The ground beneath our feet: A critical reflection on 135 years of landscape evolution models for southern Africa by Rivoningo Khosa, Vela Mbele, Kelly Kirsten, Robyn Pickering

“… In his 1925 paper describing the Taung Child fossil, Dart makes various assertions about the landscape around Taung, inferring past climate dynamics, and the role these factors play in the evolution of our early prehuman relatives. …”
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Headache after pediatric traumatic brain injury: a comparison between a post-acute sample of children and adolescents and general population by Marina Zeldovich, Leonie Krol, Katrin Cunitz, Christian Auer, Daniel Pinggera, Victoria Schön, Philipp Geiger, Joachim Suss, Inga K. Koerte, Emilie Isager Howe, Nada Andelic, Anna Buchheim, Matthias Gondan, Nicole von Steinbüchel

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Stakeholder perspectives on facilitators and barriers to implementing a zero-dollar copay program for chronic conditions study by Debra Winberg, Elizabeth Nauman, Lizheng Shi, Brice L. Mohundro, Kelly Louis, Eboni G. Price-Haywood, Tiange Tang, Alessandra N. Bazzano

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Comparison of growth models to describe growth from birth to 6 years in a Beninese cohort of children with repeated measurements by Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot, Shukrullah Ahmadi, Florence Bodeau-Livinec, Roméo Zoumenou, André Garcia, David Courtin, Jules Alao, Nadine Fievet, Jérémie Botton

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A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE ENDOMETRIUM IN VITRO by Оксана Александровна Мелкозерова, Ирина Викторовна Крутинь, Александра Юрьевна Храмцова, Мария Валерьевна Улитко, Алсу Фармутовна Мустафина

“…Biological material for isolating the primary endometrial cell culture and extracellular vesicles of follicular fluid was provided by the Ural Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health. The work was carried out at the Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg. …”
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The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in Ageing and Longevity: Focus on Sicilian Long-Living Individuals (LLIs) by Patrizia Cancemi, Anna Aiello, Giulia Accardi, Rosalia Caldarella, Giuseppina Candore, Calogero Caruso, Marcello Ciaccio, Laura Cristaldi, Francesca Di Gaudio, Valentina Siino, Sonya Vasto

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Regulation of enzymatic lipid peroxidation in osteoblasts protects against postmenopausal osteoporosis by Qiong-Yi Zhang, Hai-Biao Gong, Man-Ya Jiang, Fujun Jin, Guan Wang, Chang-Yu Yan, Xiang Luo, Wan-Yang Sun, Shu-Hua Ouyang, Yan-Ping Wu, Wen-Jun Duan, Lei Liang, Yun-Feng Cao, Xin-Xin Sun, Meijing Liu, Gen-Long Jiao, Hua-Jun Wang, Kurihara Hiroshi, Xiaogang Wang, Rong-Rong He, Yi-Fang Li

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A cross-sectional study assessing barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of physical activity and nutrition interventions in early childhood education and care settings by Noor Imad, Alix Hall, Nicole Nathan, Adam Shoesmith, Nicole Pearson, Melanie Lum, Alice Grady, Erin Nolan, Serene Yoong

“…Abstract Background Effective evidence-based physical activity and nutrition interventions to prevent overweight and obesity and support healthy child development need to be sustained within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services. …”
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Exploring ketogenic diet resistance in glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome: A comprehensive review and critical appraisal by Raffaele Falsaperla, Vincenzo Sortino, Gerhard Josef Kluger, Thomas Herberhold, Andrea Rüegger, Pasquale Striano, Martino Ruggieri, Joerg Klepper, Georgia Ramantani

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Inequalities in household overcrowding in an ethnically diverse urban population: a cross-sectional study using linked health and housing records by Marta Wilk, Gill Harper, Silvia Liverani, Nicola Firman, Paul Simon, Carol Dezateux

