Gender-Specific Independent and Combined Effects of the Cortisol-to-Cortisone Ratio and 11-Deoxycortisol on Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: From the Henan Rural Cohort St... by Xue Liu, Jingjing Jiang, Xiaotian Liu, Zhicheng Luo, Yan Wang, Xiaokang Dong, Dandan Wei, Wenqian Huo, Songcheng Yu, Linlin Li, Shuna Jin, Chongjian Wang, Zhenxing Mao

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UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN THE DANUBE DELTA SETTLEMENTS. TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES by NICOLETA DAMIAN

“…En ce qui concerne la pauvreté, outre que le déficit de revenus, la population locale se confronte avec le déficit de quelques conditions essentielles de vie, comme suite de quelques accumulations négatives, à savoir: accumulation de dettes, déficit d’éducation, incapacité d’intégration dans le marché du travail. …”
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Ginkgo biloba Extract Improves Insulin Signaling and Attenuates Inflammation in Retroperitoneal Adipose Tissue Depot of Obese Rats by Bruna Kelly Sousa Hirata, Renata Mancini Banin, Ana Paula Segantine Dornellas, Iracema Senna de Andrade, Juliane Costa Silva Zemdegs, Luciana Chagas Caperuto, Lila Missae Oyama, Eliane Beraldi Ribeiro, Monica Marques Telles

“…Our data suggest that GbE might have potential as a therapy to treat obesity-related metabolic diseases, with special interest to treat obese subjects resistant to adhere to a nutritional education program.…”
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Distribution and determinants of the utilization of senior residential care homes in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Saad M. Bindawas, Vishal Vennu, Maha Almarwani, Walid Alkeridy, Walid Alkeridy, Walid Alkeridy

“…Variables included age, sex, education level, marital status, region, and reasons for service use. …”
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Assembly and comparative analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) revealing repeat-mediated recombination and gene transfer by Huajie Zhang, Minghui Yan, Lijuan Li, Zhuo Jiang, Ye Xiong, Yusheng Wang, Caleb Onoja Akogwu, Olutayo Mary Tolulope, Hao Zhou, Yanxia Sun, Hengchang Wang

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Association between latent toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder: a case-control seroprevalence study by Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Adele Sadat Talebian, Tooran Nayeri, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Fatemeh Rezaei, Eisa Nazar, Masood Ziaee

“…Within the study population, various factors were identified as significant risk factors for BD: sex (OR 8.10, 95% CI 3.16–20.75), age 20–50 (OR 5.11, 95% CI 1.81–14.45), age over 50 (OR 19.54, 95% CI 4.02–94.89), education level (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.09–0.60), working status (non-employment, OR 4.12, 95% CI 1.65–10.30), and income (middle, OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.10–0.89; high, OR 0.12, 95% CI 0.01–0.77), all with P-values less than 0.05. …”
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Mapping subcortical brain lesions, behavioral and acoustic analysis for early assessment of subacute stroke patients with dysarthria by Juan Liu, Juan Liu, Rukiye Ruzi, Chuyao Jian, Qiuyu Wang, Shuzhi Zhao, Manwa L. Ng, Shaofeng Zhao, Lan Wang, Nan Yan

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Evolution of Spanish population well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COSMO-Spain study by Catarina Santos-Ribeiro, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Alba Ayala, María Romay-Barja, María Falcón, Maria João Forjaz

“…Women (standardized b coefficient (b) = -0.10), youth or people with lower socioeconomic status (worsened financial situation (b = −0.10) or unemployed/furloughs (b = −0.04)) reported lower well-being levels, whereas having a university-level education showed the opposite (b = 0.11). Feeling less depressed was associated with higher well-being (b = 0.31). …”
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Improvement of organizational and methodological issues of analytical control of natural gas quality in Testing laboratory by A. F. Battalov, R. T. Saetova, Ya. V. Denisova

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Multilevel analysis of prevalence and determinants of diarrhea among under-five children in Somalia: insights from the Somalia demographic and health survey 2020 by Hamse Arab Ali, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nuh, Hamse Adam Abdi, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Institutional births were associated with lower odds of diarrhea (AOR = 0.693; CI: 0.568–0.847), while children of educated fathers exhibited increased odds (AOR = 1.414; CI: 1.090–1.833). …”
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Perioperative nursing management of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (经导管二尖瓣缘对缘修复术围手术期护理) by LIU Yuan (刘苑), LAI Jianqing (赖间清), DING Fei (丁菲), HUANG Huifen (黄惠芬)

