Renal Dysfunction, Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality by David Martins, Chizobam Ani, Deyu Pan, Omolola Ogunyemi, Keith Norris

“…A sample of 13115 non-pregnant individuals aged ≥35 years, with available follow-up mortality assessment was selected. …”
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Production of prototype lab-scale oak barrel analogues using additive manufacturing by Hugh Holds, Kerry Wilkinson, David Jeffery, Frances Jack, Sue Bastian

“…Experimental vessels and 28 L commercial casks were filled in replicate with grape distillate and aged for two years. Vessels were weighed at the completion of maturation to ascertain evaporative losses and extraction was measured using colour absorbance at 430 nm. …”
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IGF2BP3 curbed by miR-15c-3p restores disrupted lipid storage and progesterone secretion in chicken granulosa cells under oxidative stress through AKT-Raf1-ERK1/2 signaling pathway by Zhongzhen Lin, Yanrong Gong, Chunlin Yu, Chaowu Yang, Lingqian Yin, Donghao Zhang, Yuan Tang, Feng Xu, Ye Wang, Yiping Liu

“…For commercial laying hens, the continuous high-intensity ovulation process leads to a significant accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the granulosa cells, inducing oxidative stress, which accelerates ovarian aging and shortens the peak laying period. The molecular mechanisms underlying this process remain poorly understood. …”
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Evaluating knowledge gains from structured sexual and reproductive health education among in-school adolescents in Southeast Nigeria by Chibuike Agu, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Godstime Eigbiremolen, Ugenyi Iloabachie, Ozioma Nwankpa, Obinna Onwujekwe

“…Data were collected from 503 in-school adolescent boys and girls aged 13–18 who were randomly selected from the eligible schools. …”
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General and Postbariatric Nutritional Knowledge among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery by Areej Alkhaldy, Banan Alshehri, Nouf Albalawi, Farah Alsaady, Renad Alfarshooti, Wisam Jamal, Abdulmalik Altaf, Ashraf A. Maghrabi

“…In a cross-sectional study, 112 patients aged 18–65 years, of both genders, were recruited from the Surgical Clinics at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Curcumin reverses cognitive deficits through promoting neurogenesis and synapse plasticity via the upregulation of PSD95 and BDNF in mice by Gaifen Li, Qiong Wu, Chao Wang, Pin Deng, Jiaxin Li, Zhiguang Zhai, Yubo Li

“…Abstract Following prolonged exposure to hypoxic conditions, for example, due to ascent to high altitude, aging or stroke, cognitive deficits can develop. …”
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“When you’re in the office, it means you managed to get somewhere”: An interpretive descriptive study of the perceptions of adolescents accessing primary care for mental health ser... by Lisa De Panfilis, RN, MSc, Rebecca Ganann, RN, MSc, PhD, Gillian Mulvale, MA, PhD, Naomi Thulien NP-PHC, PhD, Ruta Valaitis, MA, PhD

“…Methods: Qualitative interpretive descriptive design was employed. Participants ages 15–18 years (n = 10) were recruited from a mid-sized city in Canada utilizing flyers and social media advertisements. …”
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Anthropometric Indices of Obesity and the Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in an Iranian Population by Mohsen Azimi–Nezhad, Majid Ghayour–Mobarhan, Mohammad Safarian, Habibollah Esmailee, Seyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh, Maryam Rajabi-Moghadam, Arezoo Gholami, Mohammad Reza Oladi, Gordon A. Ferns

“…Iranian subjects (2483 men and 2445 women), aged 15–65 years, were recruited using a cluster-stratified sampling method from rural and urban areas within the Khorasan province. …”
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Differential diagnosis of rheumatic manifestations of acromegaly. Case report by Margarita A. Perepelova, Larisa K. Dzeranova, Taras S. Panevin, Elena G. Przhiyalkovskaya, Ekaterina A. Pigarova, Ekaterina A. Troshina, Evgeniy G. Zotkin

“…In the article a clinical case with the peculiarities of diagnosing rheumatic disease in acromegaly is presented. A patient aged 56 years was diagnosed with acromegaly based on clinical and laboratory data, and a month later she underwent transnasal adenomectomy. …”
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Analysis of the mediating role of life style in the relationship between health literacy and self-rated health employing structural equation modeling by Mansour Bagherinia, Shahab Rezaeian, Ebrahim Shakiba, Raheleh Maleki, Abbas Mohammad Karimi Mazhin, Hadi Darvishigilan, Maryam Janatolmakan, Badriyeh Karami

“…This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of life style in the relationship between health literacy and self-rated health. In 2023, 495 people aged 18–65 participated in this cross-sectional study. …”
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What a women desire: Application of conjoint analysis for analysing the choice of menstrual hygiene products and factors influencing their consummatory behaviour by Tiwari Abhay Kumar, Patel Vaishali, Saroj Chitra

“…Background/Aim: Middle-aged adolescent girls and women experience menstruation, a normal and physiologic occurrence. …”
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Bedside cerebral microvascular imaging of patients with disorders of consciousness: a feasibility study by Qianqian Ge, Lijie Huang, Qiang Fu, Shuai Han, Rui Wang, Jianghong He, Changhui Li, Changhui Li, Jianwen Luo, Long Xu

