Factors Influencing Older Adults’ Perception of the Age-Friendliness of Their Environment and the Impact of Loneliness, Technology Use, and Mobility: Quantitative Analysis by Eric Balki, Niall Hayes, Carol Holland

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Impact of pre- and peri-operative risk factors on length of stay and hospital readmission following minimally-invasive partial nephrectomy by Vanessa A. Lukas, Rahul Dutta, Ashok K. Hemal, Matvey Tsivian, Timothy E. Craven, Nicholas A. Deebel, David D. Thiel, Ram Anil Pathak

“…Univariate analysis with Chi-square, t-tests, and multivariable logistic regression analysis with odds ratios (ORs), p-values, and 95% confidence intervals assessed statistical associations. …”
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Growth differentiation factor 15 aggravates sepsis-induced cognitive and memory impairments by promoting microglial inflammatory responses and phagocytosis by Lijiao Chen, Shiyuan Luo, Ting Liu, Zhewei Shuai, Yifan Song, Qianzi Yang, Ying Wang, Hongjun Huang, Yan Luo

“…The anti-GDF15 monoclonal antibody ponsegromab was injected intracerebroventricularly before modeling, and cognitive and memory functions of the septic mice were assessed using fear-conditioning and novel object recognition tests. …”
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Diagnostic Effectiveness of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 in Assessing the Risk of Developing Graft Dysfunction in Liver Recipient Children by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, A. G. Olefirenko, O. E. Gichkun, L. V. Makarova, R. A. Monakhov, P. O. Shevchenko

“…The problem of non-invasive monitoring of the liver condition is particularly relevant in liver transplantation among young children. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) is a pleiotropic cytokine with a profibrogenic and immunosuppressive effect that can have a definite effect on the liver transplant functioning.Aim. …”
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Association of pregnancy outcomes with neonatal TSH levels in euthyroid singleton pregnancies by Weiwei Feng, Weiwei Feng, Mengfan Song, Mengfan Song, Yu Meng, Yu Meng

“…The normal reference ranges for TSH and FT4 were established based on the 95% confidence interval of the total study population, and singleton pregnant women with normal thyroid function were selected for analysis. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test were used to assess the relationship between pregnancy outcomes and neonatal TSH levels. …”
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Cognitive flexibility is associated with the age of onset and duration among patients with type 1 diabetes by Ding Mojun, Yuan Dongling, He Jing, Zou Wenjing, Li Xia, Li Chuting, Zhu Xiongzhao

“…This study aimed to explore the relationships between specific cognitive functions—namely memory, attention, and cognitive flexibility—and clinical characteristics, including age of onset and diabetes duration, as well as glycemic factors, such as glycemic control and extreme glycemic events, in a cohort of 331 patients with type 1 diabetes. …”
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Home Health Care During Physical Distancing Affects Physical and Psychosocial Aspects, Self-Efficacy, Family Function, and Quality of Life of Families in Indonesia by Tantut Susanto, Rismawan Adi Yunanto, Eka Afdi Septiyono, Fitrio Deviantony

“…Notably, significant differences were also found in COVID-19 exposure risk factors, personal risk factors, sleep patterns, and physical activity before and after home health care (p<0.05). …”
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Genetic and vascular risk factors for ischemic stroke and cortical morphometry in individuals without a history of stroke: A UK Biobank observational cohort study by Jiawei Liu, Yingying Xie, Feng Liu, Wen Qin, Chunshui Yu

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Effects of virtual reality-based interventions on cognitive function, emotional state, and quality of life in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis by Xiaohan Li, Yuting Zhang, Lifeng Tang, Lifeng Tang, Lin Ye, Min Tang

“…The primary outcome was cognitive function, while secondary outcomes included emotional state, quality of life, and dynamic balance. …”
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A comparative study of the effect of physical-social factors on the quality of life of residents of different types of housing in quarantine conditions (Case study: different type... by jamaleddin honarvar, sara jalalian

“…To analyze the data, single sample t-test and mean test and to study the normalization of data were used by colomogorov-smarinov test. …”
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Remimazolam Combined with Andrographolide Improve Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Rats after Cardiopulmonary Bypass through the AMPK/SIRT1 Signaling Pathway by Chong Chen, Lixia Lan, Kai Xu

