Utility of AD8 for Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Physical Examination Population: A Preliminary Study by Yue Xie, Ya Gao, Jianjun Jia, Xiaohong Wang, Zhenfu Wang, Hengge Xie

“…The subjects who scored 0 to 8 of AD8 scale were 1015, 269, 120, 60, 30, 14, 19, 8, and 9, respectively. …”
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Association of Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and Obesity between Sedentary and Active Individuals by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, Luis Alberto Mass Sosa, Jacqueline Zamora Galindo, Lucía Baños Leyva, Claudia González Martínez

“…In the anthropometric tests, more than 30 % were overweight-obese and 20 % had altered abdominal waist, for both the condition of being sedentary coexisted. The sedentary subjects presented mean values of the hemodynamic variables higher than the active subjects. 73.8 % of the sedentary subjects were cardiovascular hyperreactive, as opposed to the normoreactive cardiovascular state that was present in 94.7 % of the active subjects. …”
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Distinctive blood and salivary proteomics signatures in Qatari individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease by Ghada Yousif, Selvasankar Murugesan, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Annalisa Terranegra, Giusy Gentilcore, Jean Charles Grivel, Souhaila Al Khodor

“…Leveraging on the SOMAscan platform, we analyzed 1,317 proteins in saliva and plasma collected from subjects at a high risk of CVD (HR-CVD) and compared the profiles to subjects with low risk of CVD (LR-CVD). …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between cardiac calcification and cardiovascular disease using the echocardiographic calcium score in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a cros... by Ho-Kwan Sin, Ping-Nam Wong, Kin-Yee Lo, Man-Wai Lo, Shuk-Fan Chan, Kwok-Chi Lo, Yuk-Yi Wong, Lo-Yi Ho, Wing-Tung Kwok, Kai-Chun Chan, Andrew Kui-Man Wong, Siu-Ka Mak

“…The ECS (range 0–8) was compared between subjects with CVD and those without. Results: Among the subjects, 54 had CVD and 71 did not. …”
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A 5-year Retrospective Review of the Presentation Pattern and Management outcomes of Uterine Fibroids in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital. by Madunatu, Chimezie Michael, Okoro, Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikem, Onyejiaka, Chukwudubem Chinagorom, Enechukwu, Chukwunonso Isaiah, Ofojebe, Chukwuemeka Jude, Ani, Vincent Chinedu, Eleje, George Uchenna, Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent, Okafor, Chigozie Geoffrey, Okoro, Amarachukwu Doris, Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Oguejiofor, Charlotte Blanche, Eze, Stephen Chijioke

“…The social, demographic, and clinical data of the subjects were extracted using a designed proforma. …”
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Discharge against Medical Advice in Surgical Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report Series Illustrating Unique Challenges by Marek Brzezinski, Maren Gregersen, Luiz Gustavo Schuch, Ricarda Sawatzki, Joy W. Chen, Grant Gauger, Jasleen Kukreja, Brian Cason

“…All three subjects represented a risk to themselves and to others at the time of DAMA. …”
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Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Katrien S. F. Colman, Janneke Koerts, Laurie A. Stowe, Klaus L. Leenders, Roelien Bastiaanse

“…The same pattern of results was present in healthy control subjects. Deficits in set-switching were specifically associated with the comprehension of passive sentences. …”
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Evaluation of body-self-perception of sedentary individuals aged over 30 who attended fitness center classes by Engin Gezer, Gulten Herguner, Mahmut Gulle, Mehmet Cetın

“…The sample was composed of 80 sedentary individuals (38 men and 42 women) who attended the selected fitness centers with random sampling. All of the subjects were included in the study with voluntariness principle. …”
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La photographie comme processus performatif by Richard Shusterman

“…Additionally, he must communicate with the subject being photographed to make him feel at ease or in the appropriate state of mind. …”
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Relationship between Soft Skills and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education: Evidence from Undergraduate Management Students by Ashot G. Mirzoyan, Irina P. Suslova, Angelina V. Govorova

