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Do people who get an orchiectomy tend to experience weight gain afterwards?
Also, is this experience different for people who got an orchiectomy and who go on testosterone HRT as opposed to going on estrogen HRT or not going on HRT at all? Futurist110 ( talk) 02:16, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
You don’t say whether you are asking about an orchidectomy which has removed one or both testes. Having searched “weight gain after orchidectomy“ it seems that weight gain is a recognised after effect. I have been unable to find any quantative value for this so we can only assume that some people do and others don’t. If this is a personal issue then you really ought to talk to your family physician or surgeon about this. I hope this is a more helpful response than the previous poster. Richard Avery ( talk) 11:24, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, now I see that you are referring to a bilateral orchidectomy. Richard Avery ( talk) 11:26, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Dear Users, I am a user of Wikipedia in Italian, and I write mainly about the history of the railways
With another user I started the revision and integration of the item Scambio or Deviatoio, en Railroad switch.
In the course of my research I read in an Italian technical encyclopedia of the nineteenth century that the switch, as it is now used all over the world, invented by a certain Lorentz, that the consulted source defines "American" (in the Italian bibliography synonymous of "United States of America").
Here is the text: Questo è lo scambio adottato oggidì in tutta Europa e introdotto da non molto tempo negli Stati Uniti da Lorentz, che vi ha apposto il suo nome." Engl. transl: “This is the switch applied today throughout Europe and recently introduced in the United States by Lorentz, who has affixed his name to it.”
Source: C. Saviotti, Ferrovie, in Enciclopedia delle arti ed industrie, compilata colla direzione dell'ingegnere m.se Raffaele Pareto e del cav. ingegnere Giovanni Sacheri, Torino, UTET, 1882, vol. 3°, pages. 449-529; page. 487, § "Scambi", §§ "Scambio ad aghi".
So far I have not been able to find other sources to define who Lorentz was and when and under what circumstances he invented the switch.
Can you suggest to whom to ask or indicate me libraries, archives or scientific societies to ask?
Thank you so much.
Greetings from Italy, -- Alessandro Crisafulli ( talk) 11:36, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
There is some controversy regarding Jeanne Calment, about whether she really died at the age of 122, or if her daughter impersonated her (assumed her identity) for tax purposes. It was stated that the only way to resolve the question is through exhumation of both bodies. Assuming that they exhume both bodies, what exactly would this resolve? How would that resolve the question? I am assuming this might have something to do with DNA? If they do take DNA samples, would not that assume that "they" also have DNA samples from when both women were living, in order to conduct a comparison? And, if so, how likely/feasible is it, that they would actually have DNA samples "on file"? I am not sure how an exhumation will resolve the questions in this matter. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 12:49, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Georgia guy ( talk) 15:18, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
I had a quick look and found [5] I haven't read the article but the summary provides info which sort of tallies with my expectation and seems to IMO support my view that forensic pathology methods may not be sufficient:
20 years may be slightly over the age differences, and of course we have an expected age to compare to. But considering the issues (very advance age for one, likely degraded remains for the other), I'm not convinced any conclusion would be sufficiently reliable. (Of course even if it is, I doubt that it will be accepted many of the doubters.)The highest accuracy was in the 31-60 age category (74.7% with the 10-year range), and the skin seemed to be the most reliable age parameter (71.5% of accuracy when observed), while the face was considered most frequently, in 92.4% of cases. A simple formula with the general "mean of averages" in the range given by the observers and related standard deviations was then developed; the average values with standard deviations of 4.62 lead to age estimation with ranges of some 20 years that seem to be fairly reliable and suitable, sometimes in alignment with classic anthropological methods, in the age estimation of well-preserved corpses.
I admit I forgot until now the fact we aren't talking about random unrelated individuals here but mother and daughter (related and for a chunk of their lives probably similar diets and to some extent lifestyles) could affect things. However I still expect considering the widely different death dates, and ages at time of death, it would be difficult to conclude solely from the pathology, which one was the mother and which one was the daughter. If they had both died on or around the same day sure you could probably say. But when one died in 1936 either at the age of ~36 or ~59 and the other died in 1997 either at the age of 122 or 99, well not so much.....
This DNA-testing is irrelevant. They're not trying to prove whether the mother-daughter are related. The question is whether the daughter impersonated her mother after her mother's death. I have a picture of Jeanne Calment at age 60, if she were the mother then the year would be 1935. If the person of the photo were the daughter, then the year would be 1956. Maybe that's a start. Tell that to Ryoung122 and all those other affiliated. (Has it already been discussed before?) There is a mother-daughter pic in that French book about her life too. 12.239.13.143 ( talk) 18:23, 16 January 2019 (UTC).
Thanks, all. Very helpful! Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 20:52, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
In Junior High about a decade ago one of my nerd friends would bring us these thick, newsprint catalogs of science and engineering stuff. We’d drool over the Tesla coil kits, lasers that cut steel, etc.
Anyone else remember this? Know what it was called, or if they exist on the web? (Asking for an acquaintance) 68.229.214.195 ( talk) 14:34, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
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Do people who get an orchiectomy tend to experience weight gain afterwards?
