Short-Term Cooling Increases Plasma ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL8 in Young Healthy Lean Men but Not in Middle-Aged Men with Overweight and Prediabetes

Testosterone and gonadotropins but not SHBG vary with CKD stages in young and middle aged men

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the effects chronic kidney disease (CKD) had on sex hormones and lipids in a subgroup of men between 18 and 50 years old with CKD 1-5 stage without diabetes and not treated with hemodialysis. METHODS Data were collected from 101 men with different CKD stages. RESULTS Higher CKD stage (lower function) had a significant negative linear trend on t...

Muscle acylcarnitines during short-term fasting in lean healthy men.

The transition from the fed to the fasted resting state is characterized by, among other things, changes in lipid metabolism and peripheral insulin resistance. Acylcarnitines have been suggested to play a role in insulin resistance, as well as other long-chain fatty acid metabolites. Plasma levels of long-chain acylcarnitines increase during fasting, but this is unknown for muscle long-chain ac...

the effects of keyword and context methods on pronunciation and receptive/ productive vocabulary of low-intermediate iranian efl learners: short-term and long-term memory in focus

از گذشته تا کنون، تحقیقات بسیاری صورت گرفته است که همگی به گونه ای بر مثمر ثمر بودن استفاده از استراتژی های یادگیری لغت در یک زبان بیگانه اذعان داشته اند. این تحقیق به بررسی تاثیر دو روش مختلف آموزش واژگان انگلیسی (کلیدی و بافتی) بر تلفظ و دانش لغوی فراگیران ایرانی زیر متوسط زبان انگلیسی و بر ماندگاری آن در حافظه می پردازد. به این منظور، تعداد شصت نفر از زبان آموزان ایرانی هشت تا چهارده ساله با...

Factors affecting suicide in young, middle-aged and elderly men.

Linear model for physical activity prediction in healthy middle aged men

Introduction: The usage of valid, reliable, rapid and low cost instruments for measurement of physical activity (PA) volume are essential in epidemiological and clinical studies. The purpose of this study was to develop a new physical activity prediction model using physiological and anthropometric variables in middle aged men. Methods: Daily physical activity was measured with pedometer throug...