Factors Associated with Psychological Well-Being Among Children Under 18 Years Old with Cancer: A Scoping Review by Alya FP, Hendrawati S, Mediani HS

“…The factors most frequently reported in several categories are age (sociodemographic), psychological function (individual factors), age at diagnosis (health and history), parent attachment and school status (environmental factors).Conclusion: This review found several aspects that describe the PWB of the articles reviewed. …”
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Correlates of maternal health services utilization among adolescent mothers in Ghana: analysis of Ghana maternal health survey 2017 by Anita Anima Daniels, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Obed Ernest A. Nettey

“…For instance, adolescent mothers aged 18–19 years (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.01–2.70) had increased odds of early initiation compared to those aged 15–17 years. …”
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The Schistosoma mansoni tegumental-allergen-like (TAL) protein family: influence of developmental expression on human IgE responses. by Colin M Fitzsimmons, Frances M Jones, Alex Stearn, Iain W Chalmers, Karl F Hoffmann, Jakub Wawrzyniak, Shona Wilson, Narcis B Kabatereine, David W Dunne

“…Of these, it is the gradual increase in IgE to the worm antigens that parallels age-dependent immunity seen in endemic areas.…”
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Imaging study of adult coccygeal morphology using direct digital radiography technology in China by Yingsen Pan, Feipeng Qin, Yi Shen, Ndalyolusha Tileinge Hapulile, Haoyang Zhang, Xin Ye, Shuailin Li, Xiaoming Li, Chao Yang, Xiang Zhou, Xiaoming Ying

“…Coccygeal morphology showed correlations with age (p = 0.009), body weight (p = 0.01), and BMI (p = 0.039). …”
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Association Between Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Burden and Outcomes in Heart Failure by Carine E. Hamo, Xiyue Li, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Amrita Mukhopadhyay, Samrachana Adhikari, Saul Blecker

“…Results A total of 26 800 individuals with HF (mean age 75±$$ \pm $$13.7, 46% women, 69% White) experienced 4284 (16%) hospitalizations over a 1‐year period. …”
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Prognostic role of mesangial IgM deposition in IgA nephropathy: a long-term cohort study by Gabriel Stefan, Simona Stancu, Adrian Zugravu, George Terinte-Balcan

“…Both groups were similar in age, sex, prevalence of arterial hypertension, Charlson comorbidity scores, kidney function (eGFR and proteinuria), pathology findings (Oxford MEST-C score, IgG and C3 immune deposition), and TEM analysis. …”
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Sleep quality in children with hepatic glycogen storage diseases, a prospective observational pilot study by Lucas Agnoletto, Moya Vandeleur, Mary White, Anne‐Marie Adams, Rebecca Halligan, Heidi Peters

“…Results Seven children with hepatic GSD (aged 1–17 years) participated. Objective sleep quality was poor, with actigraphy demonstrating that no child achieved the minimum sleep duration recommended for age. …”
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Cancer odds among Ohio firefighters: data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS) 1996–2019 by Robert Hood, Olorunfemi Adetona, Susan Elizabeth Olivo-Marston, Shashank Singh

“…Models were adjusted for gender, race, age at cancer diagnosis and year of cancer diagnosis.Results Among the 906 164 cancer cases, 3397 were firefighters and 3341 were police. …”
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Reliability, Objectivity, Validity and Reference Levels of the Austrian Balance Check (ABC)—A Novel Balance Field Test for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults to Assess Static B... by Gerald Jarnig, Reinhold Kerbl, Mireille N. M. van Poppel

“…A total of 1005 participants were included (age range: 6.2 to 19.8 years). Participants in RSC (ICC_2.1 = 0.92, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.93) showed excellent values, and those in ESC (ICC_2.1 = 0.89, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.93) had good to excellent values in the reliability test. …”
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Early Breast-Feeding Initiation Using Point of Care Quality Improvement Model at Tertiary Care Hospital in AJK by Aftab Hussain Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Abrar Akbar, Sehrish Mumtaz, Yasira Abbasi, Lubna Meraj

“…A total of 100 women (50 before intervention and 50 after intervention) who delivered neonates of 0-7 day’s age were included in study by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. …”
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Correlation between oxygen reserve index monitoring and blood gas oxygen values during anesthesia in robotic total prostatectomy surgery by Hilal Zengin

