Psychometric validation of the continuum beliefs of mental illness scale (CB-MIS) and its associations with stigma by Lina-Jolien Peter, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt, Georg Schomerus

“…In a second sample (N = 1375; M age=42 years; 65.2% female), the Continuum Beliefs of Mental Illness Scale (CB-MIS) was psychometrically tested (i.e. factorial, convergent, discriminant validity). …”
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Characterization of acute respiratory infections behavior. Cienfuegos Province. First quarter 2020 by Bárbara del Rosario Téllez Cacín, María Lina Valdés Gómez, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Ling Denisse Santeiro Pérez, Sadys Suarez del Villar Seuret

“…The main study variables considered were: age groups, municipalities of residence, demand for medical consultations, statistical weeks, rates temporal variation, their trend, severity of clinical evolution, admissions and deaths from severe respiratory infections, outbreaks and epidemiological surveillance. …”
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Chronic disease risk factors among hospital employees: A cross-sectional study in Türkiye. by Volkan Medeni, Vildan Topcu, Fatma Bozdağ, İrem Medeni

“…The study's independent variables were age, gender, educational status, working department, and presence of chronic diseases. …”
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Alterations in mRNA level of proteins related to redox state and mitochondria in an Alzheimer’s disease animal model: Promising targets in neuroprotection by Sylwia Żulińska, Przemysław L. Wencel, Kinga Czubowicz, Joanna B. Strosznajder

“…In summary, our data identified significant changes in gene expression of Sod2, Parp1 and Sirt1 at an early age (3-6-month-old AD mice) then Ppargc1, Nfe2L2 and Sirt1 at a later age. …”
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Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. by Allison Gilchrist, Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, Faraz Ahmed

“…We found mixed evidence of associations between individual-level determinants, such as age, education, race/ethnicity, income, and different measures of access. …”
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The Youngest Korean Case of Urachal Carcinoma by Seung Ryeol Lee, Haeyoun Kang, Moon Hyung Kang, Young Dong Yu, Chang Il Choi, Kyung Hwa Choi, Dong Soo Park, Young Kwon Hong

“…There are only five cases of urachal cancer diagnosed at the age of twenties in English written literature. Age at the diagnosis of urachal carcinoma is important to understand pathogenetic transition from benign to malignancy. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Visual Hallucinations in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Chih-Lin Chen, Min-Hsien Hsu, Chao-Hsien Hung, Pai-Yi Chiu, Chung-Hsiang Liu

“…Frequency of VH and associated factors, including age, gender, education, disease severity, DLB clinical features, vascular risk factors, cognitive function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, were compared between VCI with VH (VH+) and without VH (VH−). …”
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Sex Modified the Association between Sleep Duration and worse Cognitive Performance in Chinese Hypertensive Population: Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Xinlei Zhou, Junpei Li, Chao Yu, Wangsheng Fang, Yanyou Xie, Li Wang, Si Shen, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Tao Wang, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Jianglong Tu, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…Furthermore, there was a significant interaction between sleep duration and age on cognitive performance only in female. Conclusion. …”
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity (APROP): LASER as the Primary Modality of Treatment by Shilpi H Narnaware, Prashant K Bawankule, Dhananjay Raje

“…Babies were divided into groups on the basis of gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), and postmenstrual age (PMA) at which treatment was performed. …”
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Effects of occlusal hypofunction on root surface area in patients exhibiting anterior crossbite in skeletal Class III malocclusion: a CBCT study by Nawa Ponyiam, Wikanda Khemaleelakul, Thanapat Sastraruji, Kachaphol Kuharattanachai, Kanich Tripuwabhrut

“…Purposes To evaluate and compare the effects of occlusal hypofunction on root surface areas (RSAs) of permanent teeth in patients with Class III and Class I skeletal relationships.Materials and Methods Thirty-two CBCT images of all permanent maxillary and mandibular teeth, except the third molars, from 16 patients (mean age 23.71 ± 4.04 years) exhibiting Class III skeletal relationships and 16 patients (mean age 24.53 ± 4.91 years) exhibiting Class I skeletal relationships were imported into the Mimics software version 15.01. …”
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study by Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi

“…Older respondents had FGC conducted by traditional midwives (X2=59.13, p<0.001) and younger age groups preferred medical doctors (X2=32.96, p<0.001) and would permit doctors (X2=29.17, p<0.001) to conduct FGC on their children. …”
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Identification and prevalence of frailty in diabetes mellitus and association with clinical outcomes: a systematic review protocol by David A McAllister, Frances S Mair, Peter Hanlon, Isabella Fauré, Neave Corcoran, Elaine Butterly, Jim Lewsey

“…Introduction Diabetes mellitus is common and growing in prevalence, and an increasing proportion of people with diabetes are living to older age. Frailty is, therefore, becoming an important concept in diabetes. …”
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Burden of HPV-induced diseases and cost effectiveness of catch-up vaccination in Czech Republic: a model-based study by Vojtech Kamenský, Lukáš Dostálek, Martin Rožánek, Aleš Tichopád, Roman Prymula, Ivana Šarkanová

“…Methods Utilizing a Markov multistate model, the study assesses the lifetime impacts and costs related to HPV infections. Cohorts of ages 15–21 were simulated to assess the impact of catch-up vaccination outside the 11-year-old age group. …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in the Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial by S. Mohsin Ali Shah, Shaista Azeem Khan, Faran Sadiq, Ruba Gul, Faizan Sadiq, Misbah Ullah Khan, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Faryal Uzma, Arooj Khan, Sabir Khan

“…The effectiveness of the treatments was evaluated at the end of the treatment period. Results The age range in this study was from 48 to 96 h, with a mean age of 71.79 ± 13.10 h in Group A and 73.40 ± 11.81 h in Group B. …”
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Obesity May Be Protective against Severe Perineal Lacerations by Diana Garretto, Brian B. Lin, Helen L. Syn, Nancy Judge, Karen Beckerman, Fouad Atallah, Arnold Friedman, Michael Brodman, Peter S. Bernstein

“…After controlling for age, race, mode of vaginal delivery, and birth weight, obesity remained significant. …”
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Reducing Undernutrition through Counseling on Diversified Food Intake among Adult People Living with HIV on HAART, Northern Ethiopia by Weldegebrial Hayelom Tedla, Alemseged Aregay, Kidanu Gebremariam, Mulugeta Woldu Abrha, Haftom Gebrehiwot Weldearegay

“…This study revealed that people of younger age and those on ART (AOR = 0.29 (95% CI: 0.10, 0.84)) had low risk of being undernourished. …”
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Epilepsy and Child History in Dr. Jamal Ahmad Rashid Pediatric Teaching Hospital Sulaymaniyah /Iraq by Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem

“…Conclusion: The majority of the samples was aged between six to ten while most of them were the middle child of their families. …”
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Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Metabolic Abnormality in General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study by Li-juan Lu, Ning-Bo Hao, Jian-Jun Liu, Xue Li, Rui-Ling Wang

“…The study included 1867 (393 females and 1474 males, aged 54.0 ± 9.6 years) people that took a physical examination. …”
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Renal glomerular and tubular injury in the offspring of the preeclampsia-like syndrome by Yong Wang, Hao Wang, Huiqing Lu, Ji Ma, Wei Wu, Yinan Wang, Bo Ma, Hao Zhu, Rong Hu

“…However, these differences were no longer significant at 6 weeks of age. No significant gender differences were observed in either blood pressure or renal pathological changes. …”
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The type of diet consumed during prepuberty modulates plasma cholesterol, hepatic LXRα expression, and DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation during adulthood in male rats. by Ana Aguilar-Lozano, Berenice Palacios-González, Martha Guevara-Cruz, Armando R Tovar, Alam Palma-Guzman, Lilia G Noriega

“…Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed either a CD or a HFD during the prepubertal period (day 30-40 of age) and subsequently a chronic HFD or CD, respectively, until adulthood (day 220 of age). …”
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