Finalmente, los sonidos del siglo XIX mexicano ya no son tan lejanos: ¿qué implica escuchar de nuevo el Te Deum laudamus (1835) de José Antonio Gómez? by John G. Lazos

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Green extraction cascade of UV-absorbing compounds, alginate, and fucoidan from Sargassum using ethanol and natural deep eutectic solvents by Santiago Guerrero-Higareda, Danay Carrillo-Nieves

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate Caribbean Mexican seaweed as a raw material for the production of fucoidans, alginates, and bioactive extracts with antioxidant activity, total flavonoid content, total phenolic content, and UV absorbance. …”
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Effect of the Application of Cold Plasma Energy on the Inactivation of Microorganisms, Proteins, and Lipids Deterioration in Adobera Cheese by Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga, Montserrat Calderón Santoyo, Juan Arturo Ragazzo Sánchez, Mario Iván Alemán Duarte, Julia Aurora Pérez Montaño, Edgar Balcázar-López, Josué Raymundo Solís Pacheco

“…Plasma as a nonthermal inactivation technique has been a current research topic for food preservation, so the objective of this work was to study the effect of plasma energy against microorganisms in Adobera cheese (traditional Mexican cheese) as well as evaluate the possible degradation of lipids and protein. 108 CFU/mL of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella ATCC13076, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 were inoculated at 0.5 g of Adobera cheese and were subjected to an energy of 30 volts, in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor (DBDR) at intervals of times 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 15 min. …”
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In Vitro Control of Phytophthora infestans and Alternaria solani Using Crude Extracts and Essential Oils from Selected Plants by Lydia G. Mugao, Phyllis W. Muturi, Bernard M. Gichimu, Ezekiel K. Njoroge

“…This study tested the in vitro efficacy of crude extracts and essential oils of ginger, garlic, tick berry, and Mexican marigold in inhibition of radial growth of A. solani and P. infestans. …”
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Analysis of Sodium Chloride Intake and Treg/Th17 Lymphocytes in Healthy Individuals and Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Marlen Vitales-Noyola, Esther Layseca-Espinosa, Lourdes Baranda, Carlos Abud-Mendoza, Perla Niño-Moreno, Adriana Monsiváis-Urenda, Yvonne Rosenstein, Roberto González-Amaro

“…Our results suggest that, in the population studied (Mexican mestizo), the level of sodium intake is not apparently associated with different relevant immune parameters in healthy subjects or patients with SLE or RA.…”
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Effect of different initial C/N ratio of cow manure and straw on microbial quality of compost by M. A. Macias-Corral, J. A. Cueto-Wong, J. Morán-Martínez

“…This mix complied with current Mexican sanitary regulations for compost use. The composts produced from the other C/N ratios complied only with the limits for one or two of the microorganisms that were analyzed. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Acute Diarrheal Diseases in Chiapas, Mexico by Jesús Mauricio Ernesto Hernández-Méndez, Israel Peña-Hernández, Mariela Tapia-Nazario, Gerardo Leyva-Padrón, Abumalé Cruz-Salomón, María Emperatriz Domínguez-Espinosa, Héctor Armando Esquinca-Avilés, Maritza del Carmen Hernández-Cruz, Rocío Magdalena Sánchez-Albores, Kelly del Carmen Cruz-Salomón, Rosa Isela Cruz-Rodríguez, Martha Guadalupe Gómez-Santos

“…This study evaluated the antibacterial activity, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and toxicity of ethanolic (EE) and aqueous (AE) extracts from five Mexican medicinal plants traditionally used in Chiapas for treating acute diarrheal diseases (ADD). …”
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Case studies in adaptation: centring equity in global health education during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond by Anna Pancheshnikov, C Nicholas Cuneo, Wilfredo R Matias, Rebeca Cázares-Adame, Abner Gamaliel Santos López, Ryan M Paxton, Chi Chiung Grace Chen

“…Case 2: Prevencasa, a community health organisation in Tijuana, Mexico, providing healthcare to local underserved communities, shifted its focus from hosting international trainees to developing a multidisciplinary training programme for Mexican healthcare professionals. Case 3: the Johns Hopkins Global Health Leadership Program adapted its curriculum into a hybrid online and in-person migrant health and human rights elective, collaborating with local organisations. …”
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Towards fiscal sustainable practices in Mexico: The quality of municipal tax regulation and tiered tariffs improve income from solid waste management services by Sergio López-Olvera, Juan Carlos Olivo-Escudero, Mauricio Hernández-Marroquín, Fausto Rafael López-Olvera, Yessica Lourdes Vallejo-Rivera, Marco Antonio Rodríguez-Gómez, Pedro Hipólito Rodríguez-Herrero

“…This study analyzed the impact of municipal tax regulation and sustainable taxation practices—specifically differentiated and progressive tariffs—on the income generation capacity of 240 Mexican municipalities. Data from municipal financial reports was extracted from official government websites and analyzed using statistical methods in R, including variance analysis and t-tests. …”
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Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022 by Néstor A. Sánchez-Ortiz, Adriana Vargas Flores, Jesús E. Morales-Ríos, J. Alai Quiroz-Reyes, M. Arantxa Colchero

“…We used the 2010 to 2022 rounds of the Mexican National Survey of Household Income and Expenditures. …”
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Construction and validation of a test of knowledge of contraceptive methods for adolescents by Karla Elisa Cervantes Jácome, Silvia Susana Robles Montijo, José Cristóbal Pedro Arriaga Ramírez, Juan José Sánchez Sosa

