Effect of Advanced Glycation End Products on Human Thyroglobulin’s Antigenicity as Identified by the Use of Sera from Patients with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Gestational Diabetes... by A. Hatzioannou, I. Kanistras, E. Mantzou, E. Anastasiou, M. Peppa, V. Sarantopoulou, P. Lymberi, M. Alevizaki

“…We produced in vitro AGE-Tg with low and high AGE content, 13 and 49 AGE units/mg Tg, respectively. …”
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Factors That Influence Refractive Changes in the First Year of Myopia Development in Premature Infants by Jianbo Mao, Jimeng Lao, Chenyi Liu, Mingyuan Wu, Xueting Yu, Yirun Shao, Lin Zhu, Yiqi Chen, Lijun Shen

“…To study the development of refractive status from 36 weeks to one year of postmenstrual age and to identify factors that contribute to development of myopia, including gender, birth weight, gestational age, and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). …”
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Inflammatory biomarkers profiles and cognition among older adults by Aline Thomas, Jing Guo, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Danurys Sanchez, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Jennifer J. Manly, Adam M. Brickman, Rafael A. Lantigua, Richard Mayeux, Yian Gu

“…Abstract Inflammation plays a major role in cognitive aging. Most studies on peripheral inflammation and cognitive aging focused on selected major inflammatory biomarkers. …”
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Immunoglobulin Gamma-Like Therapeutic Bispecific Antibody Formats for Tumor Therapy by Shixue Chen, Lingling Li, Fan Zhang, Yu Wang, Yi Hu, Lei Zhao

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Osiągnięcia szkolne czwartoklasistów w oddziałach o różnym składzie wiekowym by Krzysztof Konarzewski

“…Are hopes pinned on mixed-age grouping in preschool and elementary school substantiated by scientific data? …”
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Effect of census-based correction of population figures on mortality rates in Germany by Andreas Stang, Markus Deckert

“…Due to the particularly large error in the population figures in the older age range, an age standard that assigns lower weights at older ages should be used for age standardization of rates wherever possible.…”
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Bone Mineral Density in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Paulo Alonso Garcia Alves Junior, Daniel Luis Gilban Schueftan, Laura Maria Carvalho de Mendonça, Maria Lucia Fleiuss Farias, Izabel Calland Ricarte Beserra

“…Chronological and bone ages were used in the scans interpretation. In fourteen patients, mean bone mineral density Z-score of total body to bone age was −0.76 and of lumbar spine to bone age was −0.26, lower than those related to chronological age (+0.03 and +0.62, resp.). …”
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Advanced Glycation End Products Play Adverse Proinflammatory Activities in Osteoporosis by Roberta Sanguineti, Alessandra Puddu, François Mach, Fabrizio Montecucco, Giorgio Luciano Viviani

“…Osteoporosis is a major public health burden that is expected to further increase as the global population ages. In the last twenty years, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have been shown to be critical mediators both in the pathogenesis and development of osteoporosis and other chronic degenerative diseases related to aging. …”
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Trends in Mortality from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Alberta: Back to the Future? by Tee L Guidotti

“…By 1970, most age groups had returned to levels of the 1930s. …”
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Hepatic Fat Content and Liver Enzymes Are Associated with Circulating Free and Protein-Bound Advanced Glycation End Products, Which Are Associated with Low-Grade Inflammation: The... by Mitchell Bijnen, Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek, Carla J. H. van der Kallen, Jean L. Scheijen, Marjo P. H. van de Waarenburg, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Kristiaan Wouters, Casper G. Schalkwijk

“…It is unknown if the AGE accumulation in fatty livers results in elevated circulating AGEs. …”
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Change of Accent as an Atypical Onset of non Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia by Susy Paolini, Lucia Paciaroni, Antonio Manca, Roberto Rossi, Daniela Fornarelli, Stefano F. Cappa, Angela M. Abbatecola, Osvaldo Scarpino

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Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Edmonton, Alberta: An Emergency Department-Based Study by Thomas J Marrie, Jane Q Huang

“…The admission rate increased with increasing age, peaking at 4639/100,000/year for those 90 years of age and older. …”
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Nonfluent/Agrammatic PPA with In-Vivo Cortical Amyloidosis and Pick’s Disease Pathology by Francesca Caso, Benno Gesierich, Maya Henry, Manu Sidhu, Amanda LaMarre, Miranda Babiak, Bruce L. Miller, Gil D. Rabinovici, Eric J. Huang, Giuseppe Magnani, Massimo Filippi, Giancarlo Comi, William W. Seeley, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini

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Association between breastfeeding duration and educational attainment in rural Southwest Uganda: a population-based cohort study by Shamsudeen Mohammed, Clara Calvert, Joseph O Mugisha, Makanga Ronald, Gershim Asiki, Judith R Glynn, Laura L Oakley, Milly Marston

“…Three or more years over-age for grade increased from 19% at age nine to 56% at age 12. …”
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Prevalence of disability in Iranian older adults in Tehran, Iran: A population-based study by Vahid Rashedi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Mahshid Foroughan, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadayevatan

“…The effects of disability on an aging population’s health and welfare are important issues in gerontological research. …”
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Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Ongoing Challenges in Care by Simone Foti Randazzese, Mariarosaria La Rocca, Bruno Bombaci, Alessandra Di Pisa, Elèna Giliberto, Teresa Inturri, Daniel Militi, Fortunato Lombardo, Eloisa Gitto, Giuseppina Salzano, Stefano Passanisi

“…This review aims to explore the multifaceted aspects of severe diabetic ketoacidosis in pediatric age, including its epidemiology, pathogenesis, risk factors, complications and emphasizing advances in prevention strategies. …”
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Effect of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the growth and development of young foals under subtropical conditions of Pakistan. by Muhammad Athar Chatha, Nisar Ahmad, Muhammad Athar Abbas, Muhammad Saadullah, Jawaria Ali Khan

“…This study was designed to explore the impact of intrinsic (breed of foal, age of dam, and age of foal at weaning) and extrinsic (season of birth and housing type) factors on the growth and survival of foals in the subtropical conditions of Pakistan. …”
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Vascular Effects of Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products by Alin Stirban, Diethelm Tschöpe

“…AGEs originating from diet have a significant contribution to the AGEs body pool and therefore dietary interventions aiming at reducing AGEs load are believed to exert health promoting effects. …”
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Microstructural Evolution during Thermal Exposure of G115 Steel and Its Influence on Mechanical Properties by Shaohai Ma, Kai Yan, Chang Che, Xisheng Yang, Gong Qian

“…Both the room-temperature and high-temperature strengths remained stable after aging for 5000 h. In comparison, after aging at 700°C, high-density Laves phases precipitated accompanied by coarsening with increasing aging time. …”
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Relations entre l’estime de soi et l’état de santé « objectif » des aînés by Enguerran Macia, Gilles Boëtsch, Nicole Chapuis-Lucciani

“…In spite of several studies on self-esteem covering the human life-span, the relation between self-esteem, aging and health remains incompletely explored, particularly in the French population.The objective of this study is twofold: (1) to assess the relation between self-esteem and socio-demographic factors, notably age, among older French adults, and (2) if, as is presumed, advancing age is associated with lower self-esteem, to test the mediating effect of chronic diseases and physical incapacities on the relation between age and negative self-esteem.For this, 400 older adults living in Marseille, aged from 60 to 92, were individually interviewed (average duration: 1 h 30).In this sample, age, place of residence and educational level were associated with self-esteem. …”
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