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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"RDAS"”.
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Nutrients Analysis of Preschool Lunch Menus in Virginia
… the national Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) standards for vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron. Lunch menus for 3-5 year old children were collected from 114 CACFP staffs attending a state wide CACFP menu training session. Fifty-seven weekly menus were selected based on geographic …
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The Post-Combat Couple Adjustment Questionnaire: A Preliminary Validation
… measures: the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS; Busby et al., 1995) and the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS; Hendrick, 1988). The survey was distributed online through surveymonkey.com and was completed by 31 male veterans (from Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF] and Operation Iraqi …
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Nutritional analysis and comparison of serum insulin concentrations pre- and post-hemodialysis in a diabetic end stage renal disease population
… subject and the goals were set at 67% of the RDAs. The goals for energy and protein intake were calculated for each subject, based on estimated dry vveight. The energy intake goal was 35 kcal/kg/day and the protein intake goal was 1.5 gm/kg/day. There were no significant differences between …
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Comparison of cost of current school lunch menus with school lunch menus revised to meet USDA nutrient guidelines
… lunches selected by the students exceeded 1/3 of RDAs for all nutrients. Sodium and saturated fat for nonrevised menus were in excess of the recommended amounts for school lunch. Dietary fiber was less than five grams per lunch. School lunch menus were revised by the investigator to lower total …
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Negotiating regional futures:the successes and failures of the West Midlands Regional Development Agency Network
… introduction of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the English regions in 1999 presented a new set of collaborative challenges to existing local institutions. The key objectives of the new policy impetus emphasise increased joined-up thinking and holistic regional governance. Partners were …
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Comparison of calcium and weight loss information in teen-focused versus women's magazines over two four-year periods (1986-1989 and 1991-1994)
… magazine type due to the release of the 1989 RDAs.
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Rice Fortification by Parboiling in Limited-Water Soaking to Alleviate Mineral and Vitamin Deficiency
… about 15% of the recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) of calcium, 72% (male) and 32% (female) for iron, 75% for folic acid, and 58% (male) and 45% (female) for vitamin A. Thus, limited-water parboiling is a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the conventional excess-water …
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Studying the Effects of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
… dying process. The Revised Death Anxiety Scale (RDAS) was used to measure death anxiety which is a 25 item self-report questionnaire. The Concerns about Dying Instrument (CAD) was used to measure death attitude or concerns about dying which includes three distinct but related areas for providers: …
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Identification of up-regulated genes of the hyphomycete, Beauveria bassiana, during infection of Leptinotarsa decemlineata
… products cloned from the two last cDNA RDAs, no false-positives were found. This confirmed the adapted culture conditions for such a study with this sensitive method and the general low-rate of false-positives using cDNA RDA (i.e. in comparison with the differential-display). Eleven …
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From single species to mesocosms: responses of freshwater copepods and their community to PCP
… PCP in the mesocosms varied seasonally. In the RDAs treatment effects were identified at concentrations of 24 μg.L⁻¹ in summer, 36 μg.L⁻¹ in spring and autumn, and 54 μg.L⁻¹ in winter. With the exception of Cryptomonas, which responded positively to PCP, all other taxa were most sensitive in …
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Late glacial to Holocene climate and vegetation changes on the Tibetan Plateau inferred from fossil pollen records in lacustrine sediments
… Lake Kusai. Moving-window Redundancy Analyses (RDAs) were used to evaluate the correlations between pollen assemblages and individual sedimentary proxies. These analyses have revealed frequent fluctuations in the relative abundances of alpine steppe and alpine desert components, and in …
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A Revision of the Marital Status Inventory: Reliability and Validity with Marital and Remarital Couples
Predicting divorce potential has been of interest to researchers and clinicians. The Marital Status Inventory (Weiss & Ceretto, 1980) was developed to provide information about clients' perceived divorce potential. The MSI has been widely used but there have been complaints about the negatively …