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6 to 88.9 kJ mol-1 for Fe3+-reactions and from 81.0 to 52.2 kJ mol-1 for Fe2+-reactions. Therefore, it was found that cysteine decreases the energy barrier so as to improve Fenton-based decolorization reactions.Aims To investigate potential differences between participants and dropouts in the 2005 follow-up of the Scania Public Health Cohort Study regarding the prevalence of commonly studied health determinants and whether these factors had differential associations with three health outcomes all-cause mortality and purchase of prescribed cardiovascular or psychotropic drugs during a 10-year follow-up period. Methods The Scania Public Health Cohort was initiated in 1999/2000, with randomly invited participants aged 18-80 years from the general population (58% participation). Questionnaire data from 10,462 participants and 2576 dropouts in the 2005 follow-up (80% participation) were linked to public registers on mortality and purchase of prescribed drugs. Results Age, male gender, being born abroad, low educational level, low self-rated mental and general health and daily smoking were all related to dropping out. The 10-year mortality was higher among dropouts (13.4% versus 11.9%; age-adjusted hazard ratio 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.4-1.8). In 13 out of 18 analyses, similar associations between health determinants and outcomes were found across participants and dropouts. However, being born outside of Sweden was associated with higher risks for all three poor health outcomes among participants, but not so among dropouts. Conclusions Despite selective participation at follow-up, there was little evidence of selection bias, insofar as estimated associations were generally similar across participants, dropouts and the whole cohort. This finding is important for the assessment of the validity of prospective findings from this cohort and similar ones, where the loss of individuals at consecutive follow-ups of exposure is non-negligible.The present study investigated the concomitants of menopause-specific quality of life among premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Based on the Wilson and Cleary model of quality of life, this cross-sectional study recruited 329 women of age 40-65 years following operational convenience. The study was conducted in the office of the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association (KPHWA) in Incheon, South Korea. Data collected on sociodemographic characteristics, social support, biological/physiological characteristics, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-K), and self-rated health. Menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire (MENQOL) was used in this study. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was performed. The study found that social support and self-rated health were negatively correlated with MENQOL in premenopausal women, while the income level and self-rated health were negatively associated with MENQOL in postmenopausal women. Sleep quality was positively correlated with MENQOL in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The study results indicate the need for tailored approaches based on menopausal status. Especially, social support may help improve the MENQOL of premenopausal women, while in postmenopausal women, improved sleep quality may enhance their menopause-specific quality of life.Aim The aim of the study is to encourage further research initiatives and collaborations based on Norwegian Armed Forces Health Registry (NAFHR) data by presenting basic information on the data contained therein. Methods We describe how conscription board health examinations (CBHEs) are carried out, how results are recorded in the NAFHR, and the completeness of NAFHR data that are electronically available for research purposes. Results In December 2018, the NAFHR contained data on nearly 1.5 million Norwegian citizens (95% men) who attended CBHE in 1968-2018 at the age of 17-19 years. The percentage of persons included from each birth cohort has varied as the Armed Forces' personnel requirements and filing procedures have changed, increasing from 73% of eligible men born in 1950 to 95% of eligible men born in 1960-1991. In 2010 a preselection of candidates was implemented wherefore less than half of men born in 1992-2000 are registered in the NAFHR. Information on aerobic fitness, cognitive general ability, height and weight is registered for approximately 95% of individuals included in the NAFHR. The NAFHR contains more detailed health information for CBHEs that took place as from 1980, and information included from 2011 onwards is the most detailed. Unique, national personal identification numbers may be used to link the NAFHR to other health registries or data sources for public health research. Conclusions The NAFHR contains CBHE data on the majority of Norwegian men and a substantial number of women born since 1950. NAFHR data represent a valuable resource for research collaborations.Pre-procedural evaluation of central veins prior to cannulation with ultrasound is essential to reduce the complication rates as well as to increase the success rates. The left brachiocephalic vein has been suggested to be considered as first choice in infants including the neonates due to its larger diameter and ease of access with supraclavicular, ultrasound-guided, in-plane technique. There are few studies on neonates and infants comparing the diameter of brachiocephalic vein with internal jugular vein being its most common alternative. The aim of the present report is to share our observations pertaining to the pre-procedural measurements of the diameters of left internal jugular vein and brachiocephalic vein in infants less then 1 year. The measurements