Meta tlifthom

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Nistrieħu ftit ta’ Val. V. Barbara – Madrigale ta’ Beneditt M. Caruana – Ħabbejt ta’ Vincent Ungaro – Meta tlifthom ta’ Ġer. Azzopardi.N/

Meta ommi kellha lili

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Il-warda tar-rużarju ta’ V. Barbara – F’mewt missieri ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Il-għanja tat-tletin ta’ Marċell Mizzi – Tu es sacerdos ta’ Vincent Ungaro – Il-għanja ta’ Lourdes ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Meta ommi kellha lili ta’ Ġer. Azzopardi.N/

Nhar San Duminku tal-Birgu

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Imħabba u lwien ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Il-lum u l-bieraħ ta’ Rużar Briffa – Issa li.... ta’ K. Vassallo – Imħabba taħt siġra ta’ Vincent Caruana – Morna għall-bebbux ta’ Ġużi Abela – Ward fuq qabri ta’ Pawlu Aquilina – Nhar San Duminku tal-Birgu ta’ Val. V. Barbara.N/

Epigrammi

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Bidla ta’ Val. V. Barbara – Is-sardinella ta’ George Zammit – Għasfur ta’ Ariel Fiorini – Il-qawsalla ta’ l-imħabba ta’ Vincent Caruana – Lil omm in-niket ta’ Pawlu Aquilina – X’jiswew? ta’ John Sciberras – Epigrammi ta’ John Sciberras.N/

Effects of reproductive period duration and number of pregnancies on midlife ECG indices: a secondary analysis from the Women\u27s Health Initiative Clinical Trial

OBJECTIVES: Pregnancy, menses and menopause are related to fluctuations in endogenous sex hormones in women, which cumulatively may alter cardiac electrical conduction. Therefore, we sought to study the association between number of pregnancies and reproductive period duration (RD, time from menarche to menopause) with ECG intervals in the Women\u27s Health Initiative Clinical Trials. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of multicentre clinical trial. SETTING: USA. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: ECGintervals: PR interval, P-wave duration, P-wave dispersion, QTc interval. PARTICIPANTS: n=40 687 women (mean age=62 years) participating in the Women\u27s Health Initiative Clinical Trials. 82.5% were white, 9.3% black, 4% Hispanic and 2.7% Asian. METHODS: In primary analysis, we employed multivariable linear regression models relating number of pregnancies and RD with millisecond changes in intervals from enrolment ECG. We studied effect modification by hormone therapy use. RESULTS: Among participants, 5+ live births versus 0 prior pregnancies was associated with a 1.32 ms increase in PR interval (95% CI 0.25 to 2.38), with a graded association with longer QTc interval (ms) (none (prior pregnancy, no live births)=0.66 (-0.56 to 1.88), 1=0.15 (-0.71 to 1.02), 2-4=0.25 (-0.43 to 0.94) and 5+ live births=1.15 (0.33 to 1.98), p=0.008). RD was associated with longer PR interval and maximum P-wave duration (but not P-wave dispersion) among never users of hormone therapy: (PR (ms) per additional RD year: 0.10 (0.04 to 0.16); higher P-wave duration (ms): 0.09 (0.06 to 0.12)). For every year increase in reproductive period, QTc decreased by 0.04 ms (-0.07 to -0.01). CONCLUSIONS: An increasing number of live births is related to increased and RD to decreased ventricular repolarisation time. Both grand multiparity and longer RD are related to increased atrial conduction time. Reproductive factors that alter midlife cardiac electrical conduction system remodelling in women may modestly influence cardiovascular disease risk in later life. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00000611

Mammona

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Il-bewsa tas-sirena ta’ Vincent Caruana – Fil-mewt ta’ P. Umbert Sant, O.P. ta’ Val. V. Barbara – Miss Universe ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Wara raqda fil-Buskett fl-Imnarja ta’ Manwel Cassar – Nemusa ta’ V. Ungaro – L-aħħar kelma ta’ P. P. Saydon – Bħall-weraq..... ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Il-labtu tal-Madonna ta’ Beneditt M. Caruana – Mammona ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri.N/

Lil Rużar Briffa

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Fil-mewt tat-tabib Rużar Briffa ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Fil-mewt ta’ Rużar Briffa ta’ P. Valentin Barbara – Lil Rużar ta’ qalbi ta’ Ġorġ Pisani – Poeżiji ta’ Rużar Briffa mhux ippubblikati – Vjolin Marid – Il-każin Malti – Frammenti – Il-ħmar – Lil Rużar Briffa, il-ġenna ta’ Albert M. Cassola – Kellimni fuq Rużar ta’ Ġużè Cardona – Lil F.S. Caruana ta’ R. Briffa – Lil Rużar Briffa ta’ F.S. Caruana.peer-reviewe

Għanja tar-rużarju

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Cancer and heart infarction ta’ Wallace Ph. Gulia – Freesia ta’ Kilin – Superstizzjonijiet ta’ Emmanuel Ph. Attard – Bla qalb! ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Sa nsiefer ta’ Mikiel Agius – Tifkiriet tal-imgħoddi ta’ Alfred Massa – Il-għanja tar-rużarju ta’ Val. V. Barbara.peer-reviewe

Tilef id-dawl

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Idealiżmu ta’ Charles Coleiro – Il-fanfarun ta’ Vic. Apap – Lill-kruha ta’ Val. V. Barbara – Lil Dun Mikiel Zammit ta’ Ġużè Cardona – Ħobż ta’ Val. V. Barbara – Minn Betlehem għall-kalvarju ta’ A. Cremona – ‘U paċi fl-art...’ ta’ Emle. Attard – Ħniena – Waħdi – Daż-żmien – Dalma ta’ Emle. Attard – Qiegħed jisbaħ ta’ Joe Mejlak – Tilef id-dawl ta’ Joe Friggieri.peer-reviewe

Midneb

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Il-ħajja u jien ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Fil-palk tal-ħajja ta’ Ġużè Chetcuti – Għaliex tħobbni, Ġesù tiegħi? ta’ Dun Karm Farrugia – Għall-ordinazzjoni saċerdotali ta’ Dun Ġużepp Abela fil-Katidral ta’ St. Patrick Melbourne, Awstralja, f’għeluq il-festi ċentinarji ta’ San Pawl f’Malta 24 ta’ Lulju, 1960 ta’ K. Vassallo – Il-Milied it-tajjeb ta’ Ġużè Borg Pantalleresco – Met’inti tmutli ta’ Patri Valentin V. Barbara – Bla mitmum ta’ Karmenu Mallia – Baqa’ f’wiċċhom ta’ Joseph L. Pace – Midneb ta’ Patri A. M. Previ.peer-reviewe