PURPOSE This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older. METHODS The sample consisted of 11,291 participants in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We used complex sample analyses, including strata, cluster, and sample weighting, to allow ge...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in women with normal cervical cytology and with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia I to III(CIN) or carcinoma of the cervix in Okinawa, Japan. METHODS We investigated HPV DNA in 4,078 subjects with cytologically normal cervices, 279 subjects with CIN, and 383 subjects with cervical cancer in Okinawa Pr...

in this paper, let $l$ be a completeresiduated lattice, and let {bf set} denote the category of setsand mappings, $lf$-{bf pos} denote the category of $lf$-posets and$lf$-monotone mappings, and $lf$-{bf cslat}$(sqcup)$, $lf$-{bfcslat}$(sqcap)$ denote the category of $lf$-completelattices and $lf$-join-preserving mappings and the category of$lf$-complete lattices and $lf$-meet-preserving mapping...

He Chengyao's performance art works not only reflect the collectivist immersion of contemporary people, but also trauma that generations Chinese women have suffered after facing persecution patriarchal thinking. From works, this paper explores women's thinking and outlook on identity motherhood.

This paper addresses the relationship between socioeconomic conditions and first union formation in Spain by analyzing influence of educational attainment employment history on transition to non-marital cohabitation direct marriage, highlighting inter-generational gender-specific trends over time. To this end, contribution approaches a longitudinal gender perspective which applies an event-hist...

the current study was conducted to investigate the effect of short-term selection in japanese quail for its 4-week body and breast weights. two selected lines, one for selection of body weight based upon in. breeding values (line 1) and another for breast weight based on between family selections (line 2) were randomly selected from a base population. in each generation, 39 sire and 78 dam-bird...

The higher risk of venous thromboembolism with 3rd and 4th- generations combined oral contraceptives compared to 2nd generation triggered a media crisis in France. Exposure to 3rd or 4th-generation combined oral contraceptives led to an annual excess of around 100 premature deaths in Europe. In the absence of any demonstrated additional benefit of these combined oral contraceptives, measures we...

We found evidence of autosomal dominant hereditary transmission of sulcus vocalis. Four dysphonic patients from three generations of the same family were submitted to videolaryngoscopic examination (three patients) and to direct laryngoscopy (one patient) to diagnose the hoarseness. Sulcus vocalis was diagnosed in all four patients. The finding of four affected individuals in three generat...

In this paper, we discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women's participation in this field We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women's participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in ...