‘Tactile qualities’ by Andrew Eastman

“…In attempting to define what constitutes, for him, the modernity of the poem, William Carlos Williams wrote, in a well-known passage of his Autobiography (1951), “It is the making of that step, to come over into the tactile qualities, the words themselves beyond the mere thought expressed, that distinguishes the modern”. …”
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Association of Wrist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Type II Diabetics in a Ghanaian Population by Christian Obirikorang, Yaa Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Toboh, Evans Adu Asamoah, Bright Amakwaa, Emmanuella Nsenbah Batu, Peter Brenya

“…The optimum cut-off range of WrC to identify individuals at increased cardiometabolic risk was 17.5 to –17.8 cm for men and 16.0 to 16.7 cm for women while that of WHtR was 0.52 to 0.61 for men and 0.53 to 0.59 for women. …”
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History of coronary heart disease increased the mortality rate of patients with COVID-19: a nested case–control study by Yaping He, Lei Xu, Tian Gu, Qiao Chu, Zhangsheng Yu, Botao Fa, Anqi Li, Ruijun Wu

“…The inverse probability-weighted Cox proportional hazard model was performed, controlling for age, gender and the early period of the outbreak.Results Of the 94 cases, the median age was 72.5 years old (IQR=16), and 59.6% were men, while in the control group the median age was 67 years old (IQR=22), and 64.6% were men. …”
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Clinical outcomes after immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury: a cohort study by Vin-Cent Wu, Ting-Ya Yang, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Hong-Min Lin, Heng-Chih Pan, Yun Chou, Jui-Yi Chen

“…This study evaluates the effects of ICPi-associated AKI (ICPi-AKI) on mortality, kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing ICPi treatments.Design This multicentre retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching to balance baseline characteristics. …”
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Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and liver fibrosis in adults with metabolism-related fatty liver disease in the United States: a cross-sectional study of NHANES... by Yuou Ying, Yuan Ji, Ruyi Ju, Jinhan Chen, Mingxian Chen

“…MAFLD was defined as a controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) score ≥ 248 dB/m accompanied by metabolic dysfunction. …”
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PANORAMIC DENTAL X-RAY AND PERIODONTITIS: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF RADIOGRAPHIC-BASED PERIODONTAL BONE LOSS (R-PBL) by Cristian Funieru, Oana Amza, Dana Bodnar, Oana Slușanschi, Adrian Țandără, Daniela Vrînceanu

“…Results: The mean R-PBL score for the entire sample was 14.32%. The highest scores were observed around first molars and central incisors. …”
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Time without PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy as a predictor of future biochemical recurrence, metastatic disease and prostate cancer death: a prospective Scandinavian co... by Mats Steinholtz Ahlberg, Hans-Olov Adami, Hans Garmo, Lars Holmberg, Anna Bill-Axelson, Ove Andren, Gunnar Steineck, Jan-Erik Johansson

“…For patients without biochemical recurrence 5 years after radical prostatectomy the 20-year probability of biochemical recurrence was 25% among men with Gleason score ≤3+4=7 and 57% among men with Gleason score ≥4+3=7; the probabilities for metastases were 0.8% and 17%; and for prostate cancer death 0.8% and 12%, respectively. …”
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A feminist analysis of child neglect cases from the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice by Flavia Portella Püschel

“…Several sexist arguments can be found both in opinions against awarding damages for child neglect and in opinions in favor of it. …”
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Estimating Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk for the EXPOSE (Explaining Population Trends in Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Health Transitions in South Africa a... by Shaun Scholes, Jennifer S Mindell, Mari Toomse-Smith, Annibale Cois, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo

“…In men, the mean of the non–laboratory-based WHO risk score was 9.6% (SE 0.1%) and 8.9% (SE 0.2%) in 1998 and 2017, respectively; corresponding figures in women were 5.8% (SE 0.1%) and 4.8% (SE 0.1%). …”
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Театральный и балетный жаргон в современной лексикографии и в текстах культуры by Ewelina Parafińska-Korybska

“…The article also gives an overview of the names and works of the authors who analysed the theatrical and ballet jargon. …”
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A Retrospective Study on Pathologic Features and Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer by Steven A. Bigler, Charles R. Pound, Xinchun Zhou

“…As compared to Caucasians, African American patients had younger age, higher cancer detection rate, higher Gleason score of prostate cancer, and more bilateral involvement of the prostate. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkka

“…The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkke

“…The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkka

“…The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkka

“…The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Membership in and Presence of Voluntary Organisations during the Swedish Fertility Transition, 1880-1949 by Johan Junkka

“…The association to participation for both men and women is tested by matching members to a control group through propensity score matching before estimating differences in risks of another birth using Cox regressions. …”
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Les implications du travestissement dans I Capuleti e i Montecchi de Vincenzo Bellini by Isabelle Schwartz-Gastine

“…My concern for transvestite parts stems from the Shakespearean drama conventions in which all female roles were performed by young men and apprentice boys for decency’s sake. Bellini and Felice Romani, his librettist, were certainly not influenced by the English bard, but by a common source, book 4 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, when they composed the score and lyrics of their opera in the 1820s. …”
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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

“…No significant difference was found in the average scores of cognitive function, anxiety and depression in patients of group 1 and 2. …”
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New strategies in management of severe alcoholic hepatitis by P. Ye. Tkachenko, I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The mean score of Maddrey index (MI) was 58,5±26,8. The second group included 20 patients as well (11 men and 9 women, mean age — 46,10±10,47 years). …”
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Comparison of brain activity metrics in Chinese and Russian students while perceiving information referencing self or others by Q. Si, J. Tian, V. A. Savostyanov, D. A. Lebedkin, A. V. Bocharov, A. N. Savostyanov

“…Using this module, brain electrical activity (EEG) indicators reflecting individual characteristics of recognition of information related to oneself and other people were compared between groups of 30 Chinese (14 men and 16 women, average age 23.2 ± 0.4 years) and 32 Russian (15 men, 17 women, average age 22.1 ± 0.4 years) participants. …”
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