Showing posts with label females. Show all posts
Showing posts with label females. Show all posts

Friday, 19 August 2022

Body Mass Index and Skin Fold Thickness in Young Females| Chapter 3 | Research Aspects in Biological Science Vol. 6

 This study expected to decide the connection between Body Mass Index (BMI) and skin overlap thickness in youthful females.

In this cross-sectional review, BMI was estimated as weight (m) isolated by square of level (h2) and rear arm muscles, suprailiac and mid-region skin overlap thickness were estimated in females utilizing a skin overlay caliper. All estimations for skin overlap thickness were taken multiple times and a typical worth was taken.

The review incorporated a sum of 251 members. The mean skin overlap thickness of rear arm muscles was 22±6.02 mm, stomach district was 24.41±5.84 mm, and suprailiac was 21.23±5.74 mm.

BMI and SFT were demonstrated to be altogether associated in the rear arm muscles, stomach, and suprailiac locales. The BMI and active work were essentially connected.

Author(s) Details:

Neha Mukkamala,
College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia road, Vadodara, Gujarat, PIN – 391760, India.

Lata Parmar,
College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia road, Vadodara, Gujarat, PIN – 391760, India.

Purvi Patel,
College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Piparia, Waghodia road, Vadodara, Gujarat, PIN – 391760, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RABS-V6/article/view/7909

Friday, 24 June 2022

An Update on Etiology and Detection of Anti-sperm Antibodies in Males and Females | Chapter 9 | Innovations in Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 6

 Both men and females produce anti-sperm antibodies (ASAs). Numerous pieces of evidence point to the possibility that at least some antibodies that attach to sperm antigens might result in sterility in humans and other mammals. Varicocele, cryptorchidism, certain viral and/or inflammatory illnesses of the male reproductive tract (MRT), and homosexuality have all been put up as potential risk factors for the development of ASAs in males. Up until recently, theories for the origin of sperm immunity in females have included cross-reactivity with microbial antigens, the potential participation of antibody idiotypes, and interferon gamma-mediated potentiation of antisperm immune response in women whose male partners had ASAs in their semen. Although a correlation between these risk factors and the development of ASAs has been shown in a number of studies, this connection is still debatable, indicating that our understanding of these disorders is incomplete. In order to determine the likely risk factors for the development and detection of ASAs, this chapter analyses the existing research.

Author(s) Details:

. Divya,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Thomson Soni,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Ishwerpreet Kaur Jawanda,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Renu Jaiswal,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Harkeerat Kaur,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Vijay Prabha,
Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/IMB-V6/article/view/7249