Impact of Gender on the Association of Epicardial Fat Thickness, Obesity, and Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern in Hypertensive Patients by In Kyoung Shim, Kyoung-Im Cho, Hyun-Su Kim, Jung-Ho Heo, Tae Joon Cha

“…A total of 441 patients with EH (male/female: 236/205, mean age: 50.7 ± 13.8) and 83 control patients underwent 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring and echocardiography. …”
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Physiotherapists’ perspectives on the implementation of direct access to physiotherapy services in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Hosam Alzahrani, Razaz Shaheen, Osama Mohammed, Elaf Marouf

“…The study included licensed physiotherapists currently working in Saudi Arabia.Results The study included 401 participants, with a nearly equal distribution of 203 males (50.6%) and 198 females (49.4%). The most common age group was 25–34 years, comprising 70.6% of the participants. …”
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Serum Levels of Irisin and Omentin-1 in Breast Neoplasms and Their Association with Tumor Histology by Grigorios Panagiotou, Sofia Triantafyllidou, Basil C. Tarlatzis, Eleni Papakonstantinou

“…Further adjustment for omentin-1 levels showed that age (odds ratio (OR) = 1.05, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = (1.02, 1.08), p<0.01) and irisin levels (OR = 5.30, 95% CI = (1.24, 22.38), p=0.03) were independent predictors of the presence of malignancy. …”
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Assessment of Allometry in Environmental DNA and RNA Production From Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in an Experimental Condition Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Markers by Toshiaki S. Jo, Yusuke Ozaki, Nao Matsuda, Hiroki Yamanaka

“…The finding may relate to the changes in intracellular physiology with individual growth and/or aging, having the potential to indicate the population's average body size. …”
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Impact of offensive-reward rules on young basketball players' performance during small-sided games. by Eduardo Abade, Bruno Figueira, Diogo Coutinho, Hugo Folgado, Catarina Moreira, Bruno Gonçalves

“…Eighteen youth male players (age: 13.3±0.9y; height: 167.0±13.1cm; weight: 50.6±11.5kg; years of practice: 3.1±1.2y) participated in three distinct 3x3 SSG (14x15m pitch) experimental conditions: i) 3x3NORMAL, regular 3x3 game; ii) 3x3POINT-POSS, where the team in possession was rewarded a new ball possession after scoring; iii) 3x3PASSES, where the score was determined by the number of passes made before converting a basket. …”
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Differences in hair cortisol to cortisone ratio between depressed and non-depressed adolescent women by Yasmine Zerroug, Marie-France Marin, Elyse Porter-Vignola, Patricia Garel, Catherine M. Herba

“…Hair samples of three centimeters for 74 adolescent women (41 in the depression group and 33 in the comparison group), aged between 12 and 19 years old, were analyzed. …”
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Assessing the Role of Emergency Physicians in Medical Clearance: Predictors of Diagnosing Psychiatric Illness in the Emergency Department – A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study by Ibrahim Khamis Abdullah Almamari, Darpanarayan Hazra, Awatif K. Alsarrai Al-Alawi

“…Methods: The study included patients aged ≥13 years presenting to the adult ED with psychiatric-like illness over 1 year (January 01, 2019–December 31, 2019). …”
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Family center maternity care education for pregnant women through the approachin efforts to prevent stunting: a quasi-experimental by Irne Wida Desiyanti, Lisa Ardiningtyas

“…In Indonesia, one of the causes of high stunting rates is the low health awareness of pregnant women, especially those who marry at a young age. Family factors have a significant influence on the success of stunting prevention, but family-based approaches are still rarely applied in pregnant women's health education programs. …”
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The Prevalence of Weak Handgrip Strength in Ambulatory Oncology Patients and its Relationship with Quality of Life by Niamh O'Callaghan, Aoibheann O Sullivan, Catherine McHugh, Laura Keaver

