Hypobaric Hypoxia: Effects on Intraocular Pressure and Corneal Thickness by Marcella Nebbioso, Stefano Fazio, Dario Di Blasio, Nicola Pescosolido

“…Twenty male subjects, aged 32±5 years, attending the Italian Air Force, were enrolled for this study. …”
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Research progress on medication literacy of elderly cancer patients during oral chemotherapy (老年肿瘤患者口服化疗药物期间药物素养研究进展) by LIU Yin (柳吟), SHI Ruchun (施如春), HUANG Jun (黄君), ZHAO Hongxia (赵红霞), QIU Minyan (邱敏燕), SHEN Xiaoyan (沈晓燕)

“…Given the unique characteristics of elderly patients with cancer, including aging and underlying comorbidities, inadequate medication literacy not only decreases medication adherence but may also lead to adverse drug events. …”
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Optimum Design of Corona Ring of Composite Insulators Considering the Effect of Mutual Phases by Monte Carlo and Coordinate Search Intelligente Algorithms by Mostafa Khajavi, Sajad Bagheri, Asaad Shemshadi

“…One of the parameters affecting the aging of composite insulators is the control of the Electric Field Intensity (EFI) distribution on the creepage distance of the insulator. …”
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Identifying pre-diabetes ‘hotspots’ in Northern California using geospatial analysis: opportunities to target diabetes prevention strategies and improve health equity by Tannaz Moin, Luis A Rodriguez, Obidiugwu Kenrik Duru, Julie Schmittdiel, Tainayah W Thomas, Maher Yassin, Yelba Castellon-Lopez

“…Objectives The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening of adults aged 35–70 with a body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 for type 2 diabetes and referral of individuals who screen positive for pre-diabetes to evidence-based prevention strategies. …”
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Cancer care in German centers of excellence during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic by Volker Arndt, Daniela Doege, Stefan Fröhling, Peter Albers, Hana Algül, Ralf Bargou, Carsten Bokemeyer, Martin Bornhäuser, Christian H. Brandts, Peter Brossart, Sara Yvonne Brucker, Tim H. Brümmendorf, Hartmut Döhner, Norbert Gattermann, Michael Hallek, Volker Heinemann, Ulrich Keilholz, Thomas Kindler, Cornelia von Levetzow, Florian Lordick, Ulf Peter Neumann, Christoph Peters, Dirk Schadendorf, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Thomas Zander, Daniel Zips, Delia Braun, Thomas Seufferlein, Gerd Nettekoven, Michael Baumann

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MO-GCN: A multi-omics graph convolutional network for discriminative analysis of schizophrenia by Haiyuan Wang, Runlin Peng, Yuanyuan Huang, Liqin Liang, Wei Wang, Baoyuan Zhu, Chenyang Gao, Minxin Guo, Jing Zhou, Hehua Li, Xiaobo Li, Yuping Ning, Fengchun Wu, Kai Wu

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Gender Disparity in the Relationship between Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Metabolic Syndrome Components: The SHDC-CDPC Community-Based Study by Xiaoying Ding, Ying Xu, Yufan Wang, Xiaohua Li, Chunhua Lu, Jing Su, Yuting Chen, Yuhang Ma, Yanhua Yin, Yong Wu, Yaqiong Jin, Lihua Yu, Junyi Jiang, Naisi Zhao, Qingwu Yan, Andrew S. Greenberg, Haiyan Sun, Mingyu Gu, Li Zhao, Yunhong Huang, Yijie Wu, Chunxian Qian, Yongde Peng

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LGR4 is essential for maintaining β-cell homeostasis through suppression of RANK by Joanna Filipowska, Zelda Cisneros, Sneha S. Varghese, Nancy Leon-Rivera, Peng Wang, Randy Kang, Geming Lu, Yate-Ching Yuan, Hung-Ping Shih, Supriyo Bhattacharya, Sangeeta Dhawan, Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, Nagesha Guthalu Kondegowda, Rupangi C. Vasavada

“…The impaired β-cell phenotype in Lgr4cko mice was rescued in Lgr4/Rank double ko (dko) mice. Upon aging, both male and female Lgr4cko mice displayed impaired β-cell homeostasis, however, only female mice became glucose intolerant with decreased plasma insulin. …”
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The Psychosocial Impact of the Romanian Government Measures on the Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Armenia Androniceanu, Doina-Mihaela Marton