“…Methods: We hypothesized that the combination of Re and AP could improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in rats after CPB by modulating nervous system inflammation. Cognitive function was assessed using the Morris Water Maze test, and the concentrations of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in serum were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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The Model of Managing Organizational Motivation Factors in the Development of Individual Innovation (Case Study: Four Companies in Mashad Toos Industrial City) by ٍEhsan Lotfi, Saeed Aibaghi Isfahani

“…Therefore, managing the motivating factors of the individual sector has an important contribution to radical innovation capability. …”
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Mediating Effects of Stakeholders and Supervision on Corporate Social Responsibility by Fenghua Wang, Janice Lo, Monica Lam

“…The deficit of mineral resources, the aggravation of environmental problems in the world, the decrease in non-renewable resources determined the increasing role of the responsibility of enterprises for the direct and indirect impact on the economic, environmental and social systems of their functioning. The systematization of scientific work in the field of corporate social responsibility showed the lack of comprehensive studies concerning the nature and strength of the impact of direct and latent factors on enterprises’ compliance with the principles of corporate social responsibility. …”
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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder Symptoms Among Dental Students at the Faculty of Dental Medicine in Iași: A Self-Reported Study Based on DC/TMD Criteria by Eugenia Larisa Tarevici, Oana Tanculescu, Alina Mihaela Apostu, Sorina Mihaela Solomon, Alice-Teodora Rotaru-Costin, Adrian Doloca, Petronela Bodnar, Vlad Stefan Proca, Alice-Arina Ciocan-Pendefunda, Monica Tatarciuc, Valeriu Fala, Marina Cristina Iuliana Iordache

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Comparative responses to a physical activity program in older adults by Carlos X. Torres-Ramos, Rachel E. Salyer, Isaura M. Castillo-Hernández, Ellen M. Evans

“…A two-way [Gender (G) x Time (T)] ANOVA and independent samples t-test were utilized to compare differences and significance of change. …”
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Public insight into knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study from the West Bank, Palestine by Haya Jebreen Mohammed Warasna, Bashar Yaser Hasan Awad, Mohamad A. Banat, Mohammad Yaser Hasan Awad, Ahmed Farid Gadelmawla, Jameel Suliman, Tarek A. Owais, Ahmad J. Warasna

“…R Statistical Software was used for data analysis, which included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and logistic regression to explore the relationships between demographic factors and osteoarthritis knowledge, whereby a p-value of ≤ 0.05 was set up as a significance level. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on mild vascular cognitive impairment in patients with atrial fibrillation: results of a three-year observational study by O. V. Vorob'eva, N. N. Shindryaeva, V. V. Fateeva

“…All study participants were tested at baseline and after 36 months using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). …”
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SUBCLINICAL MYOCARDIAL INJURY OF YOUNG PATIENTS WITH TYPE1 DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE by K. Mahamat, D. A. Medvedev, V. P. Efimova, A. F. Safarova, Z. D. Kobalava

“…The aim: to study the impact of Type1 Diabetes mellitus (DM) on systolic function of left ventricle (LV) of young patients  without  cardiovascular disease (CVD) and identify factors associated with dysfunction of global longitudinal systolic deformation. …”
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Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Elderly Patients with Late-Onset Epilepsy and Comorbid Chronic Insomnia Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Imaging Along the Perivascular Space (DTI-ALPS... by Wang Y, Hu J, Zhang YY, Wang FY, Wu JC, Wang L

“…The DTI-ALPS index was negatively correlated with age, disease duration, PSQI score, and HAMA score, and positively correlated with Aβ 42/40 and MMSE score among LOE patients according to Spearman’s tests. Multivariate linear regression revealed independent associations of the DTI-ALPS index with age, MMSE score, Aβ 42/40, and PSQI after adjusting for vascular risk factors, sex, and education.Conclusion: These results suggest that the GS is dysfunctional in LOE and may exacerbate sleep disruption and cognitive impairments.Keywords: glymphatic system, late-onset epilepsy, chronic insomnia, cognitive function, DTI-ALPS…”
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Impact of long-term loquat cultivation on rhizosphere soil characteristics and AMF community structure: implications for fertilizer management by Yu Zhang, Zhenteng Liang, Liangxun Zheng, Xinyang Wang, Hui Chen, Tingying Xu, Ming Tang

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