High levels of physical activity have been linked to benefits in cardiovascular and bone health by affecting, in part, changes in proinflammatory profile. Therefore, we have aimed to assess the effects of intensive training on markers of inflammation, endothelial activation and auto-immunity in the absence of the potential confounding effects of incident atherosclerosis. The subjects comprised ...

We studied the effect of exercise on ovariectomized mature multiparous rats. Old retired breeder SpragueDawley rats were ovariectomized and divided into a sedentary and a treadmill-trained (20 weeks) groups. Exercise training decreased body weight gain, fat weight around the uterus and plasma triglyceride content significantly compared with the sedentary group, but food intake was unaffected. E...

To identify the extent of physical performance differences between active and sedentary subjects taking into account sexual dimorphism physical activity level was recorded by interview from a sample of 319 young university students of both sexes. Anthropometric variables and physical performance values were obtained. The sex factor was the main variable explaining the differences in physical pe...

Mucinous cystadenomas (MCAs) of the liver (also called hepatic biliary cystadenomas) are rare tumors that comprise about 5% of cystic masses of the liver in adults. These slow-growing lesions most commonly occur in middle-aged individuals, with a female sex predominance. Herein, we present a MCA in a 6-year-old male, one of only very few such cases described in the pediatric literature to date....

PURPOSE To use MR imaging in the analysis of the size of the normal pineal gland in infants, children, and adolescents. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the size of the pineal gland in 249 patients (129 male and 120 female) aged 2 weeks to 20 years old. The maximum length (L), height (H), and width (W) of the gland were determined from a combination of sagittal, coronal, and axial MR image...

Chronic disease, more prevalent among the elderly, is influenced by body composition and cardio-metabolic physiognomies. Aim: In this study, body composition, cardiovascular, and metabolic function in sedentary but healthy Kenyan individuals of ≥ 50 years was determined. Methods: For 53 volunteers from Eldoret, Kenya, their biological, demographic characteristics, metabolic functions, cardiovas...

There is a high prevalence of rib fractures in human remains from archeological contexts, but these are seldom the focus paleopathological studies pertaining skeletal trauma. This study aims to document fracture patterns Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection, Department Life Sciences, University Coimbra. Specific this included estimation 252 individuals, both sexes (females: 128; males: 124), ...

The lack of data on the age, growth, and reproduction Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara off coasts Florida (USA) makes it difficult to estimate extent their population recovery following 1990 fishery closure, as well potential effects recent (2023) opening a for juveniles. from coast were non-lethally sampled size (total length, TL), age (via fin rays), sex reproductive stage gonad b...