Examining Specific Theory-of-Mind Aspects in Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Their Relationships with Sleep Duration and Cognitive Planning by Areti Batzikosta, Despina Moraitou, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Georgia Papantoniou, Georgios A. Kougioumtzis, Ioanna-Giannoula Katsouri, Maria Sofologi, Magda Tsolaki

“…The mean age of the participants was 70.23 years (SD = 4.74), with a mean educational attainment of 12.35 years (SD = 3.22) and gender distribution of 53 men and 126 women. …”
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Differences between private and public primary health care centers and differences between men and women in antihypertensive care and cardiovascular prevention in all patients with... by Per Wändell, Anders Norrman, Julia Eriksson, Charlotte Ivarsson, Hrafnhildur Gudjonsdottir, Maria Hagströmer, Lena Lundh, Jan Hasselström, Boel Brynedal, Christina Sandlund, Axel C. Carlsson

“…Methods We used register data from Region Stockholm on collected prescribed medication and registered diagnoses, to identify patients aged 30 years and above with hypertension. Age-adjusted logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CIs) using public PHC centers as referents. …”
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The relationship between tumour necrosis, systemic inflammation, body composition and survival in patients with colon cancer by Ross D. Dolan, Kathryn Pennel, Joshua Thompson, Molly McKenzie, Peter Alexander, Colin Richards, Douglas Black, Tanvir Abbass, Noori Maka, Josh McGovern, Antonia Roseweir, Stephen T. McSorley, Paul G. Horgan, Campbell Roxburgh, Donald C. McMillan, Joanne Edwards

“…Of these, 70.4% were over 65 years of age, 54.8% were male and 49.8% had an ASA grade of 1 or 2. …”
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Influenza Immunization in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Epidemiology and Long-Term Outcomes by Marie-Theres Dammann, Hannah Kraft, Guido Stichtenoth, Kathrin Hanke, Michael Zemlin, Janina Soler Wenglein, Isabell Ricklefs, Alexander Herz, Alexander Humberg, Dorothee Viemann, Geraldine Engels, Matthias Volkmar Kopp, Folke Brinkmann, Carsten Fortmann-Grote, Wolfgang Göpel, Egbert Herting, Christoph Härtel, Ingmar Fortmann, on behalf of the German Neonatal Network

“…Immunized infants were characterized by a low gestational age and higher rates of morbidity, particularly bronchopulmonary dysplasia. …”
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Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectio... by Carlos Toledo, Melissa Habel, Stephanie M Davis, Jonas Z Hines, Jonathan M Grund, Renee Ridzon, Brittney Baack, Jonathan Davitte, Anne Thomas, Valerian Kiggundu, Naomi Bock, Paran Pordell, Caroline Cooney, Irum Zaidi

“…In 2017, 45% of clients were under 15 years of age, 8% had unknown HIV status, 1% of those tested were HIV+ and 84% returned for a follow-up visit within 14 days of circumcision.Conclusions Over 15 million VMMCs have been supported by PEPFAR since 2007. …”
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Clinical outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an 11-year follow-up study by Steven Dooley, Juan Du, Xiaoping Tang, Lan Chen, Jinzhu Jia, Fujun Li, Yanyan Shi, Christoph Meyer, Zhongwei Zhu, Yanming Zhang, Roman Liebe, Keming Hu, Tingting Zhou, Huier Zhang, Hong-Lei Weng, Tong Huang

“…Male peak prevalence was between 40 and 60 years of age, whereas highest prevalence in women was at an age of 60 years and older. …”
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Cervical cancer screening: Impact of collection technique on human papillomavirus detection and genotyping by Alisa P. Young, Mutiya Olorunfemi, Leigh Morrison, Scott A. Kelley, Anna Laurie, Anna McEvoy, Jill Schneiderhan, Julie Prussack, Marie Claire O'Dwyer, Pamela Rockwell, Philip Zazove, Jonathan Gabison, Jane Chargot, Kristina Gallagher, Ananda Sen, Dongru Chen, Elizabeth A. Haro, Emma A. Butcher, Martha L. Alves, Christelle El Khoury, Melinda L. Dendrinos, Nicole Brashear, Roger Smith, Richard W. Lieberman, Natalie Saunders, Elizabeth Campbell, Heather M. Walline, Diane M. Harper

