank mechanism and a control unit. The machine was designed to enhance the hygienic slicing of meat for both domestic and commercial consumption and it can accom...

this study determined optimum conditions for drying pomegranate arils in a solar dryer. a cabinet solar dryer was used in active and mixed modes. the response surface method was employed with nine treatments (runs) and a control run (3 m/s air velocity and 2 cm in thickness) and five replications. the bryte cultivar was tested and samples were dried to approximately 10% moisture. drying time, v...

PURPOSE To examine the effect of panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) on the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in patients with diabetic retinopathy. METHODS Subjects included 118 eyes for a treatment group and 164 eyes for a control group. The peripapillary RNFL thickness was measured before and 6 months after PRP in treatment group. In control group, the peripapillary RNFL thickness w...

abstract to study the effects of four types of mulches including wood chips, municipal compost, sawdust and gravel in three different thicknesses on growth of platanus orientalis during two years, an experiment was conducted in mashhad area with semi-arid climate. the research was conducted as split plot based on a completely randomized block design with four replications. treatments included c...

BACKGROUND To determine the change in central corneal thickness over time and whether the use of long-term topical antiglaucoma medications influences central corneal thickness. DESIGN Case control study with retrospective and prospective data collection. PARTICIPANTS One hundred eighty-seven eyes of 187 glaucoma patients (mean follow up 6.92 ± 1.67 years) being treated with topical antigla...

Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation methods are developed to inspect and investigate materials and structures. Ultrasonic Testing is an NDT method can be used for measuring the thickness of objects, as one of its significant applications. The objective of this paper is designing and applying an intelligent UT fuzzy control system for evaluating the thickness of thin metal objects in a range of...