The Neural Development of Chinese Lexical Tone Perception: A Mismatch Negativity Study Across Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood by Han Wu, Yixiao Zhang, Yiru Liu, Shijun Zhang, Linjun Zhang, Hua Shu, Yang Zhang

“…Methods: The MMN response to a flat-falling tonal contrast (Tone1 versus Tone4) were recorded from children (25 participants aged 6–8), adolescents (26 participants aged 12–14), and young adults (20 participants aged 18–24). Nonsense speech stimuli were also used by superimposing Tone1 and Tone4 on an English syllable. …”
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A Synthetic Voice for an Assistive Conversational Agent: A Survey to Discover Italian Preferences regarding Synthetic Voice’s Gender and Quality Level by Marialucia Cuciniello, Terry Amorese, Claudia Greco, Zoraida Callejas Carrión, Carl Vogel, Gennaro Cordasco, Anna Esposito

“…The voices administered to participants were developed considering two main aspects: the voice quality (high/low) and their gender (male/female). 182 unpaid participants were recruited for the study, divided in four groups according to their age, and therefore classified as adolescents, young adults, middle-aged, and seniors. To collect data regarding each voice, randomly audited by participants, the shortened version of the Virtual Agent Voice Acceptance Questionnaire (VAVAQ) was exploited. …”
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Impact of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment (cART) on Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection by Aura Temereanca, Luminita Ene, Gratiela Tardei, Camelia Grancea, Cristian L. Achim, Simona Ruta

“…We explored the impact of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) on latent CMV infection in 225 young adults parenterally infected with HIV during childhood. …”
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Fractal cycles of sleep, a new aperiodic activity-based definition of sleep cycles by Yevgenia Rosenblum, Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani, Nico Adelhöfer, Paul Zerr, Melanie Furrer, Reto Huber, Famke F Roest, Axel Steiger, Marcel Zeising, Csenge G Horváth, Bence Schneider, Róbert Bódizs, Martin Dresler

“…Children and adolescents had shorter fractal cycles than young adults (76±34 vs 94±32 min). The fractal cycle algorithm detected cycles with skipped REM sleep in 91–98% of cases. …”
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A comparison of force adaptation in toddlers and adults during a drawer opening task by Laura Faßbender, Johannes Falck, Francisco M. López, Yee Lee Shing, Jochen Triesch, Gudrun Schwarzer

“…This study investigated a naturalistic force adaptation task in 1.5-, 3-year-olds, and young adults. Participants opened a drawer with temporarily increased resistance, creating sensory prediction errors between predicted and actual drawer dynamics. …”
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Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol by Kate E Saunders, Samuel R Chamberlain, Jemima Dooley, Edward R Watkins, Liz Forty, Sarah Rees, Anne C Duffy, Anthony Quinn, Ellen Marshall, Lucy Dorey, Kevin A Matlock, Alexandra Newbold, Lucy J Robinson

“…Introduction University life represents a critical period for young adults, providing opportunities for personal growth and development of coping skills but also posing significant mental health challenges. …”
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Non-Operative Rehabilitation Principles for Use in Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia: A North American Based Delphi Study by Ashley E. Disantis, RobRoy L. Martin, Keelan Enseki, Victoria Spaid, Michael McClincy

“…# Background Acetabular dysplasia (AD) is defined as a structurally deficient acetabulum and is a well-recognized cause of hip pain in young adults. While treatment of severe AD with a periacetabular osteotomy has demonstrated good long-term outcomes, a trial of non-operative management is often recommended in this population. …”
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Acute effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on rectus femoris muscle stiffness: a dose-response shear-wave elastography study by Sara Kranjc, Mojca Fink, Masatoshi Nakamura, Žiga Kozinc

“…This experimental, parallel group design study investigated the acute effects of PNF stretching on rectus femoris muscle stiffness and explored a potential dose-response relationship.MethodsThirty healthy young adults (23 females, 7 males) were randomly assigned to either a PNF stretching group (n = 15; 22.96 ± 2.2 years) or a control group (n = 15; 23.3 ± 2.1 years). …”
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Elevated Homocysteine Levels and Vitamin Deficiencies as Potential Risk Markers for Coronary Artery Disease in Apparently Healthy Adults by K. Sowndarya, Anupama Hegde, Neelam M. Pawar, Ramya Shenoy

