For dietary surveillance in the United States, the preferred method for collecting dietary intake data is the 24-hour dietary recall. However, researchers are interested in usual intake (i.e. long-term average daily intake). Researchers are also interested in exploring multiple dietary components collectively to consider dietary patterns, and consumption of these dietary components varies. Some...

This study assessed the association between vitamin D sufficiency (serum 25(OH)D ≥30 ng/mL) and alcohol consumption using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2009. The following characteristics were obtained in 7,010 Korean participants ≥19-years-of-age: serum 25(OH)D level, alcohol consumption (drinking frequency, drinking number of alcoholic bever...

Research Question: How do acute and chronic sleep deprivation affect eating behavior in university students? Does lack of sleep decrease fruit & vegetable intake or increase sweet & starchy food intake? Aims: 1) determine the affect average hours of sleep or acute sleep deprivation (defined as less than 6 hour sleep per night) has on consumption of nutritious foods, measured by examining averag...

background & aim: depression is a chronic and overwhelming disorder. one of the factors that could prevent the occurrence of depression is tea consumption. considering the controversial results of previous studies, the aim of this systematic and meta-analysis review study was to answer this question that whether tea consumption could decrease the risk of depression. methods & materials : by sea...

In this study, the energy consumption of Nasirabad Industrial Park (NIP) treatment plant was evaluated. A combination of up-flow anaerobic baffled reactor (UABR) and aerobic integrated fixed-bed activated sludge (IFAS) processes were employed in NIP. To find out the average electrical energy use per m3 influent wastewater, the rate of energy usage of the plant was calculated by data ...

Laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus) that had experienced 10 generations of artificial selection for high levels of voluntary wheel running ran about 70% more total revolutions per day than did mice from random-bred control lines. The difference resulted primarily from increased average velocities rather than from increased time spent running. Within all eight lines (four selected, four contr...