Feasibility of Conducting Sit-to-Stand Tests Using Video Consultation by Deng Peng Ng, P. Thiviyan, Sailli Shrida, Li Whye Cindy Ng

“…Majority of participants were from the 21- to 25-year-old age groups, and the average number of repetitions performed by this group was 21.9±5.6 for the 30SSTS and 44.7±12.6 for the 1MSTS. …”
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IMPACT OF PENSION SYSTEM REFORMS ON PUBLIC FINANCE EXPENDITURES IN POLAND by Anna Owczarczyk

“…The social security system in Poland is composed of a social insurance and welfare system, a health insurance system, unemployment and family benefits, from which are enumerated an old-age pension, invalidity pension, sickness and maternity insurance, insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases, and health insurance. …”
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Faculty Salary Structure for Publicly Funded Higher Education Institutions of the Russian Federation by Y. V. Dolzhenkova, A. L. Safonov, A. A. Chub

“…They are a significant reduction in the number of teaching staff, a substantial part of the old-age staff, an increase in the total workload and extracurricular work. …”
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Causes and consequences of the pension system reforms in Serbia by Đekić Marija, Mijalković Jovana, Marković Biljana

“…Certain legal changes were made in Serbia regarding the age limit necessary to be eligible for old-age and disability pensions, tightening the conditions for obtaining the right to a pension, calculating pensions, and other. …”
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Structural damage-driven brain compensation among near-centenarians and centenarians without dementia by Hui Tang, Haichao Zhao, Hao Liu, Jiyang Jiang, Nicole Kochan, Jing Jing, Henry Brodaty, Wei Wen, Perminder S. Sachdev, Tao Liu

“…Compensation has been proposed as a mechanism to explain how individuals in very old age remain able to maintain normal cognitive functioning. …”
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Functional MRI Assessment of Task-Induced Deactivation of the Default Mode Network in Alzheimer’s Disease and At-Risk Older Individuals by Maija Pihlajamäki, Reisa A. Sperling

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in old age, and is characterized by prominent impairment of episodic memory. …”
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Variation of diameter at breast height increment values of single tree by planning period, age class, and social class: Study case of Scots pine stands from Sarıkamış region by Ramazan Ozçelik, Yılmaz Çatal, Serdar Carus, Onur Alkan, Burak Koparan

“…The sample trees were divided into three groups as young (age group- 1), middle (age group- 2) and old (age group- 3) in terms of age and into four groups as dominant, codominant, suppressed and subdominant in terms of social class. …”
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Assessment of Gap between Knowledge and Practices among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Bangladesh by Farzana Saleh, Ferdous Ara, Fadia Afnan

“…The risk factors for the patients’ outcome include old age, female gender, years of education, economic status, and duration of DM.…”
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Suffering from Loneliness Indicates Significant Mortality Risk of Older People by Reijo S. Tilvis, Venla Laitala, Pirkko E. Routasalo, Kaisu H. Pitkälä

“…Suffering from loneliness is common and indicates significant mortality risk in old age.…”
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Examining Social Insurance Perceptions and Attitudes among Zimbabwean Informal Sector Workers: A Study on Providing Social Protection to the Disenfranchised by Bronson Mutanda, Bomi Cyril Nomlala

“…Social insurance is significant since it helps informal sector workers to prepare for life's predictable and unpredictable events, such as retirement, unemployment, old age, incapacity, death and health challenges.  …”
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The effect of a water jogging exercise course on older men with knee osteoarthritis by Yaser Khanjari, Razie Garooei

“…Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common joint disorders and a major cause of disability and disability in old age. Although previous research has shown the positive effects of exercise on land to some extent, but due to high pressure on land, the elderly does not want to participate in these exercises. …”
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Comparative Study of the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Low Socioeconomic Areas from South Chennai, India by Jeevitha Dhanabal, Pradeep Pushparaj Selvadoss, Kanchana Muthuswamy

“…Further, with respect to age, children and teenagers had surplus parasites compared to old age groups. The percentage of educational status showed a reduction in the number of parasites in the higher education dwellers. …”
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Elderly in the state of co-residence in a town in State Bahia, Brazil by Saulo Sacramento Meira, Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Jorge Costa do Nascimento, Camila Barros Andrade

“…Data were collected through a multidimensional question- naire Brazil Old Age Schedule (BOAS), tabulated and analyzed by Epi Info 3.3.2 program. …”
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Submandibular Gland Invasion From a Metastatic Lymph Node in Patients With Buccal Mucosal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report by Moeka Bukawa, Kenji Yamagata, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Shohei Takaoka, Fumihiko Uchida, Naomi Ishibashi-Kanno, Hiroki Bukawa

“…No adjuvant therapy was performed for old age and oral intake dysfunction. Contrast CT detected the multiple lung and left scapula metastases at postoperative 5 months, which made the policy of best supportive care. …”
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A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Liver Enzymes and Lipid Levels by Subrata Deb, Prasanth Puthanveetil, Prashant Sakharkar

“…LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides were found to be good predictor of elevated ALT, AST, and ALP levels. Similarly, old age and female gender were significant predictor of elevated ALT and AST (p≤0.001). …”
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Tendency to Ingest Foreign Bodies in Mentally Retarded Patients: A Case with Ileal Perforation Caused by the Ingestion of a Teaspoon by İhsan Yıldız, Yavuz Savaş Koca, Gökhan Avşar, İbrahim Barut

“…Foreign body ingestion can occur intentionally in children at developing ages and old-age patients, or adults and prisoners, whereas it may occur unintentionally in patients with mental retardation due to hallucination. …”
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Analyzing the Causes and Factors Affecting the Gender Wage Gap (In Light of the Principle of Equal Pay in International Labor Law) by Fatemeh Nowrouzi

“…Unequal wages during working years have their effects on gender inequality throughout life, and lower income reduces women's economic independence throughout life, and Its consequences are evident in old age in salaries and income during retirement. …”
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Effect of Interleukin and Hepcidin in Anemia of Chronic Diseases by Maha F. Yacoub, Hala Fouad Ferwiz, Fadwa Said

“…Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) also termed as the anemia of inflammation has been found to be associated with inflammations, chronic infections, and cancers, particularly in old age. Recent studies revealed that interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, and hepcidin, an antimicrobial hepatic peptide, play a key role in ACD pathogenesis. …”
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Retracted: Function Matching of Terminal Modules of Intelligent Furniture for Elderly Based on Wireless Sensor Network by Chengmin Zhou, Xin Luo, Ting Huang, Tao Zhou

“…Taking the living needs of the elderly as the core, intelligent and innovative design of elderly bedroom furniture in the direction of old age has become a hot topic. Therefore, it is very necessary to actively carry out research on the function matching of smart adaptable furniture terminal modules based on wireless sensor networks. …”
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Periodontal Care as a Fundamental Step for an Active and Healthy Ageing by Carlo Cafiero, Marco Matarasso, Gaetano Marenzi, Vincenzo Iorio Siciliano, Loredana Bellia, Gilberto Sammartino

“…In the industrialized part of the world, an increasing number of people live the old age without too many restrictions due to illness or physiological impairment. …”
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