Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Justin C. Brown, Steven B. Heymsfield, Bette J. Caan
Summary: This study quantified the scaling relationship between body composition (including skeletal muscle, visceral adipose tissue, subcutaneous adipose tissue, and total abdominal adipose tissue) measured by a single-slice axial CT image and height in patients with colorectal cancer. The findings revealed that the scaling powers differ between males and females, particularly in muscle area, which could impact the development of height-adjusted body composition indices in cancer patients.
JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Salem Morsy, Ahmed Shaker
Summary: This research explores the classification of 3D point clouds of a university building using terrestrial laser scanning. It identifies the normalized height feature as the most significant in the classification process, enabling a reduction in training data while maintaining high accuracy. These findings are crucial for applications such as building information modeling.
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Business
Henrietta N. Onwuegbuzie, Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi
Summary: This research examines how African indigenous entrepreneurs overcome challenges through resourcefulness, specifically by leveraging bricolage to provide globally relevant solutions. The study suggests that indigenous entrepreneurs can scale their solutions by utilizing bricolage.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
A. L. Silva, T. J. DeVries, E. C. Fernandes, M. Marcondes
Summary: This study aimed to develop equations for estimating growth of dairy heifers based on measures of withers height, body weight, and age. Four models were constructed and evaluated, showing that body weight and the body weight-to-height ratio increase linearly with age, while body weight follows an exponential growth pattern based on height. The model also predicted that heifers reach a maximum height of 138.6 cm at 806 days of age.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Edyta Matusik, Jacek Durmala, Barbara Ksciuk, Pawel Matusik
Summary: This study assessed the nutritional status of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and found that greater disability is strongly associated with lower fat-free mass and higher fat mass. Oral glucocorticoid therapy seems to have a negative impact on the body composition of MS patients.
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Automation & Control Systems
Baoyu Hou
Summary: This article explores the impact of network characteristics on controllability through analyzing the condition number of Gramian matrix. Time parameter and edge weights jointly determine controllability, with the addition of edges or enhancement of weights leading to a deterioration in controllability.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Laura Salmon-Gomez, Victoria Catalan, Gema Fruhbeck, Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Summary: Obesity is a common metabolic disorder worldwide, increasing the risk of developing cardiometabolic disorders. Body mass index (BMI) is widely used but doesn't accurately reflect body fat. This document reviews different classification systems for phenotyping obesity and suggests incorporating advances in body composition techniques and understanding of cardiometabolic risk factors into clinical practice for better diagnosis and treatment.
REVIEWS IN ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Kurt Z. Long, Johanna Beckmann, Christin Lang, Harald Seelig, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ivan Mueller, Uwe Puhse, Peter Steinmann, Rosa du Randt, Cheryl Walter, Jurg Utzinger, Markus Gerber
Summary: Shorter stature in South African children may be associated with higher overall and abdominal fat mass compared to normal stature children. Efforts to reduce non-communicable disease burden in LMICs should target growth-impaired children who may have greater overall fat mass and abdominal fat mass.
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Orthopedics
Do-Young Jung, Sung-hoon Jung, Gyeong-tae Gwak
Summary: This study aimed to establish a predictive model for hallux valgus (HV) using intrinsic factors such as sex, age, BMI, and arch height based on a decision tree (DT) model. The results showed that women, individuals over 50 years old, and those with lower arch height were at a higher risk of developing HV.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2023)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jun Hu, Yongbin Jiang, Hui Shen, Limin Ding, Xiaopao Xu, Wenjun Wu
Summary: This study aimed to explore the most suitable anthropometry index for predicting metabolic abnormalities in Chinese adults. The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was found to be the most effective index for predicting metabolic abnormalities in most Chinese adults, while body mass index (BMI) showed higher accuracy only in elderly women.
DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Maria-Jose De Castro, Paula Sanchez-Pintos, Nisreem Abdelaziz-Salem, Rosaura Leis, Maria L. Couce
Summary: Children with inborn errors of intermediary metabolism (IEiM) undergoing dietary treatment may experience lower height, abnormal waist circumference, and reduced bone mineral density, especially in those with amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism disorders.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Khoe Van Nguyen, Yia-Chung Chang
Summary: Controversial issues on the Bloch-Griineisen (BG) temperature in doped graphene were resolved through analytical and numerical calculations. The commonly adopted BG temperature in graphene was found to be significantly different from values obtained by quasielastic and semi-inelastic approximations. An independent method for normalizing resistivity that depends on carrier density was introduced.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Meysam Rostamzadeh Samarein, Mohammad Hossein Samanipour, Foad Asjodi, Pooya Shokati, Zanyar Fallahi, Thomas E. Brownlee, Joao Paulo Brito, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Rafael Oliveira
Summary: This study compared soccer referees from the first and second divisions and assistant referees in Iran and analyzed the associations of various body shape indexes with body fat percentage. The results indicated differences in body composition variables between the different groups, with assistant referees showing higher values. The regression analysis revealed certain associations between body fat percentage and specific indexes in each group.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biology
Douglas S. Glazier
Summary: Various phenotypic traits show allometric scaling relationships with the size of living systems. The causes of these relationships are widely debated. This study focuses on the body-mass scaling of biological processes and life-history events, and argues that a time perspective may be equally or even more important than an energy perspective.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Craig R. White, Lesley A. Alton, Candice L. Bywater, Emily J. Lombardi, Dustin J. Marshall
Summary: Organisms use energy for growth and reproduction, and metabolism, growth, and reproduction are tightly linked, determining fitness. Our model predicts that anthropogenic change will have detrimental effects on the metabolism, growth, and reproduction of animals.
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Carl J. Lavie, Deepak L. Bhatt, Ian J. Neeland, Steven B. Heymsfield
TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Marcus A. Bachhuber, Denis Nash, William N. Southern, Moonseong Heo, Matthew Berger, Mark Schepis, Olivia K. Sugarman, Chinazo O. Cunningham
Summary: The study found that reducing the default dispense quantity can effectively reduce the quantity of opioid analgesics prescribed in dentistry practices. However, caution is needed in choosing the default value.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Steven B. Heymsfield, David S. Ludwig, Julia M. W. Wong, Cassidy McCarthy, Moonseong Heo, John Shepherd, Cara B. Ebbeling
Summary: Two studies with participants who were overweight and obese showed that the chemical proportions of FFM may change after short-term weight loss, particularly in terms of bone mineral and protein composition. This observation highlights the need for caution when using widely used body composition models and methods, especially in clinical trials where FFM is used as a safety signal or for metabolic evaluations.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Moonseong Heo, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Jiajing Niu, Brianna L. Norton, Matthew J. Akiyama, Shadi Nahvi, Julia H. Arnsten, Alain H. Litwin
JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Catarina L. Nunes, Gil B. Rosa, Filipe Jesus, Steven B. Heymsfield, Claudia S. Minderico, Paulo Martins, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of adaptive thermogenesis in non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) after weight loss (WL) and understand the associations of these compensations with weight loss. The study found no significant differences in NEAT or non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) after the WL intervention, indicating that compensatory changes in these activities may not play a significant role in weight loss.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Irene Pericot-Valverde, Jin H. Yoon, Kaileigh A. Byrne, Moonseong Heo, Jiajing Niu, Alain H. Litwin, Diann E. Gaalema
Summary: The study found that short-term nicotine deprivation led to increased delay discounting for the drug of choice among young ENDS users, indicating a preference shift towards smaller, immediate rewards. These findings support the utility of the current model as a platform to explore interventions that can mitigate these preference shifts.
