Integrative deep immune profiling of the elderly reveals systems-level signatures of aging, sex, smoking, and clinical traitsResearch in context by Lennart Riemann, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Ivan Odak, Joana Barros-Martins, Lennart M. Roesner, Ximena Leon Lara, Christine Falk, Thomas F. Schulz, Gesine Hansen, Thomas Werfel, Reinhold Förster, Berislav Bošnjak, Felix Jenniches, Norman Klopp, Till Robin Lesker, Martin Stangel

“…Methods: We conducted an immune profiling study of 550 elderly participants (≥60 years) and 100 young controls (20–40 years) from the RESIST Senior Individuals (SI) cohort. …”
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Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Gerhard Oremek, Hanns Ackermann, Johannes Schulze

“…However, standard values have been published for healthy male adults but not for female adults.Design Observational study.Setting Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main.Participants 106healthy female volunteers (21–30 years old; 25.1±2.7 years) were included. …”
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Is the EnodePro^® a Valid Tool to Determine the Bar Velocity in the Bench Press and Barbell Back Squat? A Comparative Analysis by Nina Behrmann, Martin Hillebrecht, José Afonso, Konstantin Warneke

“…In recent years, the EnodePro^® device has been one of the most frequently used velocity sensors to track the bar velocity in resistance training, with the aim of providing load–velocity profiles. However, recent articles highlight a lack of reliability and validity in the estimated maximal strength, which can cause a serious health risk due to the overestimation of the bar velocity. …”
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Impact of pediatric COVID-19 isolation on children’s well-being and caregiver mental health by Song I. Yang, Chi-Hyun Choi, Eun Joo Lee, Sun Hee Jee, Mi Seon Han

“…Results Sixty caregivers participated in the study. More than half of the caregivers perceived their children’s disease severity as mild. …”
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The effects of vibration frequency variation on volleyball players’ drop jump ability and postural control performance by Deniz Sımsek, Hayri Ertan, Izzet Kırkaya

“…Before fatigue protocol, every participant’s rest center of pressure- sway (CoP-sway) and DJ measurements on force plate were taken. …”
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Research on the Establishment and Stability of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Air Pollution Cooperative Control Alliance: An Evolutionary Game Approach by Wei. Zhu, Shaonan. Shan, Xiaohui. Shi, Hui. Li

“…However, in the pursuit of maximising benefits by the participating parties, difficulties in effective coordination between the various control bodies occurred and a dilemma was created in the cooperative control of air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. …”
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The Effect of Strength Training Targeting Medial Thigh Muscles on Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Risk Factors for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jiyoung Jeong, Dai-Hyuk Choi, Choongsoo S. Shin

“…Methods A total of 35 healthy participants randomly conducted either exercises targeting medial thigh muscles (intervention group) or exercises that did not target specific lower extremity muscles (control group). …”
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Nocturnal sweating—a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea: the Icelandic sleep apnoea cohort by Thorarinn Gislason, Christer Janson, Erla Bjornsdottir, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Erna Sif Arnardottir, Sigurdur Juliusson, Samuel T Kuna, Allan I Pack

“…Nocturnal sweating can be very bothersome to the patient and bed partner.Design Case–control and longitudinal cohort study.Setting Landspitali—The National University Hospital, Iceland.Participants The Icelandic Sleep Apnea Cohort consisted of 822 untreated patients with OSA, referred for treatment with PAP. …”
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Effective Interventions for Improving Functional Movement Screen Scores Among “High-Risk” Athletes: A Systematic Review by Sean C. Clark, Nicholas D. Rowe, Mohamed Adnan, Symone M. Brown, Mary K. Mulcahey

“…The studies were assessed for quality and risk of bias using the Modified Downs and Black checklist. Participant demographics, intervention routines, and FMS^TM^ scores were extracted from the included studies…”
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Minimizing OHS Risks with Spherical Fuzzy Sets as a Verdict to Inventory Management: A Case Regarding Energy Companies by Burcu Yılmaz Kaya

“…Illustrative explanations of diversification of criteria weighting scores regarding different parties in the decision making process were also presented with several schematic representations of research outcomes in the light of multidimensional benchmarking debates.…”
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Risk of stroke associated with proton pump inhibitor use among individuals with and without pre-existing cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Muhammed Shabil, Bijaya K. Padhi, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Soumya V. Menon, Mandeep Kaur, Mukesh Kumari, Puneet Sudan, K. Satyam Naidu, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Sarvesh Rustagi, Divya Sharma, Mithhil Arora, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Edward Mawejje, Prakasini Satapathy, Sanjit Sah

