Association between Serum Adiponectin and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Control Study Stratified by Age and Gender by Tongjian Zhu, Zhuo Wang, Songyun Wang, Wei Hu, Hui Chen, Jing Xie, Meng Wang, Kezhong Ma, Hong Jiang

“…Subgroup analysis showed that higher adiponectin was independently associated with AF in women (OR 1.893, 95% CI 1.160–3.089, P=0.011) and in patients aged < 65 years (OR 1.453, 95% CI 1.023–2.064, P=0.037), but not in men or those aged ≥ 65 years. Conclusions. Higher serum adiponectin level was independently associated with higher odds for AF in women and in participants <65 years old, but not in men or those aged ≥65 years.…”
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Study of the association of polymorphisms of the folate cycle enzyme gene with the degree of cognitive and affective disorders in patients in the post-covid period by A.A. Shuprovych, O.V. Zinych, N.M. Kushnareva, O.M. Trofymenko, K.P. Komisarenko

“…A small group of individuals with the recessive homozygous T677T genotype (group 3, all men) was distinguished by an older age, the presence of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes (2 cases out of 3), more severe manifestations of COVID-19, which forces us to pay attention to potentially increased risk of complications in such patients and requires further investigation. …”
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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with da Vinci single-port system by Marek Kurowski, Karolina Kuczapska, Anna Gliwa, Monika Ryglewicz, Dariusz Fabian, Elżbieta Leszczyńska-Knaga, Natalia Jakubczyk, Weronika Rutkowska-Kawalec, Paweł Moczydłowski, Karolina Michalczuk

“… Introduction and purpose Prostate cancer is the most common malignant tumor in men in Poland. In 2021, the standardized incidence rate was 48.2 cases per 100,000 people. …”
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Patterns and predictors of mortality in a semi-urban population-based cohort in Sri Lanka: findings from the Ragama Health Study by Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Shamila Thivanshi De Silva, Uthuru Beddage Thulani, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Arjuna Priyadarsin De Silva, Sureka Chackrewarthy, Udaya Ranawaka, Norihiro Kato, Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe

“…We also estimated the survival probabilities for men and women in each 10-year age group and standardised mortality ratio relative to the source population.Results There were 169 deaths over 10 years with standardised mortality rates of 5.3 and 2.4 per 1000 years of follow-up for men and women, respectively. …”
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Mędrzec – ideał dla wybranych? Tożsamość mędrca w Księdze Syracha by Jolanta Judyta Pudełko

“… To be a scribe and a sage was an ideal for men of Israel who desired to approach God and participate in his wisdom. …”
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The confirmed, indeed reinforced, Centrality of the GDPR for the Protection of Workers’ Personal Rights in the light of subsequent EU Legislative Acts by Anna Trojsi

“…Such as: at a general level, the EU Regulations of the “European strategy for data”, adopted in 2022-2023 (Data Governance Act – DGA, Digital Markets Act – DMA, Digital Services Act – DSA, Data Act – DA), as well as the previous EU “Directive Open Data” 2019/1024; among EU acts specifically concerning the labour area, for example, Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on whistleblowing and Directive (EU) 2023/970 on equal pay for equal work between men and women through pay transparency. Special attention will be paid, in this perspective, to the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) and to the Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on platform work.…”
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Le lettré chinois : designer ignoré des traductions by Émilie Bonnard

“…The stories, marginal according to the translators, of these creative and inventive men, at the crossroads of disciplines, nevertheless echo the stories of contemporary designers. …”
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Impact of Nutritional Factors on Colorectal Cancer: Implication the molecular mechanisms of Vitamins Supplementation by Hossna M. Ismail, Abdel-Aziz S. Shatat

“… Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the leading cause of death from gastrointestinal cancer, the second largest cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and the third most common cancer in both men and women. Bad eating habits, smoking, intestinal inflammatory diseases, polyps, aging, and genetic factors all increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer. …”
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PENGARUH PENGEMBANGAN PEGAWAI TERHADAP EFEKTIFITAS KERJA PEGAWAI PADA KANTOR SEKRETARIAT DAERAH KOTA SIBOLGA by Ossy Memorial R M. Husni Thamrin Nasution

