Individual physical activity preferences of adolescents in the Czech Republic and Poland: a 14-year comparative study reflecting the gender trends and prospective responses to glob... by Michal Kudlacek, Karel Fromel, Dorota Groffik, Josef Mitas

“…Methods The study design is cross-sectional and data gathering was in the period between 2007 and 2020, this research encompassed 19,235 participants aged 15 to 26. PA preferences were gauged using the Questionnaire on Physical Activity Preferences, while actual PA levels were measured through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form. …”
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Affective-sexual and gender diversity in Spanish education: a systematic literature review by Delfín Ortega-Sánchez, Esther Sanz de la Cal, Jaime Ibáñez Quintana, Eduardo Encabo-Fernández

“…Various socio-demographic variables of both students and educators, such as age, gender, religious beliefs, teaching experience, personal and social experiences, school-driven initiatives, and the persistence of hegemonic gender representations emerge as explanatory factors linked to these attitudes and representations. …”
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Can the Scapular Dyskinesis Test be Associated with Throwing Related Injuries During the Course of Collegiate Baseball Seasons? by Masaaki Tsuruike, Yohei Mukaihara, Todd S. Ellenbecker

“… # Results A total of 36 collegiate baseball pitchers (height: 185.3 ± 5.6 cm, weight: 88.8 ± 7.8 kg, age: 20.0 ± 1.5 years) consisting of 57 pitcher seasons were followed in this study, in which 18 pitchers remained with the team for more than one year. …”
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Effectiveness of Contrast Agents and Molecular Indicators in Alzheimer's Diagnosis Through PET and SPECT Imaging on Animal Models by Yasaman Abaszadeh, Ramin Ardalani, Athena Dehghan Najm Abadi

“… Purpose: The importance of cognitive decline has increased due to an aging population and changing lifestyles. Currently, an absolute diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can only be determined through postmortem histopathological examination, although in vivo imaging is making strides toward this diagnosis. …”
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Flexor-Pronator Mass Training Exercises Selectively Activate Forearm Musculature by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“… # Materials/Methods 10 healthy subjects (all males, age 36±12 years) were included. Surface EMG activity was measured on three muscles of the dominant-side forearm: flexor carpi ulnaris (FCP), flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS), and pronator teres (PT). …”
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease with pleural involvement in an 80-year-old female patient: A case report and literature review by Liying Zhang, Li Mo

“…Results: Forty-one patients with IgG4-RD confirmed by pleural biopsy were included. The median age was 69 years, with male predominance (31, 75.6 %). …”
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Exploring the Effects of a Neck Strengthening Program on Purposeful Soccer Heading Biomechanics and Neurocognition by Katelyn M. Waring, Edward R Smith, Gary P Austin, Thomas G Bowman

“… # Methods Twenty collegiate soccer athletes (8 males, 12 females, age=20.15±1.35 years, height=171.67±9.01 cm, mass=70.56±11.03 kg) volunteered to participate. …”
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La implicación social en la acción y gobernanza climática urbana: lecciones desde Barcelona y Sevilla by Mar Satorras Grau, Ángela Lara-Garcia, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Leandro Del Moral, Luis Berraquero-Díaz, Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Hug March

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Opportunities and challenges for enhancing preconception health in primary care: qualitative study with women from ethnically diverse communities by Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Helena Tuomainen, Laura Cross-Bardell, Mandeep Bhoday

“…We sought to explore perceptions about preconception health and care among women from these communities to identify opportunities and challenges for intervention development in primary care.Design Qualitative study using focus groups and semistructured interviews.Setting Ethnically diverse and socially disadvantaged community settings of the UK.Participants 41 women aged 18–45 years, of Pakistani, Indian, Caribbean, African, White and mixed ethnic origin, participating in nine focus groups, half of whom (n=19) had one-to-one follow-up telephone interviews.Results Women had modest or poor awareness of preconception health issues. …”
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The Convergent Validity of the SWAY Balance Application to Assess Postural Stability in Military Cadets Recovering from Concussion by Max K Dummar, Michael S Crowell, Will Pitt, Ai Mei Yu, Paige McHenry, Timothy Benedict, Jamie Morris, Erin M Miller

