Mindfulness Intervention for Health Information Avoidance in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Chenyu Gu, Liquan Qian, Xiaojie Zhuo

“… BackgroundThe global aging population and rapid development of digital technology have made health management among older adults an urgent public health issue. …”
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Effects of supplementation with vitamin D3 on growth performance, lipid metabolism and cecal microbiota in broiler chickens by Jiawei Li, Ximei Li, Jiamin Tian, Linna Xu, Yan Chen, Susu Jiang, Guohua Zhang, Jianxiong Lu

“…Supplementary VD3 significantly enhanced average daily gain (ADG) in broilers aged 57-84 d and 1-84 d, and increased leg muscle rate and fat content in breast and leg muscles and reduced abdominal fat rate of broilers at 84 d. …”
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Building National Identity from Within: The Role of Self-Competence in Strengthening National Identity by B. Baydhowi, M. Preston, V. Syahputra, A.D. Cahyani, D. Rabitha

“…The study sample consists of 504 university students (176 men and 328 women), aged between 18 to 25 years, recruited from 20 public and private universities in Jakarta, Indonesia.…”
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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during... by Catherine O. Egbe, Siphesihle Gwambe, Mukhethwa Londani, Olufemi Erinoso, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf

“…Results About 51% of the participants were female, and 51.9% were aged 16–34 years. CTP smoking significantly increased from 18.1% (2010) to 23.6% (2018) (p=0.015), while ATPU increased from 20.2% (2010) to 25.9% (2018) (p=0.005). …”
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Technique and long-term results of surgical resection of sclera in patients with primary glaucoma by E.A. Korchuganova, O.A. Rumyantseva, A.Yu. Kazantzeva

“…In view of the gradual decrease in IOP, it is possible to stabilize visual functions and provide rapid rehabilitation of patients who do not need in-patient observation. For the patients aged 75 years and younger, it is advisable to perform 1 resection in case when the initial EO coefficient is at least 0.08 mm3/min/mm Hg, and 2 resections — in case when the EO coefficient is <0.08 mm3/min/mm Hg.…”
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The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color: a mixed-methods study protocol by Bernadette Sánchez, Amy J. Anderson, Carla Herrera, David L. DuBois, Kay Thursby Bourke, Jean K. Sack, So Jung Lee, Karen Burchwell, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan, Yesenia Garcia-Murillo

“…., “matches”), each consisting of a volunteer mentor and a youth of color aged 9- to 17-years old with whom they were paired through BBBS. …”
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Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya by Bibianne Waiganjo, Gervason Moriasi, Jared Onyancha, Nelson Elias, Francis Muregi

“…It affects persons of all ages; however, pregnant mothers, young children, and the elderly suffer the most due to their dwindled immune state. …”
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Association of pan-immune-inflammatory value with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: findings from NHANES 2017–2020 by Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Qi-Rong Yao, Wei-Feng Huang, Ji Li, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Yan Zhang

“…Methods The cross-sectional study included 6462 adults aged ≥ 20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–2020. …”
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Geospatial mapping to assess the distribution and determinants of zero dose vaccination status hot spots among children in Ethiopia using EDHS 2019: Spatial and geographical weight... by Muluken Chanie Agimas, Meron Asmamaw, Melese Kebede Hailu, Tigabu Kidie, Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh

“…<h4>Results</h4>The prevalence of zero-dose vaccination status among children aged 12-35 months old was 16.3% (95%CI, 15%-17.6%). …”
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Évaluation des facteurs d’influence des performances de reproduction après synchronisation des chaleurs et insémination artificielle des bovins au Cameroun by Justin Kouamo, Julie Sabine Nga’omgba Fouda, Camille Teitsa Zangue

“…Les femelles en stabulation libre, âgées de 4 ans au plus, avec une note d’état corporel supérieure à 3 et une période d’attente comprise entre 120 jours et 365 jours ont obtenu une meilleure fertilité (p < 0,05). …”
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Engineering of SauriCas9 with enhanced specificity by Xiaoqi Zhang, Chen Tao, Miaomiao Li, Sufang Zhang, Puping Liang, Yan Huang, Huihui Liu, Yongming Wang

