AAV-KLF7 Promotes Descending Propriospinal Neuron Axonal Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury by Wen-Yuan Li, Ying Wang, Feng-Guo Zhai, Ping Sun, Yong-Xia Cheng, Ling-Xiao Deng, Zhen-Yu Wang

“…In vitro, KLF7 and target proteins were successfully elevated and axonal outgrowth was enhanced. In vivo, young adult C57BL/6 mice received a T10 contusion followed by an AAV-KLF7 injection at the T7–9 levels above the lesion. …”
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Psychiatric assessment in image-based sexual abuse case: a case report on imputability in personality disorder with narcissistic traits by Lorenzo Lodde, Claudia Zandara, Andrea Martella, Mirko Manchia, Mirko Manchia, Pasquale Paribello, Irene Mascia, Martina Pinna

“…We report on a case of a 27-year-old young adult who is accused of image-based sexual abuse and other crimes, for whom the examining judge requested psychiatric assessment.MethodsWe conducted anamnestic collection (family, physiological and pathological, psychiatric, and toxicological), direct evaluation of the examinee, assessment of acquired health records, psychodiagnostic tests (i.e. graphic tests: Machover test, Koch test), Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2, Pathological Narcissism Inventory, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory 2, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Thematic Apperception Test.ResultsThe clinical forensic assessment led to a diagnosis of Unspecified Personality Disorder (predominantly narcissistic traits) according to the DSM-5 criteria. …”
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Effectiveness of Super Floss and Water Flosser in Plaque Removal for Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Nozha Sawan, Afnan Ben Gassem, Faisal Alkhayyal, Aroob Albakri, Nada Al-Muhareb, Eman Alsagob

“…A single-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel clinical trial with a split-mouth protocol was conducted on young adult orthodontic patients who were recruited from Riyadh Specialized Dental Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Single-center experience of venetoclax combined with azacitidine in young patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia by Xuezhu Xu, Rui Liu, Hongli Chen, Ruoyu Yang, Gongzhizi Gao, Aili He, Fangxia Wang

“…Objectives: To retrospectively analyze the efficacy and safety of VEN combined with azacitidine (AZA) in young adult patients with newly diagnosed (ND) AML. …”
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Magnitude and Predictors of Dietary Diversity among HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy: The Case of North-Western, Ghana by Louis Nebayeng Mornah, Mahama Saaka, Diana Pireh

“…Having a secured salary paid job, not taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, and being a young adult were strong predictors of a high dietary diversity score. …”
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Rev-erb-α antagonism in alveolar macrophages protects against pneumococcal infection in elderly mice by Fabiola Silva Angulo, Claudine Vanessa Joseph, Lou Delval, Lucie Deruyter, Séverine Heumel, Marie Bicharel, Patricia Brito Rodrigues, Valentin Sencio, Tom Bourguignon, Marina Gomes Machado, Marie Fourcot, Stéphane Delhaye, Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez, Philippe Valet, Serge Adnot, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Jean-Claude Sirard, Muriel Pichavant, Bart Staels, Joel T. Haas, Ruxandra Gref, Jimmy Vandel, Arnaud Machelart, Hélène Duez, Benoit Pourcet, François Trottein

“…A lung circadian transcriptome analysis revealed that aging alters the daily oscillations in the expression of a specific set of genes and that some pathways that are rhythmic in young-adult mice are non-rhythmic or time shifted in elderly mice. …”
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Personal determinants of vandal behaviour among urban school and student youth from a gender perspective by O. V. Kruzhkova, I. V. Deviatovskaia, M. S. Krivoshchekova

“…At the same time, foreign and Russian researchers refer to adolescents and young adult males as the subjects of vandal activity, i.e. those young people, who are mostly the subjects of education (schoolchildren, students). …”
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Regenerative Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Age-Related Changes by Flavia Bruna, David Contador, Paulette Conget, Benjamín Erranz, Claudia L. Sossa, Martha L. Arango-Rodríguez

“…Two different doses of bone marrow MSCs (BM-MSCs) from young, adult, or old mouse donors or two doses of their acellular derivatives mesenchymal stromal cells (acd-MSCs) were intradermally injected around wounds in the midline of C57BL/6 mice. …”
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Mortality in the families of children during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study of children in the United States by Kao-Ping Chua, Rena M. Conti, Nora V. Becker

“…Among these families, we calculated the proportion with ≥ 1 death of an adult family member aged ≥ 18 years enrolled in the plan, including young adult dependents aged 18–25 years. We used descriptive statistics to assess the age and sex of adult decedents and their surviving children. …”
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Association of Chlamydia trachomatis infection with cervical atypia in adolescent women with short-term or long-term use of oral contraceptives: a longitudinal study in HPV vaccina... by Indira Adhikari, Tiina Eriksson, Tapio Luostarinen, Dan Apter, Matti Lehtinen, Katja Harjula, Pekka Nieminen, Mari Hokkanen

