Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

“…We present a case of an elderly female who developed a dissecting pseudoaneurysm of the proper hepatic artery after undergoing routine surgery to resect a large duodenal adenoma. …”
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“Forget to Whom You Have Told This Proverb”: Directed Forgetting of Destination Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease by Mohamad El Haj, Marie-Charlotte Gandolphe, Philippe Allain, Luciano Fasotti, Pascal Antoine

“…Twenty-six AD participants and 30 healthy elderly subjects were asked to tell 10 different proverbs to 10 different celebrities (List 1). …”
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A comparative study of machine learning algorithms for fall detection in technology-based healthcare system: Analyzing SVM, KNN, decision tree, random forest, LSTM, and CNN by Afuan Lasmedi, Isnanto R. Rizal

“…Fall detection is a major challenge in the development of technology-based healthcare systems, particularly in elderly care. This study aims to compare the performance of six classification algorithms: Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Decision Tree, Random Forest, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in detecting fall incidents using wearable sensor data such as accelerometers and gyroscopes. …”
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A large-scale risk assessment and classification model for pneumococcus using Finnish national health data by Viljami Männikkö, Juha Turunen, Heidi Åhman, Esa Harju

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, poses a significant health risk, particularly to infants, the elderly, and individuals with underlying medical conditions. …”
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Understanding the Spatial Heterogeneity Impact of Determinants on Ridership of Urban Rail Transit Across Different Passenger Groups by Qian Qian, Yang Liu, Min He, Mingwei He, Huimin Qian, Zhuangbin Shi

“…Notably, for tourist and life-oriented passengers, the stations significantly affected by population density are concentrated in areas with a higher proportion of elderly individuals. Conversely, for flexible and regular commuters, these stations are predominantly situated in areas associated with internet technology and scientific research. …”
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Possible influence of sex on the relationship between dual-task gait costs and cognitive decline in older adults. by Monica Christova, Shane Fresnoza, Christoph Palli, Wolfgang Staubmann, Bernhard Guggenberger

“…To address this objective, we conducted a study with 216 elderly participants (age range: 60 to 75 years, 127 females). …”
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The Femoral Neck Mechanoresponse to Hip Extensors Exercise: A Case Study by Saulo Martelli, Hossein Mokhtarzadeh, Peter Pivonka, Peter R. Ebeling

“…The biomechanical stimulus for bone adaptation (BS) was calculated using published models of the musculoskeletal system and the average hip extension moment in elderly participants. Volumetric (ΔvBMD) and areal (ΔaBMD) BMD changes were calculated. …”
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Association between social networks and cognitive impairment among older Chinese adults: the mediating effect of depression by Zhuo Zhang, Ying Bian

“…The generalized linear model was used to analysis the impact of social networks on cognitive impairment, and further analysis the mediating effect of depression.ResultsA total of 745 elderly people aged 60 and above was included in this survey, with an average age of 68.90 ± 6.00 years. …”
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Harnessing gut microbiota for longevity: Insights into mechanisms and genetic manipulation by Peng Shi, Simin Xu, Ziling Yang, Liying Wang, Yalun Wu, Ying Li, Zuobin Zhu

“…This perspective summarizes the mechanisms by which gut microbes regulate host lifespan and explores genetic manipulation strategies to promote healthy aging in the elderly.…”
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Charles Bonnet syndrome in patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional study by Nathalie Skovgaard Eriksen, Nabi Mousavi, Yousif Subhi, Torben Lykke Sørensen, Marie Krogh Nielsen

“…Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent cause of irreversible vision loss among the elderly. The prevalence and detailed characteristics of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) remain largely unexplored in patients with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to AMD. …”
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Wearable Quarter-Wave Folded Microstrip Antenna for Passive UHF RFID Applications by Thomas Kaufmann, Damith C. Ranasinghe, Ming Zhou, Christophe Fumeaux

“…A wearable low-profile inset-fed quarter-wave folded microstrip patch antenna for noninvasive activity monitoring of elderly is presented. The proposed antenna is embedded with a sensor-enabled passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag operating in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) band around 900 MHz. …”
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers and Prediction of Conversion in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: 4-Year Follow-Up in a Routine Clinical Setting by Alessia Lanari, Lucilla Parnetti

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a very common syndrome in elderly people, with a high risk of conversion to dementia. …”
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The impact of fruit and vegetable intake on healthcare costs and preventive care in older adults: evidence from SHARE data by S. Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi, Cristina Elisa Orso, Cristina Tealdi, Simona Tenaglia

“…Our findings inform policies aimed at optimizing healthcare resource allocation and promoting healthy ageing in Europe's growing elderly population. Methods Leveraging data from the 8th wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) conducted in 2019–2020, this cross-sectional analysis examines associations between daily fruit and vegetable intake and hospitalization rates, hospital length of stay, visits to general practitioners, and specialist consultations. …”
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Late Lung Metastasis of a Primary Eccrine Sweat Gland Carcinoma 10 Years after Initial Surgical Treatment: The First Clinical Documentation by R. F. Falkenstern-Ge, S. Bode-Erdmann, G. Ott, M. Wohlleber, M. Kohlhäufl

“…Sweat gland carcinoma is a rare malignancy with a high metastatic potential seen more commonly in elderly patients. The scalp is the most common site of occurrence and it usually spreads to regional lymph nodes. …”
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Disseminated tuberculosis masquerading as a psychiatric illness—A case report by Shalini Bhaskar, Mimi N. M. Noh

“…Case Presentation: An elderly lady with subacute onset and worsening behavioural changes of three months’ duration was referred for exclusion of organic brain disease. …”
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Development and Validation of an Age-Specific Lower Extremity Finite Element Model for Simulating Pedestrian Accidents by Jing Huang, Yongcheng Long, Yu Yan, Lin Hu

“…However, current computational models only represent certain ages in the population, the age spectrum of the pedestrian victims is very large, and the geometry of anatomical structures and material property of the lower extremities changes with age for adults, which could affect the injury tolerance, especially in at-risk populations such as the elderly. The effects of age on the material mechanical property of bone and soft tissues of the lower extremities as well as the geometry of the long bone were studied. …”
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Validation of a Life Experience Scale of Older Adults from community clubs by María Elena Flores Villavicencio, Verónica Rodríguez Sánchez, José Raúl Robles Bañuelos

“…Objective: to validate a life experience scale in older adults who attend community clubs attached to the Metropolitan Center for the Elderly (CEMAN) in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Method: 120 older adults aged 60 and over participated. …”
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A novel method of treament of ascending aortic aneurysm by V.B. Demyanchuk, V.V. Pogrebnyak, O.I. Kvasha, B.M. Todurov

“…Such interventions show good immediate and long-term treatment outcomes, but they are often accompanied by high blood loss and surgical trauma, which in elderly patients with concomitant pathology can lead to serious cardiac and extracardiac complications and prolongation of treatment in general. …”
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PUVA Induced Bullous Pemphigoid in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides by Birgül Özkesici, Saliha Koç, Ayşe Akman-Karakaş, Ertan Yılmaz, İbrahim Cumhur Başsorgun, Soner Uzun

“…The disease primarily affects the elderly people and in most of the patients inducing factors cannot be identified. …”
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Outcomes of Geriatric Hip Fractures Treated with AFFIXUS Hip Fracture Nail by Ahmed Mabrouk, Mysore Madhusudan, Mohammed Waseem, Steven Kershaw, Jochen Fischer

“…The results of AFFIXUS hip fracture nail were satisfactory in most elderly patients. The unique design of the lag screw and its thread spacing had effectively reduced cut-out rate.…”
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