“…The comprehensive interventions including enhanced recovery after surgery, respiratory exercise, pain control, catheter maintenance and standard health education before discharge were carried out to relieve symptoms of heart failure, improve self-care ability and quality of life of patients after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair. …”
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The impact of sports experience on manual dexterity performances in school-age children by Antonino Patti, Domenico Savio Salvatore Vicari, Valerio Giustino, Flavia Figlioli, Genny Margherita Seidita, Alessandra Calogera Montalto Monella, Aurora Oddo, Antonio Paoli, Patrik Drid, Ewan Thomas, Antonino Bianco

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INSTITUTIONAL GLOBALIZATION AS A SYSTEM OF INTEGRATION THE PHENOMENON OF THE POSTMODERN DEVELOPMENT by V. V. Zinchenko

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Proximity or Directional Model of Voting for the Turkish Voter? by Murat İnan, Gül Arıkan Akdağ

“…Issue distance and issue scalar product were used as key independent variables representing the formulas for the proximity and the directional models, respectively. Additionally, education, age, gender and income were recruited as classical control variables. …”
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Urban and rural residence: their influence on food group consumption in Iran by Susan Darroudi, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Farzam Kamrani, Zahra Khorasanchi, Zahra Abdollahi, Nasrin Talkhi, Maryam Allahyari, Seyyed Reza Sobhani, Maryam Mohammadi-Bajgiran, Amirmohammad Naderkhmseh, Maliheh Aghasizadeh, Habibollah Esmaily, Gordon Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

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Guidelines for Stroke Critical Rehabilitation by PAN Yu, XIE Yuxiao, ZHANG Hao, LYU Zeping, XIE Qing, BAI Dingqun, WAN Chunxiao, JIANG Shan, HE Jing, LIU Shaxing, LI Chong, YANG Bing, LIU Weiming, YANG Guofa, ZHOU Hua, LI Xin, XIE Ruimou, NI Xueyi, MA Di

“…Timing of rehabilitation intervention, rehabilitation assessment (history assessment, physical examination, laboratory examination, imaging examination, assessment of conscious state, cognitive function assessment, motor function assessment, swallowing function assessment, ADL function assessment, mental state assessment, respiratory function assessment, diarrhea function assessment, pain assessment, agitation and sedation assessment, cooperation assessment, delirium assessment, nutritional assessment, screening for deep vein thrombosis), rehabilitation goals and plan development; content of rehabilitation intervention The content of rehabilitation intervention (motor function rehabilitation, circulatory function rehabilitation, respiratory function rehabilitation, swallowing function rehabilitation, consciousness disorder rehabilitation, bladder function rehabilitation, rectal function rehabilitation, musculoskeletal joint rehabilitation, skin management, pain and agitation management, deep vein thrombosis management, shoulder subluxation management, nutritional support management), the frequency of rehabilitation interventions, rehabilitation education, the requirements of rehabilitation implementation, the evaluation of the efficacy of rehabilitation, and the indicators of suspension of rehabilitation interventions. intervention pause indicators, rehabilitation efficacy evaluation, referral, follow-up; ⑤rehabilitation implementation conditions: basic conditions, environmental and facility conditions, personnel conditions; ⑥rehabilitation quality control: rehabilitation quality control system, rehabilitation quality assessment system, service feedback mechanism, emergency plan. …”
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Impact of Motivational Enhanced Adherence Counseling and Point-of-Care Viral Load Monitoring on Viral Load Outcome in Women on Life-Long ART: A Randomized Pilot Study by Mercy T. Mutambanengwe-Jacob, Charles C. Maponga, K. Rivet Amico, Bernard Ngara, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Tariro D. Chawana, Teacler Nematadzira, Justice F. Gumbo, Tendayi Goverayi, Petronella Matibe, Bernadette V. Malunda, Jim Aizire, Taha E. Taha, Mary G. Fowler, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda

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Effect Of Magnesium Perchlorate Content on the Mechanical, Thermal Stability, and Dielectric Properties of Plasticized PMMA/PVC-g-PMMA Electrolytes by Nguyen Thi Kim Dung, Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh, Do Quang Tham, Nguyen Thuy Chinh, Man Minh Tan, Tran Thi Mai, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Do Minh Thanh, Nguyen Quang Tung, Thai Hoang

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Effect of bromelain on ischemia-reperfusion injury in the torsion model created in polycystic and normal ovarian tissues by Sevgi Ulusoy Tangul, Taylan Onat, Demet Aydoğan Kirmizi, Zuleyha Doganyigit, Emin Kaymak, Aslı Oflamaz, Atilla Şenayli, Salih Somuncu

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The role of the Global Observatory in addressing Gender Based Violence in Sport+ by Hayley Truskewycz, Lombe Mwambwa

“…Recently, attention on gender-based violence has extended to sport, physical activity and physical education (PEPAS) contexts. While a broad range of actors across government, intergovernmental, NGO, and sport sectors have begun to take action to address forms of gender-based violence in PEPAS there is a lack of coordinated action between stakeholders and sectors. …”
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