“…Objective We assessed the relationship between Chlamydia trachomatis infection, duration of oral contraceptive (OC) use and cervical atypia among young adult Finnish women.Design A longitudinal study.Setting and participants Women who were included in this study participated in a community-randomised trial on the effectiveness of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and C. trachomatis screening at ages 18.5 and 22 years in Finland. …”
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Comparison of mucosal microbiota populations across the gastrointestinal tract of healthy dogs by Ching-Yen Lin, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Kelly S. Swanson

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize the phylogeny and predicted functional capacity of microbiota residing on the gut mucosa across five GI regions of healthy young adult and geriatric dogs fed different diets. …”
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WeARTolerance: Evaluating the impact of an arts-based program to reduce mental health-related stigma in young people. by Ana Beato, Leonor Pereira da Costa, Ana Carvalho, Sara Albuquerque, Isabel Santos

“…., visual arts, cinema, music, and theatre) to explore mental health themes, with 125 teenagers and young adult participants (M = 13.70; SD = 2.06). The present mixed-method study was split into two phases with complementary objectives: 1) evaluate quantitatively the program's impact in reducing social stigma and related outcomes; 2) explore in-depth qualitative feedback about the program. …”
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Peri-Traumatic Near-Infrared Light Treatment Attenuates the Severity of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Rescuing (Type I) Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Mice by Max Meuser, Susanne Schwitzer, Parisa Faraji, Arne Ernst, Dietmar Basta

“…Methods: Frequency-specific auditory brainstem potential thresholds (ABR) were determined in young adult mice. One group (n = 8) underwent NIR irradiation (808 nm, 120 mW, 15 min) of the cochlea, followed by a 30 min noise exposure (5–20 kHz, 115 dB SPL). …”
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Glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) methylation, childhood maltreatment, multilevel reward responsiveness and depressive and anxiety symptoms: A neuroimaging epigenetic study by Yajing Xu, Shan Yang, Cong Cao

“…We conducted the first longitudinal study to investigate the extent to which DNA methylation of a stress-related gene—NR3C1—interacts with childhood maltreatment in association with young adult reward responsiveness (RR) and the downstream risk of depressive (anhedonia dimension in particular) and anxiety symptoms. …”
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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Factors Affecting Visual Outcome by Yanyan Liang, Shuang Liang, Xiaoli Liu, Danyan Liu, Jialiang Duan

“…Most of the subjects were young adult men who sustained injuries in the work environment. …”
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The impact of the U.S federal minimum legal drinking age law on alcohol involved firearm suicide: a regression discontinuity approachResearch in context by Vageesh Jain, Matthew Miller, David Hemenway

“…Summary: Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death for young people. Half of young adult suicides are by firearm, and many involve alcohol consumption. …”
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Diagnostic prediction model for screening of elevated low-density and non-high-density lipoproteins in young Thai adults between 20 and 40 years of age by Phichayut Phinyo, Wuttipat Kiratipaisarl, Vithawat Surawattanasakul, Wachiranun Sirikul

“…However, 94.4% of Thai young adult are unaware of their condition. A diagnostic prediction model may assist in screening and alleviating underdiagnosis.Objectives Development and internal validation of diagnostic prediction models on elevated LDL-C (≥160 mg/dL) and non-HDL-C (≥160 mg/dL).Methods Retrospective, single-centre, tertiary-care hospital annual health examination data from 29 March 2018 to 30 August 2023 was analysed. …”
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Choroidal thickness under pilocarpine versus cyclopentolate by Mukharram M. Bikbov, Gyulli M. Kazakbaeva, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas, Gulshat R. Mustafina, Jost B. Jonas

“…., induces changes in the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT). Healthy young adult individuals received one drop of cyclopentolate 1% into their right eyes and one drop of pilocarpine 1% into their left eyes. …”
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Novel Genomic Aberrations in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors by Array-CGH, and Associated Gene Expression Changes by Rolf I. Skotheim, Reija Autio, Guro E. Lind, Sigrid M. Kraggerud, Peter W. Andrews, Outi Monni, Olli Kallioniemi, Ragnhild A. Lothe

“…Introduction: Testicular germ cell tumors of adolescent and young adult men (TGCTs) generally have near triploid and complex karyotypes. …”
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A Rare Case of Arteriovenous Hemangioma Clinically Mimicking Pigmented Nevus by Sri Lestari, Tofrizal ., Yenny Raflis

“…In this case, the patient was young adult and clinically the lesion mimicking pigmented nevus.…”
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