The Familial Clustering of Age at Menarche in Extended Twin Families [PDF]
The timing of puberty is complex, possibly involving many genetic factors that may interact with environmental influences. Familial resemblance for age at menarche was studied in a sample of 4,995 female twins, 1,296 sisters, 2,946 mothers and 635 female
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The aging factor in presupposition processing
Abstract This work takes a first step towards a psycholinguistic investigation on the role of aging in processing presuppositions. Experimental data collected support two main results. First, in online language comprehension older adults exhibit higher processing costs when presuppositions involve demanding mental representations. Second, the ability
Domaneschi, Filippo, Di Paola, Simona
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Ordinal Classification with Distance Regularization for Robust Brain Age Prediction [PDF]
Age is one of the major known risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Detecting AD early is crucial for effective treatment and preventing irreversible brain damage. Brain age, a measure derived from brain imaging reflecting structural changes due to aging, may have the potential to identify AD onset, assess disease risk, and plan targeted ...
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An Ecological Risk Model for Early Childhood Anxiety: The Importance of Early Child Symptoms and Temperament [PDF]
Childhood anxiety is impairing and associated with later emotional disorders. Studying risk factors for child anxiety may allow earlier identification of at-risk children for prevention efforts.
Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J.+3 more
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Iron: an underrated factor in aging
Iron is an essential element for virtually all living organisms, but its reactivity also makes it potentially harmful. Iron accumulates with aging, and is associated with many age-related diseases; it also shortens the lifespans of several model organisms. Blocking iron absorption through drugs or natural products extends lifespan.
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Factors Associated with Age of Menarche Junior High School Student PGRI Pekanbaru [PDF]
Some recent research suggests the likelihood of an accelerated teenage girls experience menarche, which means the faster entering the reproductive period. The purpose of this study to determine the factors associated with age of menarche girls, including
Lusiana, N. (Novita)
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Risk Factors of Diarrhoea in Malnourished Children Under Age of 5 Years [PDF]
Background: Acute infectious enteritis remains one of the commonest causes of death among infants and children in developing countries. Acute enteritis is defined as a loss of stool consistency with pasty or liquid stools, and/or an increase in ...
Hanif, A. (Asif)+4 more
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Personalized Age Progression with Bi-level Aging Dictionary Learning [PDF]
Age progression is defined as aesthetically re-rendering the aging face at any future age for an individual face. In this work, we aim to automatically render aging faces in a personalized way. Basically, for each age group, we learn an aging dictionary to reveal its aging characteristics (e.g., wrinkles), where the dictionary bases corresponding to ...
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Metabolomics of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: From Single-Omics to Multi-Omics [PDF]
Aging is a multifactorial process and a key factor of morbidity and mortality. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disorder and a main cause of worldwide disability. Both aging and AD can be characterized by metabolic dysfunction. Metabolomics can quantify the complete set of metabolites in a studied sample and is helpful for studying metabolic ...
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The distribution of wealth in the population aged 50 and over in England [PDF]
The tables in this paper present a description of the distribution of wealth amongst those aged 50 and over in England in 2002/3, with the analysis split by a series of different factors.
Banks, J., Tetlow, G.
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