In 94 girls and 90 boys, aged 12.5-20.3 yr, the relationship of respiratory pressures or forces with lung volumes and ventilatory flows was studied. There was great variability in respiratory muscle performance, which helps to explain differences in lung volumes between individuals. Respiratory muscle force increases almost proportionally with thoracic dimensions, so that inspiratory and expira...

background: all humans are searching ways to promote mental health. mental health is vital for having a healthy life. some believe that mental health means lack of mental disorders. positive psychology emphasizes on issues such as hope, wisdom, creativity, spirituality, thinking about future and having purpose in life instead of psychopathology aspects. the purpose of this study was to investig...

OBJECTIVE The metabolic and cardiovascular risk of obesity is predominantly defined through the amount of intra-abdominal fat (IAF). Regarding this risk and the benefits of weight reduction gender-specific differences have been described. The aim of this study was to examine the gender-specific relationship between IAF assessed via ultrasound and the cardiometabolic risk profile in extremely ob...

This longitudinal study examined bidirectional paths between perceived parent-adolescent relationship quality and depressive symptoms, as well as the moderating role of sex, age, and personality type. 1313 Dutch adolescents (51% girls) from two cohorts (923 12-year olds and 390 16-year olds at Wave 1) reported on their personality, depressive symptoms, and perceived relationship quality to pare...

UNLABELLED (Full text is available at http://www.manu.edu.mk/prilozi). The aim of the study was to assess the gender influence on the main determinants of sexual behaviour of senior high-school students in Skopje, R. Macedonia (prevalence and age of onset of sexual activity, duration of the relationship before and the contraceptive method used during the first sexual intercourse, and number of ...