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Judith I. Tsui, Paula J. Lum, Lynn E. Taylor, Shruti H. Mehta, Judith Feinberg, Arthur Y. Kim, Brianna L. Norton, Jiajing Niu, Moonseong Heo, Julia Arnsten, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Aurielle Thomas, Kendra L. Blalock, Andrea Radick, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Kimberly Page, Alain H. Litwin
Summary: This study aimed to describe the injection practices of persons who inject drugs (PWID) during hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and assess whether these practices were associated with treatment failure. The study found that receptive sharing of injecting equipment and reuse of one's own equipment were associated with not achieving a sustained virologic response.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Rebecca J. J. Deyell, Sunil Desai, Andrea Gallivan, Alecia Lim, Michael B. B. Sawyer, Steven B. B. Heymsfield, Wei Shen, Vickie E. E. Baracos
Summary: This study established models to predict the whole-body skeletal muscle and fat composition in pediatric oncology patients using cross-sectional abdominal images, and analyzed a previously recruited cohort of healthy children using whole-body MRI, showing high correlation. The results indicate that cross-sectional area data can be used to predict the whole-body skeletal muscle and fat composition in pediatric patients.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Nicholas Ashby, G. Jake LaPorte, Daniel Richardson, Michael Scioletti, Steven B. Heymsfield, John A. Shepherd, Michael McGurk, Brenda Bustillos, Nicholas Gist, Diana M. Thomas
Summary: Mathematical models have been developed to translate anthropometric measurements between three popular commercially available scanners, allowing for standardized data pooling and comparison.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Primary Health Care
T. Aaron Zeller, Katherine Beben, Marianna Kong, Ildi Martonffy, Seth Patterson, Weldon Deas, Moonseong Heo, Drew M. Keister
Summary: The objective of this study was to establish a consensus definition of Longitudinal Interleaved Residency Training (LIRT) in family medicine. A national workgroup utilized the Delphi method to reach a consensus definition between October 2021 and March 2022. LIRT is a curricular design and program structure that offers graduated, concurrent clinical experiences in the core competencies of the specialty, enhances long-term retention of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and achieves program objectives through longitudinal curricular scheduling and interleaving with spaced repetition.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Manfred J. Mueller, Steven B. Heymsfield, Anja Bosy-Westphal
Summary: Adaptive thermogenesis is the mass-independent decrease in energy expenditure during caloric restriction and weight loss, which persists during weight maintenance. It occurs in resting and nonresting energy expenditure as AT(REE) and AT(NREE), respectively. AT(REE) has different mechanisms in different phases of weight loss, while AT(NREE) exceeds AT(REE) during weight maintenance. Some mechanisms of AT are known, but others remain unknown. Future studies on AT require an appropriate conceptual framework for experiment design and result interpretation.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Grant M. Tinsley, Christian LaValle, Christian Rodriguez, Madelin R. Siedler, Steven B. Heymsfield
Summary: Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) estimation is important but challenging in clinical settings. Criteria methods like MRI are often not accessible. Surrogate methods like DXA and MFBIA can use MRI-based equations to estimate SMM, but the agreement between these methods is unclear.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Steven B. Heymsfield, Shengping Yang, Cassidy McCarthy, Jasmin B. Brown, Corby K. Martin, Leanne M. Redman, Eric Ravussin, Wei Shen, Manfred J. Mueller, Anja Bosy-Westphal
Summary: The objective of this study was to develop models to predict the reduction in skeletal muscle mass during periods of voluntary calorie restriction and to validate the predictions in longitudinally monitored samples. The results showed that nonelderly males and females with overweight and obesity experience respective reductions in skeletal muscle mass with voluntary calorie restriction, with males losing approximately 2 to 2.5 kg and females losing approximately 1 to 1.5 kg of muscle mass per 10 kg of weight loss.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Siddharth Choudhary, Ganesh Iyer, Brandon M. Smith, Jinjin Li, Mark Sippel, Antonio Criminisi, Steven B. Heymsfield
Summary: An accurate and reliable smartphone application, MeasureNet, based on novel computer vision algorithms, has been developed for estimating waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) in adults. This application uses front, side, and back color images to predict a person's body circumferences and WHR through a convolutional neural network model. It fills a gap by providing convenient and accurate WHR measurements, bridging the inconsistencies of self-measurements at home and measurements conducted in clinical environments.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Joaquim H. Cintra-Andrade, Wagner L. Ripka, Steven B. Heymsfield
Summary: This study critically examines the original and illustrated structural configuration of the three main types of skinfold calipers, and proposes a new downward static calibration test and the first eligibility flowchart for a skinfold caliper.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE
(2023)