Anthropometric measured fat-free mass as essential determinant of resting energy expenditure for pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Objective: There is conflicting evidence as to whether anthropometric parameters are related to resting energy expenditure (REE) during pregnancy. The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to precisely assess a major anthropometric determinant of REE for pregnant and non-pregnant women with verification of its use as a possible predictor.

Methods: One hundred fifty-two randomly recruited, healthy, pregnant Czech women were divided into groups G1 and G2.

Serum lipids and neopterin in urine as new biomarkers of malnutrition and inflammation in the elderly.

Objective: Levels of serum lipids are influenced by malnutrition and inflammation. The study aimed to find the relation of the lipidogram to positive and negative markers of inflammation in geriatric patients. Attention was paid to neopterin in urine as a non-protein positive bioindicator of inflammation.

A changed view of serum prealbumin in the elderly: prealbumin values influenced by concomitant inflammation.

Aims: We are currently witnessing changes in views on the evaluation of serum proteins. A decrease may signal not only malnutrition. It may also be an indicator of simultaneously occurring inflammatory disease.

Comparison of potential markers of the biological age of healthy male adults and paraplegics.

The actual level of the true aging of an organism is characterized by its biological age. By the means of measuring the function ability of its physiological systems, it is possible to evaluate the biological age and use it as an indicator of premature aging. Inclusion of the biological age screening among the basic health precautions should offer yet another viewpoint on how to objectively measure the changes in an organism corresponding to aging.

Viscoelasticity of biological materials - measurement and practical impact on biomedicine.

Mechanical behavior of biological structures under dynamic loading generally depends on elastic as well as viscous properties of biological materials. The significance of "viscous" parameters in real situations remains to be elucidated. Behavior of rheological models consisting of a combination of inertial body and two Voigt's bodies were described mathematically with respect to inverse problem solution, and behavior in impulse and harmonic loadings was analyzed.