Comparative Outcomes of Meropenem–Vaborbactam vs. Ceftazidime–Avibactam Among Adults Hospitalized with an Infectious Syndrome in the US, 2019–2021 by Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Mark A. Redell, Kate Sulham, Andrew F. Shorr

“…CZA, we conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study of all adult hospitalized patients with a serious infection (sepsis, urinary tract infection [UTI], complicated intraabdominal [cIAI] infection, or pneumonia) within the PINC AI Database, 2019–2021. …”
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Development and Cross-Validation of Anthropometric Predictive Equations to Estimate Total Body Fat Percentage in Adult Women in Sri Lanka by Nirmala Rathnayake, Gayani Alwis, Janaka Lenora, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…This study was designed to develop and cross-validate anthropometric predictive equations to estimate the total body fat percentage (TBFP) of Sri Lankan adult women. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Galle, Sri Lanka, with two groups: Group A (group for equation development) and Group B (cross-validation group) (n = 175 each) of randomly selected healthy adult women aged 30–60 years. …”
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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

“…The closure of two phases of the dam at the Porto Primavera Hydroelectric Plant on the Paraná River flooded a flawed system located in the Municipality of Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo state, favoring the proliferation of aquatic weeds. …”
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Community knowledge of Australia’s national preventive health strategy focus areas: a nationally representative survey of 1509 adults by Amie Steel, Hope Foley, Jon Adams

“…Methods In response, this study employed a cross-sectional online survey of adults in the Australian general population (n = 1509) to investigate their knowledge and health information seeking behaviour regarding the NPHS’ seven focus areas. …”
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Generation and miRNA Characterization of Equine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Fetal and Adult Multipotent Tissues by Laís Vicari de Figueiredo Pessôa, Pedro Ratto Lisboa Pires, Maite del Collado, Naira Caroline Godoy Pieri, Kaiana Recchia, Aline Fernanda Souza, Felipe Perecin, Juliano Coelho da Silveira, André Furugen Cesar de Andrade, Carlos Eduardo Ambrosio, Fabiana Fernandes Bressan, Flavio Vieira Meirelles

“…We hypothesize that different cell types respond differently to the reprogramming process; thus, the goals of this study were to isolate and characterize equine adult and fetal cells and induce these cells to pluripotency for future regenerative and translational purposes. …”
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Perceived barriers to physical activity and their predictors among adults in the Central Region in Saudi Arabia: Gender differences and cultural aspects. by Osama Abdelhay, Mohammad Altamimi, Qusai Abdelhay, Marwan Manajrah, Ayla M Tourkmani, Mutaz Altamimi, Taghreed Altamimi

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the perceived barriers hindering physical activity among adult residents of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and to identify associated sociodemographic and health-related factors, focusing on gender differences and cultural aspects.…”
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Association of social frailty, sarcopenia, and oral frailty with depressive symptoms in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study by Yuanhao Sun, Huan Liu, Xiangdong Li, Lin Zhang, Wenwen Xu, Hairong liu, Ting Yuan

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Sleep quality and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults living in the US: a mixed-effects model analysis by Fengyan Tang, Yuyang Zhu, Dasuni Jayawardena, Guoping Jin, Yanping Jiang

“…Abstract Background Racial and ethnic disparities in sleep quality and cognitive health are increasingly recognized, yet little is understood about their associations among Chinese older adults living in the United States. This study aims to examine the relationships between sleep health and cognitive functioning in this population, utilizing data from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE). …”
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Occurrence of Morphological and Anatomical Adaptive Traits in Young and Adult Plants of the Rare Mediterranean Cliff Species Primula palinuri Petagna by Veronica De Micco, Giovanna Aronne

“…We followed the growth of P. palinuri plants from seed germination to the adult phase and analysed the morphoanatomical traits of plants at all stages of development. …”
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Empagliflozin-Metformin Combination Has Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties that Correlate with Vascular Protection in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes by Miodrag Janić, Matej Cankar, Jan Šmid, Alenka France Štiglic, Aleš Jerin, Mišo Šabovič, Andrej Janež, Mojca Lunder

