Efficacy of yeast beta-glucan 1,3/1,6 supplementation on respiratory infection, fatigue, immune markers and gut health among moderate stress adults in Klang Valley of Malaysia: pro... by Suzana Shahar, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Norhayati Ibrahim, Nur Nadia Mohamad Habibullah, Munirah Ismail, Mohd Zul Amin Kamaruddin, Shirley Gee Hoon Tang, Mohd Faisal Abdul Hamid

“…The study involves 198 adults aged 18–59 years with moderate stress levels as assessed using Perceived Stress Scale 10 (score 14–26) and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (score ≥9); and had symptoms of common colds for the past 6 months as assessed using Jackson Cold Scale. …”
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East Asian Welfare Regimes 東アジア福祉制度 by Joseph Wong, Andrew DeWit, Ito Peng

“…These latter countries are adopting this rather counterintuitive (considering the “Asian values” culturalist emphasis on communitarianism in East Asia) approach due to restricted fiscal capacity in the central state and the lack of credibility for communitarian ideology in what are highly diverse polities.All the countries in East Asia confront rapid ageing as well as the challenge from cheap labor in the other developing countries. …”
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Nature, prevalence and determinants of mental health problems experienced by adolescents in south Asia: a systematic reviewResearch in context by Chethana Mudunna, Medhavi Weerasinghe, Thach Tran, Josefine Antoniades, Lorena Romero, Miyuru Chandradasa, Jane Fisher

“…Summary: Background: Adolescence is a sensitive phase of human development where individuals, aged 10–19 years, are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health problems (MHPs). …”
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Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson’s Disease: Designing a New Model of Care by Emma Tenison, Agnes Smink, Sabi Redwood, Sirwan Darweesh, Hazel Cottle, Angelika van Halteren, Pieter van den Haak, Ruth Hamlin, Jan Ypinga, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Marten Munneke, Emily Henderson

“…The number of patients will rise dramatically due to ageing of the population and possibly also due to environmental issues. …”
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Estimation of tuberculosis incidence at subnational level using three methods to monitor progress towards ending TB in India, 2015–2020 by Swati Mahajan, Amar Shah, Sarit Sharma, Rituparna Das, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Mathavaswami Vijayageetha, Bhavesh Modi, Burugina Nagaraja Sharath, Vijay Singh, Shamim Mannan, Sairu Philip, Jasleen Kaur, Ranjani Ramachandran, Raghuram Rao, Sriram Selvaraju, Bency Joseph, Vaibhav Shah, Kiran Rade, Lalit Sankhe, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Chauhan, Anupam Banerjee, Devender Kumar, Ganapathy Kalaiselvan, Bhavin Vadera, Paras Mehta, Meenakumari Natarajan, Manoj Murhekar, Aswathy Sreedevi, Jeromie Thangaraj, Saravanakumar Velusamy, Sasidharan Akhil, Dhanapal Sudha Rani, Ramasamy Sabarinathan, Sakthivel Manikandanesan, Rajalakshmi Elumalai, Amarendra Mahapatra, Almas Shamim, Ashok Bhardwaj, Anil Purty, Anand Sridhar, Aniket Chowdhury, Asif Shafie, Avijit Choudhury, Deka Dhrubjyoti, Hardik Solanki, Krushna Sirmanwar, Kshitij Khaparde, Malik Parmar, Nisha Dahiya, Parija Debdutta, Quazi Ahmed, Ranjeet Prasad, Rohini Shinde, Rupali Baruah, Sandip Bharaswadkar, Shanta Achanta, Shibu Balakrishnan, Shivani Chandra, Sophia Khumukcham, Sudarsan Mandal, Sumitha Chalil, Venkatesh Roddawar, Kuldeep Sachdeva, Jayakrishna Kurada, Mayank Sharma, Debajyoti Mohapatra, Yogesh Patel, Sapna Thekkepat, Karthikeyan Kumaraswamy, Mallika Tharakan, Shramana Majumdar, Vrinda Manocha, Sukriti Chauhan, Shekhar Waikar, Puja Ambule, Krithika Murali, Devi Madhavi Bhimarasetty, Tulika Goswami, Darshan Mahyavanshi, Krutarth Bhrahmbhatt, Bhautik Modi, Anmol Gupta, Sunil Raina, Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Ratnesh Sinha, Manju Toppo, Gajen Medhi, Swati M Patki, Bishnu Ram Das, Lisa Sarangi, Afsal Hakim, Suresh Balan, Baer Philip Ravikumar, Subrata Baidya, Abhik Sinha, Boddepalli Nagendra Naidu, Bikash Chandra Nayak, Anoop Dev, Pallavi Boro, Debarshi Paul, Amrita Sarkar, Bhavesh Bariya, Jatin Chhaya, Dixit Chauhan, Mithun Sanghavi, Nilesh Thakor, Rohit Ram, Hinal Baria, Abhilash Sood, Anupam Parashar, Yangchen Dolma, Rakesh Bahl, Dilip Kumar, Mohammad Salim Khan, A K Jayasree, Zinia Nujum, Sheela P Haveri, Dinesh Bhatnagar, Subrata Kumar Palo, Priyesh Marskole, Prashant Verma, Dinesh Kumar Pal, Neelam Toppo, Sanjay R Quraishi, Sunil Panigrahi, Rambadan Chauhan, Jayashree Gothankar, Swapnali S Kadam, Dasi Rao, Sudhir Wanje, Pallavi Uplap, Ningombam Joenna Devi, Rikrak Ch Marak, Markordor Lyngdoh, Manoj B Patki, Satyajit Sundar Ray, Kavita Vasudevan, Mahesh Satija, Mahesh Choudhary, Mitin Parmar, Venkatesh Govindasamy, Karlapudi Nitesh Kumar, Goutham Thumari, Amar Tripura, Chanda Mog, Shampa Das, Ritesh Singh, Chandra Shekar Maity, Mamta Gehlawat

