BACKGROUND High blood pressure (BP) is a serious, common and growing global public health problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between high NC (neck circumference) alone and in combinations with BMI (body mass index), WC (waist circumference), and high BP among Lithuanian children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 years. METHODS An epidemiological case-control study was...

Calcium ions are an important intracellular regulator; increase in their concentration the cytoplasm plays a key role determining functional activity of platelets associated with platelet aggregation and release reaction. The main way to reduce free calcium is activation Ca2+-ATPases depositing structures plasma membrane, which cytoplasmic content due its reuptake depot (resequestration) Ca2+ f...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations among age, physical activity (PA), and birth cohort on body mass index (BMI) percentiles in men. METHODS Longitudinal analyses using quantile regression were conducted among men with ≥ two examinations between 1970 and 2006 from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (n = 17,759). Height and weight were measured; men reported their PA and were categorized as ...

Purpose. This study was designed to investigate the effects of peripheral nerve block methods, applied through unilateral spinal anaesthesia on elderly patients to undergo total knee arthroplasty, on perioperative hemodynamic parameters and postoperative analgesia period. Materials and Method. 60 patients were randomly divided into two groups in the study. In group USA spinal anaesthesia was pe...

Carbon emissions from the transport sector (COE) has witnessed unprecedented growth, which calls for special measures to control these achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. One of taken limit is climate change mitigation technology related (CCMT). However, there exists relatively scant literature that explores CCMT-COE nexus. Hence, present study whether CCMT curbs COE in top carbon-emitting count...

Introduction The aim was to determine the mitochondrial content, oxidative and nitrosative status in placentas from pregnant women who delivery newborns with alteration of intrauterine growth. Material methods Placentas were selected because classified as small for gestational age (SGA, lowest 10th percentile; n = 9), appropriate (AGA; 9) large (LGA, tallest 90th 9). In placenta tissue status, ...

BACKGROUND Factors influencing success of sperm retrieval in azoospermic patients and outcome of ICSI were evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS Uni- and multifactorial analysis were performed using logistic and stepwise analysis, following surgical sperm retrieval by percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (55 cycles) or testicular sperm extraction (142 cycles) in 52 and 123 patients with obstruct...

Passive probes continuously generate statistics on large number of metrics, that are possibly represented as probability mass functions (pmf). The need for consolidation of several pmfs arises in two contexts, namely: (i) whenever a central point collects and aggregates measurement of multiple disjoint vantage points, and (ii) whenever a local measurement processed at a single vantage point nee...

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the effect urbanization on surface air temperature (SAT) from 1951 to 2018 in Philippines. The daily minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax) records 34 meteorological stations were used derive extreme indices. These then classified as urban or rural based satellite night-lights. results showed significant difference SAT trends between stations, indicati...