“…Weak handgrip strength was defined as(n=160) was predominantly female (58.1%), breast cancer was the most prevalent cancer type (29.4%) and the mean age was 63.2 ± 11.3 years. Over half of the cohort was overweight (53.5%) and 70% had not received nutritional advice from a dietician, with 77.5% reporting weight changes since diagnosis. …”
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Assessment of Clinical Nurses’ Proficiency in Wound Management of Patients with Diabetes at Kubwa General Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria by Olaolorunpo Olorunfemi, Michael Jacob, Oluseyi Adetunmise Olajide

“…Results: In this study, 35.4% of respondents were between the ages of 38 and 47; 70.1% were females, and 55.2% were married. …”
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High-Normal Preconception TSH Levels Have No Adverse Effects on Reproductive Outcomes in Infertile Women Undergoing the First Single Fresh D5 Blastocyst Transfer by Yuchao Zhang, Wenbin Wu, Yanli Liu, Yichun Guan, Xingling Wang, Liting Jia

“…No significant differences were observed in terms of gestational age, single live birth rates, birth weight, or birth length. …”
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Evaluation of coloring therapy as an anxiety reduction strategy in the older adults in the community area by Putri Noor Rochmah Ida Ayu Trisno, Cahyaningrum Etika Dewi, Wurdaningsih Tri Kusuma, Syangadah Zulfiati, Mesayu Salma Fadzila

“…The sample consisted of 35 participants aged 60 years and older who met the inclusion criteria, namely the ability to use their upper extremities for activities and no physical or mental disorders that would prevent participation in art therapy. …”
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A lack of sexual autonomy is associated with increased loneliness in young mothers by Chelsea Bunke, Tara Keck

“…Methods This cross-sectional study included partnered mothers and partnered childfree women between the ages of 20 and 29 from the 2020 Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) in the Republic of Moldova. …”
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Comorbidity and impact of bronchial asthma to gastroesophageal reflux disease in children by Y.V. Кarpushenko, Т.V. Frolova, N.M. Drobova, О.М. Ashcheulov

“…Materials and methods. 81 children (aged 6 to 18 years) were involved in the study and divided into two groups: children with GERD and BA as a main group (n=27) and children with GERD and without allergy as a control group (n=54). …”
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Observational Study of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients: Two-year Follow-up Outcomes by Sidika CESUR, Ayca CIPRUT, Sengul TERLEMEZ

“…A moderate negative relationship was found between the age of implantation and SSQ-P and family satisfaction scores of IRF (p&lt;0.05). …”
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Le « jonglage » des visiteurs entre œuvres et cartels : de l’étude d’un comportement à l’application d’un principe muséographique. by Anne-Sophie Grassin

“…This is why, twenty years after its updating and definition, object-label juggling has guided the redesign of the written mediation of a national museum in Paris, the Musée de Cluny – Musée National du Moyen Âge, which was closed for twenty months for the renovation of its buildings and museographic itinerary. …”
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Improvement of surgical treatment of an acute biliary pancreatitis at elderly and senile patients by V. I. Midlenko, A. L. Charyshkin, O. V. Midlenko, I. I. Midlenko, V. Yu. Shchegolev

“…The third group (61 patients) was operated by laparoscopic method. The mean age of patients in groups was 73,1 years. In 100% of cases patients had two and more concomitant diseases. …”
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Palliative endoscopic treatment of malignant central airway obstruction by Mads Bøgh, Sebastian Heinonen, Dalia Gustaityté Larsen, Søren Gade, Sten Schytte, Ulrik Pedersen, Thomas Kjaergaard

“…The majority of patients were categorised with stage IV lung cancer, the majority being males, with a median age of 67 years. The endoscopic interventions were mainly tumour debulking combined with airway stent insertion or tumour debulking alone. …”
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Efectos del incremento de la erosividad de lluvia en la estimación de pérdida de suelo (RUSLE) en el periodo 1997-2018: comparación en dos cuencas mediterráneas con diferentes con... by José Antonio Sillero Medina, Juan Francisco Martínez Murillo, José Damián Ruiz Sinoga

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Effect of gallic acid on ram semen spermatological parameters at +4 &#8304;c storage by Şükrü Güngör, Muhammed Enes İnanç, Ayhan Ata

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>In this study, four Merino rams (2-3 ages) were used and belonging to the special sheep farm in Callica, Burdur/ Turkey. …”
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