“…These results suggest the need for further investigation into Hcy as a viable alternative marker for CAD risk in young adults, emphasizing the importance of monitoring vitamin levels to mitigate cardiovascular risks.…”
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Associations between the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease and dietary and lifestyle behavior among young Korean adults: a preliminary cross-sectional study by Soheun Shim, Jeong-Hwa Choi, Young-Ran Heo

“…An increasing number of GERD cases have been reported recently; however, research on this population, especially young adults, is lacking. This study aimed to investigate the dietary and lifestyle factors associated with GERD symptoms in young Korean adults. …”
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Laboratory biomarkers for multiple sclerosis and their role in clinical practice by I. Navickaitë, G. Žemgulytė, R. Balnytė

“… Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) most commonly diagnosed in young adults. In recent decades, new treatments have emerged that have radically changed the prognosis and quality of life of these patients. …”
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Resilience and perceived social support as predictors of emotional well-being by Murat YILDIRIM, Mehmet Emin TURAN, Najwa Salem ALBELADI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Gabriella NUCERA, Giuseppe FERRARI, Alla NAVOLOKINA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Francesco CHIRICO

“…Results: The results showed that after controlling for age, gender, and personality traits that showed an influence on emotional well-being, resilience and perceived social support exerted a statistically significant influence on the emotional well-being of international young adults by explaining a significant amount of unique variance. …”
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The Effects of Regular Moderate Intensity Exercise on Oxidative Stress and Serum Prolidase Levels: A Comparative Study by Bülent Güneri, Özlem Ekiz, Metin Kılınç, Adem Doğaner

“…Oxidative stress appears to occur without compensation by enzymatic antioxidant mechanisms in young adults, involved in moderate intensity exercises. …”
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Positive associations between cannabis and alcohol use polygenic risk scores and phenotypic opioid misuse among African-Americans. by Jill A Rabinowitz, Jin Jin, Sally I-Chun Kuo, Adrian I Campos, Miguel E Rentería, Andrew S Huhn, Johannes Thrul, Beth A Reboussin, Kelly Benke, Benjamin Domingue, Nicholas S Ialongo, Brion S Maher, Darlene Kertes, Vanessa Troiani, George Uhl

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our findings further elucidate the genetic contributions to misusing opioids by showing that the genetics of cannabis and alcohol consumption are associated with lifetime opioid misuse among young adults, though replication of our findings is needed.…”
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Yorùbá Literary Artists on Youths and Parenthood by Olufadekemi Adagbada, Olatunde Adeleye Adeyemo, Ejitoyosi O. Salami

“…The natural psycho-biological development of youths and young adults, living in a nation going through socio-political economic and security challenges, coupled with their being nurtured in some cases through faulty parenting, have manifested in the typology of Nigerian youths. …”
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A Case Study on Strategic Multi-Objective Optimization of Influenza Vaccine Allocation: Age-Specific Approaches in Saudi Arabia by Asma K. Alkhamis, Manar I. Hosny

“…The research divides the population into five age categories&#x2014;infants and children, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and seniors&#x2014;across five regions: Eastern, Central, Northern, Western, and Southern Saudi Arabia. …”
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Association of resting-state EEG with suicidality in depressed patients: a systematic review by Fatemeh Shamsi, Fatemeh Azadinia, Farzaneh Vafaee

“…Abstract Objective The incidence of suicide is high among adolescents and young adults, especially those suffering from psychiatric diseases. …”
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A Cross-sectional Survey to Assess the Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease among College Students by K. Jafar Ali, Hansaram Suthar

“…Prior assessment is found to be helpful in predictions of absolute cardiovascular risks among young adults. Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among college students. …”
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Is it time to agree upon a standardised approach to the assessment of contributing factors and impacts of adolescent pelvic pain? by Dehlia Moussaoui, Olivia G. Farrell, Sonia R. Grover

“…This review aims to identify validated tools used to assess known contributory factors to pelvic pain, as well as the validated tools to measure the impact of pelvic pain in adolescents and young adults, in order to provide a framework for future standardised, adolescent specific assessment and outcome tools.Methods Literature searches were performed in MEDLINE, PsycInfo and PubMed. …”
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Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for Overhead Sports Activities by Bryan L Riemann, Kevin E Wilk, George J Davies

“… # Purpose \(1\) To establish the intersession reliability of several open kinetic chain FPT in healthy young adults with a history of overhead sport participation. (2) To examine the intersession reliability of the limb symmetry indices (LSI) from each test…”
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