The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness

Funding This work was supported by NSFC grant 91431102 from the National Science Foundation of China. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Acknowledgements We are grateful to all the participants from all the countries and all the members of Molecular Energetics Group for their help on the investigation and discussion of the results.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The effect of (L-)carnitine on weight loss in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

This study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, which have examined the effect of the carnitine on adult weight loss. Relevant studies were identified by systematic search of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and reference lists of relevant marker studies. Nine studies (total n = 911) of adequate methodological quality were included in the review. Trials with mean difference (MD) of 95 confidence interval (CI) were pooled using random effect model. Results from meta-analysis of eligible trials revealed that subjects who received carnitine lost significantly more weight (MD: �1.33 kg; 95 CI: �2.09 to �0.57) and showed a decrease in body mass index (MD: �0.47 kg m�2; 95 CI: �0.88 to �0.05) compared with the control group. The results of meta-regression analysis of duration of consumption revealed that the magnitude of weight loss resulted by carnitine supplementation significantly decreased over time (p = 0.002). We conclude that receiving the carnitine resulted in weight loss. Using multiple-treatments meta-analysis of the drugs and non-pharmacotherapy options seem to be insightful areas for research. © 2016 World Obesity. © 2016 World Obesit

Diet quality in obese/overweight individuals with/without metabolic syndrome compared to normal weight controls

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a serious public health concern worldwide; however, the pathogenesis of this disease has not been yet cleared. This study aimed to compare diet quality in obese/overweight participants with/without metabolic syndrome with normal weight controls. Methods: This was a comparative study on 147 Iranian adults under treatment at the Endocrinology Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. They were assigned into three groups (normal weight, obese weight with/without MetS) according to the inclusion- exclusion criteria. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the NCEP ATPIII consensus criteria. Healthy Eating Index Data were obtained from the validated FFQ to determine the diet quality index scores, using the Healthy Eating Index-2010. Results: Our findings demonstrated that FBS, TG, SBP, WC and weight were higher among MetS patients compared to the both weight matched and non-weight matched participants, while HDL-c was lowest in this group (p < 0.05). A statistically significant difference was found between healthy weight controls and obese/overweight participants with/without MetS in HEI-2010, and 9 of the 12 HEI-2010 components score (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Our study revealed that low diet quality was a risk factor in developing MetS

SAVE: Towards Efficient Resource Management in Heterogeneous System Architectures

The increasing availability of different kinds of processing resources in heterogeneous system architectures associated with today's fast-changing, unpredictable workloads has propelled an interest towards systems able to dynamically and autonomously adapt how computing resources are exploited to optimize a given goal. Self-adaptiveness and hardware-assisted virtualization are the two key-enabling technologies for this kind of architectures, to allow the efficient exploitation of the available resources based on the current working context. The SAVE project will develop HW/SW/OS components that allow for deciding at runtime the mapping of the computation kernels on the appropriate type of resource, based on the current system context and requirements

Predictive factors of survival time after hematopoietic stem cell transplant in acute myeloid leukemia patients who received allogeneic BMT from matched sibling donors using Generalized Gamma models

Introduction: This paper used Generalized Gamma (GG) distribution to find the predictive factors of overall survival (OS) after haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) in acute myeloid leukemia patients. Methods: Discrimination among the exponential, Weibull, GG, log-logistic, and lognormal distributions was done using maximum likelihood and Akaike information criteria. Results: The 5-year OS in 301 patients was 65 (95CI: 60.7-69.3). Peak mortality hazard occurred at months 6-7 after HSCT then, it was U Shape. The data was fitted by GG distribution better than other distributions. Univariate analysis using GG distribution showed a positive association between OS with dose of infused WBC (P=0.018), CD3 (p=0.001), no relapse (P<0.001), cGVHD (P<0.001), and platelet recovery (P<0.001). Multivariate analysis indicated that, OS has relationship with relapse (P<0.001), platelet recovery (P=0.004), disease status at transplant (P=0.036) and aGVHD (P=0.036). Conclusion: We showed that GG distribution can be a useful tool for recognizing prognostic factors of OS in AML patients

Physical attractiveness and obesity - an evolutionary perspective

This project aims to explore the connection between physical attractiveness and body fat storage in both males and females