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The Dawn of a New, New International Economic Order
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether being overweight or obese is associated with significant health outcomes in an 85-year-old population. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanDESIGN: A cross-sectional population-based study. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanSETTING: Linkoping, Sweden. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanPARTICIPANTS: Three hundred thirty-eight people born in 1922 were identified using the local authoritys register. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanMEASUREMENTS: Data related to sociodemographic characteristics, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), assistance use, and the presence of diseases were collected using a postal questionnaire. Anthropometry and functional status were assessed during home and geriatric clinic visits. Diseases were double-checked in the electronic medical records, and information about health service consumption was obtained from the local healthcare register. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanRESULTS: Overweight (body mass index (BMI) 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2)) and obese (BMI andgt;= 30.0 kg/m(2)) participants perceived more difficulty performing instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and had more comorbidity than their normal-weight counterparts (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)), but their overall HRQoL and health service costs did not differ from those of normal-weight participants. After controlling for sociodemographic factors, being overweight did not influence IADLs or any comorbidity, but obese participants were more likely to perceive greater difficulty in performing outdoor activities (odds ratio (OR) = 2.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.1-4) and cleaning (OR = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.2-4.2) than their normal-weight counterparts. Although obesity was also associated with multimorbidity (OR = 3, 95% CI = 1.2-8), the health service cost of each case of multimorbidity (n = 251) was highest in normalweight participants and nearly three times as much as in obese participants (ratio: 2.9, 95% CI = 1.1-8.1). less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanCONCLUSION: For 85-year-olds, being obese, as opposed to overweight, is associated with self-reported activity limitations and comorbidities. Overweight older adults living in their own homes in this population had well-being similar to that of those with normal weight.Funding Agencies|Health Research Council of the South-East of Sweden||County of Ostergotland||Janne Elgqvist Family Foundation||</p
Homotopy Perturbation Method with an Auxiliary Term
The two most important steps in application of the homotopy perturbation method are to construct a suitable homotopy equation and to choose a suitable initial guess. The homotopy equation should be such constructed that when the homotopy parameter is zero, it can approximately describe the solution property, and the initial solution can be chosen with an unknown parameter, which is determined after one or two iterations. This paper suggests an alternative approach to construction of the homotopy equation with an auxiliary term; Dufing equation is used as an example to illustrate the solution procedure
An Aproximation to Solution of Space and Time Fractional Telegraph Equations by the Variational Iteration Method
Sevimlican suggested an effective algorithm for space and time fractional telegraph equations by the variational iteration method. This paper shows that algorithm can be updated by either variational iteration algorithm-II or the fractional variational iteration method
Gapped spin liquid with -topological order for kagome Heisenberg model
We apply symmetric tensor network state (TNS) to study the nearest neighbor
spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on Kagome lattice. Our method keeps
track of the global and gauge symmetries in TNS update procedure and in tensor
renormalization group (TRG) calculation. We also introduce a very sensitive
probe for the gap of the ground state -- the modular matrices, which can also
determine the topological order if the ground state is gapped. We find that the
ground state of Heisenberg model on Kagome lattice is a gapped spin liquid with
the -topological order (or toric code type), which has a long
correlation length unit cell length. We justify that the TRG
method can handle very large systems with over thousands of spins. Such a long
explains the gapless behaviors observed in simulations on smaller systems
with less than 300 spins or shorter than 10 unit cell length. We also discuss
experimental implications of the topological excitations encoded in our
symmetric tensors.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
Semiconductor Electronic Label-Free Assay for Predictive Toxicology.
While animal experimentations have spearheaded numerous breakthroughs in biomedicine, they also have spawned many logistical concerns in providing toxicity screening for copious new materials. Their prioritization is premised on performing cellular-level screening in vitro. Among the screening assays, secretomic assay with high sensitivity, analytical throughput, and simplicity is of prime importance. Here, we build on the over 3-decade-long progress on transistor biosensing and develop the holistic assay platform and procedure called semiconductor electronic label-free assay (SELFA). We demonstrate that SELFA, which incorporates an amplifying nanowire field-effect transistor biosensor, is able to offer superior sensitivity, similar selectivity, and shorter turnaround time compared to standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We deploy SELFA secretomics to predict the inflammatory potential of eleven engineered nanomaterials in vitro, and validate the results with confocal microscopy in vitro and confirmatory animal experiment in vivo. This work provides a foundation for high-sensitivity label-free assay utility in predictive toxicology
El mercado del arte contemporáneo chino
Màster Oficial en Estudis Avançats en Història de l'Art. Facultat de Geografia i Història de la UB. Curs: 2015-2016, Tutor: Joan Ramon TriadóA lo largo del siglo XX y especialmente durante la última década, el mercado del
arte contemporáneo chino se ha desarrollado de forma rápida y se ha convertido,
debido a la globalización, en el mayor mercado artístico del mundo. No es de extrañar,
pues, que en las subastas surjan incesantemente obras artísticas chinas cuyo precio
se eleva tanto como el de las obras de los maestros occidentales. ¿Cómo ha conseguido
desarrollarse tan rápido en un período tan corto de tiempo el mercado del
arte contemporáneo chino? ¿Por qué las obras se pueden subastar hoy por hoy a un
precio tan alto? ¿Cuáles son las razones por las que aparece este crecimiento explosivo?
¿Existe una burbuja
THE ENHANCED HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION METHOD FOR AXIAL VIBRATION OF STRINGS
A governing equation is established for string axial vibrations with temporal and spatial damping forces by the Hamilton principle. It is an extension of the well-known Klein-Gordon equation. The classical homotopy perturbation method (HPM) fails to analyze this equation, and a modification with an exponential decay parameter is suggested. The analysis shows that the amplitude behaves as an exponential decay by the damping parameter. Furthermore, the frequency equation is established and the stability condition is performed. The modified homotopy perturbation method yields a more effective result for the nonlinear oscillators and helps to overcome the shortcoming of the classical approach. The comparison between the analytical solution and the numerical solution shows an excellent agreement
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