Maternal Nutritional Deficiencies and Small-for-Gestational-Age Neonates at Birth of Women Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery by J. Hazart, D. Le Guennec, M. Accoceberry, D. Lemery, A. Mulliez, N. Farigon, C. Lahaye, M. Miolanne-Debouit, Y. Boirie

“…Prevalence of micronutritional deficiencies and small-for-gestational-age neonates is high in pregnant women following bariatric surgery. …”
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Zoledronic acid as adjuvant therapy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomised controlled pilot study by Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Morten Carstens Moe, Morten Wang Fagerland, Yngvil Solheim Husum, Erik Fink Eriksen

“…Aims To assess the feasibility of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of zoledronic acid (ZA) as adjuvant therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).Methods In this 1-year, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study, nAMD patients were allocated 1:1 to receive intravenous ZA 5 mg or placebo at baseline and after 6 months in addition to intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy following a treat-and-extend regimen. …”
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Understanding the Impact of the Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) Gene on Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Study by Saranya Velmurugan, Rashmi Pauline, Gurudeva Chandrashekar, Langeswaran Kulanthaivel, Gowtham Kumar Subbaraj

Subjects: “…age-related macular degeneration…”
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Aging disrupts the link between network centrality and functional properties of prefrontal neurons during memory-guided behavior by Yadollah Ranjbar-Slamloo, Huee Ru Chong, Tsukasa Kamigaki

“…This relationship, however, deteriorates in middle-aged and older mice. A computational model simulating age-related declines in synaptic plasticity reproduces these results. …”
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Undernutrition and Its Correlates among Children of 3–9 Years of Age Residing in Slum Areas of Bhubaneswar, India by Ansuman Panigrahi, Sai Chandan Das

“…The present study was undertaken to assess the level of wasting, stunting, and underweight and determine its associates among slum children of 3–9 years of age, residing in Bhubaneswar city, India. After obtaining informed consent, a total of 249 children from 249 households were studied and their parents/guardians were interviewed to collect all relevant information. 23.3%, 57.4%, and 45.4% of children were found to have wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. …”
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Insulin/IGF-I and Related Signaling Pathways Regulate Aging in Nondividing Cells: from Yeast to the Mammalian Brain by Edoardo Parrella, Valter D. Longo

“…Taken together, these studies indicate that simple model systems will contribute to our comprehension of aging of the mammalian nervous system and will stimulate novel neurotherapeutic strategies in humans.…”
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Artificial weathering aging of PPT coatings made from recycled PET to protect concrete: Nanomechanical properties evaluation by Adrián Bórquez-Mendivil, Jorge Luis Almaral-Sánchez, Jesus Eduardo Leal-Perez, César Modesto-Acosta, Joaquin Flores-Valenzuela, Orlando Auciello, Blanca Alicia García-Grajeda, José Miguel Mendivil-Escalante, Sergio G. Flores-Gallardo, Roberto P. Talamantes-Soto, Abel Hurtado-Macías

“…The objective of this work was to artificial weathering age polypropylene terephthalate (PPT) coatings obtained from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycled for the evaluation of their nanomechanical properties, which are proposed for the protection of hydraulic concrete. …”
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The Association between Birth Weight and Gestational Age and Asthma in 6-7- and 13-14-Year-Old Children by Zamani Raheleh, Alikhani Ahmad, Heydarzadeh Abtin, Zare Roghaye, Hashemain Sara, Rahimi Siavash

“…Previous studies that assessed the role of birth weight and gestational age in the risk of asthma have been conflicting. …”
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Fractional-Order Modeling of Arterial Compliance in Vascular Aging: A Computational Biomechanical Approach for Investigating Cardiovascular Dynamics by Mohamed A. Bahloul, Yasser Aboelkassem, Zehor Belkhatir, Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

“…<italic>Conclusions:</italic> This study demonstrates the potential of fractional-order calculus in advancing the modeling and characterization of arterial compliance in human vascular aging. The proposed FOC model can improve our understanding of the physiological changes in arterial compliance associated with aging and help to identify potential interventions for age-related cardiovascular diseases.…”
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Normative Study and Psychometric Properties of the Digital Quotient Test in Children and Adolescents Aged 8-18 in the Iranian Community by Marzieh Poursalehy Navideh, AhmadReza Matinfar

“…Using the test-retest method with a coefficient of 0.872, the test reliability was estimated to be appropriate (P < 0.01).Conclusion: The Digital Quotient Test has appropriate validity and reliability in children and adolescents aged 8-18 years in Iranian community.…”
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Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Middle Aged and Elderly Nigerian Men: Impact on Quality of Life by Patrick Temi Adegun, Philip Babatunde Adebayo, Peter Olufemi Areo

“…To compare the severity of LUTS among middle aged and elderly Nigerian men and determine the influence of LUTS severity on QoL. …”
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Mitchell Timothy, Petrocratia. La démocratie à l'âge du carbone, Alfortville, Edition Ere, 2011. by Bruno Villalba

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Age- and sex-adjusted CT-based reference values for temporal muscle thickness, cross-sectional area and radiodensity by Emilia K. Pesonen, Otso Arponen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Nicole Hernández, Lasse Pikkarainen, Sami Tetri, Tommi K. Korhonen

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Retracted: Mechanical Strength and Fatigue Fracture Analysis on Al-Zn-Mg Alloy with the Influence of Creep Aging Process by Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Man´s Attitude Towards Animals Within the Context of Gender, Age, Place of Living, Eating Habits, and Worldview in Slovakia by Ján Kaliský, Lada Kaliská

“…Both tools were used to search for respondents' attitudes towards animals (N=937) in the context of their gender, age, residence, eating habits and worldview. The research study is of correlation-differential study design. …”
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Effect of frequency and duration of training on PHV between Swiss and Indonesian football clubs aged 9-11 years by Zahra Citra Fanita, Sri Sumartiningsih

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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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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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