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Introduction: The benefits of participating in physical activity (PA) are wide-ranging, such as lowering the risk diabetes and anxiety. Employees’ engagement PA can also benefit their employers due to potential reduction absenteeism increased productivity. However, levels sedentary behaviour university employees yet be examined using a mixed methods approach. This study aimed m...

А im: to present data of Russian and foreign studies about association between physical activity (PA) gallstone disease (GSD). Key point. A low PA level is one the four major risk factors for chronic non-infectiuos diseases. The frequency in men women Federation (according medical examination 2016) 19 %. global prevalence GSD up 20 % among adults. Many systematic reviews meta-analyses have conf...

OBJECTIVE Animal studies have indicated that maternal androgen levels influence the intrauterine environment and development of the offspring. Human data are missing. We therefore investigated the possible association between maternal androgens and offspring size at birth in humans. DESIGN A random sample of parous Caucasian women (n=147) was followed prospectively through pregnancy. METHOD...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of long-term anti-miR-33 therapy on the progression of atherosclerosis in high-fat, high-cholesterol-fed Ldlr(-/-) mice. METHODS AND RESULTS Ldlr(-/-) mice received saline, or control or anti-miR-33 oligonucleotides once a week for 14 weeks. The treatment was effective, as measured by reduced levels of hepatic miR-33 and increased hepatic expression of miR-...

Satellite cell (SCs), the main progenitors for post-hatch poultry muscle growth, has maximal mitotic activity and sensitivity to temperature during first week after hatch. The objective of present study was determine effect hot cold temperatures on proliferation differentiation SCs from pectoralis major (P. major) fast-growing 1-week-old Nicholas commercial (NC) turkeys compared Randombred Cont...

Heat stress during flowering is a critical limitation for summer maize production. However, the incidence of heat varies with years and locations, it poses great risk to successful reproduction kernel setting. Therefore, essential provide sound quantification occurrence in relation growth development. Here, we analyzed characteristics based on climate data over 60 Huaibei Plain, China. The effe...