Cardiac Transplantation following Cobalt Cardiomyopathy from Bilateral Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements by Peter Szedlak, Amrik Virdi, Paul Cacciottolo, Stephen Shepherd, Stephen Pettit, Florian Falter

“…A fifty-two-year-old man underwent heart transplantation at our centre after four years of developing progressive heart failure symptoms due to cobalt toxicity-related cardiomyopathy. Between the ages of forty and forty-two, he underwent bilateral metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties for early onset osteoarthritis. …”
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Predictive biomarkers of performance under stress: a two-phase study protocol to develop a wearable monitoring system by Cassandra Pattinson, Graham Kerr, Simon S Smith, Chamindie Punyadeera, Ian Stewart, Kerrie Mengersen, Karen A Sullivan, Jonathan M Flintoff, Sarah Ahamed, Shahnewaz Ali, Angus Bagley, Daniel Broszczak, Blair Crewther, Louis de Waal, Shannon L Edmed, Tharindu Fernando, Clinton Fookes, Francesca D Frentiu, Andrew P Hunt, Ottmar V Lipp, Ben McMaster, Luke Ney, Senn L Oon, Ajay Pandey, Parth Pandit, Jonathan M Peake, Muthukuttige Madusha Nuwanthi Perera, Virginie Perlo, Luke Schmidt, Kirsten Spann, Danielle Young, Tony J Parker

“…In Phase I, healthy adults aged between 18 and 45 years (n=104) will be recruited for an intervention trial that involves exposure to one of the four stressors: heat, musculoskeletal, psychosocial or sleep deprivation. …”
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Nuclear envelope components in vascular mechanotransduction: emerging roles in vascular health and disease by Tung D. Nguyen, Michael A. Winek, Mihir K. Rao, Shaiva P. Dhyani, Monica Y. Lee

“…Numerous studies attribute NE components in cytoskeletal-related cellular behaviors to insinuate dysregulation of nucleocytoskeletal feedback and nucleocytoplasmic transport as a mechanism of endothelial and vascular dysfunction, and hence implications for aging and vascular pathophysiology.…”
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Oral Health Knowledge and Behaviors among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes by Valerie A. Orlando, Lonnie R. Johnson, Anne R. Wilson, David M. Maahs, R. Paul Wadwa, Franziska K. Bishop, Fran Dong, Elaine H. Morrato

“…Study subjects were youth (ages 12–19 years) with type 1 diabetes (N = 90) participating in a cohort study investigating determinants of periodontal disease at a regional pediatric diabetes specialty clinic. …”
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The Social Skills Improvement System- Rating Scale Preschool Version Parent Form: Validity and Reliability Study by Cansu Tutkun, Çağlayan Dinçer

“…The sample of the study consisted of mothers (n = 226) and fathers (n = 99) of 325 children aged 3-5 who attended different pre-school education institutions. …”
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A Feasibility Study on Monitoring Shelf Life of Bottled Natural Fruit Juice Using Laser-Induced Autofluorescence by Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Jerry Opoku-Ansah, Andrew Atiogbe Huzortey, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Kwasi Nyandey, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Samuel Sonko Sackey

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) was able to monitor the trend in the changes of the BNFJ as it aged. Partial least square regression (PLSR) predicted the exact day from the production of the BNFJ accurately at 96.6% and 98.8% in the training and testing sets, respectively. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Miltefosine in Treatment of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis by Shyam Sundar, Anup Singh, Jaya Chakravarty, Madhukar Rai

“…In this exploratory study, 33 patients with PKDL aged 10 years and above were administered miltefosine (50 mg for those weighing <25 kg or 100 mg in divided doses for those ≥25 kg and 2.5 mg per kg for children) for 12 weeks and followed up for one year to find out the efficacy. …”
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Caenorhabditis elegans in the biological activity research of tea: From “little transparent” to “big star” by Lingwei Yang, Zhonghua Liu, Ligui Xiong, Yushun Gong

“…In C. elegans, active ingredients such as catechins and their derivatives, L-theanine, and caffeine have exhibited various biological effects, including slowing down aging, enhancing environmental adaptations, regulating protein homeostasis and glycolipid metabolism, and participating in immunomodulation. …”
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Influencing Factors for the Instability and Collapse Mode of the Goaf Structure in a Gypsum Mine by Zhaowen Du, Zhihe Liu, Rui Liu, Sheng Wang, Faxin Li

“…After 20 temperature cycles, changes in temperature had little effect with a strength-weakening rate of 12.60%. After 25 years of aging, the strength-weakening rate of time was 25.13%. …”
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A Study on the Attachment to Pets Among Owners of Cats and Dogs Using the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS) in the Basque Country by Eider Egaña-Marcos, Olatz Goñi-Balentziaga, Garikoiz Azkona

