First Use of GORE TAG Thoracic Endograft with Active Control System in Traumatic Aortic Rupture by Fotios Eforakopoulos, Ioanna Akrida, Petros Zampakis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Efstratios Koletsis

“…Aortic transection is the second leading cause of death behind head injury for individuals aged 4 to 34. During the last two decades, there has been a shift from open towards the endovascular repair. …”
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The Prevalence of Glaucoma and Its Related Factors in Rural Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jiangxi, China by Xiaojun Zhou, Qin Zhu, Jinglin Yi, Jiajunni Li, Qi Li, Jie Kuang, Yuanan Lu, Rui Zhou, Jiayan Chen

“…This study aims to investigate the prevalence of glaucoma and its related factors among residents aged 40 and over in Jiangxi Province, China, and provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of glaucoma. …”
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Enhancer-driven Shh signaling promotes glia-to-mesenchyme transition during bone repair by Xin Shen, Hang Zhang, Zesheng Song, Yangjiele Dong, Xiao Ge, Shenghao Jin, Songsong Guo, Ping Zhang, Yu Fu, Yuchi Zhu, Na Xiao, Dongmiao Wang, Jie Cheng, Rongyao Xu, Hongbing Jiang

“…Collectively, these findings depict an injury-specific niche signal-mediated Plp1-lineage cells transition towards Gli1+ MSCs and may be instructive for approaches to promote bone regeneration during aging or other bone diseases.…”
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Predicting the Impact of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on the Cement Hydration Products and Durability of Cementitious Matrix Using Artificial Neural Network Modeling Technique by Babak Fakhim, Abolfazl Hassani, Alimorad Rashidi, Parviz Ghodousi

“…Another finding of this study was that the ANN prediction in higher ages was more precise.…”
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The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS by Ping Chen, Han Liang, Yufei Zhou, Guodong Zhu, Yu Peng, Jiayi Yao

“…Further analysis reveals that a husband’s retirement significantly enhances his wife’s marital satisfaction, contributing to longer sleep durations and, subsequently, better self-rated health.DiscussionThis study highlights the nuanced effects of spousal retirement on individual health, with implications for understanding the marital and health dynamics within aging populations in China.…”
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Psychological Profile in Children and Adolescents with Severe Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Emanuela Russo, E. Trevisi, F. Zulian, M. A. Battaglia, D. Viel, D. Facchin, A. Chiusso, A. Martinuzzi

“…The sample consisted of 33 hospitalized patients, aged 6–16 years. Both parents and the children were given a number of questionnaire to fill out. …”
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A Case of Nonunion Avulsion Fracture of the Anterior Tibial Eminence by Satoru Atsumi, Yuji Arai, Shuji Nakagawa, Hiroaki Inoue, Kazuya Ikoma, Hiroyoshi Fujiwara, Toshikazu Kubo

“…These findings indicate that arthroscopic debridement of an avulsed fragment for nonunion of an avulsion fracture of the anterior tibial eminence is a minimally invasive and effective treatment for middle-aged and elderly patients with a low level of sports activity.…”
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A psychometric investigation into the Turkish version of the SLEEP-50 Questionnaire by Abdullah Yildirim, Selahiddin Ogulmus, Onur Yilmaz, Murat Boysan

“…Five hundred and twenty-two college students, aged between 18-44 years, participated in the study. …”
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A Comprehensive Availability Modeling and Analysis of a Virtualized Servers System Using Stochastic Reward Nets by Tuan Anh Nguyen, Dong Seong Kim, Jong Sou Park

“…., hardware faults, failure and recovery due to Mandelbugs and aging-related bugs), and (iii) dependency between different subcomponents (e.g., between physical host failure and VMM, etc.) in a virtualized servers system. …”
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Self-compassion as protective factor against emotion regulation difficulties, self-criticism and daily hassle among female college students by Eka Wahyuni, Wening Cahyawulan, Karsih karsih, Arga Satrio Prabowo

“…The study sample was 870 female university students aged 17 to 24 years old. The correlation analysis indicated that daily hassle was positively correlated with emotion regulation difficulties and self-criticism. …”
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Constructing RBAC Based Security Model in u-Healthcare Service Platform by Moon Sun Shin, Heung Seok Jeon, Yong Wan Ju, Bum Ju Lee, Seon-Phil Jeong

“…In today’s era of aging society, people want to handle personal health care by themselves in everyday life. …”
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Eye Tracking and Semantic Evaluation for Ceramic Teapot Product Modeling by Wei Liu, Ziyan Hu, Yinan Fei, Jiaqi Chen, Changlong Yu