“…Methods: Participants recruited in 2020–2022 included 97 colposcopy attendees and 96 routine primary care screening attendees aged 30–65, who agreed to self-sample before their clinically scheduled speculum-based exam. …”
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End of Pandemic Parental Hesitancy Towards Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination: A Cross-sectional Survey at Two Lebanese Tertiary Hospitals by Sabine Shehab, Lina Anouti, Celina F. Boutros, Christelle Radi, Silma El Baasiri, Arabia Badih, Rawan Korman, Marwa El Masri, Joudie Alwan, Maha Monzer, Yara Bitar, Mona Kassem, Mayse Naser, Yara Salameh, Sarah Khafaja, Murielle Bou Ghosn, Dany Al Hamod, Sarah Ghadban, Soha Ghanem, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…Results: The study enrolled 950 participants, predominantly mothers (79.6%) aged 30–49 (79%), highly educated parents (69.8% of mothers and 62.2% of fathers were university graduates). …”
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Headache after pediatric traumatic brain injury: a comparison between a post-acute sample of children and adolescents and general population by Marina Zeldovich, Leonie Krol, Katrin Cunitz, Christian Auer, Daniel Pinggera, Victoria Schön, Philipp Geiger, Joachim Suss, Inga K. Koerte, Emilie Isager Howe, Nada Andelic, Anna Buchheim, Matthias Gondan, Nicole von Steinbüchel

“…Methods A post-acute sample (3 months up to 10 years post-injury) comprising N = 463 children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years from the TBI sample and N = 463 individuals from the general population matched for gender, age, and health status were included in the study. …”
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Infections, autoimmunity and immunodeficiencies are the leading etiologies of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults from the southwest of Colombia. by Andrés F. Zea-Vera, Carlos Andrés Rodríguez, Sebastián Giraldo, Mario Alejandro Chacón, Luis Fernando Guerrero, Ricardo Mosquera, Raúl Andrés Vallejo, Fabio Samir Vargas, María Andrea García, María A. Rengifo, Anilza Bonelo, Maximiliano Parra

“…Immunodeficiencies-associated bronchiectases were more frequent in subjects under 50 years of age, while chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-associated bronchiectases were common in subjects over 50 years of age. …”
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Therapeutic Inhibition of Cathepsin S Reduces Inflammation and Mucus Plugging in Adult βENaC-Tg Mice by Ryan Brown, Donna M. Small, Declan F. Doherty, Leslie Holsinger, Robert Booth, Richard Williams, Rebecca J. Ingram, J. Stuart Elborn, Marcus A. Mall, Clifford C. Taggart, Sinéad Weldon

“…Methods. βENaC-Tg mice and wild-type (WT) littermates were treated with a CatS inhibitor from 4 to 6 weeks of age, and CatS-/-βENaC-Tg mice were analysed at 6 weeks of age. …”
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Serum Antidiuretic Hormone Level in Nocturnal Enuretic School Children in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Jannatul Fardous, Anjuman Ara, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Asma Labony, Tanjila Afrin, Rezwana Ashraf, Reaz Uddin, Habiba Jesmin, Md. Kabir Alam, Mohammad Ashraful Amin, Anwar Hossain Khan, Zahid Hasan Khan

“…Methods This cross‐sectional study included 40 children aged 6–15 years with PMNE and 40 age‐matched children without enuresis (comparison group) attending the Pediatric Nephrology Outpatient Department at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology (NIKDU) from January 2022 to July 2023. …”
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Leveraging Comprehensive Echo Data to Power Artificial Intelligence Models for Handheld Cardiac Ultrasound by D.M. Anisuzzaman, PhD, Jeffrey G. Malins, PhD, John I. Jackson, PhD, Eunjung Lee, PhD, Jwan A. Naser, MBBS, Behrouz Rostami, PhD, Grace Greason, BA, Jared G. Bird, MD, Paul A. Friedman, MD, Jae K. Oh, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, Jeremy J. Thaden, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc, MBA, Zachi I. Attia, PhD, Sorin V. Pislaru, MD, PhD, Garvan C. Kane, MD, PhD

