Melatonin in Epilepsy: A New Mathematical Model of Diurnal Secretion by Justyna Paprocka, Marek Kijonka, Marcin Pęcka, Maria Sokół

“…The correlation analysis performed for the EG and CG groups showed moderate correlations between age and the melatonin secretion model parameters. …”
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An Assessment of High-Risk Sexual Behavior and Associated Factors Among Self-identified Hijras Residing in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India by Deepak K. Mundhe, Saniya S. Qureshi, Yuvaraj B. Chavan

“…All participants in the age group of 18 to 45 years were interviewed. Univariate and bivariate analysis was done to determine the correlates. …”
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Associations between Extracellular Matrix Protein 1 Gene Polymorphism and Progression of Liver Disease by Xiuting He, Ting Liu, Rui Zhang, Xu Li

“…Subjects were frequency-matched according to age and gender. Polymorphisms of the ECM1 gene were examined using the MassARRAY SNP genotyping method. …”
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Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

“…The variables analyzed were age, personal pathological history, type of bleeding, obstetric history, nutritional assessment, hirsutism, goiter, galactorrhea, acanthosis nigricans, time and type of infertility. …”
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Healing progression of tail docking and ear tag wounds in lambs by Jocelyn M. Woods, Sarah J. J. Adcock

“…We photographed tail and ear wounds twice weekly until weaning (mean ± SD; 64 ± 5 days of age). Tail wounds took 43 ± 9 days to heal (range: 30–60 days). …”
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A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EXPERIENCE OF TRANSVERSEABDOMINAL PLANE (TAP) BLOCK VERSUS LOCAL ANESTHESIAINFILTRATION AT SURGICAL SITE IN OPEN APPENDICECTOMIES by Rabia Tabassum et al

“…Both groups were infiltrated with the 0.6ml/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine anesthesia, at their respected defined site. RESULTS: Mean age of the patients in group T was 27.32 +10.16 years while mean age in group I was 26.06 ±8.38 years (pvalue 0.683). …”
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Clinical-cognitive Characterization of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 by Alberto Caballero Laguna, Luis Velázquez Pérez, Alián Pérez Marrero

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the mean age of the patients was 50.3 years with a slight predominance of the female sex, the average evolution time was 9.82 years, being longer for the female sex. …”
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Causes and consequences of the pension system reforms in Serbia by Đekić Marija, Mijalković Jovana, Marković Biljana

“…Certain legal changes were made in Serbia regarding the age limit necessary to be eligible for old-age and disability pensions, tightening the conditions for obtaining the right to a pension, calculating pensions, and other. …”
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The relationship of future anxiety with a multidimensional framework of well-being among undergraduate students: optimism and pessimism as mediators by Gülçin Güler Öztekin

“…This study aimed to examine the mediating roles of optimism and pessimism in the association between future anxiety and well-being after controlling gender, age, faculty, and department. Methods 1024 undergraduate students participated in the study. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Results: The mean participant age was 40.9 ± 14.51 years, and 93.1% of them were male. …”
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Social Capital and Technological Literacy in Taiwan by Hsieh-Hua Yang, Fen Fen Huang, Yi-Horng Lai, Hung-Jen Yang, Jui-Chen Yu

“…The results show that age, gender, education, web access, and social capital were good predictors of technological literacy. …”
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Chronic Renal Disease in the Older Adult by Maislete Gutiérrez Rufín, Chanel Polanco López

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> the most severe stages of renal damage presented in earlier ages. A significant association with age, skin colour and seric creatinine was not found and it was with arterial hypertension and smoking.…”
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Differential Stress Responses to Rice Blast Fungal Infection Associated with the Vegetative Growth Phase in Rice by Takuma Koyama, Takumi Tezuka, Atsushi J. Nagano, Jiro Murakami, Takanori Yoshikawa

“…In terms of stress resistance, it has been suggested that plants gain or reinforce disease resistance during the process of maturation, which is recognized as adult plant resistance or age-related resistance. While much knowledge has been obtained about changes in disease resistance as growth stages progress, knowledge about changes in plant responses to pathogens with progressing age in plants is limited. …”
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Is computerised tomography better than fibreoptic gastroscopy for early detection of gastric varices? by Burak Suvak, Murat Kekilli, Yavuz Beyazit, Sarper Okten, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Nurgul Sasmaz

“…Results : One hundred and thirty patients with cirrhosis were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the male (88 cases) patients was 59.45 ±2.42 years, and the mean age of the female (42 cases) patients was 56.29 ±1.14 years. …”
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Early Cambrian (Marianian) trilobites and associated faunas from the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Geopark: A scientific and heritage approach. by Eduardo Mayoral Alfaro, Eladio Liñán, Rodolfo Gozalo, Jose Antonio Gámez Vintaned, María Eugenia Dies Álvarez, Luis Collantes Ruiz, Ana Santos, Alberto Gil-Toja

“…The sites are of Marianian age, a regional stage and age of the Cambrian Mediterranean Subprovince which was defined within the territory of the Geopark. …”
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A study of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and their first-degree relatives as compared to the healthy population by Shaily Mina, Rupam Dhiman, Prakamya Singal, Sukanya Gangopadhyay, Pankaj Verma, Shivani Kathuria

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study compared serum BDNF levels in medication-free/naive individuals with OCD (n = 30) to their FDR (n = 30) and age-sex matched HC (n = 30). Intergroup comparison was done using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc Tukey’s test. …”
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The Effects of Socioeconomic Determinants on Hypertension in a Cardiometabolic At-Risk European Country by Sarah Cuschieri, Josanne Vassallo, Neville Calleja, Nikolai Pace, Julian Mamo

“…Multivariant analyses showed that increasing age and body mass index, male gender, and living in Gozo, Western district, and Northern Harbour district were associated with having hypertension. …”
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Is Less Surgical Treatment Possible in the Treatment of Degenerative Spine Diseases? Four-Year Follow-up Results of Foraminal Epidural and Facet Joint Injection Treatments by Yunus Kaçar, Derya Karaoğlu Gündoğdu

“…Aim The study aims to examine the long-term outcomes of foraminal epidural injection and facet joint injection therapies in patients over the age of 60 who have been recommended for surgical intervention for degenerative spinal diseases but have declined surgical treatment due to comorbidities, anesthesia risks, and surgical risks. …”
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M694V gene polymorphism may not contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive arthritis in the North Indian population by Anamika Kumari Anuja, Koshy Nitin Thomas, Mantabya Kumar Singh, Ashish Jacob Mathew, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

“…Ten healthy controls of age 27 (male:female – 7:3, interquartile range ± 1.5) were included for comparison. …”
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Large-Scale Forest Modeling: Deducing Stand Density from Inventory Data by Oskar Franklin, Elena Moltchanova, Florian Kraxner, Rupert Seidl, Hannes Böttcher, Dimitry Rokityiansky, Michael Obersteiner

“…The improvement in model performance attained by including variable stand closure among age cohorts compared to a fixed closure suggests that stand closure is an important parameter for accurate forest growth modeling also at large scales.…”
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