“…It was found that shapes characterized by classic, rounded, and proportional coordination were more in line with consumers’ aesthetic preferences despite the differences in semantic evaluations among consumers of different genders and ages, which led to relatively consistent consumer satisfaction. …”
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Incremental benefit of high dose compared to standard dose influenza vaccine in reducing hospitalizations by Shlomit Yaron, Matan Yechezkel, Dan Yamin, Talish Razi, Ilya Borochov, Erez Shmueli, Ronen Arbel, Doron Netzer

“…We estimated the adjusted rVE and the number needed to vaccinate (NNV) of the HD vaccine compared to the SD vaccine among Clalit Health Services members aged ≥65 years. Among 418,603 and 393,125 members vaccinated in the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 influenza seasons, the adjusted rVE was 27% (95% CI: −12% to 61%) for 2022–2023 and 7% (95% CI: −36% to 42%) for 2023–2024, with NNV to prevent one hospitalization event being 2262 (95% CI: 1004 to ∞) and 7662 (95% CI: 1293 to ∞), respectively. …”
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Impact of a Traditional Dietary Supplement with Coconut Milk and Soya Milk on the Lipid Profile in Normal Free Living Subjects by R. A. I. Ekanayaka, N. K. Ekanayaka, B. Perera, P. G. S. M. De Silva

“…Sixty (60) healthy volunteers aged 18–57 years were given coconut milk porridge (CMP) for 5 days of the week for 8 weeks, followed by a 2-week washout period, subsequent to which they received isoenergetic soya milk porridge (SMP) for 8 weeks. …”
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The Podocyte in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Erin Stitt-Cavanagh, Laura MacLoed, Chris R.J. Kennedy

“…These factors include members of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) types 1 and 2, prorenin and its receptor, reactive oxygen species (ROS), prostanoids, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR), advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and their receptors (RAGE), adiponectin, and microRNAs. …”
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Antioxidants from microalgae and their potential impact on human well-being by Leonel Pereira, João Cotas, Ana Valado

“…These antioxidants play a pivotal role in scavenging free radicals and reducing oxidative stress, known contributors to aging and chronic diseases. This review provides an over-view of recent advancements in understanding microalgae’s antioxidant potential, covering their biochemical composition, extraction techniques, and purification methods. …”
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Energy expenditure and slow-wave sleep in runners: Focusing on reproductive function, chronic training, and sex by Akiko Uchizawa, Haruka Osumi, Simeng Zhang, Katsuhiko Yajima, Airi Funayama, Emi Kondo, Yoko Suzuki, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Insung Park, Yasushi Enomoto, Naomi Omi, Kumpei Tokuyama, Hiroyuki Sagayama

“…Participants included 26 highly trained runners (9 males, 8 amenorrheic females, and 9 menstruating females) and 20 controls (10 males and 10 menstruating females) aged 21 ± 2 years. Sleeping metabolic rate and EE during slow-wave sleep were 2.7% and 3.9% higher in the luteal than the follicular phase for female runners. …”
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Fertility induction associated with improved peripheral reproductive parameters in male Prop1df/dfmice subjected to GH and levothyroxine replacement by Bruna Viscardi Azevedo, Juliana Moreira Marques, Nicholas Trigueiro, Victor Yuji Yariwake, Mariana Matera Veras, Leticia Kaory Tamashiro, Robison Cruz, Luciani R. Silveira de Carvalho

“…Materials and methods: Male Prop1df/df mice aged 30 days received daily intraperitoneal injections of recombinant human GH and levothyroxine three times weekly for 60 days. …”
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Propithecus verreauxi demography spanning 40 years at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, southwest Madagascar by Joelisoa Ratsirarson, Jeannin Ranaivonasy, Richard Lawler, Isabella Fiorentino, Nelson Rios, Alison Richard

“…Data provide information on male and female life history parameters, individual development and aging, and social group dynamics. The dataset is an important resource for both research and management.…”
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Assessment of moisture resistance and bonding behavior of cup lump rubber modified asphalt mixture containing wax-based surfactant by Zainiah Mohd Zin, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, Azura A Rashid, Muhammad Munsif Ahmad, Tracy Leh Xin Wong, Hui Yao

“…The incorporation of WS reduced the surface free energy (SFE) regardless of the aging conditions and made the aggregate surface more hydrophobic for the increased interfacial adhesion. …”
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