“…The study included a total of 202 participants, of whom 66.8% were dog owners, and 74.8% identified as women, with ages ranging from 18 to 74 years. Consistent with many previous studies, our results indicate that attachment is generally stronger with dogs compared to cats and that owner’s characteristics such as being female, younger, not living with children, and the amount of time spent with pets on weekends are linked to stronger attachments to pets.…”
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High Sensitivity to Interpersonal Interaction: Development of a Measurement by Karina Salud Montoya-Pérez, Ferran Padrós-Blázquez, Rocío Montoya-Pérez

“…Four hundred twenty-nine university students aged 18 to 29 participated. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported a three-factor structure (awareness of subtleties, overstimulation, and persistent effect) consistent with Exploratory Factor Analysis findings. …”
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Geology, U-Pb dating and 3D visualisation of late-orogenic Klenov Pluton (Pelhřimov Core Complex, Central European Variscides) by Jaroslava Pertoldová, Kryštof Verner, David Buriánek, Jan Valenta, Barbora Dudíková, Zuzana Skácelová, Jan Jelének, Jan Jelínek, Kenneth Johnson, Otmar Petyniak, Petra Hejtmánková

“…The Klenov Pluton has a peraluminous composition resulting from partial melting of metasedimentary sources and subsequent differentiation. The new ages 327.14 ± 0.21 Ma and 327.80 ± 0.37 Ma, reflect the narrow time-span of magma emplacement and cooling. …”
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Elevated Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and White Blood Cells Are Associated with Hypoxia-Inducible Angiogenic Growth Factors in Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah, Iris D. Buchanan, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Jerry Manlove-Simmons, Feyisayo Lawal, Alexander Quarshie, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Gary H. Gibbons, Beatrice E. Gee

“…We studied the number and function of angiogenic progenitor cells and growth factors in children aged 5–18 years without acute illness, 43 with Hemoglobin SS and 68 with normal hemoglobin. …”
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Management of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for High-Risk AML following SARS-CoV-2 Associated Pancytopenia with Marked Bone Marrow Biopsy Alterations by Maria Kaparou, Zbigniew Rudzki, Hannah Giles, Vidhya Murthy, Swathy Srinath, Rebecca Lloyd, Maria Zahid Ahmed, Beena Salhan, Saleena Chauhan, Bhuvan Kishore, Richard Lovell, Claire Horgan, Shankara Paneesha, Evgenia Xenou, Anand Lokare, Joanne Ewing, Hansini Dassanayake, Emmanouil Nikolousis, Alexandros Kanellopoulos

“…The present study describes a patient aged 70 with very high-risk AML who successfully received a nonmyeloablative matched unrelated donor allograft shortly following SARS-CoV-2 infection, which manifested with mild cough, interstitial abnormalities on chest CT, and pancytopenia with profound bone marrow biopsy histological alterations. …”
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Are Believers Happier than Atheists? Well-being Measures in a Sample of Atheists and Believers in Puerto Rico by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera, Adam Rosario-Rodríguez, Eduardo L. Rodríguez-Ramos, Idania Hernández-Gato, Lourdes M. Torres-Báez

“…For this purpose, a sample of 821 participants (415 believers and 406 atheists) ranging from the ages of 19 to 85 years was selected. The results show that there is a slight average difference regarding life satisfaction and psychological flourishing between these groups; however, the difference is not substantial enough to ensure that believers in God or atheists have a better quality of life. …”
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A Review on the Effect of Crumb Rubber Addition to the Rheology of Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen by Mohd Rasdan Ibrahim, Herda Yati Katman, Mohamed Rehan Karim, Suhana Koting, Nuha S. Mashaan

“…The effect of crumb rubber to aging properties of CRMB is also discussed. Finally several techniques of chemical modification to terminal blends of CRMB and the subsequent improvement to the settling property of CRMB are explained.…”
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Family caregiver frailty in adult congenital heart disease is overlooked: A call to action by Arianna Magon, Serena Francesca Flocco, Laura Schianchi, Massimo Chessa, Daniele Ciofi, Salvatore Angileri, Maddalena De Maria, Gianluca Conte, Silvia Favilli, Cristina Arrigoni, Rosario Caruso

“…As individuals with CHD live longer, their FCs, often aging alongside them, face escalating physical, emotional, and psychological challenges. …”
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Blocking Type I Interferon Production: A New Therapeutic Option to Reduce the HIV-1-Induced Immune Activation by Moritz Ries, Kathrin Pritschet, Barbara Schmidt

“…In this respect, the prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus-associated Hodgkin lymphoma and human papillomavirus-related anal neoplasia is rising in aging HIV-1-infected individuals despite antiretroviral therapy. …”
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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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Nanoporous Carbon Coatings Direct Li Electrodeposition Morphology and Performance in Li Metal Anode Batteries by Katharine L. Harrison, Subrahmanyam Goriparti, Daniel M. Long, Rachel I. Martin, Benjamin Warren, Laura C. Merrill, Matthaeus A. Wolak, Alexander Sananes, Michael P. Siegal

“…Lower-density NPC enables the highest Coulombic efficiency (CE) during calendar aging tests, and higher-density NPC enables the highest CE during cycling tests.…”
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