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Bone Status in Professional Cyclists

Professional cycling combines extensive endurance training with non weight-bearing exercise, two factors often associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD). Therefore BMD was measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in 30 professional road cyclists (mean (SD) age: 29.1 (3.4) years; height: 178.5 (6.7) cm; weight: 71.3 (6.1) kg; %fat mass: 9.7 (3.2)%; (V) over dotO(2) max: 70.5 (5.5) ml .

Plant foods, plasma enterolactone and breast cancer - with a focus on estrogen receptor status and genetic variation

Popular Abstract in Swedish Varje år insjuknar ca 7000 kvinnor i Sverige i bröstcancer och antalet ökar för varje år. Fortfarande är kunskapen om orsakerna till bröstcancer relativt okända, men många av de kända riskfaktorerna är kopplade till en hög halt av könshormoner i blodet. Faktorer i kosten som kan motverka effekten av könshormonerna är därför av stort intresse. Under 1990-talet inbjöds Diets high in fibre have previously been associated with decreased risk of breast cancer in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort. Several potent compounds may exist in high-fibre diets that might protect against breast cancer, for example lignans. Plant lignans are converted to enterolactone by the gut microflora and are similar in structure to estrogens. Enterolactone may interact with the estrogen r

Tailoring the electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes via filling with nickel acetylacetonate

Although chemical functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes was extensively studied, in many cases detailed information about the influence of the nanotube metallicity and diameter is missing. Here, we present an X-ray photoemission and absorption spectroscopy study of endohedrally functionalized carbon nanotubes with different diameters, where Ni(II) acetylacetonate molecules are reacte

Reduced Body Mass Index in Parkinson's Disease: Contribution of Comorbid Depression.

ABSTRACT: Courses of Parkinson's disease (PD) that are complicated by weight loss result in poorer overall treatment outcome and lower quality of life. To determine the contribution of depression, which has not yet been specified in the etiology of weight loss in PD, symptomatology and anamnesis from 215 outpatients diagnosed with PD were assessed using a comprehensive battery of neuropsychiatric

Is 30 km/h a ‘safe’ speed? Injury severity of pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the relation to travel speed and age

This study uses Swedish accident data for the years 2004–2008 to analyze the relationship between injury severity for pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the speed environment at accident locations. It also makes use of a multinomial logit model and other statistical methods. Speed measurements have been performed at accident sites, and the results show that there was a relationship between the (1

Fotosyntesprocessens evolution

Fotosyntesen är växternas fantastiska och för oss livgivande metod att med hjälp av energin i solljuset omvandla luftens koldioxid till växtbiomassa och syre. Men många lägre organismer har en fotosyntes som inte producerar nŒgot syre, medan åter andra organismer kan binda koldioxid med hjälp av någon annan energikälla än solljuset. Lars Olof Björn och Jan Bergström reder ut begreppen.

Glycosylated Hemoglobin and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men and Women, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Although large-scale prospective cohort studies have related hyperglycemia to increased risk of cancer overall, studies specifically on colorectal cancer have been generally small. We investigated the association between prediagnostic levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), a marker for average glucose level in blood, and colorectal cancer risk in a case-control study nested within the European

Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness, Psychosocial Dysfunction and Suffering in ESSENCE

Background. The acronym ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations) highlights that children seeking clinical treatment are often multiply impaired, thus requiring treatment from several specialties. The aim was to map and relate, on a population level, ESSENCE to two salient predictors of health and adaptation to adversities, namely, Self-Directedness

Liposuction in Dercum's disease. Clinical studies regarding Dercum's disease and the effect of liposuction.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Dercums sjukdom är ovanlig sjukdom som kännetecknas av uttalad kronisk smärta (>3 månader) i fettväven, kombinerad med övervikt och ett antal mer diffusa associerade symptom, såsom trötthet och allmän sjukdomskänsla. Orsaken till sjukdomen är okänd. Smärtorna är ofta handikappande och de flesta prövade behandlingar, såsom traditionella smärtstillande, ger otillräcklig eDercum’s disease is a rare condition characterised by obesity, chronic pain (>3 months) in the adipose tissue and a number of diffuse associated symptoms, such as fatigue and malaise. The aetiology of the disease is unknown. The experienced pains are often disabling and resistant to most tried treatments, such as analgesics. However, a number of case reports have been published on the promising ef

Audio-recorded information to patients considering participation in cancer clinical trials - a randomized study

Background. Patient information in cancer clinical trial is challenging. The value of audio-recording interventions for patients considering participating in clinical trials is unclear. The primary aim of this randomized study was to investigate effects of audio-recorded information on knowledge and understanding in patients considering participation in a clinical trial. Material and methods. Pati

A Fiscal Union for the Euro: Some Lessons from History

The recent financial crisis starting in 2007-2009 is the longest and the deepest recession since the Great Depression of 1930. The crisis that originated in the US subprime mortgage markets spread and amplified through international financial markets and resulted in severe debt crises in several European countries. Events revealed that the European Union (EU) had insufficient means to halt the spi

The chemical composition of native organic matter influences the response of bacterial community to input of biochar and fresh plant material

Aim To investigate how the chemical composition of native organic matter of two contrasting soils varies with inputs of biochar and fresh material (including plant roots) and how these underlying changes influence microbial community structure. Methods Corn stover (CS) and CS-derived biochars produced at 350 °C and 550 °C were applied at a dose of 7.2 t C ha−1 to two contrasting soils—an Alfis

ColorFull: a C plus plus library for calculations in SU(Nc) color space

ColorFull, a C++ package for treating QCD color structure, is presented. ColorFull, which utilizes the trace basis approach, is intended for interfacing with event generators, but can also be used as a stand-alone package for squaring QCD amplitudes, calculating interferences, and describing the effect of gluon emission and gluon exchange.

Expression and localization of apolipoprotein M in human colorectal tissues

Background: It has been well documented that apolipoprotein M (apoM) is principally expressed in the liver and kidney. However we found that there was weak apoM expression in other tissues or organs too, which could not be ignored. In the present study, we therefore examined apoM expression in human colorectal tissues including cancer tissues, cancer adjacent normal tissues, polyp tissues and norm

Modeling of crack behavior in austenitic steel influenced by martensitic phase transformation

A thermomechanically coupled constitutive model for finite strain elasto-plasticity is formulated and numerically implemented. The model gives a physically sound description of an initially austenitic material influenced by martensitic phase transformation. The heat dissipated by plastic slip deformation and by phase transformation is allowed to influence the material behavior and appears as a key