Giant Protruding Nodular Fasciitis of the Anterior Chest Wall Clinically Mimicking a Soft Tissue Sarcoma by Hideyuki Kinoshita, Tsukasa Yonemoto, Hiroto Kamoda, Yoko Hagiwara, Toshinori Tsukanishi, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Naoya Hirosawa, Seiji Ohtori, Takeshi Ishii

“…Commonly, it presents as a rapidly growing swelling in 4-8 weeks. NF mostly occurs in adults aged 20-50 years and usually has a diameter<3‐4 cm. …”
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The association between salivary oxytocin, age, and puberty in children with and without OCD by Anna-Rosa Cecilie Mora-Jensen, Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen, Manja Gersholm Grønberg, Eli R. Lebowitz, Daniel S. Quintana, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Charlotte Sewerin Larsen, Lasse Kristoffer Bak, Gitte Lund Christensen, Linea Pretzmann, Valdemar Uhre, Sofie Heidenheim Christensen, Camilla Uhre, Nicoline Løcke Jepsen Korsbjerg, Christine Lykke Thoustrup, Julie Hagstrøm, Melanie Ritter, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Nicole Nadine Lønfeldt

“…Few studies, only involving adults, have investigated this hypothesis and have found inconsistent results regarding oxytocin system activity and OCD. …”
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Short-term effects of brief stair climbing interruptions on postprandial hyperglycemia during prolonged sitting: a randomized cross-over trial by Eswaran Thirunavukkarasu, Manaswi Reddy Aerva, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, G. Arun Maiya, Chythra R. Rao

“…Twenty-eight sedentary young adults (aged 20–30 years) underwent two intervention visits after standardised lunch for two hours: (1) STAIR: the participants climbed two flight of stairs for two minutes every 30 min; (2) SIT: the participants continued to sit. …”
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Brain Networks Connectivity in Mild to Moderate Depression: Resting State fMRI Study with Implications to Nonpharmacological Treatment by Dmitry D. Bezmaternykh, Mikhail Ye. Melnikov, Andrey A. Savelov, Lyudmila I. Kozlova, Evgeniy D. Petrovskiy, Kira A. Natarova, Mark B. Shtark

“…Resting state fMRI data of 21 healthy adults and 51 patients with mild or moderate depression were analyzed with spatial independent component analysis; then, correlations between time series of the components were calculated and compared between-group (study 1). …”
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Genotoxicity of Copper and Nickel Nanoparticles in Somatic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster by Erico R. Carmona, Alba García-Rodríguez, Ricard Marcos

“…Results obtained with Cu-NPs and Cu-MPs indicate that both failed to induce an increase in the frequency of mutant spots formation in the wings of the adults, suggesting a lack of genotoxicity in somatic cells of D. melanogaster. …”
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Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Rima Abdul Razzak, Asma Elmteri, Taiba Elkanderi, Fareedah Ishaq, Munera Eljasem, Saja AlDuraie, Jenan Al-Boloushi, Fatma Elbanay, Latifa Eldabos

“…A relationship between blood pressure (BP) and obesity has been found in young adults, but no data are available for adolescents in Kuwait. 257 adolescent (11–19 years) participants were categorized into two groups according to their BMI; 48 nonobese (21 males: 43.7% and 27 females: 56.3%) with mean age of years and 209 obese (128 males: 61.25% and 81 females: 38.75%) with mean age of years. …”
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High resolution multi-delay arterial spin labeling with self-supervised deep learning denoising for pediatric choroid plexus perfusion MRI by Qinyang Shou, Chenyang Zhao, Xingfeng Shao, Megan M Herting, Danny JJ Wang

“…CP perfusion has been studied using multi-delay arterial spin labeling (MD-ASL) in adults but not in pediatric populations due to the challenge of small CP size in children. …”
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Efficient and Effective Diabetes Care in the Era of Digitalization and Hypercompetitive Research Culture: A Focused Review in the Western Pacific Region with Malaysia as a Case Stu... by Boon-How Chew, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Dhashani A/P Sivaratnam, Nurul Iftida Basri, Geeta Appannah, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Subashini C. Thambiah, Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, Ping-Foo Wong, Li-Cheng Chang

“…There are approximately 220 million (about 12% regional prevalence) adults living with diabetes mellitus (DM) with its related complications, and morbidity knowingly or unconsciously in the Western Pacific Region (WP). …”
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Insecticidal Action of Local Isolates of Entomopathogenic Fungi Against <i>Bactrocera oleae</i> Pupae by Spiridon Mantzoukas, Alexandros Margaritis, Thomais Sourouni, Vasiliki Georgopoulou, Chrysanthi Zarmakoupi, Vasileios Papantzikos, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos, George Patakioutas

“…The survival time for adults (days) was lower in the presence of <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae), at 13.20 in the soil (5.56 ± 0.42) and non-soil (6.76 ± 0.46) conditions, compared to that of the control in soil (9.83 ± 083) and non-soil (9.90 ± 0.72) conditions. …”
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Empirical mode decomposition/Hilbert transform analysis of postural responses to small amplitude anterior-posterior sinusoidal translations of varying frequencies by Rakesh Pilkar, Erik M. Bollt, Charles Robinson

