Foreign Body Bottom of Pen in Bronchus with and without Atelectasis by Rahmadona Rahmadona, Ade Asyari, Novialdi Novialdi, Fachzi Fitri

“…First case was agirl, aged 6 year-old with foreign body a bottom of pen without lumen in bronchus with atelectasis and second case was a foreign body bottom of penwith lumen in bronchus in a boy, aged12 year-old without atelectasis but late diagnosis. …”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction Techniques of Electric Valves for Nuclear Power Plants with Convolution Kernel and LSTM by Hang Wang, Min-jun Peng, Yong-kuo Liu, Shi-wen Liu, Ren-yi Xu, Hanan Saeed

“…In this paper, typical aging modes have been summarized. The data for sensing valve conditions were gathered during aging experiments through acoustic emission sensors. …”
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Children’s Perceived Ease of Use of a Projected Augmented Reality Game Designed for Balance and Coordination Training by Yishi Liu, Leigh Achterbosch, Grant Meredith, Evan Dekker, Suryani Lim, Andrew P. Lavender

“…Developing balance and coordination skills is essential for children, especially those aged 4–8, but limited Health and Physical Education (HPE) programs in schools hinder effective training. …”
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1H NMR-Based Metabolic Profiling of Urine from Mice Fed Lentinula edodes-Derived Polysaccharides by Xu Xiaofei, Yang Jiguo, Ning Zhengxiang, Zhang Xuewu

“…A heteropolysaccharide, named L2, from Lentinula edodes has been proved to possess immunostimulating and anti-ageing activities in previous studies, but its acting mechanism was not completely understood. …”
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Prospects for the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia in the Philippines by Ji Sun, Ji Sun, Weixin Zhang, Peipei Han

“…Projections suggest that by 2030, the percentage of the population aged 60 and above will increase to between 10 and 19%, indicating a significant demographic shift toward an aging population. …”
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Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication by Masashi Yamori, Marina Njelekela, Jacob Mtabaji, Yukio Yamori, Kazuhisa Bessho

“…Eighty-one Tanzanian women who were aged 46–58 years, nonsmokers, nonalcoholic drinkers, and on no medication underwent clinical examination. …”
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The association between lipid-related obesity indicators and severe headache or migraine: a nationwide cross sectional study from NHANES 1999 to 2004 by Xu Sun, Jimei Song, Rixun Yan, Jianwei Diao, Yibo Liu, Zhangzhi Zhu, Weichi Lu

“…Abstract Background The connection between lipid-related obesity indices and severe headache or migraine in young and middle-aged people aged 20–60 remains ambiguous, and there are gaps in the discriminative ability of different indicators for severe headaches or migraines. …”
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Tinnitus and cardiovascular disease: the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016) by Laila A Hopstock, Bo Engdahl, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Jannike Heyerdahl-Larsen Ausland, Magnar Johnsen

“…This study aimed to examine whether tinnitus is associated with the prevalence of hypertension, myocardial infarction or stroke, in the general adult population.Methods We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study, a comprehensive population-based health study carried out in 2015–2016. All inhabitants aged ≥40 years in the municipality of Tromsø, Norway, (n=32 591) were invited, of which 21 083 individuals (65%), aged 40–99, participated. …”
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A novel stable biomimetic adhesive coating for functionalization of orthodontic brackets against bacterial colonization and white spot lesions by Lamia Singer, Sabina Karačić, Gabriele Bierbaum, Brianne Palmer, Christian Kirschneck, Christoph Bourauel

“…Biofilm formation on both control (Br-0) and coated (Br-PDA) brackets was assessed immediately after coating and after two months of aging (Aged Br-PDA) in artificial saliva. The adherent biofilm bacteria on brackets were quantified with colony count assessment and optical density. …”
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Joint trajectories of physical activity, health, and income before and after statutory retirement: A 22-year follow-up. by Tea Lallukka, Petteri Kolmonen, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Jouni Lahti