“…The sample, representative for Bucharest, included 421 citizens living in Bucharest, aged between 19 and 40 years. The data were collected using an online questionnaire. …”
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Euro-Med Abandoned Small(er) Towns. A landscape/ecological urbanism perspective for sustainable regeneration in Basilicata inlands by Alessandro Raffa

“…With these objectives, the research chooses Basilicata region, in the South of Italy, as emblematic for its structural marginality- morphological, infrastructural, social and economic -, bio-cultural diverse and diffused heritage and its seemingly unreversible depopulation process. Aging, low birth rates and high level of emigration has produced the abandonment of small(er) towns, of rural areas and, by the contrary, an increasing wilderness, changing the millennial settlement structure and impacting on socio-ecological resilience. …”
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French Energy Sector in Search for Optimal Model by A. V. Zimakov

“…The conclusion is that the desired reduction of nuclear energy is linked not solely to greening process but has a complex of reasons, the ageing of nuclear reactors being one of them. Nuclear power remains an important low-carbon technology allowing France to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. …”
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The Perception and Attitude of the Use of Robotics Among Medical Students, Rehabilitation Students, Including OT and PT Students and Specialists, and Healthcare Faculty Members by Mona Aljefiri, Mona Alhabsh, Manar Alabbasi, Suad Aljehani, Fahad Somaa

“…Results: Most participants were healthcare students (87%) aged 18–24 (84%). Overall, both students and faculty were moderately familiar with AI and robotics in medicine (30.7% and 31.3%, respectively). …”
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Clinical observation of VR virtual reality rehabilitation training combined with acupuncture in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment by Ying Fu, Hui Wang

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate state between normal aging and dementia, and its symptoms include easy forgetting, distraction, and mental deterioration. …”
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Study of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at tertiary health care centre in south Gujarat just in the era of Covid-19 pandemic − a cross-sectional st... by Sreerag Varior, Parul Vadgama, Robinkumar Patel, Bhoomika Patel, Jignesh Gengadiya

“…An increasing number of people in any aging population will suffer from multi-morbidity, defined as the presence of two or more chronic conditions, and COPD is present in the majority of multi-morbid patients. …”
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Mechanical behavior of synthetic fiber ropes for mooring floating offshore wind turbines. by Ji Zeng, He Zhang, Bowen Jin, Hailei Dong, Chiate Chou, Hangyu Li

“…To study the tensile properties and static stiffness characteristics of polyester and nylon ropes, the cables were divided into three stages: preloading, initial installation, and ageing. The strain and reversible elongation of the cables at each stage were analysed, and an empirical formula for quasi-static stiffness considering the creep coefficient of the ropes was established. …”
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Measuring habituation to stimuli: The Italian version of the Sensory Habituation Questionnaire. by Vincenza Tarantino, Noemi Passerello, Ayelet Ben-Sasson, Tamar Y Podoly, Alessia Santostefano, Massimiliano Oliveri, Laura Mandolesi, Patrizia Turriziani

“…A total of 262 participants, aged 18 to 67 years, completed the S-Hab-Q, the SPQ, and the AQ questionnaires. …”
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Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain. by Jacob I Griffith, Hannah F James, Javier Ordoño, Teresa Fernández-Crespo, Carina T Gerritzen, Christina Cheung, Rachèl Spros, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis, Barbara Veselka, Christophe Snoeck

“…They highlight notably earlier ages of cessation of nursing (≤2 years at Legaire Sur vs. ≥4 years in other megalithic tombs), and a greater dependence on pastoralism than previously observed in lowland megalithic graves. …”
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Decision-Making Styles, Prosociality, and Behavioral Difficulties in Adolescent Offenders: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction and Emotional Experiences by Arcadio de Jesús Cardona-Isaza, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla, Angela Trujillo

“…A total of 457 adolescents aged from 14 to 19 years (M = 16.23; S.D. = 1.31; 32.2% female) participated in this study. …”
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The Role of Anxiety Scales and Serum Copeptin Levels in Determining the Preprocedure Anxiety Status of Patients Who Undergo Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy and Endobronchial Ultrasonograph... by Sümeyye Kodalak Cengiz, Canan Yılmaz, Ahmet Selim Yurdakul

“…Patients were moderately anxious according to STAI-SA, STAI-TA, and VAS and were mildly anxious according to the BAI. Women and patients aged under 65 years were significantly more anxious. …”
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Effects of environmental variability on population dynamics of golden carpet shell clam (Polititapes aureus) by José Manuel Parada, José Molares

“…The instantaneous mortality rate for individuals aged 1 and 2 years was 0.94 in spring-summer and 0.14 in autumn-winter. …”
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