Fracture risk, bone density and vitamin D in diabetic women by Lucantonio Debellis, Domenico Basta

“…Aging is associated with the increasing prevalence of both type 2 diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis, especially in the elderly and female population.…”
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Démolir, transformer ou conserver ? by Olivia Puel

“…Today, churches are, at all levels of the territory, an inescapable testimony of the Middle Ages. This paper invites to consider the real consequences of the French Revolution on this religious built heritage. …”
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ORTAÇAĞDA İLK ÜNİVERSİTELER : STUDIUM GENERALE by Fatih Rukancı, Hakan Anameriç

“…This paper, basically, examines medieval universities as the most important foundations in the Middle Ages into the approach of their being founded, and evolvement, and education and training methodologies under the political and intellectual conditions of that time. …”
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Publisher Correction: Starvation-induced metabolic rewiring affects mTORC1 composition in vivo by Edgar Kaade, Simone Mausbach, Nina Erps, Marc Sylvester, Farhad Shakeri, Ron D. Jachimowicz, Volkmar Gieselmann, Melanie Thelen

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La modélisation : un outil pour la gestion et l'aménagement en forêt. by Françiois Goreaud, F. de Coligny, Benoit Courbaud, JF. Dhôte, Ph. Dreyfus, Thomas Pérot

“…We consider three applications : (i) in a pure, even-aged oak stand, the use of a model in order to take into account the effect of productivity changes on growth ; (ii) in mixed, uneven-aged stands of spruce and fir, the comparison through simulation of a classical thinning to a thinning with openings ; (iii) in large-scale areas, the modelling of the dynamics of species composition of mixed stands. …”
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Adult Students in the European Higher Educational Environment by N. G. Gordiyenko

“…The paper considers the issue of accessibility of higher education for adults – the people of various ages and social status. The author analyzes the educational policy of the European Union and its different members, and demonstrates the priority of the given issue. …”
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Ni bon, ni mauvais. L’élève entre-deux en lecture écriture à l’école primaire by Yolande Peigné

“…Middle-range pupils are those, aged between 7 and 10, who obtain 24 to 36 correct answers out of 60 for the 2009 and 2012 National Assessments are available: interviews with teachers (for pupils aged 8 and 11 years old ); studying the national assessments results using a systemic and development of their reasoning. …”
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The Effect of Mitochondrial Dysfunction on Cytosolic Nucleotide Metabolism by Claus Desler, Anne Lykke, Lene Juel Rasmussen

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Hypertension in the Elderly by Blas Gil-Extremera, Pedro Cía-Gómez

“…Several studies (SYST-EUR, HYVET, CONVINCE, VALUE, etc.) have demonstrated the benefits of treatment (nitrendipine, hydrochrotiazyde, perindopril, indapamide, verapamil, or valsartan) in aged hypertensive patients not only concerning blood pressure values but also the other important risk factors. …”
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History, hagiography, romance… by Lisa M. Ruch

“…Athelstan’s reputation and accomplishments as the king credited with being the first to rule over all of England led to his being celebrated in the Middle Ages in art, coinage, romance, travel narratives, and chronicles. …”
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Diseases and causes of death among the popes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… The causes of death of popes are reviewed in the light of existing knowledge, and analysed in terms of four periods: First Period (64-604) Early Middle Ages (604-1054), Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (1054-1492), and Post-Renaissance (1492-2000). …”
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Caracterización reológica avanzada de betunes tradicionales y modificados utilizados actualmente en Chile Advanced rheological characterization of traditional and modified bitumens... by Felipe Araya, Álvaro González, Rodrigo Delgadillo, Carlos Wahr, Gabriel García, Rogelio Zúñiga

“…It was also demonstrated that traditional tests are only useful if they are carried out under the following conditions: high temperatures, intermediate temperatures, low temperatures, original binder, primary aged binder (RTFOT) and secondary aged binder (PAV). …”
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Multilevel Cognitive Machine-Learning-Based Concept for Artificial Awareness: Application to Humanoid Robot Awareness Using Visual Saliency by Kurosh Madani, Dominik M. Ramik, Cristophe Sabourin

“…As part of “intelligence,” the “awareness” is the state or ability to perceive, feel, or be mindful of events, objects, or sensory patterns: in other words, to be conscious of the surrounding environment and its interactions. Inspired by early-ages human skills developments and especially by early-ages awareness maturation, the present paper accosts the robots intelligence from a different slant directing the attention to combining both “cognitive” and “perceptual” abilities. …”
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Detection of Counterfeit Tequila by Fluorescence Spectroscopy by José Manuel de la Rosa Vázquez, Diego Adrián Fabila-Bustos, Luis Felipe de Jesús Quintanar-Hernández, Alma Valor, Suren Stolik

“…The fluorescence intensity grows with aging in 100% agave tequila. Such fluorescence differences can even be observed with naked eyes. …”
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Lung cancer and risk of cardiovascular mortality by Chengshi Wang, Zhu Wang, Jing Yang, Songbo Zhang, Purong Zhang, Ye Yang

“…The risk was most pronounced in patients aged 30–79 years (IRR 2.61, 95% CI 2.55–2.66), peaking at ages 30–34 years (IRR 48.93, 95% CI 21.98–108.92). …”
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Antiaging properties of chlorogenic acid through protein and gene biomarkers in human skin fibroblast cells as photoaging model by Ermi Girsang, Chrismis N. Ginting, I Nyoman Ehrich Lister, Wahyu Widowati, Afif Yati, Hanna Sari Widya Kusuma, Rizal Azis

“…Conclusion: CA imposes its anti-aging activity by decreasing inflammatory and aging biomarkers, and increasing cellular antioxidant and ECM integrity.…”
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Awareness and utilization of Swedish youth clinics among migrants enrolled in Swedish language programmes: a cross-sectional study by Amanda Lundberg, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu-Kalengayi

“…Methods This cross-sectional study involved 1,112 migrants aged 15−65. The analytical sample included 642 (57%) participants who answered the main outcome question about awareness of YCs. …”
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Regenerative Medicine for Neurological Disorders by Dong-Hyuk Park, David J. Eve, Yong-Gu Chung, Paul R. Sanberg

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Does disability modify the association between poor mental health and violence victimisation over adolescence? Evidence from the CoVAC cohort study in Uganda. by Daniel J Carter, Charlie F M Pitcairn, Emily Eldred, Louise Knight, Janet Nakuti, Angel Mirembe, Lydia Atuhaire, Elizabeth Allen, Amiya Bhatia, Dipak Naker, Jenny Parkes, Karen Devries

“…Data from two waves of a longitudinal cohort study of 2773 Ugandan adolescents were used to assess the impact of mental health difficulties in early adolescence (aged 11-14) on presence of subsequent mental health difficulties, depression and past year violence victimisation in later adolescence (aged 15-18). …”
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Correlation between blood pressure control status and cognitive impairment in older adults: A national cross-sectional study. by Junxiu Yao, Shengshu Wang, Meiling Li, Baomei Song, Cong Lan, Jianjun Jia, Yongjian Yang

“…Furthermore, RCS model analysis showed that there was a non-linear relationship between systolic blood pressure and cognitive impairment in individuals aged ≥ 80 years and those using antihypertensive drugs. …”
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