A study of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and their first-degree relatives as compared to the healthy population by Shaily Mina, Rupam Dhiman, Prakamya Singal, Sukanya Gangopadhyay, Pankaj Verma, Shivani Kathuria

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study compared serum BDNF levels in medication-free/naive individuals with OCD (n = 30) to their FDR (n = 30) and age-sex matched HC (n = 30). Intergroup comparison was done using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc Tukey’s test. …”
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The Effects of Socioeconomic Determinants on Hypertension in a Cardiometabolic At-Risk European Country by Sarah Cuschieri, Josanne Vassallo, Neville Calleja, Nikolai Pace, Julian Mamo

“…Multivariant analyses showed that increasing age and body mass index, male gender, and living in Gozo, Western district, and Northern Harbour district were associated with having hypertension. …”
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M694V gene polymorphism may not contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive arthritis in the North Indian population by Anamika Kumari Anuja, Koshy Nitin Thomas, Mantabya Kumar Singh, Ashish Jacob Mathew, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

“…Ten healthy controls of age 27 (male:female – 7:3, interquartile range ± 1.5) were included for comparison. …”
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Large-Scale Forest Modeling: Deducing Stand Density from Inventory Data by Oskar Franklin, Elena Moltchanova, Florian Kraxner, Rupert Seidl, Hannes Böttcher, Dimitry Rokityiansky, Michael Obersteiner

“…The improvement in model performance attained by including variable stand closure among age cohorts compared to a fixed closure suggests that stand closure is an important parameter for accurate forest growth modeling also at large scales.…”
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Prognostic Analysis of Driving Style: The Significance of Demographic and Cognitive Factors by Justina Slavinskienė, Auksė Endriulaitienė

“…The study included data from 446 nonprofessional drivers (mean of age 32.6 years) and 200 professional drivers (mean of age 47.7 years) in Lithuania. …”
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Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding? by Nadja Reissland, Claire Mason, Benoist Schaal, Karen Lincoln

“…Results showed a decreased number of mouth stretches with increasing fetal age. Contrary to our expectations, we did not find an increase in movement patterns of mouth stretch followed by lip pucker in preparation for feeding ex utero. …”
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Rhinoplasty by relocation of autografts in patients with nasal deformities. Cienfuegos, 2009-2019 by Bernaldo Canto Vidal, Beatriz María Borrel Fuster, Emma Gil Ojeda

“…All were operated under local anesthesia. The largest age group was 15-30 years old. The osteocartilaginous hump was the graft used in 72% of the cases.…”
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Comparing General versus Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Severely Pre-eclamptic Parturients by Omer Abdalbagi Mohamed Elawad, Omayma Hassan Elamin, Areeg Izzeldin Ahmed Yousif, Gamal Abdalla Mohamed Ejaimi

“…Results: Both groups were similar in age, weight, parity, gestational age, and duration of surgery. …”
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Wilson – Konovalov Disease: Clinical Cases with Different Manifestations and Outcomes by O. V. Samodova, G. P. Smirnova, E. A. Krieger

“…At the age of 10, the patient showed signs of liver failure and neurological symptoms. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Microstructures of Cemented Paste Backfill during Its Developing Process by Bo Zhang, Jie Xin, Lang Liu, Lijie Guo, Ki-Il Song

“…At the late age of CPB development, the probability entropy becomes smaller and the order and orientation of the pore distribution are enhanced, leading to an increase in USC. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai P. Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…Poisson and Cox regression models are used to analyze the age at first reproduction, fertility, the sex ratio of the offspring, sex-specific infant/child survival, and the number of children. …”
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Recognition of Evamy Et Al P-Zones in the Tertiary Sediments of F- Well, Niger Delta by F.A. Lucas, O.E. Ononeme

“…Palynological events and zones gotten from the studied sedimentary succession suggest Oligocene – Early Miocene Age, with numerical value of 32.7 – 22.3 Ma when aligned with the Niger Delta Chronostratigraphic Chart. …”
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Linguatula serrata (Porocephalida: Linguatulidae) Infection among Client-Owned Dogs in Jalingo, North Eastern Nigeria: Prevalence and Public Health Implications by Oseni Saheed Oluwasina, Onyiche Emmanuel ThankGod, Omonuwa Omojefe Augustine, Fufa Ido Gimba

“…However, significant difference (P<0.05) was observed between breeds and age of dogs examined. Season did not have much influence on the prevalence of Linguatulosis. …”
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Fiction books translations for children: publishing in Lithuania in 1940-1990 by Vita Mozūraitė

“…The majority of these books are prose and are primarily aimed at younger and middle-school-age readers (65.9%), with the smallest portion targeted at older school-age readers (15.9%). …”
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Reseña: Geopolítica de la Unión Europea by Francisco López Palomeque

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Reseña: Remaking Berlin. A History of the City through Infrastructure. 1920-2020 by David Saurí Pujol

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Necrológica: En recuerdo de dos geógrafos mexicanos desaparecidos: Atlántida Coll Hurtado y Álvaro Sánchez Crispín by Irasema Alcántara Ayala, Ricardo Guerra Díaz, José Juan Zamorano Orozco, Luis Enrique Salvador Guzmán, Rubén C. Lois González

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Reseña: Geopolítica de la Unión Europea by Francisco López Palomeque

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Reseña: Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark: From Earth to Space by Javier Dóniz-Páez

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Reseña: Turismo, desarrollo urbano y crisis en las grandes ciudades andaluzas by Alfonso Fernández Tabales

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