• The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution (BDEE 2021), sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Diversity, will be held online from 15 to 31 March 2021. (mdpi.com)
  • Secondary outcomes comprise other anthropometric indices, iron and zinc status, dietary behavior, malaria indicators, and household socioeconomic status. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 1986. Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices. (cdc.gov)
  • Her research emphasis is on iodine metabolism, including dietary requirements, status biomarkers, prevalence, causes and consequences of iodine deficiency and excess. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • The objectives were to find the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the urban population of Jamnagar and to explore the effect of dietary factors on the weight status of the people. (researchpaper.sbs)
  • These crocodiles have dark-brown markings, which present as more pronounced bands in younger specimens and as scattered markings on mature ones. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mature specimens also have funnel-shaped caps with their outer layer bearing spore-producing cells. (healing-mushrooms.net)
  • 1985. The effects of dietary L-ascorbic acid on the absorption and utilization of Na75Se03 of silver-treated rats. (cdc.gov)
  • In the presence of higher hepcidin levels, dietary iron absorption is moderated and macrophages retain iron, but body iron stores increase due to the inability to excrete iron in transfused red blood cells. (medscape.com)
  • The main drivers of the increased demand for R. rosea raw materials are the expansion of the range of drugs, dietary supplements, and cosmetics containing R. rosea (Brinckmann et al. (springeropen.com)
  • Although many dietary supplement products contain N-acetyl cysteine, the US FDA has stated that it's illegal for dietary supplements to contain N-acetyl cysteine since it's technically an approved drug. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It may allow for N-acetyl cysteine in dietary supplements as long as no safety issues come up. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Given its possible maximum sizes, the Orinoco crocodile may rank as the third largest extant true crocodile, after the saltwater crocodile and Nile crocodile (which is closely related to it, despite its substantially different range), and additionally rank 4th amongst all extant crocodilians behind the gharial, though there is little to suggest that Orinoco specimens in modern times can rival these species. (wikipedia.org)
  • We investigate the pervasiveness of cranial differences and whether cranial morphological changes are associated with ecological covariates specific to individual species, such as trophic level, dietary breadth, and home range size. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Carnivorous species with a limited dietary breadth displayed the most consistent changes associated with skull widening. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results from our study contribute to a growing body of literature identifying key determinants of plasma lipoprotein concentrations and could provide insight into the biological mechanisms underlying serum lipid and cholesterol concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • Scientific publications based on the biological samples and related information of FMC serum bank represent various fields of medical science, covering cancer research, infection epidemiology, pregnancy complication research, childhood autism, schizophrenia abd ADHD research among other fields. (ppshp.fi)
  • Editorial Comment: Fluid Intake and Dietary Factors and the Risk of Incident Kidney Stones in UK Biobank: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Food intake patterns provide a summary of dietary intake. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Targeted interventions to improve dietary intake in populations is thus of high priority worldwide. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In line with these insights, the 5th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) [ 2 ], as well as other nutrition recommendations (e.g [ 5 ]), that are used in planning diets for various populations have shifted focus from intake of single nutrients to the role of the whole diet, dietary patterns, and specific food groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Total calorie intake as well as composition of diet was the important dietary factor affecting weight gain. (researchpaper.sbs)
  • Dietary factors are the major modifiable factors through which many of the external forces promoting weight gain act. (researchpaper.sbs)
  • The questionnaire included information regarding sociodemographic characteristics and dietary factors. (researchpaper.sbs)
  • Fish mercury levels and subsequent human and biological exposures are likely to also increase because production of MeHg in ocean ecosystems is driven by the supply of available inorganic mercury, among other factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Exhibiting high consistence in sequence and structure, S100 family members are interchangeable in function and they show a wide spectrum of biological processes, including proliferation, apoptosis, migration, inflammation and differentiation and the like. (cancerindex.org)
  • Iron is essential to many fundamental biological processes, but its cellular compartmentalization and concentration must be tightly controlled. (biomed.news)
  • And a number have won Nobel prizes for their contributions to biological science and medicine. (grunge.com)
  • Identifying the contributions of biological sex can assist in understanding the diversity of health outcomes and how this knowledge can be applied to the development of the next generation of interventions and medical treatments leading to improvements in women's health. (nih.gov)
