Social support and social comparison tendencies predict trajectories of adolescents' problematic social media use: A longitudinal study. by Laura Salerno, Lucia Fortunato, Vivian Ostwald, Arianna Muscolino, Gianluca Lo Coco

“…Multinomial regression models showed that factors associated with this pattern were low social support, high online social comparison, and SMU intensity. …”
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A in Brazilian children by Marco Antônio Veloso de Albuquerque, Osório Abath Neto, Francisco Marcos Alencar da Silva, Edmar Zanoteli, Umbertina Conti Reed

“…Results All patients were female (three to 12 years). The mean of age of disease onset was 9 years. …”
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Activity of tissue enzymes of the liver and peripheral blood lymphocytes at children with chronic hepatitis B by V. G. Bulygin, N. A. Aksenova, G. V. Bulygin

“…Intensity of reactions of metabolism of liver cells and lymphocytes in 12–15 years old children with CVH B, depends on stage of chronization of infectious process. …”
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Sexually transmitted infections among patients attending the General Practice Clinic, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria by S.S. Olakolu, E.A. Abioye Kuteyi, O.O. Oyegbade

“…Results: The age range of the subjects was 15 to 95 years (mean 45.16 years, standard deviation 18.83 years, median 44 years). …”
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Biomass, yield, quality and moisture use of Brassica carinata as influenced by intercropping with chickpea under semiarid tropics by B. Lal, K.S. Rana, D.S. Rana, Y.S. Shivay, D.K. Sharma, B.P. Meena, Priyanka Gautam

“…Thus, the traditional practice of mixed cropping has gained popularity in recent years in the form of intercropping with a suitable modification in planting pattern. …”
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Spatiotemporal Changes and Driving Mechanisms of Cropland Reclamation and Abandonment in Xinjiang by Yuling Fang, Shixin Wu, Guanyu Hou, Weiyi Long

“…The results indicate that cropland reclamation experiences a “slow decrease–rapid increase” trend, forming a “V-shaped” pattern, while abandonment shows a “rapid decrease–slow decrease–slow increase” trend, forming a “U-shaped” pattern. …”
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SIU-ICUD: Localized Prostate Cancer: Pathological Factors That Influence Outcomes and Management by Gladell P. Paner, Eva M. Compérat, Samson W. Fine, James G. Kench, Glen Kristiansen, Rajal B. Shah, Steven Christopher Smith, John R. Srigley, Geert J. L. H. van Leenders, Murali Varma, Ming Zhou, Mahul B. Amin

“…<b>Results:</b> Innovative factors derived from the traditional Gleason grading, such as the extent of Gleason pattern 4 and presence of cribriform pattern are now recognized to significantly improve discrimination of outcome. …”
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Functional assessment and depression among geriatric population of rural Patancheru: A community-based cross-sectional study by Naga Gayathri Batchu, C. Lavanya, G. Vinod Kumar, Anila Sadipirala, Chandrasekhar Reddy Bolla

“…Background: Indian aged population is currently the second largest globally. The proportion of 60 years and above population in India is 8%. It is growing faster than any other age group. …”
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Reference Intervals (RIs) of the Bone Turnover Markers (BTMs) in Children and Adolescents: A Proposal for Effective Use by Vincenzo Brescia, Roberto Lovero, Antonietta Fontana, Roberta Zerlotin, Silvia Concetta Colucci, Maria Grano, Angela Pia Cazzolla, Francesca Di Serio, Vito Crincoli, Maria Felicia Faienza

“…Results: BTM concentrations vary with pubertal growth. The pattern of change differs for each bone marker. General and age-specific RI were calculated: 1–14 years, 15–18 years for BALP and CTX; 1–13 years, 14–18 years for Oc and PINP and 1–12 years, 13–18 years for TRAcP. …”
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A Unique Volcanic Jatibarang Reservoir: Facies Characterization and Fracture Calculation by Benyamin Benyamin*, Pratiwi Pratiwi, Fitriani Indah

