Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators by Małgorzata Szcześniak, Celina Timoszyk-Tomczak, Julia Łoś, Monika Grzeczka

“…However, little is known about the reasons and relevant mechanisms that are involved in people’s decisions to delay parenthood. The aim of our study was to verify how anxiety about the future relates to the motives for deferred parenthood and how this relationship is mediated by generational time perspective and life satisfaction.MethodsA total of 203 Polish adults between 18 and 40 years of age participated in the study. …”
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A mixed-integer linear programming model for scheduling volunteers in technical support teams in Non-Governmental Organizations by Valdir Soares Silva Neto, Ricardo Lukas de Medeiros França, Keren Karolyne Nóbrega Silva, Luciano Carlos Azevedo da Costa, Hugo Harry F. R. Kramer

“…Institutions need to plan in detail how to distribute resources efficiently, especially when it comes to people and their skills and competencies in providing services. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Core Stability Exercises in Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Zachary Smrcina, Sarah Woelfel, Christopher Burcal

“…# Background Low back pain affects millions of people worldwide and can be a difficult condition to manage clinically. …”
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Grasping Variance in Word Norms: Individual Differences in Motor Imagery and Semantic Ratings by Emiko J. Muraki, Sydney Born, Penny M. Pexman

“…We observed a significant relationship between motor imagery vividness and absolute rating difference scores, wherein people with more vivid motor imagery provided ratings that were further from the mean word ratings. …”
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Attractive lives on attractive pages. Polish illustrated biographical books for young readers by Anita Wincencjusz-Patyna

“…Brave ideas, young talents, novel artistic solutions, and original illustrations make the lives of famous people, not so very well-known figures and some unknown names – from both far and near, homeland and neighbourhood history – attractive reading matter. …”
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The Effect of Synbiotic Supplementation on Self-Reported Aggression in Healthy Adult Men: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Rahele Sadat Montazeri, Farzad Shidfar, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi, Golraste Kholasezadeh

“…P-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Thirty people completed the study. The synbiotic supplement caused a significant decrease in total aggression at the end of the intervention, compared to PG (P=0.04). …”
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ADDED VALUES OF SOCIAL CRM: THE EXAMINATION OF CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE by Amila Pilav-Velic, Anes Hrnjić, Ljubica Milanović Glavan, Azra Hanić

“… Background: Social media allow companies to create more “friendly” and personal interaction with their customers on an individual basis affecting the relationship development. Generally, people have more confidence in their friends’ recommendations. …”
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Drug response is related to NR3C1 and FAAH polymorphism in Chinese pediatric epilepsy patients by Hongli Wang, Chu Li, Qian Li, Ning Li, Huiling Qin

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Physical Therapists’ Use of Psychological Skills Training in Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Knee Injury: An Online Survey Study by Niklas Cederström, Jonas Bloch Thorlund, Britt Elin Øiestad, Kristoffer Henriksen, Eva Ageberg

“… # Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether, and to what extent, Scandinavian physical therapists address psychological factors in treatment of physically active people with traumatic knee injury. # Study Design Cross-sectional online survey study…”
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Public Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bay Ecological Restoration by LI Jingmei, HAO Yanan, SHAN Jingzhu, ZHANG Xiaofan

“…The research conclusions can provide data support for formulating policies for bay ecological restoration and governance and shaping people-oriented high-quality bay ecological restoration.…”
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Nanomaterials: Promising Tools for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocardial Infarction by Ge Y, Wu L, Mei S, Wu J

“…Yanmin Ge, Lincong Wu, Shuyang Mei, Junduo Wu Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Junduo Wu, Email wujd@jiu.edu.cnAbstract: Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of mortality from cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Community-led monitoring and the role of Ritshidze in improving the quality of primary healthcare in South Africa by K Govender, N Rambau, P Barron, B Setshogelo, K Vallabhjee, M Nyathi, H Schneider, S Xaba, N Mpofu, A Yawa

“…Steered by a coalition of civil society organisations representing people living with HIV, Ritshidze monitors just over 400 primary healthcare (PHC) facilities in 8 provinces on a quarterly basis. …”
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Effects of short and long-term exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in indoor environment air on human health: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sedighe Afrasiabi, Marzieh Fattahi Darghlou, Younes Mohammadi, Mostafa Leili

“… Today, because of the increasing level of people's need to improve wellbeing in social and individual life, air pollutants have been released that have Pollution harms both human health and the environment. …”
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Molecular genetic methods for intestinal microbiome investigation by O. L. Kardymon, A. V. Kudryavtseva

“…Monitoring of specific type, quantitative ratio of different types and strains of microorganisms in healthy people and at various diseases is essential for to develop strategy for microbiome restitution by microbial therapy. …”
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Strategies for Gait Retraining in a Collegiate Runner with Transfemoral Amputation: A Case Report by Jillian Santer, Stephanie MacDonald, Katherine Rizzone, Shawn Biehler, Tanya Beiswenger

“…# Background More than fifty percent of people with limb amputations participate in sports or physical activity following amputation. …”
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Effectiveness of Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Movement Performance in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Khalid Alkhathami, Yousef Alshehre, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“…# Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is a musculoskeletal disorder that affects more than 80% of people in the United States at least once in their lifetime. …”
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Exploring the Psychological Side of Fentanyl: A Scoping Review to Disclose the Psychosocial Dimensions of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Users by Pasquale Caponnetto, Sergio Triscari, Graziella Chiara Prezzavento, Giorgia Farrugio, Chiara Farrauto, Simona Lanzafame, Giulia Schilirò, Eleonora Uccelli, Noemi Maria Vitale, Abdulnaser Fakhrou, Karim Nagi, Carmen Concerto

“…Users of IMF are consistently younger than other drug users. People using fentanyl have a relatively low perception of risk. …”
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Improving myocardial infarction diagnosis with Siamese network-based ECG analysis. by Vaibhav Gadag, Simrat Singh, Anshul Harish Khatri, Shruti Mishra, Sandeep Kumar Satapathy, Sung-Bae Cho, Abishi Chowdhury, Amrit Pal, Sachi Nandan Mohanty

“…The leading cause of death for middle-aged and older people worldwide is myocardial infarction (MI), which is difficult to diagnose because it has no symptoms. …”
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Wearable CNT/PAni/fabric piezoresistive sensor for continuous blood pressure monitoring by Milad Barati, Alireza Nikfarjam

“…The results obtained by measuring blood pressure using the pulse transit time method on four people, compared with the values obtained using the digital sphygmomanometer, show a discrepancy ranging between 0.019% and 1.62%. …”
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Reconstructing the professional identity of compulsory secondary education teachers in curricular sustainability by María Rosario Mendoza Carretero, Belén Sáenz Rico de Santiago

“…Establishing an alignment with sustainability in all its dimensions in secondary school curricula is necessary so that people can lead social changes in line with the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda. …”
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