Background: Vitamin D is one of the known lipoprotein hormones with metabolic properties. We aimed to determine the serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentration in overweight/obese subjects with diabetes mellitus type Ⅱ (DM Ⅱ) in association with systolic and diastolic blood pressure and quality of life compared with healthy participants. Methods: The current case-control study was carried out amo...

How does the value of life affect annuity demand? To address this question, we construct a portfolio choice problem with three key features: (i) agents have access to life-contingent assets, (ii) they always prefer living dying, (iii) nonexpected utility preferences. We show that as from being alive increases, demand decreases (increases) if are more (less) averse risk rather than intertemporal...

objective: menopause is a natural part of women´s life. according to our country's age pyramid that is toward the aging and elderly, every year large number of women inter this period. during this period, due to the wide fluctuations of the hormones, it is caused unpleasant physical, psychological and sexual symptoms that affect women's quality of life negatively. because of the side effects of...

Claims (or the implicit assumption) of inherent worth life are pervasive and remain virtually unchallenged. I have already argued that these outright moral dictates thinly veiled vestiges theological ethics which, following removal their foundations, little more than nebulous claims supported only by fear consequences a challenge. In my previous work, rejected an priori claim objective life’s w...