Bioaccumulation, sources and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lilium davidii var. unicolor. by Haixu Sun, Tianxiang Xia, Hongguang Cheng, Zhenzhen Wu, Qianding Cheng, Lu Lu, Chunbao Fu

“…Baked bulbs exhibited a higher cancer risk than raw bulbs. Local adults had low carcinogenic risks from consuming lily bulbs. …”
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Schools and New Learning Spaces in Milan. An Educational Experience by António Carvalho, Szymon Ruszczewski, Filippo Piscioli

“…This requires a clear articulation between safety solutions designed to protect the very young pupils, while providing coherent and autonomous access to adults and other users from the community, so as to share the cultural and sporting facilities of the school. …”
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Negative Emotional States and Clinical Variables in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS by Yamila Ramos Rangel, Ana Esther Cabrera Pérez, Belkis González Aguiar

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: predominating age range were young adults (31.5 %= and middle age (31.5 %) most of them males (74 %) white (14%) with low educational levels (57.9 %). …”
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Evaluation of Vaso-occlusive Crises in United States Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Retrospective Claims-based Study by Nirmish Shah, Menaka Bhor, Lin Xie, Steve Arcona, Rashid Halloway, Jincy Paulose, Huseyin Yuce

“…The rate of VOC events in 100 person-years was 142.20 for adults and 53.91 for pediatric patients. Patients with VOCs were associated with a higher risk for death (hazard ratio=1.56; 95% confidence interval: [1.19-2.05]) or acute complications including acute chest syndrome, stroke, pulmonary embolism, splenic sequestration, and pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Forehead against Resistance (FAR): Preliminary Findings from A Clinical Alternative to Shaker’s Type of Exercise by Radish Kumar Balasubramaniam, Rahul Krishnamurthy, Athira Rajan, Suprasanna K

“…The study used a comparative cross-sectional study design, with the nonrandomized convenient sampling that included 27 healthy adults. MBS was carried out in the anterior-posterior and lateral views, while the participants performed FAR and its variants. …”
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Study protocol for a multi-center stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to explore the usability and outcomes among young people living with HIV in Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties o... by Eric Nturibi, Jared Mecha, Elizabeth Kubo, Albert Orwa, Florence Kaara, Faith Musau, Christine Wamuyu, Justus Kilonzi, Randeep Gill, Sanne Roels

“…While the incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is decreasing in most age groups worldwide, it is rising among adolescents and young adults, who also face a higher rate of HIV-related deaths. …”
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Pharmacological Isolation of Cognitive Components Influencing the Pupillary Light Reflex by Stuart R. Steinhauer, Ruth Condray, Misha L. Pless

“…Pupil diameter was measured during the light reaction in 29 normal adults under three processing levels: No Task, during an easy task (Add 1), or a difficult task (Subtract 7). …”
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Using the Perspectives of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agents to Develop a Sustainable Eating Curriculum by Lindley Barker, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Annie Koempel, Katie Pickford, Tammy Stephenson, Dawn Brewer

“…Currently, no Extension programs addressing healthy and sustainable eating are available that target adults in communities. Since sustainable eating is a sensitive topic, this project engaged Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension agents in Kentucky, to garner their community expertise and perspectives on sustainable eating to help develop an appropriate Extension curriculum. …”
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Importance of Android/Gynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children by Lennie Samsell, Michael Regier, Cheryl Walton, Lesley Cottrell

“…However, these studies have focused on adults and obese children. The purpose of our study was to determine if the android/gynoid fat ratio is positively correlated with insulin resistance, HOMA2-IR, and dislipidemia in a child sample of varying body sizes. …”
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The Effect of Age on Fracture Risk: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Wenbin Liang, Tanya Chikritzhs

“…The age-specific rate of fracture hospitalisation (in natural logarithm form) in adults (>18 years) was well predicted by age at its 1st, 2nd, and 3rd power in males with an adjusted R-squared of 0.98 and p<0.001. …”
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On Modelling and Investigating User Acceptance of Highly Automated Passenger Vehicles by Ilias E. Panagiotopoulos, George J. Dimitrakopoulos, Gabriele Keraite

