Browsing by Subject "Diet"
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The gut microbiome and its effects on its host’s health has become an important factor when trying to understand that etiology of disease and therefore its diagnosis and treatment. In previous studies, the bacterial species ...
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(2023-01-06)We develop a generalized partially additive model to build a single semiparametric risk scoring system for physical activity across multiple populations. We model each score component as a smooth term, an extension of ...
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The research investigates the “Latino health paradox” through the health determinant of birth outcomes and two levels of intersectionality expressed within the context of the cultural, the economic, and the political. The ...
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(2017-05-09)When choosing a mate, animals evaluate the attractiveness of potential partners. Attractiveness and its perception are condition-dependent traits. Animal condition is affected by complex interactions between genetic and ...
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(2012-02-14)South Asians have 2-4 times higher risk of heart disease than Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics and India has the highest number of individuals with type 2 diabetes. National studies on South Asians chronic ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)Physicochemical properties of starch and endosperm were characterized for several sorghumcultivars. A small scale laboratory method was developed for cooking to in acid and alkali media using 9.5 g sorghum flour. Testing ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)In many nutritional studies the probability of obtaining a certain disease is believed to be related to a certain predictor variable. In order to test for the relationship between the predictor variable and the disease it ...
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(2012-02-14)The burden of obesity and related health conditions is particularly high among African Americans and low-income families. A large body of evidence demonstrates the benefit of following a diet recommended by federal dietary ...
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(2014-05-28)The feeding ecology of three coastal shark species consisting of Atlantic Sharpnose (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae), Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), and Atlantic Blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus) was examined in the northwest ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)The primary objective of this research was an exploration of the role of future time perspective in the choice of food use patterns or the maintenance of life-long food habits of a sample of people over sixty years old. A ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Consumption of fish oils (FO) enriched with the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), is beneficial to a variety of inflammatory disorders due, in part, to the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)The objective of this experiment was to determine the validity of predicting the diet quality of Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by exposing a dried fecal sample to light energy (a spectrophotometer). The ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Epidemiological data indicate that the consumption of dietary fiber and fish/marine products favorably modulate colon tumorigenesis. Docosahexaenoic ...
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(2020-08-12)The complex interplay between trophic interactions, species abundance, and competition helps explain the distribution of a species and can have important evolutionary consequences. Stable isotope analysis is one of the ...
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(2018-04-03)Nylanderia fulva, native to South America, is an ecologically dominant invasive ant in the U.S. that has spread to central Texas. This species is able to quickly form large colonies and displace established ant populations ...
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(2012-10-19)Diverse fish species consume fruits and seeds in the Neotropics, in particular in the lowland reaches of large rivers, such as the Amazon, Orinoco, and Parana in South America. Floodplains of the Amazon River and its ...