“…It was due to unique high-performance hydrocarbon in the early years, steeply depleted in the next 3 years, and flat over 20 years. …”
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COMPARATIVE INDICATORS OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS IN REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN IN THE VARIOUS ECO-GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES by K. G. Kamalov, E. M-R. Soltakhanov, S. A. Abusuev, G. A. Gazimagomedov

“…The study in 3 eco-geographic zones of the Republic of Dagestan in 2641 a boy aged 11 to 17 years. Inclusion criteria were: age of onset of puberty and the completion of 11-17 years, male gender and residence in the territory (extragenital diseases). …”
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Traumatic dental injury among rural school children in Nigeria by Obehi O. Osadolor

“…Objective: To determine the prevalence, place of injury, causes of injury and pattern of presentation of traumatic dental injury among rural public school children aged 12 – 15 years in four south-eastern Nigerian communities.  …”
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Features of 12-lead electrocardiography in patients with critical aortic stenosis by A. E. Komlev, E. V. Blinova, T. A. Sakhnova, M. A. Saidova, T. E. Imaev

“…Patients with strain pattern had significantly higher mean pressure gradient and more often had PH. …”
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Towards a new perspective: Exploring the variability of conditional risk factors for multimorbidity susceptibility among older adults in India. by Ajay Kumar, Suryakant Yadav

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study utilized data on 66,606 individuals form the national representative Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), Wave - 1, of individuals aged 45 years and above. To understands the distribution, prevalence and pattern of morbidities and multimorbidity we characterized and calculated the weighted frequency distribution, chi-square test for association and stacked area plot for relative burden of multimorbidity over age. …”
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Dunes under attack: untangling the effects of landscape changes on Iceplant invasion (Carpobrotus spp., Aizoaceae) in Mediterranean coasts by Flavio Marzialetti, Giacomo Grosso, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Marco Malavasi, Luigi Cao Pinna, Marcelo Sternberg, Sharad Kumar Gupta, Giuseppe Brundu, Maria Laura Carranza

“…We then calculated a set of class and landscape pattern metrics and explored the spatial configuration of invaded patches through trajectory analysis. …”
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The diagnostic yield of non-invasive testing features in cardiac amyloidosis by Domagoj Kustić, Josipa Vukšić, Dražen Huić

“…Low QRS voltages, the pseudo-infarct pattern, IVS thickness, and relative apical sparing of the GLS ratio are sensitive predictors of ATTR-positive scintigraphy findings.…”
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Liver Dysfunction in Hyperthyroidism by Khongsaengbhak T, Atthakitmongkol T, Tanwandee T

“…Hepatic dysfunction presented as non-specific, with 46.5% showing a cholestatic pattern, 30.2% a mixed pattern, and 20.9% a hepatocellular pattern. …”
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SIMULATION OF EPIDEMIC TRANSMISSION OF МYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SAKHA REPUBLIC (YUKUTIA ) by S. N. Zhdаnovа, O. B. Ogаrkov, M. K. Vinokurovа, G. I. Аlekseevа, A. F. Krаvchenko, E. D. Sаvilov

“…The structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population was described and analyzed through MIRU-VNTR-genotyping, subtyping of the parts of RD105/RD207 genome, pattern classification as per clonal pattern of Merker M. et al (2015), and phylogenetic simulation.Results. …”
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AGE-RELATED FEATURES OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD MARKERS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL REMODELING OF BONE TISSUE by M. V. Dvornichenko, A. E. Sizikova, L. A. Dmitrieva, A. A. Khmel, T. V. Saprina, I. A. Khlusov

“…In the process of children growing to 15–18 years old, as compared to 7–10 years old, reducing activity of remodeling was observed under physiological (healthy donors) and reparative osteogenesis. …”
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Drug Utilization Study in Patients Attending Hypertension Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Rajasthan, India by Dherendra SHARMA, Sunil GOYAL, Arvind SINGH, Bhoomika SHARMA, Mayur GANDHI, Amit BHIMAWAT, Archana JAIN, Amit GUPTA, Shivankan KAKKAR

“…Results: The majority of affected patients were above 60 years old, with most having hypertension for 2-5 years, often accompanied by Type II Diabetes Mellitus. …”
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