Evaluation of clinical dry weight assessment in haemodialysis patients using bioimpedance spectroscopy: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Dry weight assessment (DWA) is essential to efficient therapy of haemodialysis (HD) patients. However, so far objective methods for DWA have not been applicable to daily routine. Thus, exact fluid management in HD remains difficult and is often based on clinical criteria.

[Gender-specific characteristics of mental capability in students of different specialties].

Mental capability of higher school students of different specialties: technical (27 male and 35 female), natural (32 male and 30 female) and humanitarian (20 male and 26 female) were studied. The following parameters were studied: perception, attention, memory, thinking and mental capability. The results showed that the development of psychophysiological organization of informational processing system in higher school students of different specialties is characterized by geterocronyisms and depend on the field of professional training.

[Sexual dimorphism of the psychophysiological indices in sportsmen of higher qualification].

To determine the influence of sexual dimorphism on mental characteristics in elite athletes, 24 sportsmen (18-27 years old) (17 men and 7 women members of Ukrainian National Judo Team), 20 sedentary men and 20 sedentary women (20-29 years old) were studied. Results obtained confirmed significant difference of sexual dimorphism indices in athletes and sedentary people. It was determined that sexual dimorphism manifestations in athletes were as follows: (1) short memory capacity (62.