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Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

Studies of the human microbiome have revealed that even healthy individuals differ remarkably in the microbes that occupy habitats such as the gut, skin and vagina. Much of this...

Partial least squares for discrimination

Abstract Partial least squares (PLS) was not originally designed as a tool for statistical discrimination. In spite of this, applied scientists routinely use PLS for classificat...

Obesity and the Environment: Where Do We Go from Here?

The obesity epidemic shows no signs of abating. There is an urgent need to push back against the environmental forces that are producing gradual weight gain in the population. U...

Vitamin D and Skin Physiology: A D-Lightful Story

Abstract Throughout evolution, exposure to sunlight and the photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the skin has been critically important for the evolution of land vertebrates. During ...

Pedometer-Measured Physical Activity and Health Behaviors in U.S. Adults

In the current study, men and women living in the United States took fewer steps per day than those living in Switzerland, Australia, and Japan. We conclude that low levels of a...

A linear standard curve for the Folin Lowry determination of protein

On a Theorem Stated by Eckart and Young

Proof is given for a theorem stated but not proved by Eckart and Young in 1936, which has assumed considerable importance in the theory of lower-rank approximations to matrices,...

International strategies to address obesity

Summary Obesity rates are increasing in most countries throughout the world. The reasons for the increase are complex and involve biological, behavioural and environmental facto...