Clinical Observation of Employment of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Therapy by Liming Wang, Yu Zhang, Hongtao Li, Jingxin Hong, Xiaobo Chen, Ming Li, Wen Bai, Jiangang Wang, Yongjun Liu, Mingyuan Wu

“…Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), known as Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is the most common type of arthritis in children aged under 17. It may cause sequelae due to lack of effective treatment. …”
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Lithuanian Language at School: Scientific Insights and Pedagogical Experience by Ona Laima Gudzinevičiūtė, Džiuljeta Maskuliūnienė

“…The articles in the literature section are divided into five thematic blocks: 1) Promotion of reading, professional press for teachers; 2) Lithuanian writers’ works in school, concerns of reading classics; 3) Children’s literature and school; 4) Working with the text to prepare the future reader; 5) Non-traditional literature teaching methods and other problems. …”
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Validation Spanish of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale in the Postpartum - City BITS by Ayelén Acosta, Aquiles Pérez Delgado, Mercedes Lotufo, Angela Zayas, Sandro Giovanazzi

“…Methods: Quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study in a sample of 677 Argentine women with children under 12 months of age. Results: Exploratory factor analysis revealed two dimensions that explained 49.56% of the total variance. …”
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Risk factors and outcomes of vitamin D deficiency in very preterm infants by Hannah Cho, Yoon Lee, Saelin Oh, Ju Sun Heo

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Impact of Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Use on Glucose Variability and Endothelial Function in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: New Technology—New Possibility to Decreas... by Milena Jamiołkowska, Izabela Jamiołkowska, Włodzimierz Łuczyński, Joanna Tołwińska, Artur Bossowski, Barbara Głowińska Olszewska

“…Children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) are the high-risk group of accelerated atherosclerosis. …”
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HRQoL Evaluation of Pediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta with Zoledronic Acid Therapy by Tri Wahyu Martanto, Hamzah Rafly Rahman, Patricia Maria Kurniawati

“…Results: A significant increase was found in the children’s self-reported social performance (+12.083, p = 0.023) and proxy-reported physical performance, social performance, and total score (+14.844, p = 0.006; +10.625, p = 0.010; +10.364, p = 0.006, respectively). …”
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Social participation challenges and facilitators among Chinese stroke survivors: a qualitative descriptive study by Xiaojuan Wan, Dorothy Ngo Sheung Chan, Janita Pak Chun Chau, Yu Zhang, Zhi’e Gu, Limei Xu

“…These values included family-oriented beliefs regarding responsibility towards their children, struggles with societal expectations, and perceptions of social participation being a burden on others. …”
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Broadening the diversity of consumers engaged in guidelines: a scoping review by Sophie Hill, Tari Turner, Anneliese Synnot, Kelvin Hill, Allison Jauré, Bronwen Merner, Peta Bates, Alexandra Liacos

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Predictors of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations among a Sample of Egyptian Schoolchildren by Mones M. Abu Shady, Mai M. Youssef, Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din, Ola M. Abdel Samie, Hala S. Megahed, Samar M. E. Salem, Manal A. Mohsen, Ali Abdel Aziz, Safinaz El-Toukhy

“…Food fortification, vitamin D supplementation, and increasing maternal awareness about the importance of physical activity and exposure of their children to ultraviolet light may help to overcome this problem.…”
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Evaluation of Five Ready-to-Use Bases for the Topical Administration of Propranolol Hydrochloride to Treat Infantile Hemangioma by Chiara Lacassia, Annalisa Cutrignelli, Flavia Maria la Forgia, Sergio Fontana, Antonio Lopalco, Nunzio Denora, Angela Assunta Lopedota

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Since 2008, following clinical studies conducted on children that revealed the ability of the β-adrenergic antagonist propranolol to inhibit capillary growth in infantile hemangiomas (IHs), its oral administration has become the first-line treatment for IHs. …”
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MicroRNA-155 modulates methotrexate-induced spatial memory impairment by disruption of the blood-brain barrier integrity by Yu-Chieh Chen, Li-Tung Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Jiunn-Ming Sheen