“…Objective: To develop a fully end-to-end deep learning framework capable of estimating left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), estimating patient age, and classifying patient sex from echocardiographic videos, including videos collected using handheld cardiac ultrasound (HCU). …”
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The Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factors of Bullet Tuna Landed at the Tanjung Luar Fishing Port, Indonesia by Evron Asrial, Yasir Arapat, Usma Kurniawan Hadi, Lalu A.T.T.W.S Kalih, Mita Ayu Liliyanti, Erwin Rosadi, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah, Ishani Nelunika Rathnayake

“…. • The resource status of bullet tuna has been estimated based on body shape and age group. • LWR curve is implemented to describe and express the age group of bullet tuna (immature, adult/mature, old) • This study has resulted the composition and ratio of bullet tuna that is suitable to be caught, fit for consumption and worthy of maturation Abstract Bullet tuna (Auxis rochei Risso 1810) or tongkol lisong (Indonesian) is important for human consumption and health as well as an income source for fishers and coastal communities. …”
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Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead by Tracy Glass, Frédérique Chammartin, Jochen Ehmer, Thomas Klimkait, Alain Amstutz, Josephine Muhairwe, Irene Ayakaka, Blaise Lukau, Jennifer Anne Brown, Lipontso Motaboli, Malebanye Lerotholi, Maurus Kohler, Kathrin Haenggi, Moliehi Mokete, Makobefo Gladys Chakela, Mpho Kao, Mathebe Kopo, Moleboheng Mokebe, Lorena Urda, Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala, Anna Klicpera, Nadine Tschumi, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

“…At the time of the last viral load test, median age was 42 years (IQR: 33–53); 18 511 (63%) were adult women, 10 029 (34%) adult men and 835 (3%) children <15 years (age/sex missing for 5) and median time taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) was 6.4 years (IQR 3.2–9.9). …”
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Childhood BMI trajectories and sociodemographic factors in an Italian pediatric population by Erich Batzella, Joaquin Gutierrez de Rubalcava Doblas, Gloria Porcu, Silvia Bressan, Elisa Barbieri, Carlo Giaquinto, Anna Cantarutti, Cristina Canova

“…We aimed to identify BMI trajectories in children aged 2–10 years and evaluate their association with sociodemographic factors. …”
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Topographical mapping of metabolic abnormalities in multiple sclerosis using rapid echo-less 3D-MR spectroscopic imaging at 7T by Eva Niess, Assunta Dal-Bianco, Bernhard Strasser, Fabian Niess, Lukas Hingerl, Beata Bachrata, Stanislav Motyka, Paulus Rommer, Siegfried Trattnig, Wolfgang Bogner

“…Materials and Methods: This study included 26 MS patients (13 women; median age 34) and 13 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (7 women; median age 33). …”
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Antibody Responses to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Outpatient Clinics in Japan by Teruhime Otoguro, Keita Wagatsuma, Toshiharu Hino, The Society of Ambulatory and General Pediatrics of Japan, Yusuke Ichikawa, Tri Bayu Purnama, Yuyang Sun, Jiaming Li, Irina Chon, Hisami Watanabe, Reiko Saito

“…Univariate and regression analysis evaluated factors such as past infections, age, sex, smoking, underlying condition, and occupation. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up, Association between CARD15/NOD2 Polymorphisms, and Clinical Disease Behavior in Crohn’s Disease Surgical Patients by Francesco Giudici, Tiziana Cavalli, Cristina Luceri, Edda Russo, Daniela Zambonin, Stefano Scaringi, Ferdinando Ficari, Marilena Fazi, Amedeo Amedei, Francesco Tonelli, Cecilia Malentacchi

“…CARD15/NOD2 polymorphisms were significantly associated with younger age at diagnosis compared to wild type cases (p<0.05). …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Tonsil-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Human Vocal Fold Fibroblast Exposed to Oxidative Stress by Sung-Chan Shin, Hyung-Sik Kim, Yoojin Seo, Cho Hee Kim, Ji Min Kim, Hyun-Keun Kwon, Jin-Choon Lee, Eui-Suk Sung, Byung-Joo Lee

“…We have, therefore, shown that the changes in hVFF proliferative capacity and ECM gene expression induced by oxidative stress are consistent with in vivo phenotypes observed in aging vocal folds and vocal fold scarring and that TMSCs may function to reduce oxidative stress in aging vocal folds.…”
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