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The aporetic dialogues of Modena on gender differences: Is it all about testosterone? Episode II: Empathy

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
Abstract The exploration of gender differences in non‐andrological fields was the core focus of a series of discussions, which took place at the Endocrinology Unit in Modena, Italy in the form of the aporetic dialogue of ancient Greece. This second episode reports the transcript of the actual debate on testosterone's role in defining empathic behavior ...
Giulia Brigante   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

open access: yesTravmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2011
Surgical treatment of scoliosis on the background of cerebral palsy is carried out by the correction and polysegmental fixation of the spine and helps to improve balance the body, activate patient in a wheelchair, to prevent the subsequent progression of 
A. N. Baklanov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomechanical evaluation of a simulated T-9 burst fracture of the thoracic spine with an intact rib cage.

open access: yesJournal of Neurosurgery : Spine, 2014
OBJECT Classic biomechanical models have used thoracic spines disarticulated from the rib cage, but the biomechanical influence of the rib cage on fracture biomechanics has not been investigated.
Tiffany G. Perry   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dismantling the Shed. A Chronicle

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, EarlyView.
Abstract It is the festive beginning of spring in a small village and sailing tourism resort in the Masurian Lake District, Northeast Poland: Catholic Easter is followed by Majówka, the first tourism weekend in May. Caught up between the rituals of Easter and those of tourism in the village, you, Zenon, a middle‐aged man born there, lose grip on the ...
Hannah Wadle
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Lung Recruitability During Pneumoperitoneum Depends on Chest Wall Elastance – A Mechanical and Computed Tomography Analysis in Rats

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2018
Background: Laparoscopic surgery with pneumoperitoneum increases respiratory system elastance due to the augmented intra-abdominal pressure. We aim to evaluate to which extent positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is able to counteract abdominal ...
Lucia Comuzzi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chin up: A novel functional explanation for the evolution of the chin

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The human chin, also frequently referred to as the mental prominence, is a part of the human anatomy whose evolutionary origin and function have divided scientific opinion to this day. There were suggestions it could have been used in defence, assisted in the mastication process, aided in the formation of words (i.e.
Victor Benno Meyer‐Rochow
wiley   +1 more source

Chest pain in a 56 year old female with neglected primary hyperparathyroidism, Case Report

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند, 2013
Primary hyperparathyroidism is a benign disease and is most often diagnosed during routine calcium measurement. It would be astonishing if a patient is symptomatic, but the diagnosis is neglected.
Gholamreza Mortazavimoghaddam
doaj  

Chest wall mechanics before and after diaphragm plication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Following diaphragmatic plication for unilateral paralysis, the effect on global chest wall function are unknown. Our hypothesis was that chest wall function would improve in both sides of the chest after plication of the paralysed side. Case
Acosta, Johanna   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

The thoracic perivascular adipose tissue spontaneously induces vasoconstriction through activation of α1‐adrenoceptors

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Although perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) contains substances with contractile properties, its actions on the vascular tone are associated with the release of anticontractile substances. We hypothesize that procontractile PVAT products also exert direct effects on vascular tone. Experimental Approach Thoracic aortas from Wistar
Leonardo Gomes‐Pereira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rib stress fracture in a female athlete caused by bouncing the barbell in bench press exercise: A case report

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Rib stress fractures can occur in sports involving repetitive trunk muscle contractions. Few documented cases show rib fractures from repetitive upper-limb training.
Yuya Fukuda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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