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Enhancing ethical self-efficacy among dementia caregiver staff: A mixed-methods feasibility study of the care programme by Sigurd Lauridsen, Sofie Smedegaard Skov, Lucca-Mathilde Thorup, Marie-Eva Berg, Anna Paldam Folker, Peter Simonsen, Frederik Schou-Juul

“…Background: The global population living with dementia is rapidly increasing, with projections estimated at 78 million by 2030 and 132 million by 2050 due to ageing demographics. Despite the increasing prevalence of dementia, effective treatments remain limited. …”
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Digital Gaming and Subsequent Health and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Longitudinal Outcome-Wide Analysis by Atsushi Nakagomi, Kazushige Ide, Katsunori Kondo, Koichiro Shiba

“…The final sample consisted of 2504 participants aged 65 years or older, with questionnaires containing the Human Flourishing Index randomly distributed to approximately half of the respondents (submodule: n=1243). …”
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Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study by Paul Kelly, David Walsh, Bruce Whyte, Zhiqiang Feng, Chris Dibben, Graham Baker, Ruth Dundas, Evangelia Demou, Catherine Friel

“…We aimed to examine prospective associations with multiple health outcomes over 18 years for pedestrians and cyclists separately.Methods The Scottish Longitudinal Study is based on census data, from which we selected 82 297 individuals aged 16–74 years. Individuals were followed-up between 2001 and 2018 through linkage to hospitalisation, death and prescription records. …”
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Biometry and Intraocular Lens Power Calculation by Combined Scheimpflug-Placido Disc versus Optical Interferometry Devices by Mehlan Juliane, Lehman Anne-Isabel, Cichocki Myriam, Druchkiv Vasyl, Katz Toam, Stephan J Linke

“…Results: Our study included 205 healthy, unoperated eyes from 117 patients (61 women, 56 men) aged 20 to 75 years. Twenty-two eyes of cataract patients were also included in this retrospective study design. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Ibu dengan Pemberian Imunisasi Dasar Lengkap pada Bayi di Kelurahan Parupuk Tabing Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Buaya Kota Padang Tahun 2013 by Atika Putri Dewi, Eryati Darwin, Edison .

“…The population of this study is all of mothers with babies aged 1-2 years in the Village of Parupuk Tabing. …”
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Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Pola Pemberian ASI Eksklusif di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bungus Tahun 2014 by Selvi Indriani Nasution, Nur Indrawati Liputo, Mahdawaty Masri

“…In 2013, coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in infants with aged 0-6 months in Indonesia is 52.7%. Converage of exclusive breastfeeding in the working area of Bungus Primary Health Care is very low (39.7%). …”
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UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN THE DANUBE DELTA SETTLEMENTS. TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES by NICOLETA DAMIAN

“…En ce qui concerne la pauvreté, outre que le déficit de revenus, la population locale se confronte avec le déficit de quelques conditions essentielles de vie, comme suite de quelques accumulations négatives, à savoir: accumulation de dettes, déficit d’éducation, incapacité d’intégration dans le marché du travail. Les personnes âgées à une pension réduite, ainsi que les chômeurs et les personnes qui ne bénéficient d’aucun revenu et se trouvent dans une phase avancée de la pauvreté ont peu de chances à se redresser. …”
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Intelligent measurement of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis x-ray coronal imaging parameters based on VB-Net neural network: a retrospective analysis of 2092 cases by Jinlong Liu, Haoran Zhang, Pei Dong, Danyang Su, Zhen Bai, Yuanbo Ma, Qiuju Miao, Shenyu Yang, Shuaikun Wang, Xiaopeng Yang

“…Methods Retrospective analysis of 3192 patients aged 8–18 years who had a full-length orthopantomogram of the spine and were diagnosed with AIS at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to March 2024. …”
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Study of cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetic patients in the acute phase of the coronavirus infection and post-COVID period on the background of therapy with sodium-glucose cotr... by N.M. Kushnarоva, O.V. Zinych, A.A. Shuprovych, K.P. Komisarenko

“…Forty-three T2DM patients aged 44–85 were examined during the acute period of COVID-19 and nine months after recovery. …”
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