  • can vary but usually solitary or in clusters under hardwood trees such as oak and birch trees, on the soil of forests, sloping creek banks, on the mossy ground. (healing-mushrooms.net)
  • R. rosea in the study region lives on damp mossy rocks, rocky slopes, overgrown moraines and along the banks of mountain rivers in the upper limit of cedar-larch forests, subalpine and alpine belts, in the altitude limit of 1700-2400 m. (springeropen.com)
  • Collection procedures varied based on the specimen types. (cdc.gov)
  • In origin, biobanks, or life banks, arose from the collection of biological samples for reference purposes. (rdworldonline.com)
  • The focus of her work has been developing and optimizing assay and specimen collection methods suitable for large-scale biological data collection in non-clinical settings. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Dietary improvements could likely prevent one in every five deaths globally, and sub-optimal intakes of whole grains, fruits and sodium were reported to account for more than 50% of deaths and 66% of DALYs attributable to diet. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Understanding these dietary compounds and their specific framing within whole diets can help develop targeted interventions to improve health at the population level, not just by reducing consumption of unhealthy foods, but also by encouraging people to eat more of health-promoting foods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further work is now needed to identify pockets in the population with sub-optimal dietary patterns so that interventions can be targeted towards the correct population strata. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Here we briefly review biological exposures to mercury, environmental sources, and trends in concentrations that could impact human exposure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to Guinness Records, the average length of adults that they were able to examine was only 3 m (9 ft 10 in) and the largest specimen found firsthand was 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in). (wikipedia.org)
  • The most recent update [ 1 ], found that in 2017 dietary risks were responsible for 11 million deaths and 255 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) globally. (biomedcentral.com)
  • NHANES collects biological specimens (biospecimens) for laboratory analysis to provide detailed information about participants' health and nutritional status. (cdc.gov)
  • Each SCORE program serves as a national resource for translational research, at multiple levels of analysis, to identify the role of biological sex differences on the health of women. (nih.gov)
  • Subgroups of women and men with less healthy dietary patterns in the time window 2008-2016 with lower education, lower age, higher body mass index, lower levels of physical activity and more smoking were identified and future interventions may be targeted towards these groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They also can be used as a ready source of specimens for research projects not yet defined. (rdworldonline.com)
  • SCORE investigators provide leadership in the development and promotion of standards and policies for the consideration of sex as a biological variable (SABV) and sex differences in biomedical research. (nih.gov)
  • We discourage the importation and purchase of wild caught specimens, in favour of responsible captive breeding. (britishcheloniagroup.org.uk)
  • Participants aged 6 and older were asked to provide a full void of urine in the MEC using a specimen cup. (cdc.gov)
  • The date and time of the last urine void, along with the date, time, and volume of the urine specimen collected in the MEC were used to provide a measurement of urine flow rate. (cdc.gov)
  • The date and time of the prior urine void, along with the date, time, and volume of the urine specimen collected in the MEC were used to calculate urine flow rate. (cdc.gov)
  • The lack of hepcidin results in hyperabsorption of dietary iron and body iron overload. (medscape.com)
  • In 1999-2014, NHANES had collected urine specimens for all participants aged 6 years and older. (cdc.gov)
  • The parents/guardians of participants aged 3-5 years were asked to help their children collect a full void urine specimen. (cdc.gov)
  • From Nazi twin experiments to Japan's World War II biological warfare project to the US Tuskegee syphilis experiment , medical ethics - and the well-being of unwilling human test subjects - hasn't always been at the forefront of researchers' minds. (grunge.com)
  • After an early career as a grave robber , procuring dissection specimens for his brother's medical school, Hunter would serve as an anatomy lecturer, military doctor, and dentist. (grunge.com)
  • In captivity, at the Roberto Franco Tropical Biological Station (EBTRF), the largest male was recorded at 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) and weighed 428 kg (944 lb), and maximum size recorded for females was 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) long and 195 kg (430 lb) in weight. (wikipedia.org)
  • Given the importance of marine fish for human and biological exposures, much debate has arisen about the origin of mercury in marine ecosystems and the extent of perturbation by human influences. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Quantitative relationships linking changes in global anthropogenic mercury releases to human and biological exposures are still being developed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A 24-h dietary recall method was used to assess the amount of food consumed. (researchpaper.sbs)
  • Female and male participants aged 14-59 were asked to self-collect a vaginal or penile specimen using a sterile swab. (cdc.gov)