“…Through an online questionnaire-based survey conducted among European adults, we extend the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework to incorporate three additional constructs: perceived reliability/trust, perceived financial cost, and perceived driving enjoyment. …”
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Impact of Concussions on Postural Stability Performance Using the Head Shake-Sensory Organization Test by John D Heick, Abdulaziz Alkathiry

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of adults with no history of concussion to those with a history of concussion on the Head Shake-Sensory Organization Test to determine if long-standing balance deficits are present after concussion…”
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Monkeypox: Origin, Transmission, Clinical Manifestations, Prevention, and Therapeutic Options by Sajal Kumar Halder, Arafin Sultana, Mahbubul Kabir Himel, Aparna Shil

“…Symptoms of monkeypox in young children and adults are different. While the symptoms are similar to smallpox, monkeypox has a reduced mortality rate. …”
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Common mental disorders among women in reproductive age group: An analysis of national mental health survey, India 2016 by Harshitha H. Annajigowda, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

“…Materials and Methods: The National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 is a multisite nationwide household survey conducted across India using a uniform methodology. Overall, 39,532 adults were surveyed with a response rate of 88%. …”
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Study of Life Events and Quality of Life in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder by Alkesh Patil, Aparna Sengupta, Ashwini Mule, Sagar Karia

“…Objectives: The aim of this research was to study the relationship of major depressive disorder with quality of life and stressful life events in adults. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study wherein purposive sampling method was employed. …”
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Effectiveness of the manchester triage system in the emergency department: A literature review by Andika I Putu Juni, Safaruddin, Christina Tri Yahya, Baso Yusriani Saleh, Utami Seftiani

“…The results confirm that MTS is applicable to a range of patient populations, including adults, children, and those suffering from acute pulmonary embolism and coronary syndromes. …”
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Developmental Changes in Sleep Oscillations during Early Childhood by Eckehard Olbrich, Thomas Rusterholz, Monique K. LeBourgeois, Peter Achermann

“…Although quantitative analysis of the sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) has uncovered important aspects of brain activity during sleep in adolescents and adults, similar findings from preschool-age children remain scarce. …”
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Case Report: Major right-sided hepatectomies in infants in Uzbekistan: a case series by K. Semash, T. Dzhanbekov, S. Islomov

“…While such procedures are well-documented in adults, the surgical management of large liver neoplasms in infants poses unique challenges due to anatomical and physiological considerations, as well as the limited number of cases reported globally.AimThis study aimed to describe the initial experiences with major hepatectomies in infants with large liver neoplasms at our center.Materials and methodsFrom December 2023 to May 2024, four major hepatectomies were performed in pediatric patients aged 5 to 11 months. …”
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Priapism in a Child from Homocystinuria from Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase MTHFR (C677T) Mutation by Ameer Kakaje, Ammar Fadel, Osama Hosam Aldeen, Othman Hamdan

“…Very few reports suggested that priapism can be caused by hyperhomocysteinemia, and they were in adults. However, we present the first of such a case to the best of our knowledge of a prepubescent child who only had the MTHFR (C677T) mutation that causes homocystinuria and had ischaemic priapism. …”
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Multi-tissue characterization of the constitutive heterochromatin proteome in Drosophila identifies a link between satellite DNA organization and transposon repression. by Ankita Chavan, Lena Skrutl, Federico Uliana, Melanie Pfister, Franziska Brändle, Laszlo Tirian, Delora Baptista, Dominik Handler, David Burke, Anna Sintsova, Pedro Beltrao, Julius Brennecke, Madhav Jagannathan

“…Using genetics, transcriptomics, and small RNA profiling, we show that flies lacking D1 during embryogenesis exhibit transposon expression and gonadal atrophy as adults. We further demonstrate that this gonadal atrophy can be rescued by mutating the checkpoint kinase, Chk2, which mediates germ cell arrest in response to transposon mobilization. …”
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