An introduction to MyBFF@school, a school-based childhood obesity intervention program: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Zahari Ishak, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Abqariyah Yahya, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…The effects of the program on body composition, clinical, physical fitness, nutrition, and psychology were assessed in primary schoolchildren aged 9 to 11 years old (children age group) and secondary schoolchildren (adolescent) aged 13 to 16 years old. …”
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Femoral Varus Osteotomy for Hip Instability after Traumatic Fracture Dislocations of the Hip Associated with Femoral Head Fractures: A Report of Two Cases by Shuichi Miyamoto, Junichi Nakamura, Satoshi Iida, Chiho Suzuki, Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhisa Takahashi

“…Fracture of the femoral head and the acetabulum with traumatic dislocation of the hip is a severe injury representing various types and unfavorable outcome. We showed a 45-year-old man with Pipkin type-IV fracture and coxa valga. …”
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The Observance of Patient Rights in the Emergency Departments of Hospitals in Golestan Province, Iran by Asieh Soleimani, Zahra Kashaninia, Shima Haghani

“…The clients were mostly 25-35 years old, female, married, and local residents with moderate economic status. …”
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Determination of the area index of lettuce leaves with a monocular camera by Laimonas Kairiūkštis, Başak Yalçıner, Emre Özkul

“…By clustering pixel values using the Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM) algorithm, the cluster representing 1-week-old lettuce plants with the lowest pixel values has been identified, while the cluster representing 7-week-old lettuce plants had the highest pixel values. …”
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Pesticide pollution status in cocoa plantation soil by E. Atuanya, W. Aborisade

“…Management of cocoa plantation field relied on the use of pesticides over the years; hence, the fate of such chemicals is one of the most debated issues among the stakeholders. Young and old cocoa plantation fields from 4 major cocoa producing States in Nigeria were selected as the study area. …”
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DNAH11 and a Novel Genetic Variant Associated with Situs Inversus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Fatemeh Sodeifian, Noosha Samieefar, Sepideh Shahkarami, Elham Rayzan, Simin Seyedpour, Meino Rohlfs, Christoph Klein, Delara Babaie, Nima Rezaei

“…Case Presentation. A 3-year-old boy, the offspring of consanguineous parents, was referred to the pediatric clinical immunology outpatient department with a history of recurrent respiratory tract infections and periodic fever. …”
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Traumatic Ulceration of the Vestibular Mucous Membrane After Insertion of Four Mini-Implants in the Atrophied Mandible: A Case Report by Domagoj Kilić, Sanja Peršić-Kiršić, Asja Čelebić

“…This clinical report describes how a decubital ulcer arose from the direct contact of the vestibular movable mucous membrane against mini-implant balled-type heads after the mini-implant insertion in the edentulous atrophic mandible of a 78-year-old patient who was not wearing a conventional mandibular complete denture for more than 10 years. …”
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Anticataract Effect of the Aqueous Extract of the Flowers of Aspilia africana in Murine Model of Diabetic and Age-Related Cataracts by Adwoa Frema Amanfo, Samuel Kyei, Yaw Duah Boakye, Clement Osei Akoto, Justice Kwaku Addo, Kofi Oduro Yeboah, Newman Osafo

“…For anticataract investigations of the extracts, diabetic cataract was induced by galactose administration in 3-week-old Sprague Dawley rats. The evaluation of experimentally induced age-related cataract was performed by administering sodium selenite to 10-day-old rat pups. …”
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Fusion or Gemination? Diagnosis and Management in Primary Teeth: A Report of Two Cases by Mouna Ben Salem, Farah Chouchene, Fatma Masmoudi, Ahlem Baaziz, Fethi Maatouk, Hichem Ghedira

“…The second clinical case describes a 6-year-old girl with unilateral fusion between a primary mandibular lateral incisor (#72) and a supernumerary tooth (#72’). …”
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Results of long-term follow-up of patients with chronic gastritis after <i>H. pylori</i> eradication by T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychny, E. R. Nasretdinova, I. M. Kartavenko, A. V. Paraskevova, Ye. Yu. Yur’yeva, O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…In one and half year after successful eradication therapy in 57 year-old female patient mild atrophy and intestinal metaplasia of antrum without atrophy and intestinal metaplasia of corpus of the stomach was confirmed. …”
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Surgical Strategy in Patients with Complete Transposition of Internal Organs in Cancer of the Biliopancreatoduodenal Zone by R. V. Ischenko, Yu. V. Ivanov, A. V. Smirnov, V. N. Antipov