“…According to the simulation results, it is shown that the numerical abilities of students are positively associated with grades in 22 subjects. The Leadership competence is positively associated with grades in three subjects, persuasion skills – in nine, analytical abilities – in seven. …”
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An Evaluation and Support of Usability of Hacettepe University Libraries’ Websites through Training: A Study on Students of Hacettepe University, the Department of Information Mana... by Emine Cengiz

“…In the study conducted on eight volunteer subjects who are users of the website of the University Libraries, qualitative and quantitative research methods were used collectively. …”
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Short-Term and Procedural Memory for Colours and Inferior Temporal Cortex Activity by E. Castro-Sierra, E. Paredes-Díaz, J. A. Lazareff

“…One of the IT subjects also spent a significantly greater amount of time in the procedural task involving size differences. …”
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Does Repeated Ticking Maintain Tic Behavior? An Experimental Study of Eye Blinking in Healthy Individuals by Daniel J. V. Beetsma, Marcel A. van den Hout, Iris M. Engelhard, Marleen M. Rijkeboer, Danielle C. Cath

“…The experimental group with air puffs+ blinking experienced a decrease in subjective annoyance of the air puff, but habituation of the EMG response was blocked and length of EMG response increased. …”
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Psychological factors of economic decision-making process by E. S. Mishenin

“…Special attention has been paid to the importance of subjective and unconscious phenomena, such as prejudices and stereotypes, which predetermine complex behavioral patterns of the economic sphere subjects. …”
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English for Specific Purposes for sport as a profession in Croatia: Students’ and teachers’ voices by Ana Penjak

“…University teaching staff in Croatia are expected to implement English Medium of Instruction (EMI) as an integral part of their teaching inventory, while students are encouraged to enrol in academic subjects taught in English. This study aimed: 1) to examine and analyse students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards the importance of using EMI, i.e., the importance of using English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for sport as a profession as an integral part of subjects delivered in English; 2) to provide feedback to all the ESP teachers regarding the necessity of creating adequate teaching materials for teaching ESP for sport as a profession. …”
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Nutritional status and effect of seaweed chocolate on anemic adolescent girls by A. Thahira Banu, S. Uma Mageswari

“…Five hundred adolescent girls in the age group of 15–18 years were selected from a women's college at Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu, India as the target group to find the prevalence of anemia. Among the 500 subjects 100 with a hemoglobin level of 7–9 g/dL (moderate anemia) were selected by purposive sampling technique for supplementation. …”
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Migrants and refugees between sociology and law: Mental health and integration strategies for the most fragile individuals by Salvatore Piliu

“…In particular, reference will be made to recent Italian legislation and strategies for the integration of the most fragile subjects and for the protection of the mental health of migrants and refugees. …”
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Asymmetric Central Processing of Sensory Stimuli in Idiopathic Focal Dystonia by R. A. Grünewald, J. Shipman, Y. Yoneda, H. J. Sagar

“…All experiments were performed with the subject blindfolded. Patients with torticollis tended to underestimate weights presented to the hand away from which the head tended to turn. …”
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Structure of Forensic Characteristics of Murdering Hostages or Kidnapped Persons by T. V. Bilyk

“…Based on the conducted research, the following elements of the forensic characteristics of the murder of hostages or kidnapped persons have been identified: 1) the method of committing the murder of hostages or kidnapped persons (preparation, commission, concealment); 2) the situation and mechanism of committing the murder of hostages or kidnapped persons (place as part of the material environment, which includes, besides the premises and areas, a set of different items); 3) the subject matter of the crime, the subject matter of criminal encroachment, or, as it is also called, the subject matter of criminal interest; 4) features of committing murders (trace picture); 5) forensic characteristics of the offender (physical, socio-demographic data, etc.); 6) forensic characteristics of the victim.…”
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The Effectiveness of the Multimedia Phonological Awareness Program on The Reading Skill of students with borderline intellectual functioning in The First Grade by Samira Saeidi, Saeid Hassanzade, Sogand Ghasemzadeh

“…In this research, which was carried out as single-subject research and as baseline approach, the statistical population included students with borderline intellectual functioning of the first grade in Tehran. …”
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