Visible Portion of Anterior Teeth at Rest and Analysis of Different Smile Characteristics in the Saudi Population of the Jeddah Region by Mohamed Abdelmageed Awad, Doaa Saleh Alghamdi, Aljawharah Talal Alghamdi

“…It was concluded that both age and gender affect the characteristics of tooth display at rest and in smiling. …”
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Retrospective Review of Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) Outcomes at a Tertiary Hospital in Zambia by Nancy Kasongo, Chiza Kasungu, Nixon Miyoba, Herbert T. Nyirenda, Muleta Kumoyo

“…Squamous cell cancer was present in 8% (age groups 35–49) and was three times higher (13%) in HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative participants (3.8%). …”
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Mixed-Effects Modeling of Neurofeedback Self-Regulation Performance: Moderators for Learning in Children with ADHD by Agnieszka Zuberer, Franziska Minder, Daniel Brandeis, Renate Drechsler

“…In total, 48 subjects with ADHD (age 8.5–16.5 years; 16 subjects on methylphenidate (MPH)) underwent 15 double training sessions of NF in either a clinical or a school setting. …”
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A Comparative Study of Passenger Multitasking Activities on Commuting and Leisure Electrified Intercity Railways by Xing Yao, Chunhui Jing, Yaoxuan Huang, Jinyi Zhi

“…Using the chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that line attribute, gender, age, and seat availability have an impact on passenger activities. …”
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Screening for Occult Macular Pathology Prior to Cataract Surgery Using Optical Coherence Tomography by Fouad YA, ElGwaily AM, Shaaban YM

“…Occult macular pathology was rare in patients aged less than 50 years (4.5%) and common among patients 70 years of age or older (43.3%). …”
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Prevalence and economic costs of diarrheal illness among adult slum dwellers in Khulna City, Bangladesh by Faijan Bin Halim, Mohammed Ziaul Haider

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in adult aged 20 years or more living in slum areas of Khulna City. …”
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More and More Academics and Not Enough Skilled Workers by Karl Brenke

“…Abstract All western countries are faced with the problem of a low birth rate and an increasingly aging population. The burden of old age requires accelerated productivity growth. …”
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Etiological, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Acute Viral Gastroenteritis in an Adult Population in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Spain by Sara Herranz-Ulldemolins, Anna Sellarès-Crous, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, M. Eugenia Valls, Marta Aldea Novo, Anna Vilella Morató, Laura Rodriguez, Mireia Navarro, Roser Vendrell, Josep Barrachina, Miguel J. Martínez, M. Ángeles Marcos

“…Abstract Introduction Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) represents a significant global health burden, with enteric viruses being a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. …”
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Chromosomal analysis and short-term outcome of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease by Marcellino Verbeke, Laurens Hannes, Koen Devriendt, Kris Van den Bogaert, Bjorn Cools, Luc De Catte, Marc Gewillig, Jeroen Breckpot

“…In addition, postnatal mortality both before the age of 1 month or before the age of 1 year was significantly associated with lower postmenstrual age at birth, CHD severity score B and major ECA at birth. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer from 1990 to 2021, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the global burden of... by Tianyu Li, Chen Lin, Weibin Wang

“…Methods Data were sourced from the GBD database over the period from 1990 to 2021. Age-standardized rates for incidence, DALYs, and mortality were calculated per 100,000 population. …”
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Lifestyle scores and their potential to estimate the risk of multiple non-communicable disease-related endpoints: a systematic review by Jie Ding, Ruojin Fu, Tanwei Yuan, Hermann Brenner, Michael Hoffmeister

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Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease among Young Adults attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Madurai- A Case-Control Study by Sridevi PN, Thirukumaran R, Kannan Muthuraman A, Arunkumar Yograj, Priya S, Hemamalini B

“…The study compared patients with chronic kidney disease aged under 40 (cases) from the Nephrology ward and outpatient with similar-aged controls without CKD from the Medicine ward, using routine eGFR calculations for diagnosis. …”
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Prevalence and Management of Septic Shock among Children Admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Longitudinal Survey by Varsha Vekaria-Hirani, Rashmi Kumar, Rachel N. Musoke, Ezekiel M. Wafula, Idris N. Chipkophe

“…Odds of being diagnosed with septic shock reduced with age (odds ratio 4.38 (1.7–11.0), p=0.002) and no child aged above 60 months age was diagnosed with septic shock. …”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“…Result: A total of 50 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma were enrolled in this study the age ranged from 33 to 89 years, with a mean age ± SD of (64.24 ±12.01) years and more than half (52.0%) of them were males. …”
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Saudi Arabia: an epidemiological population-based study by Mohammed A. Alshehri, Husain Y. Alkhlady, Zuhier A. Awan, Mohammed Ridha Algethami, Hadiah B. Al Mahdi, Hussam Daghistani, Khalid Orayj

“…The prevalence of CKD was higher among males compared to females (5.83% vs. 3.88%) and increased significantly with age, being 0.45% among participants aged 18–29 years and reaching 50.94% among participants aged 90 years or older. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown by Frank T. Aboagye, Lawrence Annison, Henry Kwadwo Hackman, Maame E. Acquah, Yvonne Ashong, Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, Bill C. Egyam, Sharon Annison, George Osei-Adjei, Samuel Antwi-Baffour

“…The majority of the SARS-CoV-2 infection was diagnosed in females, participants aged 41–50 years, and symptomatic participants. Participants aged ≤10 years and females recorded the highest viral load while participants aged 41–50 years recorded the highest number of infections. …”
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Association of anxiety status and anxiety duration with constipation in adult Americans: a cross-sectional study using data from the NHANES 2007–2010 by Xinran Li, Conghui Bian, Hui Dai, Xingrui Chen, Haihua Qian, Dan Zhang

“…Conclusion This study showed that a significant association between anxiety status and constipation among U.S. adults. Additionally, an age-dependent association between anxiety duration and constipation was observed, particularly among individuals aged 60 and older.…”
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Propranolol for Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Efficacy and Effect on Pediatric Growth and Development by Rachel A. Giese, Merit Turner, Mario Cleves, J. Reed Gardner, Gresham T. Richter

“…There was a significant deviation for BMI-for-age and weight-for-age z-scores in our population, especially in patients on propranolol for more than 7 months. …”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) and annual percent change (APC) were calculated by year, sex, age group, race/ethnicity, geographic region, and urbanization status.…”
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Prevalence and Residual Risk of HIV in Volunteer Blood Donors of Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022 by Hong Zhu, Wei Ding, Wenjuan Han, Xiaofan Zheng, Yiqing Hu, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Danxiao Wu, Jinhui Liu, Faming Zhu

“…There was an insignificant difference in HIV prevalence among blood donors of all different age groups (p>0.05), but the HIV prevalence in the 26–35 age group and 18–25 age group was significantly higher compared to the 36–45 age group (p<0.05). …”
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