“…This constraint is circumvented in common post-craniectomy DoC patients, who present a unique observational window for uPDI.MethodsWe conducted uPDI scans on five DoC patients of different ages and consciousness levels who had undergone decompressive craniectomy. …”
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Autoimmune Hepatitis in Brazilian Children: IgE and Genetic Polymorphisms in Associated Genes by Léa Campos de Oliveira, Anna Carla Goldberg, Maria Lucia Carnevale Marin, Karina Rosa Schneidwind, Amanda Farage Frade, Jorge Kalil, Irene Kasue Miura, Renata Pereira Sustovich Pugliese, Vera Lucia Baggio Danesi, Gilda Porta

“…We previously detected increased IgE serum levels and sought to compare clinical and histological features according to IgE levels in AIH (n=74, ages 1–14 years) patients. Additionally, we typed 117 patients and 227 controls for functional polymorphisms of IL4, IL13, IL5, and IL4RA genes involved in IgE switching and eosinophil maturation that might contribute to overall genetic susceptibility to AIH. …”
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Effects of low plastic burnishing combined with self-oxygen diffusion on the hot corrosion behavior of the TA29 titanium alloy by Congjie Kang, Hongyun Luo, Jianming Cai, Duoqi Shi

“…The paper investigates the hot corrosion behavior of three types of specimens of TA29 Ti alloy after solution aging treatment (SAT), low plastic burnishing (LPB) and LPB combined with self-oxygen diffusion (LPB-OD) at 600 °C. …”
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma epidemiology at diagnosis: A description of public and private health care systems in Brazil regarding tumor location, staging and risk factor... by Heloisa Arantes, Diego Chaves Rezende Morais, Maria Aparecida do Carmo Rego, Paula de Mendonça Batista, Cicera Pimenta Marcelino, Milena Falcão Almeida, Marion Coting Braga, Paula Cristina Pungartnik, Angelica Carreira dos Santos, Juliana Ominelli, Tharcísio Machado Coelho, Fernanda Bohns Pruski Ramos, Marcelo Salgado, Marina Kelner, Cristiano Guedes Duque, Daniel Oliveira Brito, Carlos Gil Moreira Ferreira, Pedro Rafael Martins De Marchi

“…Patients in the public sector were younger than those in the private sector, with medians ages of 61.2 and 66.9 years, respectively. In both cohorts, a predominance of men with a history of tobacco and alcohol consumption and an advanced locoregional stage at diagnosis was observed. …”
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The Effect of Physical Activity on Alzheimer’s Disease - Systematic Review by Julia Lachowska, Karolina Senior, Jerzy Smandek, Maja Mielczarek, Paulina Sroczyńska, Jan Sroczyński

“…The prevalence of AD is projected to increase significantly with aging populations. Despite the absence of a cure, early intervention during the prodromal phase can slow the progression of AD, highlighting the importance of identifying modifiable risk and protective factors. …”
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Feasibility and potential diagnostic value of [18F]PI-2620 PET in patients with down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease: a case series by Olivia Wagemann, Olivia Wagemann, Matthias Brendel, Nicolai Franzmeier, Nicolai Franzmeier, Nicolai Franzmeier, Georg Nübling, Georg Nübling, Johannes Gnörich, Mirlind Zaganjori, Catharina Prix, Anna Stockbauer, Anna Stockbauer, Elisabeth Wlasich, Sandra V. Loosli, Sandra V. Loosli, Katja Sandkühler, Lukas Frontzkowski, Günter Höglinger, Günter Höglinger, Günter Höglinger, Johannes Levin, Johannes Levin, Johannes Levin

“…We aim at illustrating feasibility and potential diagnostic value of tau PET imaging with [18F]PI-2620 for the diagnosis of DS-AD.Materials and methodsFive adults with DS (40% female, aged 43–62) and cognitive decline underwent clinical assessments, neuropsychological testing, lumbar puncture and multimodal neuroimaging. …”
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HOMA-AD in Assessing Insulin Resistance in Lean Noncirrhotic HCV Outpatients by Matheus Truccolo Michalczuk, Camila Rippol Kappel, Oscar Birkhan, Ana Carolina Bragança, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva

“…Ninety-four HCV outpatients aged <60 years who met the criteria of nondiabetic, nonobese, noncirrhotic, and nonalcohol abusers were included and compared to 29 controls. …”
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‘Obviously, because it’s a tear it won’t necessarily mend itself’: a qualitative study of patient experiences and expectations of treatment for a meniscal tear by Charles E Hutchinson, Nicholas Parsons, Imran Ahmed, Andrew James Price, Andrew Metcalfe, Sophie Staniszewska, Chetan Khatri, Fatema G Dhaif

“…The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and expectations of treatment of patients aged 18–55 years with a meniscal tear of the knee.Design Qualitative study involving semistructured interviews.Setting Participants were selected from nine secondary care centres in England.Participants 10 participants diagnosed with a meniscal tear were recruited from the Meniscal Tear Outcome cohort study using a purposive sampling strategy until data saturation was achieved. …”
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Survival and Effect of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus plantarum YW11 on the Physicochemical Properties of Ice Cream by Zhang Jian, Zhao Wen, Guo Xialei, Guo Ting, Zheng Yi, Wang Yuetong, Hao Yijiang, Yang Zhennai

“…The degree of impact on the viability of strain YW11 was hardening>aging>freezing>storage (p<0.05). The YW11 strain produced a ropy EPS (up to 4.84 mg/g) in the ice cream mix made using the DI and FSM methods; it was present as a fine porous matrix as observed by Cryo-SEM. …”
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