Associations among Physical Activity, Diet, and Obesity Measures Change during Adolescence by Janne H. Maier, Ronald Barry

“…We used five years of data from 2379 adolescent girls in the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study to evaluate the association between physical activity and diet quality during adolescence and to assess both as correlates of obesity. …”
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Language and Style in Ọbasa’s Poetry by Afọlabi Ọlabimtan (deceased)

“…It was he who provided ‘the link between traditional beliefs and writing in the modern vein.’2 The three volumes of Yorùbá poetry produced by him between 1927 and 1945 had a great impact not only on the adults who were impressed by the wealth of traditional sayings in his poems, but also on the school children who were made to learn some of the poems by heart.3 In this paper I intend to answer the question: In what does Obasa’s greatness as ̣ a poet consist? …”
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Vascular cytoprotection, autoimmune disease, and premature atherosclerosis by Justin C Mason

“…Similarly, close liaison between rheumatologists and cardiologists is essential to minimize the cardiovascular impact on patients and to ensure that patients with rheumatic disease and coexistent coronary heart disease receive appropriate therapy. Identification of safe therapeutic approaches that combine the targeted immunosuppression required, along with comprehensive vascular protection to control the primary disease and prevent secondary complications over the longer term, remains the ultimate challenge.…”
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A Collection of Machine Learning Models for Improved Airport Operations Amidst Adverse Weather Conditions by Ramon Dalmau, Jonathan Attia

“…The system adopts an integrated approach, combining various machine learning models to provide a detailed projection of an airport's future state, drawing from past occurrences. The heart of the system is a model that focuses on the airport's peak service rate. …”
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AgriForEst : un jeu pour élaborer des scénarios sur un terroir villageois d’Afrique Centrale by Églantine Fauvelle, Claude Garcia 

“…The approach is well suited to the modelling of systems at the heart of which lies the decision making process of human agents. …”
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Central Venous Catheter-Related Tachycardia in the Newborn: Case Report and Literature Review by Aya Amer, Roland S. Broadbent, Liza Edmonds, Benjamin J. Wheeler

“…Catheter migration was subsequently detected, with the UVC tip located within the heart. Upon withdrawal of the UVC and a final dose of adenosine, the arrhythmia permanently resolved. …”
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Platelet-white cell ratio is more strongly associated with mortality than other common risk ratios derived from complete blood counts by Brody H. Foy, Jonathan C. T. Carlson, Aaron D. Aguirre, John M. Higgins

“…Here we show that the platelet-to-white-cell ratio, which was selected based on this conserved recovery pattern, is more strongly associated with mortality than other blood count markers and ratios in four important illnesses involving acute inflammation: COVID-19, acute heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. …”
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Recent Advances in Dipeptidyl-Peptidase-4 Inhibition Therapy: Lessons from the Bench and Clinical Trials by Jixin Zhong, Quan Gong, Aditya Goud, Srividya Srinivasamaharaj, Sanjay Rajagopalan

“…However, there was growing evidence in recent years questioning the cardioprotective effect of DPP4i. Further, a signal of heart failure hospitalization in a recent large scale clinical trial SAVOR-TIMI 53 has called into question the safety of these agents and their utility in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. …”
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Thiazolidinedione-Induced Fluid Retention: Recent Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms by Jerzy Bełtowski, Jolanta Rachańczyk, Mirosław Włodarczyk

“…However, thiazolidinediones induce fluid retention, edema, and sometimes precipitate or exacerbate heart failure in a subset of patients. The mechanism through which thiazolidinediones induce fluid retention is controversial. …”
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Investigation of Indoor Air Quality in a Hospital: A Case Study from Şanlıurfa, Turkey by Tuba Rastgeldi Doğan

“…The performed measurements were revealed that the levels of PM2.5 and PM10 in surgery, urology, neurology, heart surgeon and eye diseases polyclinic were higher than the threshold limits in international standards set by WHO and ASHAE. …”
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A Rare Case of Sudden Death in a Patient with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Cardiac Rupture by Tarun Dalia, Bashar S. Amr, Ankit Agrawal, Archana Gautam, Venkata Rakesh Sethapati, Jared Kvapil

