Conclusions Adults’ weight status perceptions often do not agree

Conclusions Adults’ weight status perceptions often do not agree with their actual weight status, even when self-reported. While both perceived and actual weight status influence self-rated health and life satisfaction, perceptions are more strongly associated with these HRQL indicators and should be considered

when informing obesity-targeted policies and programmes.”
“Using first-principles density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism, we investigate the effect of the indices of crystal plane of electrodes on the electronic transport properties of molecular devices by taking C-20 fullerene molecule as conductor component and semi-infinite Au(111)/(100) as electrodes. The results show that the transport behaviors through molecular devices are closely related to the crystallographic orientation P005091 of electrodes. Negative differential FK506 resistance (NDR) in the current-voltage curve can be observed for the Au(100) electrode case but cannot be observed for the Au(111) case. A mechanism for the NDR phenomenon is proposed. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3391350]“
“The helium leakage characterizations of flexible composites are experimentally studied

in this article. Three data processing techniques (Defining method, Fourier series method, and Fast series method) are used to evaluate the helium leakage parameters including the diffusion coefficient D, the solubility S, and the permeant rate k. The chamber pressure variation for helium permeation in flexible composite is measured by the differential pressure method. The results indicate that Fast series method is an effective technology in extracting the helium leakage parameters for flexible composites. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 116: 3562-3568, 2010″
“Purpose Cancer-related stress is heavily influenced by culture. This study explored similarities and differences in survivorship care concerns among Chinese American and non-Hispanic White (NHW)

breast cancer survivors.

Methods A sequential, mixed-method design (inductive/qualitative research-phase I and deductive/quantitative research-phase II) was employed. Eligible women identified see more from the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry were age >= 21, diagnosed with stage 0-IIa breast cancer between 2006 and 2011, and had no recurrence or other cancers. In phase I, we conducted 4 Chinese (n = 19) and 4 NHW (n = 22) focus groups, and 31 individual telephone interviews (18 Chinese immigrants, 7 Chinese US-born, and 6 NHW). Content analysis was conducted to examine qualitative data. In phase II, another 296 survivors (148 NHW age-matched to 148 Chinese cases) completed a cross-sectional survey. Descriptive statistics and linear regression analysis were conducted to examine quantitative data.

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