“… Introduction Household overcrowding is an important determinant of health and is associated with adverse child health, educational and social outcomes. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of persistent symptoms after infection with SARS-CoV-2: protocol for an observational cohort study (LongCOVID-study) by Lotte Haverman, Eelco Franz, Ka Yin Leung, Albert Jan Van Hoek, Hans Knoop, Cees C van den Wijngaard, Elizabeth N Mutubuki, Tessa van der Maaden, Albert Wong, Anna D Tulen, Siméon de Bruijn

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Development and psychometric validation of the frontline health workers’ occupational risk and characteristics in emergencies index (FORCE-index) – The covid Hospital cohort study... by Synne Øien Stensland, Kristina Bondjers, John-Anker Zwart, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Dan Atar, Jan Olav Christensen, Dagfinn Matre, Kristin Alve Glad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Hilde Wøien, Grete Dyb

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Vocabulario, narración y argumentación en los primeros años de la infancia y la niñez. Una revisión de investigaciones / Vocabulary, narration and argumentation during the first ye... by Celia Renata Rosemberg, Alejandra Menti, Alejandra Stein, Florencia Alam, Maia Migdalek

“…Likewise, we highlight the need to attend to the context of social interaction in which a child’s vocabulary is inserted early on, when children begin to produce discourse in order to carry out their communicational goals. …”
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Multilevel analysis of prevalence and determinants of diarrhea among under-five children in Somalia: insights from the Somalia demographic and health survey 2020 by Hamse Arab Ali, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nuh, Hamse Adam Abdi, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Moreover, targeted economic support, health care programs for older mothers are essential to mitigate the adverse effects of socioeconomic factors on child health, ultimately leading to a substantial reduction in diarrheal diseases among young children.…”
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COVID-19 among staff and their family members of a healthcare research institution in Bangladesh between March 2020 and April 2021: a test-negative case–control study by Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shams E Arifeen, Md Ashraful Alam, Mustafizur Rahman, John D Clemens, S M Tafsir Hasan, Ishita Mostafa, Monira Sarmin, Shahana Parveen

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Utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets and associated factors among households in Pawie District, Benshangul Gumuz, Northwest Ethiopia by Tilahun Merga, Mesafint Molla Adane, Tebkew Shibabaw, Fekie Ahemed Salah, Lemessa Jira Ejigu, Sileshi Mulatu

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Incidence and Predictors of Later Epilepsy in Neonates with Encephalopathy: The Impact of Electrographic Seizures by Carol M. Stephens, Jacopo Proietti, Sean R. Mathieson, Vicki Livingstone, Brian McNamara, Niamh McSweeney, Olivia O'Mahony, Brian H. Walsh, Deirdre M. Murray, Geraldine B. Boylan

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Prevalence and impact of pelvic floor dysfunctions on quality of life in women 5–10 years after their first vaginal or caesarian delivery by Alba González-Timoneda, Nerea Valles-Murcia, Paula Muñoz Esteban, María Sol Torres López, Elisa Turrión Martínez, Patxi Errandonea Garcia, Lola Serrano Raya, Francisco Nohales Alfonso

“…Participants were primiparous women who had given birth to only one child by vaginal delivery or cesarean section between 2012 and 2016. …”
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Seizure prevalence in children aged up to 3 years: a longitudinal population-based cohort study in Japan by Kandai Nozu, Masahiro Nishiyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Ishida, Kazumi Tomioka, Hiroki Takeda, Noriyuki Nishimura, Hiroki Mishina, Kazumoto Iijima, Hiroaki Nagase

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CD7‐targeting pro‐apoptotic extracellular vesicles: A novel approach for T‐cell haematological malignancy therapy by Bei Zhang, Jianqiang Chen, Jiming Chen, Yingying Shen, Yinghu Chen, Shibo Wang, Chengyan Zhang, Yuzhou He, Huajun Feng, Jiaoli Wang, Zhijian Cai

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