“…Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), also known as broken heart syndrome or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a rare condition with an estimated incidence of 0.02% of all hospitalizations in United States and 2% of all acute coronary syndrome presentations. …”
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Cardiorenal Effects of Newer NSAIDs (Celecoxib) versus Classic NSAIDs (Ibuprofen) in Patients with Arthritis by Ragia Hegazy, Mohamed Alashhab, Madiha Amin

“…Effects measured included investigator-reported hypertension, edema, or congestive heart failure, increases in serum creatinine or reduction in serum creatinine clearance, and changes in serum electrolytes. …”
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Infant of a diabetic mother: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment by Magdalena Suda-Całus, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Ewa Gulczyńska

“…Infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) because of mother’s diabetes are prone to developing complications and the most common include: large birth weight and complications resulting from it (i.e. birth injuries, perinatal asphyxia), cardiovascular and respiratory insufficiency (poor tolerance of labor stress), neonatal hypoglycemia and it’s complications, delayed lung maturity (fetal hyperinsulinism and the opposite function of insulin to cortisol), cardiomegaly and hypertrophy of the intraventricular septum (functional narrowing of the outflow of the left ventricle and cardiac failure), congenital malformations (most often of the central nervous system and heart). Less common complications in IDMs are: persistent pulmonary hypertension, hyperbilirubinemia, renal vein thrombosis, small left colon syndrome, intrauterine death, polycythemia, and a predisposition to obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes later in life. …”
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Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in Ageing and Diverse Populations: A Review of the Literature from the UK by Emma Wilkinson, Muhammad Waqar, Alan Sinclair, Gurch Randhawa

“…Broad themes of cultural competency; comorbidities and stratification; and access emerged as mid-level mechanisms which have individualised, culturally intelligent, and ethical care at their heart and through which inequalities can be addressed. …”
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THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN CAMEROON by Nguiffo Joel Salomon, Etoa Etoa Jean Bosco

“…But one of the main constraints of Cameroon's energy transition lies in financial issues, which are inevitably linked to the country's financial development. At the heart of this reflection therefore arises the question of knowing: What could be the impact of financial development on the consumption of renewable energies in Cameroon? …”
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Tophaceous Gout and Renal Insufficiency: A New Solution for an Old Therapeutic Dilemma by Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Carsten Wunderlich, Martin Aringer

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ADD C FOR CONTEXT: WHAT CAN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS FROM THE HUMANITIES CONTRIBUTE TORESEARCH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION? by Dror Abend-David, James Kusch

“…We look at previous research in FSLA, as well as CLT and TBLT, to discuss motivation and contextualisation as key factors that determine L2 achievement and attainment. At the heart of the argument is our attempt to teach not only grammar and vocabulary (although we do not, for one minute, pretend that they are unimportant) but also to engage students’ thinking and imagination in relation to language learning. …”
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Quelle place pour la Grande Guerre dans l’histoire contemporaine du Japon ? Quelques éléments de réflexion à partir d’un témoignage japonais by Frédéric Danesin

“…Considered as the main historical event in the beginning of the twentieth century, the Great War (1914-1918) is at the heart of a monumental and vivacious historiography. …”
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Umbilical Coiling Index as a Marker of Perinatal Outcome: An Analytical Study by T. Chitra, Y. S. Sushanth, S. Raghavan

“…Hypocoiling (<0.12) was found to be significantly associated with hypertensive disorders, abruptio placentae, preterm labour, oligohydramnios, and fetal heart rate abnormalities. Hypercoiling (>0.36) was found to be associated with diabetes mellitus, polyhydramnios, cesarean delivery, congenital anomalies, and respiratory distress of the newborn. …”
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Digital Camouflage Pattern Design Based on the Biased Random Walk by Yuanying Gan, Chuntong Liu, Zhenxin He, Hongcai Li, Zhongye Liu

“…The quantitative analysis results show that the mean heart rate of the digital camouflage pattern based on multiscene design is at least 31.0% higher than that of the original background segmentation texture, and the standard deviation index of equivalent diameter is increased by 14.9% on average. …”
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