Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

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Authority and Moral Conflicts in the Films of Adébáyọ Fálétí: Àfọ̀njá, Gáà, Ṣawo Ṣẹ̀gbẹ̀rì and the Yorùbá Cosmopolis by Olayinka Agbetuyi

“…As defined in the words of Chris Barker, “Culturalism focuses on meaning production by human actors in a historical context.”1 Fálétí’s historical drama and films fall within such category. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“…Some of the major factors adversely affecting the ANC quality are poor infrastructure of the healthcare system12, lack of well-trained human resources13, insufficient preventive services14, and inefficient utilization of available resources at all levels. …”
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Long-term safety of dexamethasone sodium phosphate encapsulated in autologous erythrocytes in pediatric patients with ataxia telangiectasia by Mary Kay Koenig, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Riadh Gouider, Riadh Gouider, Eppie M. Yiu, Eppie M. Yiu, Barbara Pietrucha, Asbjørg Stray-Pedersen, Susan L. Perlman, Steve Wu, Trudy Burgers, Rupam Borgohain, Rukmini Mridula Kandadai, Isabelle Meyts, Giorgia Bucciol, Anaita Udwadia-Hegde, Ravi Yadav, Donna Roberts, Aaron Dane, Maureen Roden, Dirk Thye, Biljana Horn, Howard M. Lederman, William P. Whitehouse

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Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…It was a battle of two hunters – a human hunter facing the animal hunter, each pommeling the other with the killer instinct. …”
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Stimulation of gonad maturation in mullet fish Mugil dussumieri using MT, E2, hCG, and Ovaprim hormone by Tatak Dwi Cahyono, Muhammad Zairin Junior, Odang Carman

“…Percobaan kedua menggunakan ikan berukuran 10−31 cm dengan human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) 750 IU/kg, Ovaprim 0.5 ml/kg dan kontrol larutan fisiologis 0.9 % 0.5 ml/kg. …”
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Farmers’ climate change perception, impacts and adaptation strategies in response to drought in the Northwest area of Bangladesh by J.M. Adeeb Salman Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Khalek, Md. Kamruzzaman

“…It is well known that the prospect and occurrence of such catastrophes is a significant impediment to progress and the improvement of human welfare.The frequency and the severity of extreme weather events due to climate change in South East Asia including Bangladesh is anticipated to intensify in the forthcoming years. …”
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Health systems analysis and evaluation of the barriers to availability, utilisation and readiness of sexual and reproductive health services in COVID-19-affected areas: a WHO mixed... by José Guilherme Cecatti, Kun Tang, Igor Toskin, Moazzam Ali, Caron Kim, Stefano Uccella, Simone Garzon, Ge Yang, Vanessa Brizuela, Pisake Lumbiganon, Seni Kouanda, Alexandra Sawyer, Nigel Sherriff, Alessia Savoldi, Anna Thorson, Marleen Temmerman, Jörg Huber, Soe Soe Thwin, Maddalena Cordioli, Massimo Mirandola, Jaime Vera, Armando Seuc, Laila Ladak, Debbie Williams, Luis Bahamondes, Deda Ogum Alangea, Abdu Mohiddin, Eunice Nahyuha Chomi, Sothornwit Jen, Modey Emefa, Hamsadvani Kuganantham, Armando Humberto Seuc, Eunice Chomi, Hanxiyue Zhang, Yifan Zhu, Yueping Guo, Chunxiao Peng, Kwasi Tropsey, Emefa Judith Modey, Rozina Karmaliani, Jen Sothornwit, Ferdinand Okwaro, Ranieri Poli, Joy Jerop Chebet, Hugo Gamerro Abrego

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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…In a second book review, Anna Braam writes about Ian Gough’s Heat, Greed and Human Need. Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (2017, Edward Elgar), a recent study which suggests three steps for countries to accomplish staying below a 1.5°C rise above pre-industrial temperatures: eco-efficient production, changing patterns of consumption, and a reduction of absolute consumption. …”
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Intersemiotic Translation: From Medieval Poetry to Modern Movie by Leila Nik Nasab

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HELLO: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial to enhance interpersonal relationships and team cohesion among ICU healthcare professionals by Elie Azoulay, Nancy Kentish Barnes, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Maria-Cruz Martin Delgado, Yaseen Arabi, Carole Boulanger, Giovanni Mistraletti, Maria Theodorakopoulou, Vernon Van Heerden, José-Artur Paiva, Oktay Demirkýran, Gabriel Heras La Calle, Abdulrahman Al Fares, Gaston Burghi, Guy Francois, Anita Barth, Jan De Waele, Samir Jaber, Michael Darmon, Maurizio Cecconi

