Conditions of angelic type in function spaces

This paper deals with a class of topological spaces in which α-compactness and compactness coincide and the tightness of a compact subset is less or equal than α, a being an infinite cardinal number. This class is a natural extension of the class of strictly angelic spaces, introduced by W . Govaerts . Sufficient conditions are given for a space of continuous functions to belong to this class, and some results on locally convex spaces are obtained as an application

Una caracterización de las bornologías polares

Let E be a regular b.c.s. ( a Hausdoff l.c.s. ), and let F be a normed space. We consider the spaces El all bounded ( continuous ) linear mappings of E into F, provided with its natural topology ( its equi continuous bornology ) . By defíning E^n= (E^n-1 )^1 for every n 1, we obtaín a sequence (E^n)n composed by, alternatively, b.c.s. and l.c.s.. We study the inclusion of E into E^2, giving a necessary and sufficient condition for a regular b.c.s. to be polar

Un recíproco de un teorema de A. Wilansky

In this paper, we try to state a reciprocal of . a result of A. Wilansky : The dual of a Mazur space, provided with the topology of convergence on null sequences, is complete. Until now, we have proved this converse when the space is complete with respect to Mackey-convergence . To do this, we use a characterization of this type of completeness given by P. Dierolf

Association of Mediterranean diet with peripheral artery disease: the PREDIMED randomized trial

Association of Mediterranean Diet With Peripheral Artery Disease: The PREDIMED Randomized Trial The role of nutrition in preventing peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains elusive. 1 Mediterranean diets reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. 2,3. They also may reduce the risk of PAD, but this hypothesis has never been tested in a randomized trial. We assessed the association of Mediterranean diets with the occurrence of symptomatic PAD in an exploratory, nonprespecified analysis of a randomized trial..

Anthropometric Characteristics and other Dietary Aspects of a Group of Spanish Women Looking for Weight Loss and Enrolled in a Weight Management Program

Overweight is a health problem characterised as a higher than normal body weight due to an abnormal increase in body fat. Body weight adequacy is categorised using body mass index (BMI), however other parameters as fat mass (FM), waist circumference or waist to hip ratio, are relevant. Ideally, body composition should be calculated initially to evaluate changes during a dietary intervention for weight loss. Hunger experience is another parameter to take into account in order to succeed. The aim was to investigate and describe the characteristics of women seeking weight loss solutions. We organised an open program for people with body excess who wanted to lose weight. 252 women participated and answered to a dietary interview. Anthropometric measures of weight, height, body mass index, body fat, waist and hip circumference were taken. The mean age was of 36.84±7.29 years, and most of them, about 90%, have followed dietary programs for weight loss throughout their lives. They all wanted to lose weight in a range of 3 to 20 kilograms with a mean value of 11.49±6.01 kilograms. 123 women had a hunger profile of satiating behaviour and 129 a snacking one. The mean BMI was within overweight values, and mean fat mass was within obesity values. Waist and hip circumference were higher than normal in most of the participants and excess body weight perception and attitude were different. There is a need to tackle overweight and obesity individually, taking into account personal consciousness and expectancy, anthropometric measures and hunger experience

The role of dietary inflammatory index in cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and mortality

Abstract: Inflammation is an underlying pathophysiological process in chronic diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. In fact, a number of systematic reviews have shown the association between inflammatory biomarkers, such as CRP, IL-1 , IL-6, TNF- , IL-4, or IL-10, and cardio-metabolic diseases. Diet is one of the main lifestyle-related factors which modulates the inflammatory process. Different individual foods and dietary patterns can have a beneficial health effect associated with their anti-inflammatory properties. The dietary inflammatory index (DII) was recently developed to estimate the inflammatory potential of overall diet. The aim of this review is to examine the findings of recent papers that have investigated the association between the DII, cardio-metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular disease. The relevance of the DII score in the association between inflammation and cardio-metabolic diseases is critically appraised, as well as its role in the context of healthy dietary patterns. We conclude that the DII score seems to be a useful tool to appraise the inflammatory capacity of the diet and to better understand the relationships between diet, inflammation, and cardio-metabolic diseases