Also, is this experience different for people who got an orchiectomy and who go on testosterone HRT as opposed to going on estrogen HRT or not going on HRT at all? Futurist110 ( talk) 02:16, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
You don’t say whether you are asking about an orchidectomy which has removed one or both testes. Having searched “weight gain after orchidectomy“ it seems that weight gain is a recognised after effect. I have been unable to find any quantative value for this so we can only assume that some people do and others don’t. If this is a personal issue then you really ought to talk to your family physician or surgeon about this. I hope this is a more helpful response than the previous poster. Richard Avery ( talk) 11:24, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, now I see that you are referring to a bilateral orchidectomy. Richard Avery ( talk) 11:26, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Dear Users, I am a user of Wikipedia in Italian, and I write mainly about the history of the railways
With another user I started the revision and integration of the item Scambio or Deviatoio, en Railroad switch.
In the course of my research I read in an Italian technical encyclopedia of the nineteenth century that the switch, as it is now used all over the world, invented by a certain Lorentz, that the consulted source defines "American" (in the Italian bibliography synonymous of "United States of America").
Here is the text: Questo è lo scambio adottato oggidì in tutta Europa e introdotto da non molto tempo negli Stati Uniti da Lorentz, che vi ha apposto il suo nome." Engl. transl: “This is the switch applied today throughout Europe and recently introduced in the United States by Lorentz, who has affixed his name to it.”
Source: C. Saviotti, Ferrovie, in Enciclopedia delle arti ed industrie, compilata colla direzione dell'ingegnere m.se Raffaele Pareto e del cav. ingegnere Giovanni Sacheri, Torino, UTET, 1882, vol. 3°, pages. 449-529; page. 487, § "Scambi", §§ "Scambio ad aghi".
So far I have not been able to find other sources to define who Lorentz was and when and under what circumstances he invented the switch.
Can you suggest to whom to ask or indicate me libraries, archives or scientific societies to ask?
Thank you so much.
Greetings from Italy, -- Alessandro Crisafulli ( talk) 11:36, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
There is some controversy regarding Jeanne Calment, about whether she really died at the age of 122, or if her daughter impersonated her (assumed her identity) for tax purposes. It was stated that the only way to resolve the question is through exhumation of both bodies. Assuming that they exhume both bodies, what exactly would this resolve? How would that resolve the question? I am assuming this might have something to do with DNA? If they do take DNA samples, would not that assume that "they" also have DNA samples from when both women were living, in order to conduct a comparison? And, if so, how likely/feasible is it, that they would actually have DNA samples "on file"? I am not sure how an exhumation will resolve the questions in this matter. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 12:49, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Georgia guy ( talk) 15:18, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
I had a quick look and found [5] I haven't read the article but the summary provides info which sort of tallies with my expectation and seems to IMO support my view that forensic pathology methods may not be sufficient:
20 years may be slightly over the age differences, and of course we have an expected age to compare to. But considering the issues (very advance age for one, likely degraded remains for the other), I'm not convinced any conclusion would be sufficiently reliable. (Of course even if it is, I doubt that it will be accepted many of the doubters.)The highest accuracy was in the 31-60 age category (74.7% with the 10-year range), and the skin seemed to be the most reliable age parameter (71.5% of accuracy when observed), while the face was considered most frequently, in 92.4% of cases. A simple formula with the general "mean of averages" in the range given by the observers and related standard deviations was then developed; the average values with standard deviations of 4.62 lead to age estimation with ranges of some 20 years that seem to be fairly reliable and suitable, sometimes in alignment with classic anthropological methods, in the age estimation of well-preserved corpses.
I admit I forgot until now the fact we aren't talking about random unrelated individuals here but mother and daughter (related and for a chunk of their lives probably similar diets and to some extent lifestyles) could affect things. However I still expect considering the widely different death dates, and ages at time of death, it would be difficult to conclude solely from the pathology, which one was the mother and which one was the daughter. If they had both died on or around the same day sure you could probably say. But when one died in 1936 either at the age of ~36 or ~59 and the other died in 1997 either at the age of 122 or 99, well not so much.....
This DNA-testing is irrelevant. They're not trying to prove whether the mother-daughter are related. The question is whether the daughter impersonated her mother after her mother's death. I have a picture of Jeanne Calment at age 60, if she were the mother then the year would be 1935. If the person of the photo were the daughter, then the year would be 1956. Maybe that's a start. Tell that to Ryoung122 and all those other affiliated. (Has it already been discussed before?) There is a mother-daughter pic in that French book about her life too. 12.239.13.143 ( talk) 18:23, 16 January 2019 (UTC).
Thanks, all. Very helpful! Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 20:52, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
In Junior High about a decade ago one of my nerd friends would bring us these thick, newsprint catalogs of science and engineering stuff. We’d drool over the Tesla coil kits, lasers that cut steel, etc.
Anyone else remember this? Know what it was called, or if they exist on the web? (Asking for an acquaintance) 68.229.214.195 ( talk) 14:34, 16 January 2019 (UTC)