Universal conditional networks (UniCoN) for multi-age embryonic cartilage segmentation with Sparsely annotated data by Nishchal Sapkota, Yejia Zhang, Zihao Zhao, Maria Jose Gomez, Yuhan Hsi, Jordan A. Wilson, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Greg Holmes, Meng Wu, Ethylin Wang Jabs, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Susan M. Motch Perrine, Danny Z. Chen

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A Novel Smartphone-Based Color Test for Detection of Color Vision Defects in Age Related Macular Degeneration by Vassilios Karampatakis, Diamantis Almaliotis, Leonidas Karamitopoulos, George Kalliris, Stavroula Almpanidou

“…To evaluate the efficacy of the smartphone-based K-color test to detect color defects in patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Methods. 88 patients (n = 135 eyes) with AMD and 28 controls (n = 53 eyes) underwent color testing with the Hardy–Rand–Rittler (H-R-R), the K-color test, and the Ishihara test. …”
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Changes in Body Mass Index across Age Groups in Iranian Women: Results from the National Health Survey by Enayatollah Bakhshi, Behjat Seifi, Akbar Biglarian, Kazem Mohammad

“…It included 14176 women aged 20–69 years. Results. For all covariates, age was directly associated with overweight and obesity before 60 years of age. …”
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Unequal ageing: the quality of life of senior citizens in the EU before and after COVID-19. A multidimensional approach by Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz, Klaudia Przybysz, Agnieszka Stanimir

“…IntroductionThe ageing population presents a significant demographic and socio-economic challenge for the European Union (EU). …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with metabolic syndrome and its components in middle-aged and older individuals in the United States by Qu Zhang, Yemei Wu, Bo Luo

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Distributional impact assessment of policy changes to old-age pensions, social benefits and taxes in Lithuania (2021–2024) by Jekaterina Navickė, Vitalija Gabnytė-Baranauskė

“…The results obtained indicate a consistent decline in AROP and income inequality in Lithuania between 2021 and 2024, primarily due to adjustments in old-age pensions, rather than changes in direct taxes, social insurance contributions or other social benefits. …”
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Clinical Implications for the Timely Diagnosis of Mycobacterium marinum in the Age of Biologic Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Chris J. Lata, Kelle Edgar, Stephen Vaughan

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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Structured questionnaires were distributed to 210 female participants aged between 15 and 49, who were married before reaching 16, from 1989 to 2019, to gather data. …”
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The Diagnostic Capability of Swept Source OCT Angiography in Treatment-Naive Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Daniel Ahmed, Martin Stattin, Anna-Maria Haas, Stefan Kickinger, Maximilian Gabriel, Alexandra Graf, Katharina Krepler, Siamak Ansari-Shahrezaei

“…To evaluate the capability of swept source-optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) in the detection and localization of treatment-naive macular neovascularization (MNV) secondary to exudative neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Methods. …”
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Black Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i>) Juice Supplementation Affects Age-Related Myocardial Remodeling in Rats by Elena Daskalova, Mina Pencheva, Slavi Delchev, Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova, Spas Kitov, Stoyan Markov, David Baruh, Petko Denev

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Association between life’s essential 8 and bone mineral density among adults aged 20–59 years by Yuyu Cui, Zhening Xu, Zhaoshu Cui, Yuanyuan Guo, Peiwei Wu, Xiaoyan Zhou

“…Abstract This study investigates the relationship between Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) scores and bone mineral density (BMD) in adults aged 20–59 years. This cross-sectional analysis employed nationally representative data from NHANES 2011–2018. …”
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Age at death of a Late Middle Pleistocene Neandertal mandible from the Coupe-Gorge cave (Montmaurin, France) by Nuno Branco, Dany Coutinho Nogueira, Julie Arnaud, Rosa Ramos Gaspar, Cláudia Umbelino, Amélie Vialet

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Thomas Labbé, 2017, Les catastrophes naturelles au Moyen Âge, Paris, CNRS éditions, 352 pages. by Stéphane Callens

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Identifying the causes and consequences of pregnancy in Iranian Kurdish women under the age of 18: A grounded theory study by Javad Yoosefi lebni, Ahmad Ahmadi, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Mandana Saki, Hossein Safari, Nafiul Mehedi

“…Background: Since teenage pregnancy is one of the major challenges for healthcare systems worldwide and can pose risks to the health of young mothers and their infants, the present study was conducted to identify the Identifying the causes and consequences of pregnancy in Iranian Kurdish women under the age of 18. Method: The present qualitative research was conducted using the grounded theory method among women with experience of pregnancy under the age of 18 and key informants who had experience and knowledge in this field. …”
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Effects of post-mortem aging process on characteristic water-soluble taste-active precursors in yellow-feathered broilers by Na Xu, Xianming Zeng, Lingyun Li, Xinyue Zhang, Peng Wang, Minyi Han, Xinglian Xu

“…In order to explore the effect of post-mortem aging on water-soluble flavor precursors of chicken, pH, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) degradation, flavor nucleosides, free amino acids and water-soluble low molecular weight peptides were determined using Qingyuan partridge yellow-feathered broilers as material during 0–4 °C post-mortem aging in 48 h. …”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Aged Population: A Cohort Study by M. L. Tang, Y. Q. Zhou, A. Q. Song, J. L. Wang, Y. P. Wan, R. Y. Xu

“…A total number of 6,911 Chinese elderly people (4,110 men and 2,801 women, aged 71±6.0 years) were included in this cohort study. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of loneliness in the later life—insights from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 by Priya Srivastava, Manushi Srivastava

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Boy’s love fans versus non-fans in the sexual identity and neural response in the digital age’s young females by Na Ao, Xiaowei Jiang, Yanan Chen, Feng Du, Yingying Chen, Huihui Niu, Shuoyan Hu, Minghui Wang

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Evaluation of the Level of Salivary sHLA-G in Children Aged 3–5 Years with or without Dental Caries by Mansoureh Bijani, Amrollah Mostafazadeh, Mina Motallebnejad, Ali Bijani, Roghiyeh Pourbagher, Samaneh Gharekhani

“…This analytic cross-sectional study was carried out on 83 healthy children aged 3 to 5 years of both genders, who were divided into three groups based on decayed dental surfaces (ds): group 1, caries-free children (CF, n = 29); group 2, children with 1 ≤ ds ≤ 3, 1 ≤ ds ≤ 4, and 1 ≤ ds ≤ 5 for age 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively (ECC, n = 20); and group 3, children with ds ≥ 4, ds ≥ 5, and ds ≥ 6 for age 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively (S-ECC, n = 34). …”
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The Impact of Maternal Age and Educational Level on Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Diagnosis and Screening: A Descriptive Comparative Study by Moh’d S. Dawod, Mohammad N. Alswerki, Amr Z. Abuqudiri, Ashraf A. Albadaineh, Leena M. Mahmoud, Dania J. Altarawneh, Nour H. Rbeihat, Rogayah M. Alkhanazreh

“…A cross-sectional descriptive study design was adopted. 175 babies presented for DDH screening coming with their mothers were investigated. Maternal age, age group, and educational level were recorded. …”
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