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Introduction: Central pressure (CP) has shown to be more reliable than cardiovascular mortality; salt intake in the diet is directly related to the increase in CP. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study representative of a neighborhood of Salvador-BA, Brazil, distributed in 12 census tracts...

Introduction: Left ventricular mass (LVM) predicts cardiovascular risk. In early life, LVM is conventionally indexed to height 2.7 [1], although this may not account for sex differences in growth. We investigated allometric scaling of LVM to height, lean mass (LM) and body surface area (BSA) in a UK...

In most cases, the information about the Chaoshan area obtained by outsiders on the Internet is characterized by non-objectivity. Instead, it is the process of subjective opinions formed by Key Opinion Leaders then flowing to the general audience through the media (i.e. secondary communication). Compared...

Background: In patients with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS), an abnormally low carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) may increase the risk of arterial dissection and rupture. Thus its accurate assessment by ultra–high frequency ultrasound (UHFUS), thanks to its higher spatial resolution, may...

Introduction: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) does not always amplify from central to peripheral arteries. Individuals without SBP amplification (SBPamp) have higher aortic blood pressure (BP) despite similar brachial cuff SBP. To circumvent this discrepancy, the aim of this study was to determine if aortic...

Objectives: Alterations in skin microcirculation have been associated with damage in various microvascular beds [1]. Endothelial dysfunction in microcirculation plays a central role in the pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases, contributing substantially to the increased cardiovascular risk of these...

Background: Measurement of wave intensity (WI) requires simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous measurement of pressure and flow limiting its use. Previous work in dogs [1] and humans [2] has shown that the excess pressure waveforms calculated using reservoir analysis correspond closely with aortic flow waveforms....

The popularity of online social networking has created new conditions for high-risk sexual behaviors and brought new challenges to AIDS prevention and treatment. Taking young students in Chengdu as an example, this paper investigates their differences in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to...

This paper reviews the lives of women who are characterized as men and have a tendency towards same-sex. The focus of the study reveals the background of the emergence of this community, lifestyle and public perception of this lesbian community. In general, these lesbians have no place in the hearts...

Background: Lower cardiac index (CI) in elders without clinical heart disease has been associated with impaired cognitive function and incident dementia. In the present study, we investigated the modulating effects of education level and arterial stiffness on the association between CI and cognitive...

Background: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is becoming the preferred treatment option to repair the proximal descending aorta after rupture following blunt traumatic injury. However, hemodynamic and mechanic implications of this intervention are poorly understood. Exploiting the possibilities...

Human resource planning efficiency is directly related to the level of the enterprise human resource management job performance, it is the enterprise core competitiveness the key elements, reasonable human resource planning can improve the enterprise human resources utilization and the management efficiency...

Everyone’s body, like its sex, is innate and can’t be determined by its will. Therefore, clothes, which are defined as an extension of the human body, have always carried the function of decorating the self-body and beautifying individual images. For women, whose bodies were always under the strict regulation...

Background: Functional capacity declines with age leading to disability and increased cost of health and social care. In older adults, factors that influence the ability to sustain sub-maximal exercise (a marker of functional capacity) are not well defined. We aimed to determine the contribution of cardiac...

Objectives: Affective temperaments (depressive, anxious, irritable, hyperthymic, cyclothymic) are regarded as the biologically stable core of personality, and accumulating data implies their relationship with cardiovascular diseases. There are currently limited data on the association of affective temperaments...

Background: Large artery stiffening, as indexed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), may vary substantially among individuals. The present study aimed to characterize the arterial mechanical properties of the macro- and microvasculature in subjects with early or healthy vascular aging (EVA,...

Objectives: Non-invasive methodologies for assessing arteriosclerosis, including carotid intimal-medial thickness (cIMT) for assessing subclinical atherosclerosis and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) for measuring arterial stiffness, are well established and validated in adults [1, 2]. However,...

Research on teacher’s gender bias toward students is an important part of the process. This study aims to test whether teachers contain gender bias based on their sex. Furthermore, this study will test the influence of gender bias from teachers on students’ academic behavior to find whether gender bias...

The movie “My Hometown and Me” to be released in 2020 adopts a collective creation method to split and reorganize a movie in segments, forming a novel paragraph-style movie. Such a deconstruction method not only promotes the development of my country’s film industry system, but also promotes the evolution...

Objectives: Central pulse pressure (cPP) is responsible for vital organ hemodynamics, [1,2] and its monitoring is important for cardiovascular disease prevention. [3] Excess sodium intake and (micro)albuminuria, a manifestation of renal microvascular damage, are also known as strong predictors of cardiovascular...

Background: Higher cerebral blood flow (CBF) pulsatility was found to be associated with severer brain white matter lesions in the elderly [1]. It was hypothesized that the central/elastic arterial stiffness/compliance may directly affect CBF pulsatility. However, it is still unclear which carotid stiffness...

Background: In young adults, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and hypertension rates are significantly lower in females than males, although the extent to which this is due to differences in body size (body surface area; BSA) is unclear. Cardiac output (CO), a key haemodynamic determinant of SBP in young...

Background: The lower limit of cerebral autoregulation (LLA) refers to the mean blood pressure (BP) below which cerebral blood flow becomes pressure-dependent, resulting, among others, in an increased stroke risk. The LLA measured during cardiac surgery, correlates with the vascular measure Ambulatory...

The South Korean film The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan-wook, and the French film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, directed by Céline Sciamma, exert substantial influence in the field of queer feminist film studies. However, the narrative differences between these two films have not been adequately explored....

