Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data by Michael N. K. Babayara, Bright Addo

“…Cases were children who died before age five and controls were live children within the same year group. …”
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Perceived Sexual Health Needs of Older Women: A Systematic Review by Farzaneh Saadatmand, Marjan Beigi, Zahra Heidari, Mitra Savabi-Esfahani

“…In addition to the need for social and emotional support to adapt to the conditions of old age, these women need to achieve sexual rights, improve sexual health literacy, and receive health services.…”
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The effect of interdisciplinary treatment on sickness absence and disability pension among chronic pain patients on partial disability pension. by Lea Constan, Paolo Frumento, Riccardo LoMartire

“…This study therefore analyzed the effect of IDT in working age patients on partial disability pension, which is a group with a particularly poor prognosis. …”
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Assessing Scientific Epistemological Beliefs of Middle School Gifted Students by I. Ugulu, E. Kivrak, E. Akcicek

“… <p>This study, which examines the epistemological belief levels of gifted students in the context of demographic characteristics such as gender, age, grade level, pre-kindergarten education, and parents&rsquo; educational status, is a causal comparison research. …”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region: An Analysis of 171 Cases by Omer Sefvan Janjua, Sana Mehmood Qureshi

“…Male to female ratio was 1.4 : 1. The age ranged from 22 to 90 years. Seventy-six cases presented on right side, 79 on left, and 16 were in the midline. …”
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CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE by L.I. Konopkina, L.A. Botvinikova, M.A. Krykhtina

“…Among the most widespread shared risk factors are smoking, age and physical inactivity caused by respiratory failure, poor nutrition, and environmental deterioration. …”
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Relationship between influenza-related experience and current vaccination outcome by Yunwei Gai

“…Infection history could either increase or decrease the impact of past vaccination depending on race/ethnicity, income, education level, health status, and age. There were significant disparities across demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related variables. …”
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Patterns and clinical presentation of Foreign Bodies in ENT among Sudanese Children in Khartoum state hospitals. by Rana Ahmed Abdelrahman Nasir, Sharfi Abdelgadir Omer Ahmed, Ibrahim Gaffar Ibrahim

“…Result: 150 patients with foreign bodies were studied in Khartoum ENT Hospitals. The commonest age group between 3–6 years in 64% of patients. …”
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Study of the Leading Causes of Death in Guanajay in the year 2013 by Jorge Julian Sánchez Fernández, Ana Lilia Cabrera Menéndez, Ailed Pérez Pi, José Carlos Merino Concepción

“…In addition to the cause of death, sociodemographic variables (age, sex, skin color) were analyzed. The top three causes of death in the study period were taken from the certificates issued according to the content of the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire-Turkish Version by Ay&thorn;eg&uuml;l KART, M. Hakan T&Uuml;RK&Ccedil;APAR

“…Results: 64% of patients evaluated in the study were female and 36% were male. Age interval was between 18 and 58, mean age was 31.5&plusmn;10.4. …”
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The role of strategic management in the success of projects in educational institutions by Savićević Sara

“…Statistically significant differences in attitudes based on gender were confirmed for most statements, while age did not show a significant impact. The conclusion of the research is that strategic management plays a crucial role in the success of educational projects, with a particular focus on improving communication and coordination among team members.…”
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Storage Stability of Chilled and Frozen Starch Gels as Affected by Blended Starch Formulation, Sucrose Syrup, and Coconut Milk by Aumaporn Arlai, Kanitha Tananuwong

“…Water-based gels containing HDP had less extent of texture hardening, lower degree of crystallinity, and more homogeneous microstructure during 4°C aging. However, for the starch gels in sucrose syrup or coconut milk, HDP induced greater gel hardening, higher degree of crystallinity, and denser gel microstructure during chilled storage. …”
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Vulnerability of the elderly with traumatic cervical injury by Yanmara Betharte Sotomayor, Delvis Serra Reyes

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: population aging requires the development of specialized therapies, where the morphophysiological characteristics of this group are taken into account, which will allow better functional recovery and an adequate quality of life.…”
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Students’ attitudes towards ethnic entrepreneurship by T. Yu. Pavlenina, G. I. Seletkova, V. V. Levchenko

“…The study was based on the results of a survey of student youth aged 18–24 years old. The following factors have been analyzed – gender, age group, and course of study. …”
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Changes in Anterior Chamber Parameters Measured by Pentacam in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: A Longitudinal Study by Saeed Shokoohi-Rad, Mojtaba Abrishami, Elham Bakhtiari, Asma Payandeh, Hamid-Reza Heidarzadeh

“…A total of 20 patients, 11 (55%) of whom were females, with a mean age of 35.5 ± 7.1 years (age range: 25–51 years) recovered from nonhospitalized COVID-19 infection, were enrolled in this study. …”
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Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy from a Mutation in KIF5A (c.611G>A;p.Arg204Gln) by Nivedita U. Jerath, Tiffany Grider, Michael E. Shy

“…A 27-year-old gentleman was a fast runner and able to play soccer until age 9 when he developed slowly progressive weakness. …”
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Pattern and In-Hospital Mortality of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Associated with Motor Vehicle Accident-Related Head Injury: a Single-Center Retrospective Study by Walid M. Abd El Maksoud, Mubarak Ali Algahtany

“…Results. The cohort had a mean age of 26.9±15.8 years, with a predominance of men (86.9%). …”
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Estimation du sexe fœtal à partir de l’ilium by Pascal Adalian, Sandrine Boutin-Forzano, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti, Yann Ardagna, Michel Signoli, Ferenc Kosa, Georges Leonetti, Olivier Dutour

“…During this research, we tested the different methods proposed for fetal iliac bones and adapted some others used particularly in the case of adults.For this reason, we set up and validated a protocol of taking photographs, as well as a measurement technique developed for numeric pictures with the help of a software program, Adobe Photoshop 6‚.During this study, we selected certain parameters, principally the ones taken on the great sciatic notch, which showed a strong correlation with sex, and we established a logistic regression for estimating the probability of belonging to one sex or the other.The weak percentage of sexual differentiation obtained by this formula led us to take into account age: we organised our sample in different age groups and established a formula that permits correct sex determination in more than 85% of cases (in our sample) for fetuses that are less than 24 gestational weeks old.…”
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Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake by Dorothee Volkert, Lioba Pauly, Peter Stehle, Cornel C. Sieber

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Impact of Chlorella vulgaris and probiotic supplementation on performance, immunity and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens. by Verena Pereira Dinalli, Marcio Carvalho Costa, Emerson José Venâncio, João Antônio Barbosa Filho, José Antônio Bessegatto, Augusto Tasch Holkem, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Caio Abercio da Silva, Alexandre Oba

“…Sampling age had a significant impact on richness addressed by the number of observed genera and diversity addressed by the Shannon index. …”
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