“…Empagliflozin-metformin combination has strong antioxidative and anti-inflammatory capacity, in adults with type 1 diabetes that is greater than that for the individual drugs. …”
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Effects of virtual reality technology on early mobility in critically ill adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yansha He, Yansha He, Qin Yang, Xiaoxia Dai, Tian Chen, Huan Wu, Kunjie Li, Shiqiong Zhu, Yanlin Liu, Hua Lei

“…To evaluate the quality of the included studies, the risk of bias was assessed using the RevMan 5.4 tool.ResultsA total of 11 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published over 10 years were included, involving 880 critically ill adult patients: 435 in the experimental group and 445 in the control group. …”
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Cognitive trajectories and their relationships with education and diets among older adults: a network-based 10-year cohort study by Xuchun Wang, Yuchao Qiao, Yudong Zhang, Yu Cui, Hao Ren, Chongqi Hao, Lixia Qiu

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Association between Serum Uric Acid to HDL-Cholesterol Ratio and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Lean Chinese Adults by Ya-Nan Zhang, Qin-Qiu Wang, Yi-Shu Chen, Chao Shen, Cheng-Fu Xu

“…This study aimed to explore the association between uric acid to HDL-cholesterol ratio (UHR) and NAFLD in lean Chinese adults. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed among 6285 lean Chinese adults (body mass index < 24 kg/m2) who took their annual health checkups. …”
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The association of visceral and subcutaneous fat areas with phenotypic age in non-elderly adults, mediated by HOMA-IR and HDL-C by Yuanhong Liu, Min Xu, Liqing Wang, Linyun Meng, Mengran Li, Shumin Mu

“…Results In nonelderly adults, the relationships between body fat area and PhenoAgeAccel differed chronological age. …”
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Hand grip strength and quality of life among adults aged 50–90 years from South West Poland by Antonina Kaczorowska, Sławomir Kozieł, Zofia Ignasiak

“…Hand grip strength is related to the quality of life among older adults, especially in the social and environmental domains. …”
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Asporin Reduces Adult Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Mineralization Induced by Osteogenic Media and Wnt Signaling Manipulation In Vitro by Anisha Polley, Riffat Khanam, Arunima Sengupta, Santanu Chakraborty

“…Due to heavy mineralization and calcification, adult aortic valvular cusps show disorganized and dispersed stratification concomitant with deposition of calcific nodules with severely compromised adult valve function. …”
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Lifestyle and Dietary Factors Associated with the Evolution of Cardiometabolic Risk over Four Years in West-African Adults: The Benin Study by Charles Sossa, Hélène Delisle, Victoire Agueh, Roger Sodjinou, Gervais Ntandou, Michel Makoutodé

“…Aim. To assess in adults from Benin changes in cardiometabolic risk (CMR) using both the Framingham risk score (FRS) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to examine the effects of diet, and lifestyles, controlling for location and socioeconomic status. …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Antiretroviral Treatment Modification in HIV-Infected Adults: A Brazilian Historical Cohort from 2001 to 2010 by Letícia Penna Braga, Cássia Cristina Pinto Mendicino, Edna Afonso Reis, Ricardo Andrade Carmo, Cristiane Menezes de Pádua

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Polypharmacy or potentially inappropriate medications among older adults with COVID-19 in a secondary hospital in China and their association with mortality by Mian Mao, Shan Du, Yue Xu, Qiu Li, Ruoxi Luo, Qiaoqiao Zhou, Xiaoli Hu

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Continuation of education after marriage and its relationship with professional maternal healthcare utilization among young adult women in Bangladesh. by Sihab Howlader, Md Aminur Rahman, Md Mosfequr Rahman

“…This study aims to examine the association between the continuation of education after marriage and the utilization of antenatal care (ANC) (≥ 4 ANC, a four-contact model; and ≥ 8 ANC, an eight-contact model) and delivery assistance received from skilled professionals among currently married young adult women in Bangladesh. This was a cross-sectional study of 1,731 young adult women aged 15-29 years from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-18. …”
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