Childhood occasional hypertension and its association with size at birth and early growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study from China by Shuang Zhang, Leishen Wang, Tao Zhang, Yijuan Qiao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li

“…Methods This study assesses the prevalence of occasional hypertension (OHTN) at 5 ~ 6 years old and evaluates its association with size at birth and BMI at 2 and 5 ~ 6 years old in full-term children. …”
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Alterations in mRNA level of proteins related to redox state and mitochondria in an Alzheimer’s disease animal model: Promising targets in neuroprotection by Sylwia Żulińska, Przemysław L. Wencel, Kinga Czubowicz, Joanna B. Strosznajder

“…Moreover, transcription of genes related to mitochondrial electron transport complexes (ETC) and biogenesis in the brain cortex of 4-, 6- and 12-month-old transgenic AD Tg mice was analyzed. We observed significant decreases in mRNA of Sod2, Parp1 and Sirt1 in the 3-month-old AD Tg mice and upregulation of Parp1 in the 6-month-old AD Tg mice by qPCR analysis. …”
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Walter Pater et la vieillesse : humanité et esthétique de la culture by Martine Lambert-Charbonnier

“…Old age in Walter Pater's works is the time when the individual has the opportunity to think thoroughly upon life and culture. …”
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'n Empiriese ondersoek na preekvoorstelle oor Ou-Testamentiese tekste in die leesrooster van 2005 by J. Janse van Rensburg

“… After examining the basic principles for preaching from the Old Testament in a previous article, this article endeavours to investigate a sample of the current state of preaching from the Old Testament. …”
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Management of restrictive and obstructive lung disease in intensive care unit: a review by Dian Ayu Listiarini, Akhmad Yun Jufan, Calcarina Fitriani Retno Wisudarti

“…It is essential to differentiate between RLD and OLD because they have different therapeutic management. …”
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Study on Deformation Characteristics of Extended Highway in Operation Period by Pengfei Zhou, Lizhuang Cui, Xuesen Zhang, Chuanyi Ma, Jian Liu, Yanni Shao, Gaohang Lv, Quanyi Xie

“…The numerical calculation model of new and old subgrades under traffic load is established. …”
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A Questionnaire for the Assessment of Pragmatic Competence in Children Aged 5-8 by E.S. Oshchepkova, N.A. Kartushina, K.S. Tarasova

“…Subsequently, after the initial analysis, 674 parent questionnaires remained in the work, of which 287 questionnaires were from parents of five-year-old children (130 of them boys), 213 from parents of six-year-old children (108 boys), 131 from parents of seven-year-old children (60 boys) and 43 from parents of eight-year-old children (21 boys). …”
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Polityka socjalna i sytuacja ludzi w podeszłym wieku by Piotr Krajewski

“…Some attention is paid to the problem of aging and social duty of securing old people a decent existence. It requires a change of consciousness regarding old people as well as their own consciousness. …”
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Anti-HEV antibody reactivity rate in voluntary blood donors in China: a Meta-analysis by XU Niuniu, JIAO Zhanying

“…The age groups of group A were divided into ≤ 20 years old, 21-30 years old, 31-40 years old, 41-50 years old and >50 years old. …”
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Effects of close-to-nature forest management on carbon stocks in Pinus tabulaeformis plantations in northern China by Jinmei Xu, Huiling Tian, Jun Xiao, Zhaochen Li, Wenfa Xiao, Runsheng Yin

“…The annual increment of the ecosystem carbon stock was greater in 56-year-old (7.49 Mg∙hm−2∙a−1) than 47-year-old stands (5.82 Mg∙hm−2∙a−1) under close-to-nature management, but vice versa under no human intervention (56-year-old: 3.98 Mg∙hm−2∙a−1 vs. 47-year-old: 6.78 Mg∙hm−2∙a−1). …”
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Associations between Age-Related Changes in the Core Vestibular Projection Pathway and Balance Ability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study by Sang Seok Yeo, Jung Won Kwon, In Hee Cho

“…We investigated the changes of the vestibulospinal tract (VST) and parietoinsular vestibular cortex (PIVC) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and relation to balance between old and young healthy adults. Methods. This study recruited eleven old adults (6 males, 5 females; mean age 63.36±4.25 years) and 12 young adults (7 males, 5 females; mean age 28.42±4.40 years). …”
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Outplanting Performance of the Bornean Tropical Indigenous Species Shorea macrophylla (de Vriese) P. S. Ashton in relation to Seedling Age by Mugunthan Perumal, Mohd Effendi Wasli, Soo Ying Ho

“…The findings revealed that older (9- and 24-month-old) S. macrophylla seedlings were morphologically larger from younger (3- and 6-month-old) seedlings. …”
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Erosive-Ulcerative Lesions of the Gastroduodenal Zone in Schoolchildren of Various Ages in Siberia by E. V. Kasparov, T. V. Polivanova, V. A. Vshivkov

“…In total, 1535 schoolchildren were examined (7–11 years old — 855 and 12–17 years old — 680 people) in Tyva, 790 (7–11 years old — 333 and 12–17 years old — 457 people) in Buryatia and 1369 (7–11 years old — 633 and 12–17 years old — 736 people) in Evenkia. …”
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Svědectví „starých obrazů“: kulturní krajina ideální a reálná by Robert Šimůnek

“… Old maps and images – paintings, drawings, graphics, and, in recent centuries, old photographs and postcards – capture the space around us, the proverbial “stage of history”, and have been seen as lucrative antiques for ages. …”
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Images du vieillir chez Wilkie Collins by Isabelle Hervouet-Farrar

“…The old man is a source of anguish since he embodies the future and old age of a self doomed to go through his father’s early and debilitating physical degeneration. …”
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ST-elevation in aVR with Diffuse ST-segment Depression: Need for Urgent Catheterization? by Bruce M. Lo, Megyn K. Christensen, Katherine E. Schaffer, Theodore J. Tzavaras

“…Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female with a history of antiphospholipid syndrome presented with exertional chest pain and ST-elevation in aVR with diffuse ST-segment depression. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Its Associated Factors among Older Men with Type 2 Diabetes by Hai-ling Chen, Li-li Deng, Ju-fen Li

“…This study investigated the prevalence of osteoporosis and its associated factors in old men with T2DM to identify risk factors for low BMD. …”
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Machine learning for medical image classification by Gazi Husain, Jonathan Mayer, Molly Bekbolatova, Prince Vathappallil, Mihir Matalia, Milan Toma

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Seasonal warming responses of the carbon dioxide sink from northern forests are sensitive to stand age by Peng Liu, Tianshan Zha, T. Andrew Black, Rachhpal S. Jassal, Xin Jia, Asko Noormets, Andrew Ouimette, Yun Tian, Xinhao Li

“…Here we use multi-year net CO2 exchange observations from 65 northern forest sites to show that the increased net CO2 uptake during warmer springs was more pronounced in old forests (>90 years old) compared to young (<40 years old) and mid-aged (40–90 years old) forests. …”
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SMOTE vs. SMOTEENN: A Study on the Performance of Resampling Algorithms for Addressing Class Imbalance in Regression Models by Gazi Husain, Daniel Nasef, Rejath Jose, Jonathan Mayer, Molly Bekbolatova, Timothy Devine, Milan Toma

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