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Early-life famine exposure may modify the association between long-term temperature variability and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases: a nationwide study by Yao Wu, BinBin Su, Junqing Xie, Bo Wen, Xiaolan Wu, Mengfan Wang, Yanhui Dong, Yi Song, Jun Ma

“…Participants were categorized into six groups based on their age at famine exposure (famine exposure under age 5, between ages 5 and 18, and during adulthood) and the severity (severely affected areas versus mildly affected areas) of the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) in their province of residence. …”
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Genome-wide association study unravels mechanisms of brain glymphatic activity by Shu-Yi Huang, Yi-Jun Ge, Peng Ren, Bang-Sheng Wu, Weikang Gong, Jing Du, Shi-Dong Chen, Ju-Jiao Kang, Qing Ma, Arun L. W. Bokde, Sylvane Desrivières, Hugh Garavan, Antoine Grigis, Herve Lemaitre, Michael N. Smolka, Sarah Hohmann, IMAGEN Consortium, Jian-Feng Feng, Ya-Ru Zhang, Wei Cheng, Jin-Tai Yu

“…Genetic signals located at the 2p23.3 locus yielded significantly concordant effects in both young and aging cohorts. Genetic correlation and polygenic overlap analyses indicate a common underlying genetic mechanism between the ALPS-index, ventricular volumes, and cerebrospinal fluid tau levels, with GMNC (3q28) and C16orf95 (16q24.2) as the shared genetic basis. …”
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TGF-β induces cholesterol accumulation to regulate the secretion of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles by Dorival Mendes Rodrigues-Junior, Chrysoula Tsirigoti, Konstantina Psatha, Dimitris Kletsas, Michalis Aivaliotis, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Aristidis Moustakas

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Meta-analysis on the chronic effects of exercise on depression in older adults by Melanie Mack, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Pinelopi S. Stavrinou, Iuliia Pavlova, Yaël Netz, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Antonia Kaltsatou, Sandra Haider, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Arzu Erden, Andreea Badache, Michel Audiffren

“… Introduction This review aimed to investigate the effects of chronic exercise on depression severity and various depressive symptoms in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) including older adults with an average age of at least 60 years and a minimum level of mild depression. …”
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From fairy rings to fairy chemicals: The story from nature phenomenon to commercial application by Shaolong Liu, Chanjuan Ye, Jie Guo, Da‐gang Chen, Juan Liu, Xin‐qiao Zhou, Bin Jia, Yixiong Zheng, Jing Wu, Hirokazu Kawagishi, Ke Chen, Chuan‐guang Liu

“…FCs can enhance the plant's resistance to environmental stresses such as cold, heat, and salt, and can increase crop yields; In addition, it can also have biological activities such as skin barrier improvement, anti‐ageing, and anti‐tumour. This review systematically integrated multiple facets of FCs, encompassing their discovery, the biochemical synthesis pathways giving rise to FCs, the derivatives and compounds originated from FCs, and their emerging applications in agriculture, beauty industry and medical sciences. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised control... by Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini

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Associations of blood-based biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases with mortality, cardio- and cerebrovascular events in persons with chronic coronary syndrome by Valerie Lohner, Laura Perna, Ben Schöttker, Robert Perneczky, Hermann Brenner, Ute Mons

