Understanding the unique role of community-based para-professionals delivering early childhood development in low-resource contexts: a Delphi study by Emma Claire Pearson, Maxwell Peprah Opoku

“…Objectives The objective of the study reported here was to contribute to evidence that provides insight into essential training needs of professionals and para-professionals providing ECD services to families and children in low-income contexts. This paper focuses specifically on findings related to training needs of community-based para-professionals. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Nucleus Pulposus Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An In Vitro Study in Rats by Yachao Zhao, Zhiwei Jia, Shanshan Huang, Yaohong Wu, Longgang Liu, Linghan Lin, Deli Wang, Qing He, Dike Ruan

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Longitudinal investigation of neurobiological changes across pregnancy by Yanbin Niu, Benjamin N. Conrad, M. Catalina Camacho, Sanjana Ravi, Hannah A. Piersiak, Lauren G. Bailes, Whitney Barnett, Mary Kate Manhard, David A. Cole, Ellen Wright Clayton, Sarah S. Osmundson, Seth A. Smith, Autumn Kujawa, Kathryn L. Humphreys

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Vitamin D Toxicity Managed with Peritoneal Dialysis by Krystel Feghali, Kostas Papamarkakis, Jackson Clark, Neha Malhotra, Lanu Stoddart, Ibitoro Osakwe

“…Vitamin D deficiency is a global health issue that afflicts more than one billion children and adults worldwide. Vitamin D supplementation has increased over the years, whether through medical prescriptions, over-the-counter, or online purchasing. …”
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De la façon de nommer aux usages des plantes adventices des cultures en pays Jbala (nord du Maroc) by Louise Clochey, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…Through corpora collected from elderly and younger women and men as well as children, we analyze the way their knowledge on weeds and more widely spontaneous plants influences their daily lives and various activities, their ties with the agricultural space and with other people. …”
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The effects of kangaroo care on delirium management in neonates under non-invasive mechanical ventilation: A randomized control trial by Kayvan Mirnia, Jason W. Osborne, Hamid Sharif-Nia, David Sánchez-Teruel, Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani, Nasim Mirzaei

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Is It Scaly Anteater or Bat A Real Origin of The 2019-Novel CoV: A Probable Hypothesis? by Salar Ali, Taib Hama-Soor, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salvatore Dimonte, Francesco Greco

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Regulatory Compliance of Health Claims on Omega-3 Fatty Acid Food Supplements by Jelena Banović Fuentes, Ivana Beara, Ljilja Torović

“…The degree to which claims aligned with regulatory standards, expressed in terms of scores scaled from 0 to 1, was the highest for supplements intended for pregnant women (1), while, in the case of adults, the mean score was 0.76 ± 0.35, and, in case of children, was 0.85 ± 0.27. Statistical analysis revealed a minor tendency for higher health claim scores to be associated with lower product prices. …”
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The daily production of Soviet women during the Great Patriotic War (on the example of Ishim Shoe Factory No. 4) by A. A. Frolova

“…Along with the development of new social roles by women, they retained their traditional responsibilities related to maintaining a home and raising children. Similar transformations in the social behavior of women occurred against the background of a deterioration in living conditions, a reduction in living standards, a lack of nutrition, and complications of the epidemiological situation. …”
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How does BMI correlate with menarche onset? Evidence from the Italian HBSC cross-sectional study by Domitilla Marconi, Dario Lipari, Andrea Pammolli, Paola Dalmasso, Paola Nardone, Alessio Vieno, Rita Simi, Giacomo Lazzeri

“…Our study aims to investigate the relationship between body mass index and age at onset of menarche; Methods We used a unique standardized national dataset on adolescent girls participating in the Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Two independent nationally representative survey datasets: one on 15-year-olds (n = 6505, year 2017/2018) and one on 11-year-olds (n = 6548, year 2013/2014) were analysed. …”
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PD-L1 Expression and CD8+ T Cell Infiltration Predict a Favorable Prognosis in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Yangyang Wang, Chunchao Zhu, Wei Song, Jun Li, Gang Zhao, Hui Cao

