The Association between the Serum Uric Acid Level and Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults by Xianpeng Xu, Jinke Huang, Simin Wu, Qingjie Ji, Xuguang Guo, Yong Huang

“…However, it may differ in different race groups, nor between male and female. Moreover, the association between the sUA level and the incident of HTN followed a U-shaped curve in male (turning point: sUA 4.1 mg/dL) and Whites (turning point: sUA 7.9 mg/dL). …”
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Rethinking Eurovision Song Contest as a Clash of Cultures by Zeynep Merve ŞIVGIN

“…The artists who participate in the contest compete for the country they represent rather than an individual race which takes “national identity” more on stage. …”
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The Question of the vis-à-vis: Scotland and Others by David McCRONE

“…Identities – including those of nation, class, gender and ‘race’ – do not stand alone, but are to be understood in the context of the vis-à-vis. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIALLY CREATED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS by Yu. D. Gensitskiy

“…From the global risks point of view, one of the most critical circumstances due to the artificial intelligent system can strengthen its intelligence very quickly. …”
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Determinants of COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate in the United States: Spatial Analysis Over One Year of the Pandemic by Niranjan J. Kathe, Rajvi J. Wani

“…**Results:** The study found percent positive for COVID-19 (0.057% point), stringency index (0.014% point), percent diabetic (0.011% point), long-term care beds (log) (0.010% point), premature age-adjusted mortality (log) (0.702 % point), income inequality ratio (0.078% point), social association rate (log) (0.014% point), percent 65 years old and over (0.055% point), and percent African Americans (0.016% point) in a given county were positively associated with its COVID-19 CFR. …”
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Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation with the USSR on the U.S. Leadership’s Agenda During the Era of Détente (1969–1980) by V. T. Yungblyud

“…By the late 1960s, strategic parity had been achieved between the two superpowers, marking a turning point in their confrontation. The arms race came to be regarded as both costly and unsustainable. …”
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Foreword by Kammila Naidoo

“…By the middle of this century, more than 40 percent of children younger than 5 years will be resident here. It is often pointed out that a child’s life chances are shaped by the place of birth, year of birth, and privileges of the natal familial context – in this regard, class, race, nationality, regionality, and gender are some of the key predictors of a child’s future. …”
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Global FRAND-Licensing by EU National Courts: The Winner Asks Them All? – On Global SEP Disputes and International Jurisdiction by Stefanie Krome

“…This leads to forum shopping, to a race to the courts and to parallel proceedings. Parties are fighting to secure jurisdictions for a judicially determined portfolio FRAND licence by seeking anti-suit-injunctions or anti-anti-suitinjunctions (and so on). …”
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Association of systemic inflammatory response index and stroke: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2005–2018 by Aokai Tian, Yafang Zheng, Jing Jin, Chunyuan Huang

“…Additional interaction tests and subgroup analysis revealed that age, sex, race, education, marriage, BMI (body mass index), smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease (CHD) were not positively correlated (p interaction >0.05). …”
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Association between the systemic immunity-inflammation index and stroke: a population-based study from NHANES (2015–2020) by Rui Shi, Ye Tian, Junbiao Tian, Qiming Liu, Jiayun Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Yaping Sun, Zhanwei Xie

“…Moreover, we found an nonlinear relationship between SII and stroke with an inflection point of 740 (1,000 cells /µl) by using a two-segment linear regression model. …”
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Blood pressure, gallstones, and age at first cholecystectomy in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yue Zhang, Ruifeng Duan, Xin Chen, Lijuan Wei

“…After adjustment for age, gender, race, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia, HTN was significantly associated with gallstones in individuals aged 48 years (OR = 1.39; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.88). …”
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Predicting loss of independence among geriatric patients following gastrointestinal surgery by Michaela R. Cunningham, Christopher L. Cramer, Ruyun Jin, Florence E. Turrentine, Victor M. Zaydfudim