“…Management which is a tool to reach that goal consist of 6 (six) element, which is men, money, method, materials, machines and market. …”
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The Prevalence of Crohn’s Disease in the Israeli Kibbutz Population by Yaron Niv

“…There were 15 women and 16 men (female to male ratio 0.94). The average age of patients was 45 years in the survey year, and 35 years at diagnosis. …”
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Psychological Determinants of Academic Achievement in Accounting: Evidence from Brazil by Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede, Alessandra Vieira Cunha Marques, Pablo Rogers, Gilberto José Miranda

“…Regression analyses were used to identify the influence of the explanatory variables on the academic performance coefficient, with the main results showing that: (i) the variable smo king has a direct impact on the academic achievement of students; (ii) the academic performance of women is higher than that of men; (i ii ) students within the age range of 20 to 40 years have significantly lower performance than students of other age range s, and ( i v) the variable experience time in accounting is related with the students' performance.…”
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Women and the Age-Group System among the Ijebu of Southwestern Nigeria by Catherine Otutoyin Williams, Niyi Ogunkoya

“…This study therefore reveals that women in regberegbe (age group) organizations have contributed immensely to the development of Ijebuland. Just as men in age groups have benefitted, the women's age groups have also enjoyed government patronage, support, and interest. …”
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Ventricular fibrillation likely resulting from electrocautery and amiodarone: a rare clinical case report by Jianwei Guo, Yan Cheng, Minmin Yi

“…After cardiopulmonary resuscitation, caution should be exercised when using amiodarone to prevent arrhythmia, even if prolongation of the corrected QT interval does not reach the diagnostic indicators of 470 ms for men and 480 ms for women. In addition, defibrillators should be in standby mode during the perioperative period.…”
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Influence of weather variables on physical activity assessed by accelerometry across age and gender groups by Teresa Bento, Sónia Morgado, José Leitão, Maria Mota

“…Participants included 257 women and 178 men. Time spent in physical activity, average daily steps, and weather variables were gathered and analysed to explore the influence of weather on PA and compliance with the PA recommendations. …”
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Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma with Paraneoplastic Cushing Syndrome by Aleksandra I. Pivovarova, Stephanie Patrick, Punuru J. Reddy

“…MTC can be hereditary as a part of multiple endocrine neoplasm type 2 syndrome (MEN2) or arise sporadically. We report a case of a 74-year-old female presenting with chronic diarrhea, in whom diagnosis of sporadic MTC was delayed due to previous history of gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances. …”
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L'environnement socio-spatial comme facteur d'émergence des maladies infectieuses by François Taglioni, Jean-Sébastien Dehecq

“…The Chikungunya epidemic that lasted from 2004 to 2006, as probably the major public health event, has left a strong impact on men, societies, and people’s mind. This epidemic hit the states and territories in the region with 25% up to 60% prevalences. …”
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Wiara w życiu i postawie moralnej człowieka w świetle encykliki Lumen fidei papieża Franciszka by Marek Kluz

“…It transforms the hearts of men shaping the community of the Church and thus it becomes a school of true Christian moral life labelled with man’s attitudes and behaviour. …”
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The role of diffusion-weighted MRI in the evaluation of imaging for prostate carcinoma: A systematic review by Komal Mishra, Asish Pavanan, Pratapsingh Hanumansingh Parihar

“…Background: Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. In recent times, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques have been used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. …”
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La primauté du modèle de l’homme grec dans les manuels d’histoire du premier franquisme by Bertrand Noblet

“…However, an analysis of the school history books of the period shows that if these heroes showed more martial values after 1939, the image of the ideal man hardly changed: it remained the Greek ideal, more particularly the Athenian citizen. To the men of the future the school books were proposing models, which were hardly orthodox if we compare them to the virile ideal of the monk-soldier, exalted by a dictatorial regime (founded by soldiers) which carried in its heart the ideals of the Falange. …”
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Complejizando el “retorno productivo”. Mujeres y hombres ante el regreso a Ecuador desde España by Cristina Vega

“…This paper analyzes the strategies carried out by a group of men and women upon their return to Ecuador after a migratory period of over a decade in Spain. …”
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