The anthropometric index that best predicts cardiometabolic risk remains inconclusive. This study therefore assessed the prevalence of obesity using six indices and compared their associations with obesity-related cardiometabolic disorders. We determined obesity prevalence according to body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body fat percentage and fat ...

Fish behaviour affects the performance of selection devices in fishing gears. Traditionally, fish behaviour in relation to selection devices is assessed by direct observation. However, this approach has limitations, and the observations are not explicitly incorporated in the selectivity models. Further, underwater observations and quantification of fish behaviour can be challenging. In this study ...

Background The matched case–control design, up until recently mostly pertinent to epidemiological studies, is becoming customary in biomedical applications as well. For instance, in omics studies, it is quite common to compare cancer and healthy tissue from the same patient. Furthermore, researchers today routinely collect data from various and variable sources that they wish to relate to the ...

The present paper is a data note related to the paper “Gender perspectives on a flipped classroom environment”. The paper drew on an in-depth analysis of the interview with a single female student called Sofia and attempted to analyze different gender related interactions between students in group work situations experienced by this student. The transcript from this interview was translated from ...

This paper presents the design, implementation and early tests of an app that collects a comprehensive set of health-related data, as part of the EU-project WARIFA. To achieve the main aim of the project – using AI to prevent chronic conditions – a wide range of data needs to be collected and stored at a backend server for processing. The methods and elements for creating this system are presented, ...

Many media providers offer complementary prod-ucts on different platforms to target a diverse consumer base. Online sports coverage, for instance, may include professionally produced audio and video channels, as well as Web pages and native apps offering live statistics, maps, data visualizations, social commentary and more. Many consumers also engage in parallel usage, setting up streaming products ...

The aim of this research is to propose simple and scalable processes to obtain bioactive peptides extensively hydrolyzed starting from a tuna mixed biomass. The upcycling of this powdered biomass is challenging since it comes from the unsorted industrial side streams of the tuna canning process (cooked residues from fillet trimming) after a patented mild dehydration useful for preventing its degradation ...

Stakeholders must purposely reflect on the suitability of process models for designing tourism experience systems. Specific characteristics of these models relate to developing tourism experience systems as integral parts of wider socio-technical systems. Choices made in crafting such models need to address three reflexivity mechanisms: problem, stakeholder and method definition. We systematically ...

Importance Umbilical cord pH (UC-pH) level is an important objective indicator of intrapartum fetal hypoxia and is used to predict neonatal morbidity and mortality. A UC-pH value of less than 7.00 is often defined as a threshold for severe acidosis, but existing evidence is divergent and largely based on UC-pH measurements from selected populations; consequently, the results are challenging to ...

Background Despite urban (domestic dog) rabies cycles being the main target for rabies elimination by 2030, syl‑ vatic (wildlife) rabies cycles can act as rabies spillovers especially in settlements contiguous to wildlife reserves. Rural communities next to wildlife reserves are characterized by unique socio-demographic and cultural practices includ‑ ing bat consumption, hunting for bushmeat, and ...