“…Results Our search yielded 41 studies encompassing over 800,000 participants globally. Meta-analysis of 14 observational studies revealed a slight but non-significant increased stroke risk among patients with prior CVD (pooled HR = 1.222, 95% CI: 0.963 to 1.481, I² = 78%). …”
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Using Passive BCI for Personalization of Assistive Wearable Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Asghar Mahmoudi, Morteza Khosrotabar, Klaus Gramann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Maziar A. Sharbafi

“…The overarching goal of this study is to investigate the feasibility of utilizing passive BCI technology to personalize the assistance provided by a knee exoskeleton. Participants performed seated knee flexion-extension tasks while wearing a one-degree-of-freedom knee exoskeleton with varying levels of applied force. …”
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Estimating BMI distributions by age and sex for local authorities in England: a small area estimation study by Peter Scarborough, Ben Amies-Cull, Linda Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme

“…These groups were then disaggregated by 5-year age group, sex and local authority group.Setting The Health Survey for England 2018 (cross-sectional BMI data for England) and Census microdata 2011 (locally representative).Participants A total of 6174 complete cases aged 16 and over were included.Outcome measures Modelled group-level BMI as mean and SD of log-BMI. …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…Designs of quantitative studies made meta-analysis impossible.Results We identified 18 studies (6183 participants). Delay was multifactorial, individual and complex. …”
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The association between childhood hunger experiences and health in middle and old age: a longitudinal study over 10 years by Dongxu Li, Xi Guo, Weile Zhang, Wenhui Li, Tianjiao Zhang, Zelin Liu, Min Su, Zhengrong Li

“…Methods Using data from the five 2011—2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the 2014 China Life History Survey Questionnaire, a sample of 9,909 individuals aged 45 years and older who participated in all six surveys was obtained. We conducted panel analyses, used Probit and ordinary least squares regression models to analyze the effects of CHEs on the health in middle and old age, and used stepwise regression tests to analyze the mediators of the relationship. …”
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Evidence mapping and overview of systematic reviews of the effects of acupuncture therapies by Yuqing Zhang, Gordon Guyatt, Lin Wang, Hao Wen, Liming Lu, Gabriel Rada, Lai Wang, Shuqi Ge, Yu Dong, Camila Ávila, Xiaorong Tang, Neng-Gui Xu, Zhao Zeng, Camilo Vergara, Rouhao Chen, Xiaojing Wei, Wen Luo, Jing chun Zeng, Chun-Zhi Tang

“…The SRs included 205 outcomes and involved 138 995 participants from 1402 RCTs. We constructed 77 evidence matrices, including 120 SRs and their included RCTs in the Epistemonikos database. …”
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Suicidal ideation and its associated risk factors among students of a medical college in Chennai—A cross-sectional study by M Koushik, Prarthana Veeramani, L Pooja Mary Vaishali, B Charumathi, Timsi Jain

“…Students aged above 18 years and willing to participate in this study were included. The sample size was calculated as 304 by taking reference value from a previous study by Ahmed et al. in Egypt. …”
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Mineralogy as a potential driver of irregular radiocarbon patterns among Icelandic fluvial carbon pools by Nora Gallarotti, Lisa Bröder, Julie Lattaud, Stephan Wartenweiler, Negar Haghipour, Timothy I Eglinton

“…Carbon sources and transformations along the land–ocean aquatic continuum are dynamic with a complex interplay between particulate and dissolved organic and inorganic carbon pools (POC, DOC, DIC). …”
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Limited Effects of Ultra-low Oxygen Concentration during Extended Embryo Culture on In vitro Fertilisation Outcomes in Indian Women: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study by Deven Patel, R. G. Patel, Trupti Patel, Nikunj Patel, Naroda Maheshwari

“…Materials and Methods: In this study 382 participants had their embryos cultured in varying O2 concentrations (5% or 2%), followed by either a fresh embryo transfer (ET) or frozen embryo transfer (FET). …”
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IL-1β Pretreatment Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Acute Liver Failure by Enhancing CXCR4 Expression by He Nie, Fangmei An, Jie Mei, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan, Qinglin Zhang

“…IL-1β pretreatment could enhance the homing ability of MSCs at least partially by increasing the expression of CXCR4 and further improve the efficacy of MSCs on ALF.…”
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