“…These biomarkers might play a role in linking aging, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.…”
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Are changes in pain intensity related to changes in balance control in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Daniel K.Y. Zheng, Jae Q.J. Liu, Jeremy R. Chang, Jeffrey C.Y. Ng, Zhixing Zhou, Jinlong Wu, Chelsia K.C. Cheung, Frank F. Huang, Sabina M. Pinto, Dino Samartzis, Manuela L. Ferreira, Kanchana Ekanayake, Stephen Lord, Xueqiang Wang, Arnold Y.L. Wong

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The REpeated ASSEssment of SurvivorS in intracerebral haemorrhage: protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational study by Daniel Woo, Richard Thompson, Carl D Langefeld, Nichol McBee, Daniel Hanley, Matthew L Flaherty, Lauren Sansing, Karen Lane, Lee A Gilkerson, Achala Vagal, Nathan Walborn, Wendy Ziai, Noeleen Ostapkovich, Kevin Triene, Timothy David Howard

“…Background The REpeated ASSEssment of SurvivorS (REASSESS) study will conduct long-term cognitive, functional and neuropsychiatric performance assessments to determine whether evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) reduces the risk of later cognitive decline in the ageing brain.Methods and analysis This study will compare rates of cognitive decline under two treatment strategies for ICH. …”
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Alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonists for the prevention of delirium and cognitive decline after open heart surgery (ALPHA2PREVENT): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled... by Eva Skovlund, Rune Haaverstad, Henrik Zetterberg, Jorunn L Helbostad, Rolf Busund, Johan Raeder, Theis Tønnessen, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Melanie R Simpson, Nils Kristian Skjærvold, Bjørn Erik Neerland, Svein Aslak Landsverk, Ieva Martinaityte, Hilde Margrethe Norum, Geir Selbaek, Elisabeth Skaar, Arjen JC Slooter, Øyvind Sverre Svendsen, Alexander Wahba

“…We aim to study whether repurposing of clonidine can represent a novel treatment option for delirium, and the possible effects of dexmedetomidine and clonidine on long-term cognitive trajectories, motor activity patterns and biomarkers of neuronal injury, and whether these effects are associated with frailty status.Methods and analysis This five-centre, double-blind randomised controlled trial will include 900 cardiac surgery patients aged 70+ years. Participants will be randomised 1:1:1 to dexmedetomidine or clonidine or placebo. …”
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Finding the right dose: a scoping review examining facilitation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based stroke care by Oyebola Fasugba, Heilok Cheng, Simeon Dale, Kelly Coughlan, Elizabeth McInnes, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Ngai W. Cheung, Kelvin Hill, Kirsty Page, Estela Sanjuan Menendez, Emily Neal, Vivien Pollnow, Julia Slark, Eileen Gilder, Anna Ranta, Christopher Levi, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Sandy Middleton

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Characterization of terpenoids and norisoprenoids from base and retail Qingke Baijiu by GC × GC-TOFMS and multivariate statistical analysis by Xinlei Wang, Lin Zhu, Xuebo Song, Si Jing, Fuping Zheng, Mingquan Huang, Shengbao Feng, Luzhong La

“…According to the principal component analysis (PCA) plot, young, aged, and retail Qingke Baijiu could be differentiated clearly. …”
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Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a... by Claire Goodman, Julienne Meyer, Karen Spilsbury, Barbara Hanratty, Rachael Carroll, Adam L Gordon, Gizdem Akdur, Anne Killett, Jennifer Burton, Ann-Marie Towers, Stacey Rand, Nick Smith, Sinead Palmer, Stephen Allan, Lucy Anne Webster

“…All permanent residents, aged 65 years or older, were eligible to participate, including those lacking capacity to consent. …”
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How far back do we need to look to capture diagnoses in electronic health records? A retrospective observational study of hospital electronic health record data by Tom Marshall, Elizabeth Sapey, Miles D Witham, Steve Harris, Rachel Cooper, Chris Plummer, Felicity Evison, James Wason, Heather J Cordell, Suzy Gallier, Fiona E Matthews, Ewan Pearson, Avan A Sayer, Mervyn Singer, Joanne Field, Mohammed Osman, Sian Robinson, Victoria Bartle, Thomas Scharf, Jadene Lewis, Rominique Doal, Peta le Roux, Ray Holding, Paolo Missier

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EULAR standardised training model for ultrasound-guided, minimally invasive synovial tissue biopsy procedures in large and small joints by Annamaria Iagnocco, Andrew Filer, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Peter Balint, Ingrid Moller, Esperanza Naredo, Lene Terslev, Alessandra Bruns, Aurélie Najm, Ana Rodriguez, Raquel Largo, Stefano Alivernini, Jesús Garrido, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Jacqueline Uson, Juhani Koski, Maribel Miguel, Carlos Guillén-Astete, David A. Bong, George A.W. Bruyn, Carlos Acebes

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