“…<h4>Background</h4>Health behaviors, health, and income change during aging. However, no previous studies have examined, how they develop together over the transition to statutory retirement. …”
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Hyperactive Behavior Screening and Its Influencing Factors in Preschool Children Based on a Computer Cloud Platform by YIN Xiaona, SHEN Longbin, WANG Nan, ZHANG Jinyu, WU Jianbo, QIU Shuangyan, LEI Haiyan, CHEN Zhuoming

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the current situation of hyperactive behavior and related influencing factors in preschool children aged 4-5 years in Longhua District, Shenzhen, based on the intelligent active screening of computer cloud platform, with a view to realizing early screening of hyperactive behavior in preschool children.MethodsUsing the computer platform of Jingyun, a survey was conducted on 59,564 preschool children, aged 4-5 years, from 239 kindergartens in 6 neighborhoods in Longhua District, Shenzhen, who were just enrolled in the fall of 2019. …”
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Longitudinal associations between informal caring, social network, and psychological distress among adolescents and young adults: modelling within-person effects by Miharu Nakanishi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Mai Sakai, Hatsumi Yoshii, Syudo Yamasaki, Atsushi Nishida, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…We included 5539 young persons aged ≤ 25 years and 25,445 adults aged 26–59 years. …”
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Delaying Onset of Dementia: Are Two Languages Enough? by Morris Freedman, Suvarna Alladi, Howard Chertkow, Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik, Natalie A. Phillips, Vasanta Duggirala, Surampudi Bapi Raju, Thomas H. Bak

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Genetic differentiation and historical dynamics of the endemic species Rheum pumilum on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau inferred from phylogeography implications by Shuliang Liu, Jianxin Gao, Bo Xiao, Wenjie Guo, Qiushi Yu, Ailan Wang, Weiwei Li

“…Micro-refugia for Rh. pumilum during the Quaternary ice ages are supported by haplotype network and genetic diversity analysis. …”
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What strategies are used to select patients for direct admission under acute medicine services? A protocol paper for a systematic review of the literature by Elizabeth Sapey, Catherine Atkin, Samuel Evans, Austin Hunt, Georgina Ball, Charlotte Cassidy, Alexander Costley-White, Louise Toy, Rebecca Wilding

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Bright night sleeping environment induces diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in non-human primates by Shuxing Wang, Zhenyi Chen, Zihao Liang, Qiang Xu, Jiankai Zhang

“…Moreover, the harmful effects of bright night on glucose metabolism are synergistic with aging and weight.…”
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In silico molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation of agarwood compounds with molecular targets of Alzheimer’s disease  [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approve... by Tewin Tencomnao, Krishna Swamy V. K. D, Prem Kumar Borugadda, Vishwambar Vishnu Bhandare, Vishal S. Patil, Phaniendra Alugoju

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The effects of psychosocial and economic factors on the quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease and their caregivers in Klang Valley, Malaysia: protocol for a mixe... by Norhayati Ibrahim, Sin Yee Chu, Ching Sin Siau, Noh Amit, Rozmi Ismail, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor

“…Introduction The number of patients in Malaysia requiring dialysis is expected to rise substantially in the future due to the ageing population and increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. …”
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Assessing routine childhood vaccination acceptance, hesitancy and refusal in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: a mixed-method study protocol by Charles Shey Wiysonge, Lindi Mathebula, Moleen Zunza, Sara Cooper

“…In phase I of the study, we aim to estimate the uptake of childhood vaccines and assess the factors associated with uptake among a representative sample of at least 236 caregivers of children aged 0–2 years in a cross-sectional study. For phase II of the study, we will explore the behavioural and social drivers of childhood vaccination from the perspective of caregivers of children aged 0–2 years using a purposively selected sample of 20–25 participants from phase I. …”
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Trends in incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in Ningbo City from 2011 to 2023 by ZHANG Qun，WANG Yong，CHEN Jieping，BAO Kaifang，FENG Yueyi，Wang Xiaoli

“…The crude mortality of prostate cancer the groups ageds ≥80 years showed an upward trend (AAPC=7.482%, P<0.05). …”
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