“… # Results The sampled population was predominantly male and age (20 ± 1), and BMI differences were insignificant between groups. …”
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Pain assessment and management of adult patients in the Swedish EMS: a nationwide registry study by Glenn Larsson, Pär Wennberg, Kristoffer Wibring

“…Female sex, higher breathing rates, and higher systolic blood pressure were associated with higher pain intensity, while increasing age was associated with lower odds of reporting high-level pain intensity. …”
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Turismo en Mallorca by Macià Blázquez Salom

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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

“…The data of 47 patients with AIH who received immunosuppressive therapy from April 2001 to August 2023 were analyzed: 10 men (21 %), 37 women (79 %); the average age was 37 (17–66) years. The follow-up period was 10–180 months. …”
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On the specifics of valuing effort: a developmental and a formalized perspective on preferences for cognitive and physical effort by Wolff, Wanja, Stähler, Johanna, Schüler, Julia, Bieleke, Maik

“…Taken together, these results suggest that people are specific in the type of effort they value (or not), and these preferences are present already at young age. This has theoretical and practical implications with respect to how people approach effortful tasks.…”
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Economic Evaluation of a Novel Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in US Motor Vehicle Drivers by Jacie T. Cooper, John E. Schneider, Jim Potenziano, David S. Fam

“…Compared with a population of 25% SOC-treated patients and 75% untreated patients, DXR use would save an average of $4581 per person per year across all age groups when priced at $80 per month, assuming all SOC-treated and untreated patients utilized DXR. …”
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Professional Baseball Player Type and Geographic Region of Origin Impacts Shoulder External and Internal Rotation Strength by Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Bernard Y. Liebeskind, Ryan J. Zerega, Jonathan C. Sum, Ryan L. Crotin, Hillary A. Plummer

“… # Methods Minor league professional baseball players from North America and Latin America (n=242; age=22.4±2.3 years; n=135 pitchers and n=107 position players; n=162 North American and n=80 Latin American players) volunteered at spring training. …”
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கொங்கு நாட்டின் இராசிபுர வட்டார சிறுதெய்வங்களும் வழிபாட்டு முறைகளும் / Deities and Worshipping Methods in the Rasipuram Region of Kongu Nadu... by செ. தனபால் / S. Dhanapal

“…They were led to destruction either by violence or illness before they reached old age. Early uncivilized men could not understand causal relationships. …”
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How much inequality in exposure to high PM10 pollution is too much to be considered environmentally unfair? An assessment for vulnerable groups in two major Spanish cities by Antonio Moreno Jiménez, Rosa Cañada Torrecilla, Pedro Martínez Suárez, María Jesús Vidal Domínguez, Antonio Palacios García

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The Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PEMT) Gene rs12449964 Polymorphism in the Development of Acute Pancreatitis and its Complications by T. A. Samgina, Yu. E. Azarova, Yu. V. Kanishchev, V. A. Lazarenko, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…Whole blood samples were collected from 502 unrelated patients with acute non-biliary pancreatitis (97 women and 405 men) of Russian nationality who had been admitted to the surgical departments of the city of Kursk from 2015 to 2018, as well as from 513 unrelated individuals of Russian nationality without gastrointestinal diseases (101 women and 412 men). The average age of patients and healthy individuals was 48.9 ± 13.1 and 47.89 ± 12.1 years, respectively. …”
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Results of the ORION open comparative randomized trial: evaluation of efficacy of the Russian drugs Altevir and Phosphogliv in combined treatment of chronic hepatitis C by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, P. O. Bogomolov, I. G. Nikitin, A. O. Buyeverov, A. V. Lapshin

“…Overall 80 out-patients over 18 years of age with the diagnosis of CHC confirmed by laboratory and instrumental methods have been included in original study. …”
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