Reliability of radiomics features as imaging biomarkers for evaluating brain aging: A study based on myelin protein and diffusion tensor imaging by Yuting Yan, Mengmeng Hu, Xiaodong He, Yuyun Xu, Xiaojun Sun, Jiaxuan Peng, Fanfan Zhao, Yuan Shao

“…Ten middle-aged and ten old-aged mice were assigned to the testing set to further validate the reproducibility of the features. …”
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Fortified architecture of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem in southwest France, from the 12th to the 15th century by Yoan Mattalia

“…Only the written sources provide a few clues as to the presence of a castral architecture within the commanderies, without it being possible to determine whether it was an architectural legacy linked to the founding of the religious establishment through donations, or whether it was a real desire on the part of the religious community to build, ex nihilo, a castral complex intended to house it. At the end of the Middle Ages, during the Hundred Years' War, the hospital commanderies were the object of an important defense. …”
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Obrazy války v italských městech v kázáních observanta a v cestovním deníku řeholníka z první poloviny 15. století by Jan Stejskal

“… At the beginning of the Renaissance, nobody asked questions about the natural state of mankind – that is, whether it is war or peace – as they had verifiably done on the threshold of the High Middle Ages. Dante defined war as an undesirable phenomenon devastating “poor Italy”. …”
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Enta ra norma común de l’aragonés escrito: una endrezera plena de barzals by Francho Nagore Laín

“…In the written Aragonese of the Middle Ages there was no common norm, neither in writing nor in morphology, but there were some trends. …”
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As Ordens Militares em combate nos finais da Idade Média: o caso da Guerra da Sucessão de Castela (1475-1479) by António Carlos Martins Costa

“…In the late fifteenth century, distant was the context of the emergence of the Military Orders, which occurred in the Classic Middle Ages, when Cluny diffused the ideal of a strong monasticism, chivalry was established as christianized group and the Crusade sought the freedom of holy places and the removal Islamic threat about Christianity. …”
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Wpływ nowożytnego antropocentryzmu na relację człowieka do przyrody. Część 2 by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in Modern European culture when the culmination of this process is observed. …”
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Snake and staff symbolism and healing by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…In the latter capacity Hermes also conveyed a negative connotation as protector of thieves. During the Middle Ages the caduceus entwined with the double-snake became a symbol of the healing sciences (pharmacy and alchemy in particular) and today, although mythologically incorrect, it is in common usage in the health care field. …”
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Le travail de Gaignières sur les archives du Val Notre-Dame. Une porte d’entrée sur un chartrier bien conservé by Marlène Helias-Baron

“…Including a list of abbots and drawings of burials, his work is a real port of entry to the history of Val Notre-Dame in the Middle Ages.…”
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May-Thurner Syndrome with Large Abdominal Varicosity, Treated Successfully Using Multiple Approaches by Lori Jia, Jason Alexander, Nedaa Skeik

“…MTS primarily affects young to middle-aged women, although many patients remain entirely asymptomatic. …”
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Géolocalisation des sources fiscales pré-révolutionnaires : la quadrature du cercle by Florent Hautefeuille

“…The multiplication of tax sources from the late Middle Ages makes possible the spatialization of data which, for previous periods were difficult to cross with the archaeological sources without adequate tools. …”
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Le castrum de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge de Mandeure et l’établissement fortifié de hauteur de Château-Julien (Doubs) by David Billoin, Cédric Cramatte

“…They allowed to reconsider the town evolution between the Late Iron Age and the Early Middle Ages but above all to understand the extent of changes that the town goes through during the Late Antiquity; the construction of a castrum and of an Early Christian basilica on the spot of a military camp built in the mid-4th c. …”
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BEN ve “ÖTEKİ” KUR’ÂN’IN “ÖTEKİ” İLE İLİŞKİLERDE ÖNGÖRDÜĞÜ DENGELİ BARIŞ TEORİSİ by Ahmet Yaman

“…The majority of Muslim jurists of early period up until the middle ages who mainly based their theories on war conditions interpreting those verses of the Quran enjoining war maintained a theory favoring clash. …”
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A Case Report on Kimura Disease by Biswajit Adhikari, Sarmila Sen, Somnath Saha

“…This disease is endemic in middle-aged Asian males and is seen sporadically in the non-Asian population.There is no standardized treatment protocol present for Kimura Disease. …”
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Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Patient with Cocaine Intoxication by Asma Abu-Abed Abdin, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad S. Khan, Awab Ahmed

“…We describe an interesting case of euglycemic DKA in a middle-aged diabetic female presenting with elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis, with near-normal blood glucose, in the settings of noncompliance to insulin and cocaine abuse. …”
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Whole-brain gray matter volume and fractional anisotropy of the posterior thalamic radiation and sagittal stratum in healthy adults correlate with the local environment by Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshinori Yamakawa

“…In this study, we combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain analysis with a questionnaire survey on the local environment in 141 healthy middle-aged men and women. Our findings reveal that a favorable environment is positively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in the frontal and occipital lobes, cerebellum, and whole brain, as well as with fractional anisotropy (FA) in the fornix (including the fornix stria terminalis), posterior thalamic radiation (PTR), sagittal stratum (SS), and whole brain. …”
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Chronic intermittent fasting impairs β cell maturation and function in adolescent mice by Leonardo Matta, Peter Weber, Suheda Erener, Alina Walth-Hummel, Daniela Hass, Lea K. Bühler, Katarina Klepac, Julia Szendroedi, Joel Guerra, Maria Rohm, Michael Sterr, Heiko Lickert, Alexander Bartelt, Stephan Herzig

“…Here, we investigated the effects of IF on systemic metabolism and β cell function in old, middle-aged, and young mice. Short-term IF improves glucose homeostasis across all age groups without altering islet function and morphology. …”
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An association between average daily sleep duration and gallstones in US adults by Yong Fang, Qiuyuan Xu, Jia Xu, HaiHua Wang

“…Interestingly, the inflection points were observed among middle-aged adults (40–60 years) and individuals with diabetes. …”
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Early Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A New Association with Erythema Nodosum of Unknown Origin by Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Zachou, George N. Dalekos

“…Our report may suggest that PBC could be kept in mind in EN patients of unknown aetiology and particularly, when middle-aged female patients are affected. In such cases a thorough evaluation for AMA and/or ANA PBC-specific antibodies could be helpful to achieve a correct and timely diagnosis.…”
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Intraosseous Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in the Mandible by George Borja de Freitas, Arthur José Barbosa de França, Stefanny Torres dos Santos, Miqueias Oliveira de Lima Júnior, Adilis Stepple da Fonte Neto, Paula Bernardon

“…They are more common in middle-aged adults and have a slight female predilection. …”
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Association between the hemoglobin A1c/High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and stroke incidence: a prospective nationwide cohort study in China by Chaojuan Huang, Hongtao You, Yuyang Zhang, Ligang Fan, Xingliang Feng, Naiyuan Shao

“…Abstract Background Stroke has emerged as an escalating public health challenge among middle-aged and older individuals in China, closely linked to glycolipid metabolic abnormalities. …”
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