“…Materials and methods The study was carried out with adult male patients over the age of 18 who underwent RARP with the diagnosis of prostate cancer. …”
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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study by Rachael L Murray, Joanne Morling, Nathan Davies, Tessa Langley, Manpreet Bains

“…There is substantial evidence for the benefits of raising the age of sale of tobacco but, despite several governments proposing SFG, the policy has faced significant challenge and has not been implemented at nation-state level. …”
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Effects of Splenectomy on Spontaneously Chronic Pancreatitis in aly/aly Mice by Heng-Xiao Wang, Shuang-Qin Yi, Jun Li, Hayato Terayama, Munekazu Naito, Shuichi Hirai, Ning Qu, Nozomi Yi, Masahiro Itoh

“…Our results showed that mononuclear cell infiltration was restricted to the interlobular connective tissues at the age of 20 weeks, and not increase obviously at the age of 30 and 40 weeks in splenectomized aly/aly mice. …”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers to skin cancer screening in the United Arab Emirates. by Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H Alzoubi, Mariam Al Mohammad, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Tareq Mukattash, Maher Khdour

“…The most common barriers to skin cancer screening were lack of knowledge about skin cancer (74.1%), lack of awareness of the need for skin cancer screening (72.2%), and absence of symptoms (54.1%). Older age (OR = 0.985, 95%CI: 0.971-0.998) and lack of health insurance (OR = 0.478, 95%CI: 0.301-0.758) were associated with lower screening practices. …”
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Effect of right ventricular dysfunction on mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study by Hiroki Nobayashi, Harui Bamba, Tomomichi Iida, Ryuji Aoyagi, Yukio Maruyama, Takashi Yokoo

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 149 patients on MHD (median age, 72 years; male, 67%) between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2024. …”
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Disability and pain after lumbar surgery-group-based trajectory analysis. by Konsta Koivunen, Jari Arokoski, Sara Widbom-Kolhanen, Katri Pernaa, Juhani Juhola, Mikhail Saltychev

“…The probability of group membership was calculated based on sex, age, leg and back pain duration before surgery, and obesity.…”
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Modeling Survival Time to Death among Stroke Patients at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Bikiltu Wakuma Negasa, Teramaj Wongel Wotale, Mesfin Esayas Lelisho, Legesse Kassa Debusho, Kibrealem Sisay, Wubishet Gezimu

“…According to the results of the Weibull accelerated failure time model, the age of patients, atrial fibrillation, alcohol consumption, types of stroke diagnosed, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus were found to be the significant prognostic factors that contribute to shorter survival times among stroke patients. …”
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Identification of HNF4A Mutation p.T130I and HNF1A Mutations p.I27L and p.S487N in a Han Chinese Family with Early-Onset Maternally Inherited Type 2 Diabetes by Ying Yang, Tai-Cheng Zhou, Yong-Ying Liu, Xiao Li, Wen-Xue Wang, David M. Irwin, Ya-Ping Zhang

“…Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is characterized by the onset of diabetes before the age of 25 years, positive family history, high genetic predisposition, monogenic mutations, and an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Elderly: From Symptoms to Speckle Tracking Echocardiography by Christos Ballas, Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Ioanna Samara, Lampros Lakkas, Olga Kardakari, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Katerina K. Naka, Lampros K. Michalis, Christos S. Katsouras

“…(1) Background: There are little data about the differences in clinical and echocardiographic characteristics between elderly (aged ≥ 65 years) and younger patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). (2) Methods: Consecutive patients diagnosed with PE in a tertiary hospital were identified. …”
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The effect of mortality salience and early-life maternal care on neuroendocrine, autonomic, and psychological stress responses by Ulrike U. Bentele, Paula Strobel, Maria Meier, Annika B. E. Benz, Raphaela J. Gaertner, Elea S. C. Klink, Bernadette F. Denk, Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Eva Unternaehrer, Jens C. Pruessner

“…Seventy-three women (M age =21.56, SD age =2.85) with self-reported low (n = 30) or high (n = 43) early-life MC, underwent the Trier Social Stress Test for groups. …”
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