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Causal Effects of Body Mass Index on Airflow Obstruction and Forced Mid-Expiratory Flow: A Mendelian Randomization Study Taking Interactions and Age-…

2021

Obesity has complex links to respiratory health. Mendelian randomization (MR) enables assessment of causality of body mass index (BMI) effects on airflow obstruction and mid-expiratory flow. In the adult SAPALDIA cohort, recruiting 9,651 population-representative samples aged 18–60 years at baseline (female 51%), BMI and the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) as well as forced mid-expiratory flow (FEF25–75%) were measured three times over 20 follow-up years. The causal effects of BMI in childhood and adulthood on FEV1/FVC and FEF25–75% were assessed in predictive (BMI averaged over 1st and 2nd, lung function (LF) averaged over 2nd and 3rd fol…

Fatigue, sleep, and nocturnal complaints in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2012

Background and purpose: Fatigue is a common symptom in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Although sleep disturbances are a candidate factor that may interfere with fatigue in patients with ALS, the role of sleep-related abnormalities in determining fatigue in ALS is unknown. Objective: To evaluate the frequency and determinants of fatigue in a group of 91 consecutive patients with ALS, with special attention to the relationship between fatigue and sleep problems. Methods: Measures included the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), ALS Functional Rating ScaleRevised (ALSFRS-R), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: The…

Filoloģijas zinātņu doktors Valdis Bisenieks: biobibliogrāfiskais rādītājs

1989

Biobibliogrāfiskajā rādītājā ietverti filoloģijas zinātņu doktora V. Bisenieka publicētie darbi no 1958.gada līdz 1988.gadam (daļēji), kā arī uzrādīta literatūra par viņu.

Profesors Roberts Vipers (1859-1954) : bibliogrāfija

2021

Bibliogrāfijā ietverti vēstures doktora, profesora Roberta Vipera publicēto darbu – zinātnisko rakstu un monogrāfiju, vēstures mācību grāmatu, rakstu enciklipēdijās, lekciju, recenziju – bibliogrāfiskie apraksti no 1889. līdz 2019. gadam, kā arī literatūra par viņu.

Influence of soil surface sealing and hydrophobicity on water infiltration

Nella tesi viene affrontato lo studio dell’impatto dei fenomeni di sealing superficiale e di idrofobicità sui processi di infiltrazione dell’acqua nel suolo. A tal fine vengono utilizzati diversi tipi di esperimenti infiltrometrici che consentono di determinare le modificazioni delle proprietà idrauliche del suolo indotte da questi due fenomeni permettendo di valutare così le loro ripercussioni negative sui processi idrologici. The thesis aims at investigating the effects of soil sealing and hydrophobicity on the water infiltration process. Different field infiltrometric techniques are applied at this end due to their ability to characterize modifications of soil hydraulic properties that d…

Gender Equality and Maternal Burnout: A 40-Country Study

2022

International audience; In Western countries, recent decades have witnessed a revolution toward gender equality. Inequalities have been greatly reduced in areas such as education or employment. Because inequalities lead to distress, this development has largely benefited women. One notable exception is the realm of parenting, which has remained rife with inequalities even in the most egalitarian countries. We hypothesized that experiencing inequality in parenting when one holds egalitarian values and raising a child in a country characterized by a high level of gender equality in other areas, increases mothers’ psychological distress in the specific area of parenting. Multilevel modeling an…

Anti-inflammatory Function of High-Density Lipoproteins via Autophagy of IκB Kinase

2015

Background & Aims: Plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are frequently found decreased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, and because HDL exerts anti-inflammatory activities, we investigated whether HDL and its major protein component apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) modulate mucosal inflammatory responses in vitro and in vivo. Methods: The human intestinal epithelial cell line T84 was used as the in vitro model for measuring the effects of HDL on the expression and secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and intracellular adhesion molecule (ICAM). Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-responsive promoter activity was studied by …

Globalization, Worker Mobility and Wage Inequality

2015

In the present paper, I integrate frictional labor markets with on-the-job search into an otherwise standard heterogeneous firm model of intra-industry trade. Most importantly, I show that the returns to workers’ inter-firm mobility are higher in a trade equilibrium than in autarky. Intuitively, by favoring large and productive firms, international trade amplifies the disparities in profitability between small and large firms. Hence, the returns to labor reallocation across firms rise. In view of the empirically observed higher inter-firm mobility among high-skill workers, this suggests a skill-biased impact of trade liberalization.

Mediterranean diet and risk of heart failure: results from the PREDIMED randomized controlled trial

2017

Aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on the incidence of heart failure (HF), a pre-specified secondary outcome in the PREDIMED (PREvencion con DIeta MEDiterranea) primary nutrition-intervention prevention trial. Methods and results Participants at high risk of cardiovascular disease were randomly assigned to one of three diets: MedDiet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), MedDiet supplemented with nuts, or a low-fat control diet. Incident HF was ascertained by a Committee for Adjudication of events blinded to group allocation. Among 7403 participants without prevalent HF followed for a median of 4.8 years, we observed 29 new H…

Recommendations for uniform reporting of data following major trauma — the Utstein style

1999

Members: W.F. Dick (Co-Chairman) (Germany); P.J.F. Baskett (Co-Chairman) (UK); C.M. Grande (USA); H. Delooz (Belgium); W. Kloeck (South Africa); C. Lackner (Austria); M. Lipp (Germany); W. Mauritz (Austria); M. Nerlich (Germany); J. Nicholl (UK); J.P. Nolan (UK); P. Oakley (UK); M.J.A. Parr (UK), A. Seekamp (Belgium); E. Soreide (Norway); P.A. Steen (Norway); Luc van Camp (Belgium); B. Wolcke (Germany); D. Yates (UK).