“…The Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) algorithm decomposes the Center of Pressure (CoP) data (5 young, 4 mature adults) into Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs). Hilbert transforms are applied to produce each IMF’s time-frequency spectrum. …”
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Evaluation of Sutureless, Glueless, Flapless, Intrascleral Fixated Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens in Children with Ectopia Lentis by Kannan NB, Piyush Kohli, Bhanu Pratap Singh Pangtey, Kim Ramasamy

“…The complication profile is similar to that reported in adults.…”
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Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia as a Presentation of Giant Cell Myocarditis by Michael H. Chiu, Cvetan Trpkov, Saman Rezazedeh, Derek S. Chew

“…Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis (GCM) has a fulminant course and typically presents in middle-aged adults with acute heart failure or ventricular arrhythmia. …”
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Differential between-therapist effects in more versus less standardized therapies for depression by Anuj H. P. Mehta, Michael J. Constantino, Jack J. M. Dekker, Alice E. Coyne, Averi N. Gaines, Henricus L. Van, Jaap Peen, Frank J. Don, Ellen Driessen

“…We also explored whether the size of therapist effects differed by degree of treatment standardization; in this trial, CBT was structured and manualized, whereas PDT was flexible and principle driven. Patients were 254 adults who received 16 sessions of CBT or PDT from 59 therapists nested within the condition. …”
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Development of Diagnostic Biomarkers for Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy at Early Stages Using Quantitative Proteomics by Jonghwa Jin, Hophil Min, Sang Jin Kim, Sohee Oh, Kyunggon Kim, Hyeong Gon Yu, Taesung Park, Youngsoo Kim

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication caused by diabetes mellitus (DM) and is a leading cause of vision impairment and loss among adults. Here, we performed a comprehensive proteomic analysis to discover biomarkers for DR. …”
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Chinese version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire: psychometric properties and clinical applications by Wei Wei, Zhe Zhang, Lin Zhu, Qian Zhang, Xin-Lu Cai, Qingying Ye, Ke Ni, Minmin Yin, David A. Preece, Bao-Ming Li

“…In Study 2, the PAQ was able to successfully distinguish the MDD group and the subclinical depression group from their matched healthy controls.Conclusions The Chinese version of the PAQ is a valid and reliable instrument for comprehensively assessing alexithymia in the general population and adults with clinical/subclinical depression.…”
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Opinions on Dental Erosive Lesions, Knowledge of Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies among Norwegian Dentists: A Questionnaire Survey by Aida Mulic, Simen Vidnes-Kopperud, Anne B. Skaare, Anne Bjørg Tveit, Alix Young

“…This study aimed to investigate dentists’ general experience, knowledge about diagnosis, and treatment of dental erosive wear in young adults. A questionnaire was sent to 1262 Norwegian public dental health-employed dentists. …”
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Effect of Dementia on the Use of Drugs for Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease by Nicole R. Fowler, Amber E. Barnato, Howard B. Degenholtz, Angela M. Curcio, James T. Becker, Lewis H. Kuller, Oscar L. Lopez

“…Setting and Subjects. 1,087 older adults in four US states who had or developed IHD between 1989 and 1998. …”
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Insights into the Multidisciplinary Approach for Metastatic Acinic Cell Lung Carcinoma: The Pathologist’s Role in Romania Today by Dorela-Codruta Lazureanu, Amelia Burlea, Robert Barna, Daniela Cipu, Mihaela Pasca Fenesan, Ioan Icma, Marioara Cornianu

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is a rare lung neoplasm that can affect both children and adults as a parenchymal or endobronchial mass. It is histologically similar to this kind of tumor described in salivary glands, but with a different immunophenotype. …”
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Enhancing social functioning using multi-user, immersive virtual reality by D. J. Holt, N. R. DeTore, B. Aideyan, L. Utter, L. Vinke, D. S. Johnson, J. Zimmerman, K. N. Dokholyan, A. Burke

“…To measure the feasibility of this approach, 33 young adults experiencing social discomfort were enrolled in a study of a VR-based application called Reconnecting with Ourselves and Others in virtual Meetings (ROOM), which delivered a previously validated, mindfulness-based intervention. …”
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Do DSM-5 Eating Disorder Criteria Overpathologize Normative Eating Patterns among Individuals with Obesity? by Jennifer J. Thomas, Katherine A. Koh, Kamryn T. Eddy, Andrea S. Hartmann, Helen B. Murray, Mark J. Gorman, Stephanie Sogg, Anne E. Becker

“…To evaluate the evidence for this and other DSM-5 critiques, we compared the point prevalence and interrater reliability of DSM-IV versus DSM-5 eating disorders (EDs) among adults seeking weight-loss treatment. Method. Clinicians (n=2) assigned DSM-IV and DSM-5 ED diagnoses to 100 participants via routine clinical interview. …”
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