Accidental findings of maxillary sinuses in dental patients on CBCT images. A retrospective study by Fedil Andraws Yalda

“…Methods: A total of 255 sequential CBCT scans from patients aged between 15-78 years, with a localized field of view (8.0cm x 5.0 cm) were retrospectively included in the analysis, resulting in an evaluation of 510 maxillary sinuses. …”
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Role Of Endoscopic Gastric Biopsy in Patients With Chronic Dyspepsia For Diagnosis Of H. Pylori by Muhammad Zafar Majeed, Ghulam Mustafa, Haseeb Ahsan

“…Pylori is highest in the age group of 50 and above i.e. 28 (73.7%), followed by the age group 30-49 43 (67.2%), (p=0.5). …”
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Establishment of a Nomogram Model for Predicting Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events in Diabetic Nephropathy Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis by Xiaobing Liu, Caili Yan, Xiuxiu Niu, Jiechun Zeng

“…The Hosmer-Lemeshow method showed that the calibration curve was in good agreement with the standard curve. Conclusion. Age, history of CCE, dialysis age, systolic blood pressure and serum phosphorus, and TG, ADPN, hs-CRP, Hb, SCr, and ALB levels are all influencing factors for the occurrence of CCE in patients with DN receiving maintenance hemodialysis, and the nomogram model has a great predictive effect on CCE.…”
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Patient satisfaction of a city multi-disciplinary hospital with medical care by S. A. Suslin, A. V. Vavilov, R. I. Ginnyatulina

“…Patients of the age category 46-59 years are slightly less — 21.5%, at the age of 60 and older — even less (18.6%). …”
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Immediate and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Infants With Transposition of Great Arteries Who Underwent Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Sudan by Sulafa K. M. Ali, Amna Elsheikh, Mohammed Abdulrahman Alhassan

“…The study included 75 infants (70% males) with a median age at presentation of 25 and at the time of BAS of 28 days. …”
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Epidemiology of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Amputations in Romania: Results of a Cross-Sectional Quality of Life Questionnaire Based Survey by Cosmina I. Bondor, Ioan A. Veresiu, Bogdan Florea, Etta J. Vinik, Aaron I. Vinik, Norina A. Gavan

“…The percentage of neuropathy patients with foot ulcers increased with age; the lowest percentage was observed in the 20–29-year age group (6.62%) and the highest in the 80–89-year age group (17.68%). …”
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Health Care Costs attributable to Hospital-diagnosed Back Pain: A Longitudinal Register-based Study of the Danish Population by Rikke Søgaard, Jan Sørensen

“…**Results:** The health care costs attributable to hospital-diagnosed back pain were estimated at Danish Crowns (DKK) 22,700 per year for the youngest age strata (16-24 years) and increased up to DKK 72,700 per year for the oldest age strata of males (>85 years). …”
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Prevalence of Fracture Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women Enrolled in the POSSIBLE US Treatment Cohort by Nicole Yurgin, Sally Wade, Sacha Satram-Hoang, David Macarios, Marc Hochberg

“…RFs assessed at study entry were age >70 years; fracture since age 50; minimum T-score (hip/spine) ≤−2.5 at diagnosis; body mass index <18.5 kg/m2; rheumatoid arthritis; parental history of hip fracture; current smoking; and recent oral glucocorticoid use. …”
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Utility of AD8 for Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Physical Examination Population: A Preliminary Study by Yue Xie, Ya Gao, Jianjun Jia, Xiaohong Wang, Zhenfu Wang, Hengge Xie

“…All the participants were stratified into 9 groups by age; the prevalence of dementia was highly correlated with age (P<0.01). …”
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Diabetic Cataract in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Fatty Rats by Kasumi Kikuchi, Miyuki Murata, Kousuke Noda, Satoru Kase, Yoshiaki Tagawa, Yasushi Kageyama, Masami Shinohara, Tomohiko Sasase, Susumu Ishida