“…Main methods: We use young rat model mimicking children leukemia treatment protocol, focusing on the systemic MTX effect on the central nervous system by intraperitoneal (IP) MTX injection. …”
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Adverse effects of GLP – 1 Receptor Agonists by Anna Kasprzak, Monika Kułaga, Monika Grzybek, Diana Mazur-Lesińska, Barbara Szostak, Sylwia Wielgosz-Biała, Krzysztof Tyszkiewicz, Borys Łozowski, Małgorzata Kasprzak, Barbara Wilczyńska

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Corneal Epithelial Thickness Mapping in Healthy Population Corneas Using MS-39 Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by AlTurki HS, Alsubhi SS, Alhazmi A, Alhadlag A, Albalawi NS, Alzoman MA, Aljasir M, Alsubaie M, Aljindan M, Alsomali A

“…No significant correlations were observed between the spherical equivalent and epithelial thickness map.Conclusion: The study found sex differences, with females generally having lower ET values than males, and older age having higher values than children.Keywords: corneal epithelial thickness, anterior segment, optical coherence tomography, Saudi Arabia…”
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Challenges in Burns Management in a Tertiary Care Center in Albania by Vladimir Filaj, Ester Tabaku, Ina Kola, Ferdiola Gjonaj, Vilma Tafilaj, Henri Drinjak

“…The mean patient age was 36.1 years, with children aged 0-10 most affected, especially 2-year-olds. …”
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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New... by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…All elective and acute cases (adults and children) involving surgery under general anaesthesia during normal working hours were eligible.Participants The study included 243 surgical staff members, 138 (50.12%) women.Main outcome measure Absolute generalisability coefficient that accounts for variance due to items, phases, sites and raters for the WHOBARS measure of the quality of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist administration.Results The WHOBARS in its present form has demonstrated good generalisability of scores across teams and raters (G absolute=0.83). …”
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Improving Individualized Salbutamol Treatment: A Population Pharmacokinetic Model for Oral Salbutamol in Virtual Patients by Lara Marques, Nuno Vale

“…Conclusions: Despite current contraindications for oral salbutamol, our findings suggest that certain individuals, particularly children, may benefit from oral treatment over inhalation. …”
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (GAQ-P) to Spanish population by Eva Ferrer, Maia Brik, Margie Davenport, Ruben Barakat, Montse Palacio

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The impact of uric acid on musculoskeletal diseases: clinical associations and underlying mechanisms by Jing Zhang, Na Sun, Wanhao Zhang, Wenjie Yue, Xiaochen Qu, Xiaochen Qu, Zhonghai Li, Zhonghai Li, Gang Xu, Gang Xu

“…In adults, both age and SU levels should be considered for preventing sarcopenia, while gender and SU may directly impact muscle mass in children and adolescents. HUA and gout may be risk factors for OA progression, although some reports suggest otherwise. …”
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Fully Automated Bone Age Assessment on Large-Scale Hand X-Ray Dataset by Xiaoying Pan, Yizhe Zhao, Hao Chen, De Wei, Chen Zhao, Zhi Wei

“…Bone age assessment (BAA) is an essential topic in the clinical practice of evaluating the biological maturity of children. Because the manual method is time-consuming and prone to observer variability, it is attractive to develop computer-aided and automated methods for BAA. …”
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Author Correction: Reliability of high-quantity human brain organoids for modeling microcephaly, glioma invasion and drug screening by Anand Ramani, Giovanni Pasquini, Niklas J. Gerkau, Vaibhav Jadhav, Omkar Suhas Vinchure, Nazlican Altinisik, Hannes Windoffer, Sarah Muller, Ina Rothenaigner, Sean Lin, Aruljothi Mariappan, Dhanasekaran Rathinam, Ali Mirsaidi, Olivier Goureau, Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, Quintino Giorgio D’Alessandris, Bernd Wollnik, Alysson Muotri, Limor Freifeld, Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi, Roberto Pallini, Christine R. Rose, Volker Busskamp, Elke Gabriel, Kamyar Hadian, Jay Gopalakrishnan

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