Refine my results

Neuralink and Beyond: Challenges of Creating an Enhanced Human

Gurtner, Dimitri

(Internal working papers DIUF ; 21-01)

This article is a literature review of Neuralink, brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) and their applications, followed by future possibilities of BMIs and their potential impacts. Currently, BMIs predominantly have therapeutic applications, such as helping people with spinal cord injury by allowing them to control a computer directly with their brain. However, BMIs can also improve learning,...

Association between Body Composition and Motor Performance in Preschool Children

Kakebeeke, Tanja H. ; Lanzi, Stefano ; Zysset, Annina E. ; Arhab, Amar ; Messerli-Bürgy, Nadine ; Stuelb, Kerstin ; Leeger-Aschmann, Claudia S. ; Schmutz, Einat A. ; Meyer, Andrea H. ; Kriemler, Susi ; Munsch, Simone ; Jenni, Oskar G. ; Puder, Jardena J.

In: Obesity Facts, 2017, vol. 10, p. 420-431

Objective Being overweight makes physical movement more difficult. Our aim was to investigate the association between body composition and motor performance in preschool children. Methods A total of 476 predominantly normal-weight preschool children (age 3.9 ± 0.7 years; m/f: 251/225; BMI 16.0 ± 1.4 kg/m2) participated in the Swiss Preschoolers' Health Study (SPLASHY). Body composition...

Persistent Correlation of Ghrelin Plasma Levels with Body Mass Index Both in Stable Weight Conditions and during Gastric-bypass-induced Weight Loss

Ybarra, J. ; Bobbioni-Harsch, E. ; Chassot, G. ; Huber, O. ; Morel, Ph ; Assimacopoulos-Jeannet, F. ; Golay, A.

In: Obesity Surgery, 2009, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 327-331

Robot-Assisted Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Super Obese Patients: A Comparative Study

Buchs, Nicolas ; Pugin, François ; Chassot, Gilles ; Volonte, Francesco ; Koutny-Fong, Pascale ; Hagen, Monika ; Morel, Philippe

In: Obesity Surgery, 2013, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 353-357

Snack frequency: associations with healthy and unhealthy food choices

Hartmann, Christina ; Siegrist, Michael ; van der Horst, Klazine

In: Public Health Nutrition, 2013, vol. 16, no. 8, p. 1487-1496

Relation of BMI to a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measure of fatness

Morabia, Alfredo ; Ross, Alan ; Curtin, François ; Pichard, Claude ; Slosman, Daniel O.

In: British Journal of Nutrition, 1999, vol. 82, no. 1, p. 49-55

Genetic variation at CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 interacts with smoking status to influence body mass index

Freathy, Rachel M. ; Kazeem, Gbenga R. ; Morris, Richard W. ; Johnson, Paul C D. ; Paternoster, Lavinia ; Ebrahim, Shah ; Hattersley, Andrew T. ; Hill, Anita ; Hingorani, Aroon D. ; Holst, Claus ; Jefferis, Barbara J. ; Kring, Sofia I I. ; Mooser, Vincent ; Padmanabhan, Sandosh ; Preisig, Martin ; Ring, Susan M. ; Sattar, Naveed ; Upton, Mark N. ; Vollenweider, Peter ; Waeber, Gerard ; Sørensen, Thorkild I A. ; Frayling, Timothy M. ; Watt, Graham ; Lawlor, Debbie A. ; Whincup, Peter H. ; Tozzi, Federica ; Davey Smith, George ; Munafò, Marcus

In: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2011, vol. 40, no. 6, p. 1617-1628

Body mass index and risk of head and neck cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) Consortium

Gaudet, Mia M. ; Olshan, Andrew F. ; Chuang, Shu-Chun ; Berthiller, Julien ; Zhang, Zuo-Feng ; Lissowska, Jolanta ; Zaridze, David ; Winn, Deborah M. ; Wei, Qingyi ; Talamini, Renato ; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neolilia ; Sturgis, Erich M. ; Schwartz, Stephen M. ; Rudnai, Peter ; Eluf-Neto, Jose ; Muscat, Joshua ; Morgenstern, Hal ; Menezes, Ana ; Matos, Elena ; Bucur, Alexandru ; Levi, Fabio ; Lazarus, Philip ; La Vecchia, Carlo ; Koifman, Sergio ; Kelsey, Karl ; Herrero, Rolando ; Hayes, Richard B. ; Franceschi, Silva ; Wunsch-Filho, Victor ; Fernandez, Leticia ; Fabianova, Eleonora ; Daudt, Alexander W. ; Dal Maso, Luigino ; Paula Curado, Maria ; Chen, Chu ; Castellsague, Xavier ; Benhamou, Simone ; Boffetta, Paolo ; Brennan, Paul ; Hashibe, Mia

In: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010, vol. 39, no. 4, p. 1091-1102

Anorexia nervosa and nutritional assessment: contribution of body composition measurements

Mattar, Lama ; Godart, Nathalie ; Melchior, Jean Claude ; Pichard, Claude

In: Nutrition Research Reviews, 2011, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 39-45