Maternal Serum Nitric Oxide Levels in Adolescent Pregnancies by Hasan Onur Topçu, Ali İrfan Güzel, Kuntay Kokanalı, Sabri Cavkaytar, Dilek Uygur, Salim Erkaya

“…STUDY DESIGN: A total of forty five pregnancies were included to the study, of these eight were adolescent pregnancies (age range, 18-19 years old). Factors analyzed between adolescent pregnancies and reproductive age pregnancies (age range 20-35 years old) were; age, gravidity, parity, gestational weeks, umbilical and middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry values, birth weigts, APGAR 5. minute scores and MSNO levels. …”
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The Post-Discharge Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants by Tuba Ozdemir, Abdullah Baris Akcan, Munevver Kaynak Turkmen

“…CONCLUSION: Small for gestational age newborns were found to catch up with appropriate for gestational age newborns at 2 years corrected age in terms of growth, although the percentage of catch-up growth during follow-up at the 40thgw, and at the 6th, 12th and 18th months was lower than that of appropriate for gestational age newborns. …”
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Network pharmacology study on the mechanism of berberine in Alzheimer’s disease model by Yaoyi Zhang, Shuai Lv, Pinyuan Huang, Lingmin Xiao, Nan Lin, En Huang

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Comparing the effect of Centella asiatica L. and Acalypha indica L. treatment to carbonyl and glutathione level in the brains of old rats by Ninik Mudjihartini, Reni Paramita, Astrid Mariam Khairani Siregar, Estiana Filzadiyanti, Pungguri Ayu Nega Sarsanti, Erni Purwaningsih

“…In addition, 18-month age and 2-month age untreated rats were used as a negative control. …”
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Symptoms, but Not a Biomarker Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids, Predict Asthma in Preschool Children with Recurrent Wheeze by E. M. M. Klaassen, K. D. G. van de Kant, Q. Jöbsis, S. T. P. Høvig, C. P. van Schayck, G. T. Rijkers, E. Dompeling

“…Results. 106 transient wheezers and 64 asthmatics were analysed at six years of age. Neither changes in EBC biomarkers, nor FeNO, airway resistance, or symptoms during ICS trial at preschool age were related to asthma diagnosis at six years of age. …”
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Fatty Acid Accumulation and Resulting PPARα Activation in Fibroblasts due to Trifunctional Protein Deficiency by Masato Wakabayashi, Yuji Kamijo, Takero Nakajima, Naoki Tanaka, Eiko Sugiyama, Tian Yangyang, Takefumi Kimura, Toshifumi Aoyama

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RECQL4 requires PARP1 for recruitment to DNA damage, and PARG dePARylation facilitates its associated role in end joining by Mansoor Hussain, Prabhat Khadka, Komal Pekhale, Tomasz Kulikowicz, Samuel Gray, Alfred May, Deborah L. Croteau, Vilhelm A. Bohr

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Burden and trends of dietary iron deficiency in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990–2021 by Saeid Safiri, Saeid Safiri, Fatemeh Amiri, Nahid Karamzad, Nahid Karamzad, Mark J. M. Sullman, Mark J. M. Sullman, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Morteza Abdollahi

“…Prevalence was notably highest among children under 5 years old and women of reproductive age, with a gradual decline in older age groups. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences, sleep quality/duration and later-life lower extremity function among older adults in China: evidence from CHARLS by Jiaqiang Xiao, Xiaosheng Dong, Meng Ding, Tao Kong

“…Methods This study included 4,439 participants aged 60 years or older (mean age: 67.2 ± 5.7 years) from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015 national survey and the 2014 Life History Survey. …”
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Reassessment of disease severity routine laboratory tests in the COVID-19 infection by A. A. Simushev, E. Yu. Medvedeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova, V. M. Nechaev, M. R. Skhirtladze, I. R. Popova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Publications demonstrate some limitations of National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS-2) accuracy in assessment on coronavirus infection severity.The purpose of this study was to determine the value of the patient’s age and routine laboratory parameters in the assessment of patient’s general condition in coronavirus pneumonia and their relation to NEWS-2 scale parameters.Materials and methods. 50 case reports of patients with COVID-19 infection observed in the Sechenov University in January–March 2021 were analyzed. 34 % of patients were males aged 31 to 89 years (average age 55 years) and 66 % — females aged 40 to 91 (mean age 63). …”
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What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? by Agata Słowik-Krogulec

“…Older adult cohorts (aged 60 and older) currently represent approximately 24% of the population of Poland. …”
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Preterm Birth and Cardiometabolic Health Trajectories From Birth to Adulthood: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by Gemma L. Clayton, Laura D. Howe, Linda M. O'Keeffe, Adam J. Lewandowski, Deborah A. Lawlor, Abigail Fraser

“…Participants born preterm (versus term) had lower body mass index between ages 7 and 18 years, but by age 25 years, there was no difference. …”
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Advanced Glycation End Products Enhance Murine Monocyte Proliferation in Bone Marrow and Prime Them into an Inflammatory Phenotype through MAPK Signaling by Xian Jin, Liang Liu, Yaping Zhang, Yin Xiang, Guizhi Yin, Yi Lu, Ludong Shi, Jian Dong, Chengxing Shen

“…Furthermore, AGEs (300 μg/mL) significantly enhanced the expression of Ki67 in monocytes (immunofluorescence staining (IF)), and this dose of AGEs markedly increased secretion of GM-CSF but not that of M-CSF (ELISA). …”
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Effects of Low-Dose Testosterone Undecanoate Treatment on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover Markers in Elderly Male Osteoporosis with Low Serum Testosterone by Yan-Jiao Wang, Jun-Kun Zhan, Wu Huang, Yi Wang, Yuan Liu, Sha Wang, Pan Tan, Zhi-Yong Tang, You-Shuo Liu

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Development and Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Pain Assessment Video Training Program for Long-Term Care Staff by Michelle M Gagnon, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Jaime Williams

“…Insufficient pain education and inaccurate beliefs about the nature of pain and aging have been identified as possible contributors. …”
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Evaluation of cervical cytological abnormalities in correlation with clinical findings in Iraqi patients by Zainab Abbas Hassooni, Wafaa Redha Mohammed Al-Sabbagh, Taqi Mohammed Jwad Taher

“…Conclusion: Women should not delay their first screening pap test for more than 30 years of age since the mean age for LSIL (the most significant abnormality present in this study) was the age of 46. 91 ± 10.75. awareness about screening for cervical precancerous lesions should be increased especially among multiparous women and those more than 40 years of age.…”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…Body mass index (BMI) was calculated according to International Obesity Task Force (IOFT) cut-off points. By age criterion all participants have been classified in age classes. …”
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Estimation of calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide-α in bone calcification in quail during laying period by Hadeel M. Hameed, Soulaf J. Kakel

“…In this study, 60 female quails were used, divided into three age groups: the early phase (4 weeks of age), the peak phase (8 weeks of age) and the late phase (12 weeks of age), with 20 birds per group. …”
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An Evaluation of Initial Vancomycin Dosing in Infants, Children, and Adolescents by Laura Broome, Tsz-Yin So

“…The pharmacokinetics of many medications change as we age, thus most would assume dosing strategies would adjust for these changes. …”
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Machine learning of swimming data via wisdom of crowd and regression analysis by Jiang Xie, Junfu Xu, Celine Nie, Qing Nie

“…Regression analysis show the performance trends for both males and females at different ages and suggest critical ages for peak training. …”
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