“…Аim: to present two clinical cases of successful surgical treatment of patients with a combination of complete transposition of internal organs and cancer of the biliopancreatoduodenal zone.Key points. A 65-year-old man underwent gastropancreatoduodenal resection for cancer of the large duodenal papilla. …”
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Ketogenic metabolic therapy for schizoaffective disorder: a retrospective case series of psychotic symptom remission and mood recovery by Nicole Laurent, Erin L. Bellamy, Katherine A. Tague, Donika Hristova, Ally Houston

“…Case 2, a 32-year-old female, achieved full remission of chronic psychotic and mood symptoms by 6 months. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Epidemiology of and its Complications by Julio Armando Sánchez Delgado, Nailé Edita Sánchez Lara

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age groups of 60-69 years old, 70 years old and over (29.6 %) were representative. …”
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Changes in Glucose Metabolism and Atherogenic Risk Factors in Diabetic Patients’ First-degree Relatives by María Teresa González Pedroso, Elizabeth Remis Rodríguez, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha, Marisela Nuez Villar, Ingrid Rodríguez Crespo, Héctor Pérez Assef

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> female patients and the age group 19 and 39 years old predominated. The most frequent risk factor was dyslipidemia, present in 43,4 % followed by arterial hypertension and overweight/obesity. …”
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Clinical characteristics and cause analysis of false-positive results in treponemal testing among patients by Wei Wang, Xuzhou Fan, Keyi Zhou, Qianqian Chen, Xuelian Huang

“…The demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients were retrospectively analyzed to identify the risk factors associated with false-positive reactions in treponemal antibody screening.Results The results indicated that individuals under 18 years old, over 45 years old and males exhibited a higher false-positive rate for treponemal tests (p < 0.001). …”
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Association between maternal haemoglobin status during pregnancy and children’s mental and psychomotor development at 18 months of age: Evidence from rural Bangladesh by Sayedur Rahman, Lina Wallberg, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Maria Kippler, Jena D Hamadani, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman

“…Mean MDI and PDI scores among 18-month-old children were 78.9 (±12.4) and 93.8 (±13.7), respectively. …”
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis, Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Maria Varvoutsi, Maria Synodinou, Panagiota Giamarelou, Helen Kosmidis

“…In this report we present 4 cases of MPNSTs (3 females: 13, 12, and 13 years old and 1 male: 10 years old) arising in patients with NF1. …”
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THE TOTAL LEUKOCYTE COUNT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS CONFIRMED COVID-19 WITH/WITHOUT A VENTILATOR IN A SURABAYA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 2021 by Safira Indah Fitriani, Nur Septia Handayani, Erlinda Widyastuti, Anita Kurniati

“…Result: The results showed no difference in the total leukocyte count in elderly hospitalized patients with and without a ventilator (p-value = 0.756). Age above 70 years old increases the risk of patients requiring a ventilator up to 1.7 times compared to patients under 70 years old. …”
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DYNAMICS OF HAEMATOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF PEKIN DUCK BLOOD DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM PREPARATION by Ye. O. Anisimova, V. V. Pronin, L. V. Kletikova, N. N. Yakimenko

“…In order to study morphological parameters from the age of one day old to 120 days old blood was collected from axillary vein of birds prior to feeding each 15 days in the morning. …”
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McKenzie’s method effectiveness in patients with cervical vertebral pain. Chambas, Ciego de Ávila, 2022-2023 by Onesio Esteban de León Gutierrez, Israel Triana Pérez, Tania Alemán Martínez, Aray Pérez Pino, Félix Jorge Jiménez Cantero, Iván Castillo Ledo

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> a greater number of patients were concentrated in the age groups from 30 to 39 years old (34.40%) and from 40 to 49 years old (39.10%). …”
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