Conclusions: PA, CRF and MF are inversely and jointly associated with adiponectin and leptin concentrations in adolescents. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.”
“Supplying emergency contraception pills through community pharmacies without
the need for a doctor’s prescription is an important Z-IETD-FMK mw public health role for the pharmacy staff, as a way of reducing unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions. Therefore, we aimed to assess the Turkish pharmacy technicians’ counseling practices and attitudes regarding emergency contraception pills. A survey tool which was structured to question pharmacy technicians’ demography, professional experience, counseling practices and attitudes regarding emergency contraception pills was administered to pharmacy technicians at the end of the “”pharmacy technician certification program”". The fully completed Sotrastaurin in vitro questionnaires (n=145) were further analyzed. Mean [SEM] age of the pharmacy technicians was 25.3 [0.4] years and majority (89%) of them were practicing in a community pharmacy. Despite their positive attitude
towards the emergency contraception pills, pharmacy technicians were found to provide insufficient emergency contraception pill counseling to clients. We suggest that organization of continuing education programs on “”reproductive and sexual health and emergency contraception”" for the pharmacy technicians could help increase the quality of emergency contraception pill counseling provided by the pharmacy technicians.”
“Characteristics of the atmospheric non-thermal ac arc air plasmas produced by a plasma generator with a floating electrode are investigated. The measurements show that, with the help of the surface LY2090314 in vitro dielectric barrier discharges between the main electrodes and the floating electrode, the ignition voltage of the non-thermal arc discharges can be reduced significantly, and an arc
discharge mode can be stabilized at high gas flow rates. The measured temperatures of the non-thermal arcs are at the level of 2000-3000 K under different operating conditions. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3622148]“
“Background and aims: Leptin is an important regulator of energy metabolism. It is considered to be positively related to body adiposity and metabolic disorders in obese adults and children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between baseline circulating leptin, insulin and adiponectin levels and future overweight and metabolic risks in a paediatric population-based cohort.
Methods and results: First-grade students, who entered elementary school at age 7 years in Gwacheon, a Korean city, were enrolled in this cohort study, and followed from 1st grade to 5th grade. Annual physical examinations from 2005 to 2009 were performed.