Natural Living’s mission is to increase the understanding of how a woman’s body can best ward off and overcome disease and other conditions - based on the principles ofnatural healing, nutrition and holistic medical practices. Among the practices Natural Living encourages is the use of bio-ide...
Data collection and measurement A semi-structured and pretested English-version questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire was translated into two local languages and then back into English by language professionals to ensure consistency. Before the actual data collection, many skip ...
Of the 2856 invited, 2229 were assessed: 1690 attended a clinical research facility and the remaining 539 were seen at home.34 Body composition measurement During the visits to the clinical research facility, measures of body composition were obtained in the supine position using a QDR 4500 ...
Spatial variability in pollutant correlations between and within urban communities is challenging because it can lead to exposure measurement error and further calls into question estimating co-pollutant effects reliably. It is also unclear whether results from studies in one particular region are ...
The overall screen-based prevalence rate of disordered eating (nearly 20%) is approximately twice the global prevalence of eating disorders estimates of around (approximately 10) [53,54]. This is perhaps due to the margin of error of screen-based measurement tools combined with the fact that di...
Newborns were visited at home and weighed as early as possible. A digital hanging weighing scale (AWS-SR-20; American Weigh Scales, Cumming, GA, USA) was used for weight measurement. Gestational age was documented from ultrasound report, hospital records or maternal recall, whichever was ...
About 4–5 mg of the sample was weighed and heated in 10 mL water at 120 °C for 3 h after cooling down; the solution was filtered by a 0.45 µm nylon syringe filter and followed by a 0.22 µm nylon syringe filter to obtain the final solution for measurement. The sample was fil...
In line with other online weight loss programs [57–59], the percentage of self-monitoring was quite low independent of the measurement and analysis used. Self-monitoring is the key behavioural strategies adopted in lifestyle programs delivered in web-based platforms or mobile devices [52]. Low...
After getting the images, the fissure width (defined as the irregular gap between the cement paste and CSA) was determined through “ImageJ” software. For each such measurement, the scale shown in the respective SEM image was used as the reference....