“…The mean body weight of SDT fatty rats is larger than that of age-matched Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and control animals until 8 weeks of age, and thereafter the growing speed decreased until the end of observation at 16 weeks of age. …”
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Factors Influencing the Serum Uric Acid in Gout with Cerebral Infarction by Yi Li, Hongyi Yang, Yao Tian, Lihua Duan

“…Interestingly, the sUA level was only negatively correlated with the age and gender in the gout+CI group (p<0.05). After excluding factors with no significant statistical effect, only age, gender, smoking, CRE, and TG were included in the multiple linear regression model. …”
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Study on Productive Performances, Constraints, and Opportunities of Improved Chicken under Village Production System in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Amanuel Bekuma, Abdissa Tadesse

“…Information was gathered on average egg production/year, age at the first egg laying, constraints, and opportunities of improved chicken production during the study. …”
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Preparation For Flight: The Physical Profile of Pre-Professional and Professional Circus Artists in the United States by Stephanie J Greenspan, Melanie I Stuckey

“…ANOVAs were used to determine between group differences by age and T-tests to discern differences by ASAB or professional status…”
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Impact of over 6 months of digital hearing aid usage on auditory working memory in acquired severe to profound hearing loss by Arun K. Yadav, Amra Ahsan, Vijay Kumar, Arun Banik

“…Method: Sixty individuals of a mean age of 53.4 ± 6.07 years with severe to profound hearing loss in the age range of 40–60 years participated. …”
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Prevalence and impact of combined vision and hearing (dual sensory) impairment: A scoping review. by Tess Bright, Jacqueline Ramke, Justine H Zhang, Gatera Fiston Kitema, Sare Safi, Shaffi Mdala, Miho Yoshizaki, Christopher G Brennan-Jones, Islay Mactaggart, Iris Gordon, Bonnielin K Swenor, Matthew J Burton, Jennifer R Evans

“…Prevalence varied across reports, as did age groups of participants and definitions used. …”
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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Asthma in Off-Reserve Aboriginal Children and Adults in Canada by Hsiu-Ju Chang, Jeremy Beach, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

“…In the present study, data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey were used to determine the prevalence and risk factors for asthma in Canadian Aboriginal children six to 14 years of age and adults 15 to 64 years of age living off reserve. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Cement-Solidified Remolded Soil Reinforces by Polyvinyl Alcohol Fiber by Ling Mei, Xin Dong, Shuyan Yang, Jie Deng

“…The results show that the use of PVA fiber reinforced cement can effectively improve the shear strength and dynamic strength of the remolded soil and reduce the water content of the remolded soil; the best effect on the static strength of the remolded soil was achieved when 0.1% of PVA fibers with a length of 6 mm were incorporated into the specimens at a conservation age of 28 d; the best effect on the dynamic strength of the remolded soil was achieved when 0.3% of PVA fibers with a length of 12 mm were incorporated into the specimens at a conservation age of 7 d.…”
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Regeneration of Pancreatic β-Islet Cells in a Type-II Diabetic by Edwin C. Jones, J. Craig Rylands, Cortney L. Jardet

“…Oral GABA and probiotic supplementation were also initiated at the age of 52.7. By the age of 55, the patient no longer required any insulin and is currently being managed with metformin alone. …”
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Differing Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Very Elderly Men Expresses Dynamics in Atherosclerotic Load in the Senescence by Arkadiusz Siennicki-Lantz, Sölve Elmståhl

“…Hypertension and vascular risk factors in a cohort of 68-year-old men do not result in higher ABPM at age 82, possibly due to inflection point in their pressure development. …”
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Re-assembling the Victorians: Steampunk, Cyborgs, and the Ethics of Industry by Helena Esser

“…If Victorian discourse established a binary opposition between the organic and the mechanic in order to negotiate human identity in the rapidly transforming age of Industrialisation, steampunk re-envisions and re-assembles this binary in order to challenge its validity in the digital age. …”
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