Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging by Arnold B. Mitnitski, Alexander J. Mogilner, Kenneth Rockwood

“…This paper develops a method for appraising health status in elderly people. A frailty index was defined as the proportion of accumulated deficits (symptoms, signs, functional impairments, and laboratory abnormalities). …”
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A Stochastic Approach to Modeling Food Pattern by Komla Elom Adedje, Diakarya Barro

“…This process quantifies the exposure to toxins of subjects living with comorbidity (children not breastfed, the elderly, and pregnant women) to food-borne diseases. …”
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Everolimus for Compassionate Use in Multiple Basal Cell Carcinomas by Laura Eibenschutz, Delia Colombo, Caterina Catricalà

“…Everolimus is an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and has been shown to have antineoplastic activity in addition to its use as an immunosuppressive agent for the prevention of organ transplant rejection. We report the use of everolimus for the compassionate treatment of four elderly, nontransplant patients presenting with multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCC). …”
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Analysis of solving methods and complexity of algorithmics problems in Lithuanian and Baltic Olympiads by Valentina Dagienė, Jūratė Skūpienė

“… Lithuanian Olympiads in Informatics are being organized since 1990. Each Olympiad consists of three rounds. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Trabecular and Cortical Bone Microstructure by Huayue Chen, Xiangrong Zhou, Hiroshi Fujita, Minoru Onozuka, Kin-Ya Kubo

“…Aging is a complex process, and the effects of aging are myriad and insidious, leading to progressive deterioration of various organs, including the skeleton. Age-related bone loss and resultant osteoporosis in the elderly population increase the risk for fractures and morbidity. …”
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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

“…This group is known as the young elderly. On the contrary, a consistent part of seniors develops a greater number of medical conditions and become more and more dependent, these are the old elderly. …”
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Motion – Helicobacter pylori Causes or Worsens GERD: Arguments against the Motion by Kenneth EL McColl

“…Although the relationship between H pylori and gastric physiology is complex, the organism has little effect on acid secretion in most North American or Western European subjects, and has a net suppressive effect, especially in elderly subjects, in other parts of the world. …”
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Quality of life assessment of the older population at the substantiation of active longevity strategies in the context of structural demographic changes by T. A. Burtseva, S. N. Gagarina, N. Yu. Chausov

“…The results of studies to assess the quality of life, the rule-making activities of international organizations to ensure active longevity have been summarized in the article. …”
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Associations between Ambulatory Blood Pressure Parameters and Cerebral White Matter Lesions by Cristina Sierra

“…Silent cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are a common finding on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in the elderly. However, in patients with hypertension, WMLs tend to occur earlier in life and appear to be more severe. …”
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Association between ethylene oxide exposure and cognitive function in older adults from NHANES data by Meng Sun, Meng Cai, Sisi Sun, Huan Liu, Guo Chen

“…Abstract Ethylene Oxide (EO), a volatile organic compound, has garnered considerable attention for its potential impact on human health. …”
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Cultura, mercado e desenvolvimento: a construção da agenda contemporânea para as políticas culturais by Elder P. Maia Alves

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Nurses’ health and work experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Swedish prehospital and hospital care: a deductive content analysis through the lens of the swAge model by Cicilia Nagel, Petra Nilsson Lindstrom, Albert Westergren, Sophie Schon Persson, Kerstin Nilsson

“…They voiced their disappointment with healthcare organizations for providing insufficient support. The pandemic disrupted the social contract between healthcare organizations and the public, particularly in elder care. …”
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Aging Process by Barbara F. Oliveira, José Augusto Nogueira-Machado, Míriam M. Chaves

“…The aging of organisms is characterized by a gradual functional decline of all organ systems. …”
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Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Eric P. Arruda, Kevin M. Higgins

“…It most commonly affects the elderly and has a predilection for the sun-exposed skin of the head and neck region. …”
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Esophageal Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation: When Esophagus Gives a Help to Cardiologists by Luca Santini, Giovanni B. Forleo, Francesco Romeo

“…Atrial fibrillation is a common clinical disease especially in the elderly and in patients with organic heart disease. …”
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Kaposi´s sarcoma, epidemic type. Case presentation by Gilberto Serrano Ocaña, Juan Carlos Ortiz Sablon, Ilen Ochoa Tamayo

“…Before the AIDS epidemic, Kaposi's sarcoma was found mainly in elderly men of Mediterranean coast, eastern European background and Jewish ancestry (rarely in older women) and is a slow growing skin tumor. …”
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Prevention of Foodborne Listeriosis by JM Farber, J Harwig, A Carter

“…The organism is very widespread in the environment and can be found in a wide variety of foods. …”
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Using omega 3 as an anti-aging treatment by Carlos Iván Zavala Naranjo

“…Its use has a positive effect on the aging process in different organs, through action against oxidative stress.…”
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Gait Signal Analysis with Similarity Measure by Sanghyuk Lee, Seungsoo Shin

“…Obtained analysis can be extended to organize health monitoring system for specially elderly persons.…”
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Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Environmental Quality: The role of occupational health surveillance and the cooperation between public and occupational health stakeholders by Francesco Chirico, Gaetano Settimo, Nicola Magnavita

“…These pollutants, ranging from very volatile organic-VVOC, volatile-VOC, semi-volatile organic-SVOC compounds, particulate matter-PM10, PM2.5, and biological entities, necessitate extensive interdisciplinary research. …”
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