BACKGROUND The population incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) has been declining in Australia and many other countries. This decline has been due to reduced population levels of risk factors for CHD and improved medical care for those at higher risk of CHD. However, there are signs that there may be a slowing down or even reversal in the decline of CHD incidence due to the 'obesity epidem...

background: obesity has become a serious problem for chinese han nationality. this research aimed to evaluate the prevalence of and trends in obesity among chinese korean nationality children and adolescents (1991–2010). methods: we used data from chinese national surveys on students’ constitution and health (cnssch). cnssch was utilized to monitor chinese students’ health condition and release...

Nonindigenous bigheaded carps (Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp H. molitrix; hereafter, “Asian carps” [AC]) threaten to invade and disrupt food webs and fisheries in the Laurentian Great Lakes through their high consumption of plankton. To quantify the potential effects of AC on the food web in Lake *Corresponding author: [email protected] Received December 6, 2014; accep...

An experiment was conducted at Dumurpota of Satkhira district for six months to compare the production performance prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) under all-male and mixed sex culture systems with carps (Labeo rohita Catla catla). A total experimental ghers were used two treatments in triplicates: (T1) (T2). In both treatments, prawns stocked a rate 10,000 PL/ha while C. catla L. each 650 fin...

Although carp is still widely sold and used in its fresh form, a range of value additions may also be observed. It is essential to know the development and management of a carp farm production costs and their evolution. In Iran, warm-water fish farming is based on common, silver, grass, and bighead carps. The carp is easy to rise in hatcheries in very large numbers at little cost, and is distri...

River thermal regime is a critical factor affecting the initiation of spawning and breeding success in freshwater fish species. The four main domestic carps (FMDCs) Chinese sturgeon are representative warm-water cool-water fishes with different requirements Yangtze Basin, China. This study focused on these two types species below Three Gorges Dam (TGD), response curves were constructed. daily s...