HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS: A POSSIBLE ROLE OF SEX AND WEIGHT CONDITION IN PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING PERFORMANCES

High-Level Executive Functions: A Possible Role of Sex and Weight Condition in Planning and Decision-Making Performances

Evidence indicates an association between executive functioning and increased weight, with different patterns ascribed to individual differences (sex, age, lifestyles).This study reports on the relationship between high-level executive functions and body weight.Sixty-five young adults participated in the study: 29 participants (14 males, 15 females

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Trajectory of mean platelet volume changes after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with or without delayed cerebral ischemia

Abstract The morbidity of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) remains high, particularly because of secondary cerebral lesions that significantly aggravate the primary lesions.The main type of secondary lesions is delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), in which platelets (PLT) appear to play a key role.Mean platelet volume (MPV) is an indirect mark

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Salvage radiotherapy improves survival in patients with locoregionally relapsed stage IE–IIE extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type

Qin Tong,1,* Shuming Ouyang,2,* Eye Preparations Lingling Feng,3,* Hanyu Wang,3 Yunfei Xia,3 Yujing Zhang3 1Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South Ch

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Prenatal diagnosis of harlequin ichthyosis: a case report

Harlequin Dolls Pram ichthyosis (HI) is a rare and severe form of ichthyosis and is characterized by thickened, hard, armor-like plates of skin that cover the entire body.This disease is caused by mutations in the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter protein A12 gene, and the pattern of inheritance is autosomal recessive.Prenatal son

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