“…The six most impactful factors in predicting loss of independence were age, preoperative mobility aid use, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, preoperative albumin, non-elective surgery, and race (all OR > 1.83; p < 0.001). The odds ratio of each of these factors were used to create a sixteen-point scoring system. …”
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of the Efficacy at Week 32 of Tralokinumab and Dupilumab in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis by Tiago Torres, Anne Sohrt Petersen, Ulla Ivens, Albert Bosch Vilaro, John Stinson, José Manuel Carrascosa

“…IPD were selected by applying inclusion criteria from LIBERTY AD CHRONOS and weighting to match summary baseline characteristics—age, sex, race, body mass index, disease duration, Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and SCORing Atopic Dermatitis index—of patients treated with dupilumab. …”
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Association of anxiety status and anxiety duration with constipation in adult Americans: a cross-sectional study using data from the NHANES 2007–2010 by Xinran Li, Conghui Bian, Hui Dai, Xingrui Chen, Haihua Qian, Dan Zhang

“…The analysis accounted for potential confounding factors, including gender, age, race/ethnicity, education level, marital status, PIR, BMI, smoking status, drinking status, chronic diseases, and dietary intake. …”
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Higher Levels of Postoperative Mobility and Activity as Measured by the AM-PAC 6 Clicks Instrument Are Associated with Improved Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion by Parimal Rana, Jane C. Brennan, Andrea H. Johnson, Justin J. Turcotte, Chad M. Patton

“…The odds of LOS 3+ days, non-home discharge, and ED return for each one-point increase in mobility scores all decreased by 28%, 32%, and 22%, respectively, while the odds of achieving PROMIS MCID for every one-point increase in mobility increased by 28%. …”
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Le rôle potentiel du tourisme en matière de justice by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles

“…Les efforts pour rendre le tourisme plus responsable, éthique et équitable ont été critiqués, à la fois d’un point de vue néolibéral selon lequel le tourisme n’est pas le lieu d’un débat moral, et d’un point de vue fondé sur la théorie de la race selon lequel de nombreuses formes de tourisme de justice n’atteindraient pas leurs objectifs de solidarité et d’émancipation.Pour ce qui concerne l’avenir, l’auteur attire l’attention sur la nécessité impérieuse de consacrer d’avantage de recherches et d’initiatives aux enjeux structurels plus larges de la justice ; le courant d’études critiques en matière de tourisme lui apparaît, potentiellement, comme un vecteur prometteur dans ce domaine. …”
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The relationship between cardiometabolic Index and diabetic kidney disease in people with diabetes by Jianping Kong, Wenting Tao, Yuhong Sun, Yong Xu, Hailun Li, Jing Li

“…Conversely, this correlation appeared similar across different genders, ages, races, BMI categories, hypertension statuses, and insulin usage among people with diabetes (all p for interaction &gt;0.05). …”
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Mobility of social processes as a resource of society. Correlation of the concepts of pathology, deviation, mutations by S. I. Shlyapin

“…The last approach was the physiological (anthropological) one. From its points of  view, it   is said about a   difference in  the origin of  the races of   people, hence the likely deviation. …”
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The long-term impact of childhood sexual assault on depression and self-reported mental and physical health by Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Mojisola Fasokun, Fadeke Ogunyankin, Nkemdirim Ugochukwu, Walia Ajisafe, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Oluebubechukwu Eze, Kakra Hughes, Miriam Michael

“…CSA was significantly associated with an increased risk of depression diagnosis, with a 22.1 percentage-point increase for those with one CSA experience (ATE = 0.221, 95% CI: 0.192–0.250, p &lt; 0.001) and a 24.4 percentage-point increase for those with multiple CSA experiences (ATE = 0.244, 95% CI: 0.222–0.266, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Chromosomes and speciation in tuco-tuco (Ctenomys, Hystricognathi, Rodentia) by A. A. Torgasheva, E. A. Basheva, M. J. Gomez Fernandez, P. Mirol, P. M. Borodin

“…These changes can modulate the flow of genes between chromosomal races and amplify the divergence which has arisen due to spatial isolation. …”
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