Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course by Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä

“…We use longitudinal survey data to estimate healthy ageing trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants over the life-course, in the German context. We examine the roles of education, income, and marital status, separately for men and women. …”
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Improved Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair with Cell- and Cytokine-Seeded Collagen Patches by Hui Qu, Bao-dong Xie, Jian Wu, Bo Lv, Jun-bo Chuai, Jian-zhong Li, Jun Cai, Hua Wu, Shu-lin Jiang, Xiao-ping Leng, Kai Kang

“…In vivo, with the hMSC-seeded, cytokine-immobilized patch (MSCs + GF patch), we performed modified SVR for rats with left ventricular aneurysm postmyocardial infarction (MI). …”
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The First Governor of Mecca: ʿAttāb b. Asīd, His Life and Political Activities by Ümit Eskin

“…In addition, a study of his life can be used as a basis to answer questions such as whether or not this appointment had a role in forming the basis of the view in Islamic political history that “Imams are from Ḳurays̲h̲.” …”
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The Life History and Habits of Spalangia Muscidarum Richardson, A Parasite of the Stable Fly by Harry Pinkus

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Life History of an Endangered Marine Insect Halovelia septentrionalis Esaki (Hemiptera: Veliidae) by Terumi Ikawa, Aika Nakazawa

“…It is of primary importance to investigate its life history in the field so as to develop conservation measures as well as to understand how this species has adapted to marine environments. …”
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Philosophical Dogmas or Questions? A Defense of Philosophical Questioning as a Way of Life by Hélder Telo

Subjects: “…philosophy as a way of life…”
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Acute Contained Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as Left Vocal Fold Immobility by Sharon H. Gnagi, Brittany E. Howard, Joseph M. Hoxworth, David G. Lott

“…Follow-up CT scan at 8 months demonstrated a reduction of the hematoma. The left vocal cord remains immobile to date. Conclusion. …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income by Rhea Choksey, Rohan K. Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Terrika Jones, Rosa Flores, Latha Ganti

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Signal Processing Platforms and Algorithms for Real-Life Communications and Listening to Digital Audio by Alexander Petrovsky, Wanggen Wan, Manuel Rosa-Zurera, Alexey Karpov

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Anomalous Origin and Retropulmonary Course of an Atherosclerotic Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery by J. A. T. C. Parker, A. A. Peivandi, S. Bitschnau, N. Kayhan, C. F. Vahl

“…We here present the case of a rarely seen anomalous origin and retropulmonary course of the left circumflex artery from the proximal right coronary artery. …”
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Systematic Review of Lay Responders Educational Outcomes to Identify Life-Threatening Bleeding

“…Objective: Identify evidence of how lay responders can accurately identify life-threatening bleeding (LTB) from educational interventions. …”
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Quality and shelf-life extension of vegetables using precision control storage system by Kok Chai Ling, Chew Boon Kee, Chan Yi Chuen, Ong Mei Kying, Toh Pek Lan, Teoh Shen Khang, Goh Hock Guan

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Evaluation of Quality Parameters and Shelf Life of Thai Pork Scratching “Kaeb Moo” by Thanapon Kitpot, Sujinda Sriwattana, Sergio Angeli, Prodpran Thakeow

“…The increase of rancidity was observed even if the peroxide values of frying oil were under the national regulation. At the end of shelf life, the properties of Kaeb Moo samples from predicting equations were as follows: 3.67–6.01% moisture contents, 0.396–0.503 µg/g MDA contents, 0.342–0.481 mg/kg hexanal contents, 50.01–60.08 kg·s linear distances (crispness), 36.01–48.83 mm rancid rating, and 43.72–45.38 mm crispness rating.…”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…The World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Scale (WHOQOL BREF) and the Montréal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were both used to evaluate the patients’ quality of life and cognitive ability, respectively. …”
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Life cycle assessment of heat, CO2 from composting for greenhouse applications by Jiamin Wang, BiChen Tian, Rui Li, Jianming Li

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Catheter-Directed Middle Hemorrhoidal Artery Embolization for Life-Threatening Rectal Bleeding by Mubin I Syed, Najeeb Chaudhry, Azim Shaikh, Kamal Morar, Kumar Mukerjee, Earl Damallie

“…In the present report, three patients with life-threatening rectal bleeding are presented, which was controlled by superselective embolization of the middle hemorrhoidal artery or selective embolization of the internal iliac artery as a last resort.…”
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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

“…Introduction: community clubs are a participatory care model that responds to various needs of older people, whose purpose is to promote the continuity of their participation within society with the development of activities to maintain a quality of life through active aging. and with success. 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. …”
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Prediction of the remaining useful life of a milling machine using machine learning by Abbas Al-Refaie, Majd Al-atrash, Natalija Lepkova

“…This research seeks to develop a smart maintenance web application that utilizes Machine Learning (ML) supervised models to predict the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) for milling operations. The ML models were developed using a four-stage process including data pre-processing, training, evaluation, and deployment. …”
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Experimental investigation of radiation life support system with vacuum and air heat insulation by V. I. Karagusov, I. S. Kolpakov, V. A. Nemykin, I. N. Pogulyaev

Subjects: “…radiation life support systems…”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Improves the Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Yao Wei, Weiming Zhu, Jianfeng Gong, Dong Guo, Lili Gu, Ning Li, Jieshou Li

“…To determine the effect of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) on quality of life (QoL) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …”
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