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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The value of investments in human capital and other intra-familial transfers is so important that they frequently reverse the results of a more narrow public policy analysis. …”
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…The sentiments ‘science in society and science for society’ and the ‘art of medicine as love of humanity’ inspired me and Dr Ferrari as co-founders and editors in chief of the Journal, as they motivate the belief that science may contribute to knowledge, progress, peace and social development. …”
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Exome sequencing of UK birth cohorts [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Petr Danecek, Amy Hough, John Wright, Karen Ho, Nicholas J. Timpson, Sarah J. Lindsay, Davide Bonfanti, Daniel S. Malawsky, Rafaq Azad, Deborah Plowman, Sara Widaa, Gemma Shireby, Emla Fitzsimons, David Bann, Matthew E. Hurles, Hilary C. Martin, Susan M. Ring, Dan Mason, Michael A. Quail, Wei Huang, Vivek Iyer, Mahmoud Koko, Iaroslav Popov, Laurie Fabian, Gennadii Zakharov, Ruth Y. Eberhardt, Emma E. Wade, Qin Qin Huang

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Advanced delivery systems for gene editing: A comprehensive review from the GenE-HumDi COST Action Working Group by Alessia Cavazza, Francisco J. Molina-Estévez, Álvaro Plaza Reyes, Victor Ronco, Asma Naseem, Špela Malenšek, Peter Pečan, Annalisa Santini, Paula Heredia, Araceli Aguilar-González, Houria Boulaiz, Qianqian Ni, Marina Cortijo-Gutierrez, Kristina Pavlovic, Inmaculada Herrera, Berta de la Cerda, Emilio M. Garcia-Tenorio, Eva Richard, Sergio Granados-Principal, Arístides López-Márquez, Mariana Köber, Marijana Stojanovic, Melita Vidaković, Irene Santos-Garcia, Lorea Blázquez, Emily Haughton, Dongnan Yan, Rosario María Sánchez-Martín, Loubna Mazini, Gloria Gonzalez Aseguinolaza, Annarita Miccio, Paula Rio, Lourdes R. Desviat, Manuel A.F.V. Gonçalves, Ling Peng, Cecilia Jiménez-Mallebrera, Francisco Martin Molina, Dhanu Gupta, Duško Lainšček, Yonglun Luo, Karim Benabdellah

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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 13(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-018-0057-0 [9] Gardiner, P. (2003). …”
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Enhancement of anti‐sarcoma immunity by NK cells engineered with mRNA for expression of a EphA2‐targeted CAR by Pui Yeng Lam, Natacha Omer, Josh K. M. Wong, Cui Tu, Louisa Alim, Gustavo R. Rossi, Maria Victorova, Hannah Tompkins, Cheng‐Yu Lin, Ahmed M. Mehdi, Amos Choo, Melissa R. Elliott, Elaina Coleborn, Jane Sun, Timothy Mercer, Orazio Vittorio, Lachlan J. Dobson, Alexander D. McLellan, Andrew Brooks, Zewen Kelvin Tuong, Seth W. Cheetham, Wayne Nicholls, Fernando Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes

“…Advanced preclinical models mimicking human tumour microenvironments are needed to refine and optimise this therapeutic approach.…”
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Serum NFL and neuropsychological performance over ∼8 years in women with and without HIV: a longitudinal repeated measures studyResearch in context by Deborah R. Gustafson, Xuantao Li, Alison E. Baird, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Jinbing Zhang, Amanda Blair Spence, Pauline Maki, Anjali Sharma, Kathleen Weber, Recai Yucel

“…The MWCCS is funded primarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), with additional co-funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and in coordination and alignment with the research priorities of the National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research (OAR). …”
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Contribution à l’histoire de la boulangerie romaine : étude de « pains/galettes » découverts en Gaule by Andreas G. Heiss, Véronique Matterne, Nicolas Monteix, Margaux Tillier, Camille Noûs

“…In the same vein as the previous considerations, we follow the idea that a dish or a drink represent artefacts, in the current definition as objects “predominantly shaped by human action”. We therefore consider it legitimate to evaluate processed foods, and their archaeological remains, as material witnesses to an ancient culinary heritage and we interpret them as such. …”
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Neutralizing antibody immune correlates in COVAIL trial recipients of an mRNA second COVID-19 vaccine boost by Bo Zhang, Youyi Fong, Lauren Dang, Jonathan Fintzi, Shiyu Chen, Jing Wang, Nadine G. Rouphael, Angela R. Branche, David J. Diemert, Ann R. Falsey, Daniel S. Graciaa, Lindsey R. Baden, Sharon E. Frey, Jennifer A. Whitaker, Susan J. Little, Satoshi Kamidani, Emmanuel B. Walter, Richard M. Novak, Richard Rupp, Lisa A. Jackson, Chenchen Yu, Craig A. Magaret, Cindy Molitor, Bhavesh Borate, Sydney Busch, David Benkeser, Antonia Netzl, Derek J. Smith, Tara M. Babu, Angelica C. Kottkamp, Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Lilly C. Immergluck, Rachel M. Presti, Martín Bäcker, Patricia L. Winokur, Siham M. Mahgoub, Paul A. Goepfert, Dahlene N. Fusco, Robert L. Atmar, Christine M. Posavad, Jinjian Mu, Mat Makowski, Mamodikoe K. Makhene, Seema U. Nayak, Paul C. Roberts, Peter B. Gilbert, Dean Follmann, Coronavirus Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial (COVAIL) Study Team

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