Objective: To estimate the excess costs of obese compared to normal-weight persons in Germany based on self-reported resource utilisation and work absence.Methods: Five cross sectional surveys of cohort studies in southern Germany were pooled resulting in 9,070 observations for 6,731 individuals (31-96 years).BMI was measured in the study centre.Se
Mongolia has a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the second highest incidence of gastric cancer worldwide.Thus, investigating the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and its underlying genetic mechanism is necessary.We isolated 361 H.pylori strains throughout Mongolia.Agar dilution assays were used to determine the minimum inhibi
Combining a variety of materials and a mixed methods approach, this article shows how the space of the French radical left has evolved since the 2000s.It outlines the transition from a Marxist to a post-Marxist ideology, and the creation of two new organizations - the Cupping Bowl Front de gauche (Left Front), which aimed to bring together the radi
In the paper there is proposed a simple mathematical model following on from the considerations included in the theoretical papers concerning the evaluation of medical and other therapies on the ground of fuzzy sets based on lattices [2001-2004].The method allows to introduce in the evaluation procedure a convenient scale of the valuation results f
In this study, we introduced a quantitative parameter, the magnetic field strength difference, Paper Bags to denote the intensity of the magnetic pileup effect at Mars.Using a three-dimensional multispecies MHD model, the effects of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and the solar wind dynamic pressure ( P _d ) constituted with different densi