Objective: Pulse pressure amplification (PPA) is described as the amplification of pulse pressure from central arteries to the periphery [1] and individuals with a decreased PPA have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease [2]. Adverse changes in PPA are evident in diabetic populations [3]; however,...

Cerebral pulsatility is an emerging contributor to brain health that reflects the balance between the transmission and damping (i.e. attenuation) of pulsatility through extracranial vessels into the cerebrovasculature. Identifying biological (age, sex) and vascular contributors to pulsatile balance may...

Background: The range of central blood pressure (BP) found in individuals with high-normal brachial BP overlaps the one found in hypertension (HTN) and normotension. As central BP is possibly a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) disease, the aim of this study was to determine the risk associated...

Background: Exaggerated exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP) is a modifiable risk factor associated with vascular dysfunction. Vascular dysfunction may contribute to the development of late-life depression, but the association between exercise SBP and incident depressive symptoms is unknown. Therefore,...

Objective: Exaggerated exercise blood pressure (BP) is associated with cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence. Aerobic fitness and adiposity (fat mass or ‘fatness’) are important independent contributors to cardiovascular risk in adolescence, but their interrelated associations with exercise BP are...

Background: We have previously shown that 3D echocardiography-derived (3DE) indices of left ventricular (LV) structure predict all-cause mortality differently in men and women [1]. However, the mechanism behind these sex differences remains unknown. We therefore examined the role of macro- and micro-vascular...

Background: Assessment of endothelial function using brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) predicts future cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, poor adherence to protocol guidelines and lack of reference values hinders widespread FMD use. This study established age- and sex-specific reference...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health threat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with many challenges that limit its prevention and control. To understand how to meet these challenges, this study calculated the TB incidence rates (IRs) in KSA from 2005 to 2012, which were stratified by nationality,...

Background: Although arterial stiffness has demonstrated moderate heritability, our knowledge of the genes modulating arterial stiffness is still limited. We conducted genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of aortic distensibility (AoD) in both ascending (AA) and proximal descending aorta (PDA) to...

This study investigates the prevalence of weight misperception, weight preference, and body shape dissatisfaction (BSD) among young-adult Nigerians and assesses the impact of these factors on population quality-of-life (QOL). Relevant anthropometric data were collected according to internationally accepted...

The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is the recommended prevention strategy for viruses-related cancers, but its acceptability remains controversial, primarily because of the relationship between sexual activity and HPV infection. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are conservative vis-à-vis...

Background: Arterial stiffness is a strong predictor of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality [1]. Increased fasting plasma concentrations of highly reactive dicarbonyl compounds – methylglyoxal (MGO), 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG), and/or glyoxal (GO) – may cause arterial stiffening via for mation...

Nowadays, risky Abortion became a global health problem, whereas it is often overlooked not only by the public but also by the health officer. This is explanatory research using the survey method with the cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study was 50 commercial sex workers. The Data analysed...

Background: Aging and hypertension often co-occur, which complicates distinguishing their biomechanical effects on arteries clinically. While aortic elastin (half-life ~70 years) is reduced in human aging, in mouse aging (lifespan ~2 years) it remains mostly intact. Knock-out of elastin-associated glycoprotein...

Background: Both blood pressure variability (BPV) and arterial stiffness (AS) are significantly influenced by age and sex. However, whether the association between BPV and AS differs with age and sex remains unclear. We examined age and sex differences in the association between brachial and central...

Objectives: To investigate the role of peripheral augmentation index (AIx) for the prediction of prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality in the general population in age- and sex- specific manner. Methods: AIx was measured in 11,250 participants of the population-based Gutenberg Health...

Purpose: To define and compare cardiovascular (CV) health scores (CHS) from adolescence (17 yrs) to emerging adulthood (24 yrs) using longitudinal data from a large British birth cohort. Methods: 3142 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) study attended clinical...

Lung cancer ranks as the top cancer worldwide in terms of incidence and constitutes a major health problem. About 90% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed at advance stage where treatment is not available. Despite evidence that lung cancer screening improves survival, guidelines for lung cancer screening...

Judge Posner has mentioned in the book Sex and Reason, that sex has been given economic and social meanings; however, some of those meanings remain controversial. Therefore, the primary research question in this paper is: under what social demand and/or social pressure did the existence of sex workers...

With a large number of teenagers population approximately 14,7 million people, Indonesia has a potential asset for the present and future prosperity. Teenager is one of the most critical periods in the human life cycle. At this time, there are physical changes as well as behavior and attitudes changes...

Homosexuality has been a controversial topic in the world. This article takes the attitudes towards homosexuality in China and the West and reviews the reasons for its formation to study the legalization of gay marriage from the relationship between law and morality. After reviewing previous literature,...

The article presents data on the distribution, peculiarities of the biological development and population ecology of the pathogens of cattle hypodermosis in the Chechen Republic, extensiveness and intensity of invasion in different climatic zones of the Chechen Republic; dependence of the epizootic situation...

The purpose of this study is to compare how character education is implemented in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The study focuses on three things: the background, strategy, and issues of character education in the two nations. The research technique employed is a qualitative literature-based methodology...

In this paper, we study the adjustments of birth control policy on population. By using the national census data during 1985 to 1995, we establish a grey prediction model to forecast the total population in the future 15 year and compared it with the actual data. The conclusion is drawn that the birth...

Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease with global health implications. A significant impact of Leptospirosis happens in tropical regions, including Indonesia. Rodents play an essential role in the spread of Leptospirosis due to their rapid population growth and proximity to humans. This study...

The purpose of this study was to find out how the students' sexual knowledge. Specific objectives are (1) to describe the sexual education of senior high school students, (2) to know the sources used by students to obtain sexual knowledge. The research method is quantitative approach which is associative....