were analysed in accordance with the weights of the infants ( less then 2500 g and ⩾2500 g). In infants less then 2500 g, the brachiocephalic vein was larger than the internal jugular vein (4.0 ± 0.7 (3.2-5.2) mm vs 3.2 ± 0.7 (1.9- 4.3) mm, p = 0.032), whereas the diameters of two major veins were similar in infants ⩾2500 g (4.8 ± 1.2 (2.3-6.4) mm vs 5.1 ± 0.9 (2.8-6.7) mm, p = 0.363). Our observations support the suggestion of the brachiocephalic vein to be considered as the first choice for large-bore cannulation due to its larger diameter as well as its other advantages, especially in neonates less then 2500 g.The hazard function plays a central role in survival analysis. In a homogeneous population, the distribution of the time to event, described by the hazard, is the same for each individual. Heterogeneity in the distributions can be accounted for by including covariates in a model for the hazard, for instance a proportional hazards model. In this model, individuals with the same value of the covariates will have the same distribution. It is natural to think that not all covariates that are thought to influence the distribution of the survival outcome are included in the model. This implies that there is unobserved heterogeneity; individuals with the same value of the covariates may have different distributions. One way of accounting for this unobserved heterogeneity is to include random effects in the model. In the context of hazard models for time to event outcomes, such random effects are called frailties, and the resulting models are called frailty models. In this tutorial, we study frailty models for survival outcomes. We illustrate how frailties induce selection of healthier individuals among survivors, and show how shared frailties can be used to model positively dependent survival outcomes in clustered data. The Laplace transform of the frailty distribution plays a central role in relating the hazards, conditional on the frailty, to hazards and survival functions observed in a population. Available software, mainly in R, will be discussed, and the use of frailty models is illustrated in two different applications, one on center effects and the other on recurrent events.Sparassis crispa (SC), known as cauliflower mushroom, possesses a wide variety of health-promoting properties and a high content of β-glucans. Its nutritional properties are enhanced by fermentation. In this study, we examined the efficacy of Lactobacillus-fermented (lacto-fermented) SC against obesity using a zebrafish model. We first fermented SC by Lactobacillus paracasei, denoted as lacto-fermented SC (L-SC), for 48 h and then orally administered SC or L-SC to diet-induced obese zebrafish for 4 weeks. Results demonstrated that the L-SC group (20 μg/gBW/day) significantly (P less then .01) suppressed body weight gain and ameliorated lipid accumulation in liver tissues, whereas SC did not exhibit antiobesity effects. B02 cost We further performed expression analysis of genes related to lipid metabolism in the liver and visceral adipose tissues (VAT) in L-SC-administered fish. In liver tissues, L-SC upregulated (P less then .05) expression of genes involved in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha pathways, suggesting that the lipid-lowering property of L-SC is caused by activation of beta-oxidation. In VAT, L-SC did not show significant changes between the experimental groups. No difference was observed between the β-glucan contents of SC (43.8 g/100 g) and L-SC (44.3 g/100 g); however, β-glucan levels in the hot-water extracts increased 20-fold in L-SC (37.2 g/100 g) compared with those in SC (1.8 g/100 g). In summary, lacto-fermentation of SC enhances its lipid-lowering property and can prevent hepatic steatosis through activation of beta-oxidation. Dietary supplementation of fermented L-SC as a functional food may be suitable for obesity prevention and reduction in the prevalence of obesity-related diseases.Background Research suggests that acute alcohol consumption impairs processing of emotional faces. As emotion processing plays a key role in effective social interaction, these impairments may be one mechanism by which alcohol changes social behaviour. This study investigated the effect of individual differences on this relationship by comparing emotion recognition performance after acute alcohol consumption in individuals with high and low trait aggression. Methods Regular non-dependent drinkers, either high or low in trait aggression participated in a double-blind placebo-controlled experiment (N = 88, 50% high trait aggressive). Participants attended two sessions. In one they consumed an alcoholic drink (0.4 g/kg) and in the other they consumed a matched placebo. They then completed two computer-based tasks one measured global and emotion-specific recognition performance across six primary emotions (anger, sadness, happiness, disgust, fear, surprise), the other measured processing bias of two ambiguously expressive faces (happy-angry/happy-sad). Results There was evidence of poorer global emotion recognition after alcohol. In addition, there was evidence of poorer sensitivity to sadness and fear after alcohol. There was also evidence for a reduced bias towards happiness following alcohol and weak evidence for an increased bias towards sadness. Conclusions These findings suggest that alcohol impairs global emotion recognition. They also highlight a reduced ability to detect sadness and fearful facial expressions. As sadness and fear are cues of submission and distress (i.e. function to curtail aggression), failure to successfully detect these emotions when intoxicated may increase the likelihood of aggressive responding. This coupled with a reduced bias towards seeing happiness may collectively contribute to aggressive behaviour.