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Comparison of outcomes of Salter and Varus osteotomies in the treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: a retrospective cohort study by Peyman Mirghaderi, Mohammad-Taha Pahlevan-Fallahy, Saeed kargar-soleimanabad, Danial Sharifi Razavi, Alireza Moharrami, Taghi Baghdadi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi

“…LCPD is usually present in children between 2 and 15 years and happens more frequently in boys more than girls; this study aims to compare the outcome of two surgical methods in treating LCPD. …”
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Resource Utilization and Costs of Care prior to ART Initiation for Pediatric Patients in Zambia by Hari S. Iyer, Callie A. Scott, Deophine Lembela Bwalya, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Crispin Moyo, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Bruce A. Larson, Sydney Rosen

“…Methods. We enrolled 1,102 children who initiated ART at <15 years of age between 2006 and 2011 at 5 study sites. …”
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Mapping factors influencing initiation of antiretroviral treatment among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Palesa Grace Likoti, Desmond Kuupiel, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Since the Start Free, Stay Free, and AIDS-Free launch, UNAIDS targets intended to promote interventions to prevent HIV transmission and promote access to ART among adolescents and children, of which none were achieved in 2020. In the sub-Saharan African region, the number of adolescents initiated on ART drugs remained consistently low, with approximately100 000 adolescents succumbing to AIDS-related causes in 2022. …”
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Designing a Parent Training Model to Prevent Cyber Space Risks in Students by Seyed Majid Karimi, Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari, Gholamreza Sharifi Rad, Ali Akbar Khoshgoftar Moghadam

“…Given that the family unit serves as the cornerstone of all other social institutions and that individuals' mental health is largely cultivated within this context, the implementation of parental training programs is pivotal in regulating children's engagement with this digital environment. …”
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Clinical characteristics of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody among aquaporin-4 negative neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Egyptian patients by Sara I. Taha, Salwa I. Bakr, Nermeen T. Fouad, Dina Zamzam, Yasmine A. Mohamed

“…This pilot cross-sectional study included 40 anti-AQP4 antibody-negative patients initially diagnosed with NMOSD, six children and 34 adults. They were screened for anti-MOG antibodies by the indirect immunofluorescence cell-based assay. …”
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The role of M1/M2 macrophage polarization in the pathogenesis of obesity-related kidney disease and related pathologies by Periklis Dousdampanis, Ioanna Aggeletopoulou, Ioanna Aggeletopoulou, Athanasia Mouzaki

“…Obesity is a rapidly growing health problem worldwide, affecting both adults and children and increasing the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Assessing the prevalence of human enteric viruses in hospital wastewater to evaluate the effectiveness of wastewater treatment systems by Xuebing Zhou, Qingcao Li, Zhanying Shi, Wenbo Lu, Chunhui Shu, Junyao Zhu, Yong Wu

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Postnatal experiences of teenage mothers in selected communities in Central Region, Ghana: a phenomenological study by Reuben Foster Twintoh, Hubert Amu, Vivian Kruh, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah, Kobina Esia-Donkoh, Eugene Koffour Marfo Darteh

“…They often depended on the microsystem consisting of the family, friends, and the children’s fathers as major source of support to enable them and their babies to survive, develop, and become healthy and happy in life. …”
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Corrigendum: Modulation of local immunity by the vaginal microbiome is associated with triggering spontaneous preterm birth by Yijia Liang, Yijia Liang, Yijia Liang, Changying Zhao, Yan Wen, Dashuang Sheng, Tiantian Wei, Tianqi Hu, Junhui Dai, Guoping Zhao, Guoping Zhao, Guoping Zhao, Sijie Yang, Sijie Yang, Qinghua Wang, Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang

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