“…Conclusion: The test’s psychometric properties showed that it is a valid and reliable test for its application in Mexican adolescents. The results indicate that most adolescents of the simple do not have complete information about contraceptive methods and that they know the least about their effectiveness and side effects.…”
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Identification and Characterization of Families That Are Positively Deviant for Childhood Obesity in a Latino Population: A Case-Control Study by Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Sharol Mejia, Barbara J. Turner, Arvind Singhal

“…Positive deviant families were characterized by lower education, higher self-efficacy, and a more Mexican cultural orientation. Findings suggest that effective engagement of other caregivers and creating healthy food environments were important determinants of healthy weight outcomes. …”
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A De Novo Mutation in ACTC1 and a TTN Variant Linked to a Severe Sporadic Infant Dilated Cardiomyopathy Case by Jose G. Acuña-Ochoa, Norma A. Balderrábano-Saucedo, Ana C. Cepeda-Nieto, Maria Y. Alvarado-Cervantes, Vianca L. Ibarra-Garcia, Daniel Barr, Matthew J. Gage, Ryan Pfeiffer, Dan Hu, Hector Barajas-Martinez

“…The present study details the clinical and genetic characterization of a malignant dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) case in a 1-year-old Mexican child who presented a severe left ventricular dilation and dysfunction that led to SCD. …”
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Bilateral oophorectomy amplifies depression risk following hysterectomy NHANES 2006–2017 by Chenghui Xu, Guangchun Zhao, Wenlei Yao, Yanhua Zhang

“…Data from the 2006–2017 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were used to analyze the relationship between surgical methods and depressive symptoms.This study analyzed data from 10,780 women aged 20–80 years, with a diverse racial composition: 44.2% non-Hispanic White, 20.4% non-Hispanic Black, 14.7% Mexican American, 11.0% Other Hispanic, and 9.7% Other Race.The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a validated depression screening tool, was utilized to assess depressive symptoms. …”
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Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Using IFF-FLICM Segmentation and Optimized ELM Model by Suvashisa Dash, Mohammed Siddique, Satyasis Mishra, Demissie J. Gelmecha, Sunita Satapathy, Davinder Singh Rathee, Ram Sewak Singh

“…The IFF-FLICM algorithm is utilized to accurately segment the brain’s magnetic resonance (MR) images to identify the tumor regions. The Mexican hat wavelet transform is employed for feature extraction from the segmented images. …”
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The relationship between pre-pregnancy BMI and energy and macronutrients intakes during pregnancy in women from Yucatan, Mexico by Hugo Azcorra, Federico Dickinson, José Luis Batún

“…Some studies have analysed the relationship between pre-pregnancy BMI categories (normal weight, overweight, and obesity) and diet quality during pregnancy, but few studies have focussed on quantitative energy and macronutrient intakes or their adequacies in relation to pre-pregnancy BMI.What do the results of this study contribute? In this sample of Mexican women belonging to a middle socioeconomic status, we found that after excluding under- and over-reporters from the analyses and accounting for maternal socioeconomic characteristics and perinatal variables, BMI was negatively associated with adequacy intake rates of energy, carbohydrates, and total fats during pregnancy.What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? …”
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Prenatal inflammation and trauma symptoms in Latina mothers: The role of discrimination and growing up in an ethnic minoritized context by Rebeca Alvarado-Harris, Krista Perreira, Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombe, William Roger Mills‐Koonce, Hudson P. Santos, Jr.

“…Methods: Latina mothers, primarily of Mexican and Central American heritage (n = 150), completed the Everyday Discrimination Scale and the Traumatic Avoidance subscale of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms-II during pregnancy (24–32 weeks). …”
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Shorter telomere length in COPD cases secondary to biomass-burning smoke exposure by Angélica Domínguez-de-Barros, Gloria Pérez-Rubio, Ingrid Fricke-Galindo, Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas, Malena Gajate-Arenas, Rafael Hernández-Zenteno, Salvador García-Carmona, Robinson Robles-Hernández, María E. Ramírez-Díaz, Filiberto Cruz-Vicente, María L. Martínez-Gómez, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Ramcés Falfán-Valencia, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús

“…Methods This study examined telomere length in 189 Mexican individuals, from which 93 developed COPD secondary to BS exposure (BE-COPD); the rest of the participants were exposed to BS but did not develop the disease. …”
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Genomic analysis and potential polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from Bacillus strains isolated from extreme environments in Mexico by Alvaro Ríos Sosa, Lilia A. Prado Barragán, Alvaro Ríos Reyes, Elva T. Aréchiga Carvajal

“…Conclusions The findings of this study affirm the potential of the Mexican isolated strains as PHB-producing organisms, enabling further studies to test their viability as industrial producers. …”
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Epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 in children under 18 years old in Mexico: an analysis of the pandemic by Isamu Daniel Takane-Cabrera, Fanny Yasmin Ortega-Vargas, Ilen Adriana Díaz-Torres, Aldo Agustin Herrera-González, Antonio R. Villa, Miguel Leonardo García-León, Patricia Bautista-Carbajal, Miguel A. Pérez-Sastre, Luis Alberto Cortazar-Maldonado, Jorge Baruch Díaz-Ramírez, Rosa Maria Wong-Chew

“…ObjectiveThe study aimed to describe the characteristics and risk factors associated with disease severity across six waves of COVID-19 in the pediatric population in Mexico.MethodsA cohort study was conducted using data from the Mexican Ministry of Health, covering the period from March 2020 to March 2023. …”
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