The Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Impaired Glucose Regulation in Chinese Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Dong Zhao, Nannan Wu, Jing Yang, Simo Liu, Ning Zhang, Xuhong Wang, Haibin Zhang

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Body Mass Index and Its Change from Adolescence to Adulthood Are Closely Related to the Risk of Adult Metabolic Syndrome in China by Bingyang Liu, Yue Li, Jiamei Guo, Yuting Fan, Ling Li, Ping Li

“…Control of both variables in adolescents would be more effective in decreasing the risk of MetS in young adults than control of BMI alone.…”
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Determination of Effective Factors on Power Requirement and Conveying Capacity of a Screw Conveyor under Three Paddy Grain Varieties by Ezzatollah Askari Asli-Ardeh, Ahmad Mohsenimanesh

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Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking Decrease Respiratory Quality of Life in Adults: Results from a National Cross-Sectional Study by Salamé Joseph, Salameh Pascale, Khayat Georges, Waked Mirna

“…Smoking decreases the respiratory quality of life of Lebanese adults; this issue has to be further emphasized during smoking cessation and patients’ education.…”
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Digital Health Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Semiquantitative Analysis by M. Di Pumpo, M. Di Pumpo, A. Miatton, M. T. Riccardi, M. T. Riccardi, E. A. Graps, V. Baldo, A. Buja, G. Damiani, G. Damiani

“…ObjectivesPhysical activity (PA) is crucial for older adults’ wellbeing. Digital health interventions (DHIs) are important, however a synthesis aimed at healthy community-dwelling OA is lacking. …”
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Empathetic Deep Learning: Transferring Adult Speech Emotion Models to Children With Gender-Specific Adaptations Using Neural Embeddings by Elina Lesyk, Tomás Arias-Vergara, Elmar Nöth, Andreas Maier, Juan Rafael Orozco-Arroyave, Paula Andrea Perez-Toro

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Opções metodológicas para o treino do handebol em equipes universitárias do estado de São Paulo by Karla Aline Moreira de Oliveira, Rafael Pombo Menezes

“…Participaram do estudo 21 treinadores de equipes masculinas e femininas do estado de São Paulo (Brasil). Os principais achados se referem à preferência pelo ensino pautado em jogos e situações de jogo, quando comparados ao método tradicional/tecnicista, o que contrapõe os achados de outros estudos com equipes da mesma faixa etária. …”
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Poluição sonora: estudo de caso do trânsito de veículos na subprefeitura de Pinheiros – São Paulo by Thiago França Shoegima, Alfredo Pereira de Queiroz Filho

“…The aim of this paper is to compare the noise of traffic of the Subprefeitura of Pinheiros with their noise limits established by zoning law in São Paulo city. Three surveys were conducted between 2010 and 2011, in 40 different points in the studied area, during the morning. …”
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Association between dietary carotenoid intakes and the risk of asthma in adults: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2007–2012 by Weijie Li, Wei Zhang, Jie Du

“…Objective To investigate the association between dietary carotenoid intake and asthma using data from a nationally representative sample of US adults.Design Cross-section study.Setting The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2012.Participants A total of 13 039 participants aged 20–80 years (current asthma n=1784, non-current asthma n=11 255) were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures Asthma was defined by self-report questionnaires. …”
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Social activities and different intensities of physical activity among older adults in China: a population-based cohort study by Song Yang, Qi Zhang, Anhui Zhao, Dongye Lyu

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The atherogenic index of plasma increases the risk of incident kidney stones: a nested case–control study in Chinese adults by Dawei Wang, Feng Shi, Dingguo Zhang, Hui Wang, Yu Zhu, Jun Wang

“…Propensity score matching selected 2,550 patients with incident kidney stones and 5,100 controls from a total of 64,121 adults. Baseline fasting plasma samples were collected to measure the AIP, defined as the logarithm of the ratio triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. …”
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Correlation between blood pressure control status and cognitive impairment in older adults: A national cross-sectional study. by Junxiu Yao, Shengshu Wang, Meiling Li, Baomei Song, Cong Lan, Jianjun Jia, Yongjian Yang

“…We aimed to explore the relationship between blood pressure control and cognitive impairment in older adults with hypertension. Using the cross-sectional data from the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, 5,860 people with self-reported history of hypertension were divided into the hypotension, intermediate blood pressure, and hypertension groups. …”
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Heterotaxy syndrome, dextrocardia, ureteropelvic obstruction, endometriosis, and pulmonary hypertension in an adult with congenital heart defects: a case report by Ahmad Al-Bitar, Mhd Ammar Zalzaleh, Hussien Al Helbawi, Mohammad Hossein Morteza

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Successful Tocilizumab Therapy for Macrophage Activation Syndrome Associated with Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: A Case-Based Review by Eri Watanabe, Hitoshi Sugawara, Takeshi Yamashita, Akira Ishii, Aya Oda, Chihiro Terai

“…We report the case of a 71-year-old Japanese woman with adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) in whom macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) developed despite therapy with oral high-dose prednisolone and intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy twice. …”
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Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Overview of Human and Animal Studies with Implications for Therapeutic Perspectives Aimed at Memory Recovery by Stefano Farioli-Vecchioli, Valentina Ricci, Silvia Middei

“…Numerous studies have investigated whether impaired adult neurogenesis contributes to memory decline in AD. …”
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Desde que o samba é samba, Paulo Lins Rio de Janeiro: Companhia das Letras, 2012. by Andressa Marques da Silva

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Southern Cabbageworm (larva), Checkered White (adult) Pontia (=Pieris) protodice (Biosduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae) by Donald W. Hall

“…EENY-436/IN793: Southern Cabbageworm (larva), Checkered White (adult) Pontia (=Pieris) protodice (Biosduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Association between physical activity levels and stroke risk among Chinese adults aged 45 and over based on CHARLS by Changjun Jiang, Tianhong Chen, Jianfeng Xiang, Yiqun Pang

“…Binary logistic regression models were used to analyze the associations between different dimensions of physical activity levels (intensity, frequency, duration, and total physical activity (TPA)) and stroke risk in Chinese middle-aged and older adults. Subgroups were analyzed according to participants’ age, sex, residency, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes stratification. …”
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Physical Activity Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Elderly Northern Chinese Adults by Qian Wang, Xu Zhang, Li Fang, Qingbo Guan, Ling Gao, Qiu Li

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Are probiotics useful in the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults? A review of existing systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and recommendations by Mikołaj Kamiński, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Igor Łoniewski, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Wojciech Marlicz

“…Probiotics are often recommended by medical practitioners, but evidence-based utility in adults with CIC is uncertain. Recommendations/guidelines are often based on results from individual studies, rather than meta-analyses or umbrella reviews. …”
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