0000000000673618
AUTHOR
G. Klein
Validation of a short questionnaire to qualitatively assess the intake of total fat, saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cholesterol.
Background To validate a self-administered 20-item short questionnaire (SQ) for classifying individuals according to their intake of total fat, saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), as well as cholesterol. Methods The SQ was sent to a randomly selected subsample of 300 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) in Heidelberg. The SQ was sent back by 244 participants (52.5% women, 47.5% men). Intake of total fat, SFA, MUFA, PUFA, and cholesterol was calculated from a 148-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The intake was compared with the scores computed from the SQ. Results Spearman's correlation…
Charge-Asymmetry Equilibration in the Reaction ofXe129,132,136withAu197near the Interaction Barrier
Neutron-proton population ratios for quasielastic and inelastic processes in the reactions of 761-MeV $^{129}\mathrm{Xe}$, 769-MeV $^{132}\mathrm{Xe}$, and 795-MeV $^{136}\mathrm{Xe}$ ions with thick $^{197}\mathrm{Au}$ targets were determined radiochemically. Completely relaxed $\frac{N}{Z}$ ratios are observed for damped collisions involving the transfer of $\ensuremath{\Delta}Zg~1$ charge units. The limiting condition $\ensuremath{\Delta}Z\ensuremath{\approx}1$ corresponds to a characteristic time of the order of ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}22}$ sec which indicates the absence of dissipative forces in the equilibration of the charge-asymmetry mode.