Functional Abdominal Pain in Childhood: Background Studies and Recent Research Trends by Rona L Levy, Miranda AL van Tilburg

“…Specific areas discussed based on work within the authors’ group include familial illness patterns, genetics, traits, and mechanisms or processes related to abdominal pain. …”
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Annotated checklist of the marine ichthyofauna of Mauritania from shallow-water habitats and artisanal fish markets by Alexander Hans Knorrn, Sidi Mohamed M. Moctar, Moritz Sonnewald, Mamadou Dia, Alioune Niang, André Freiwald

“…This study reports 104 fish species from 53 different families from this area. Overall, the findings indicate Mauritanian waters as a coastal area with high biodiversity and occurrences of several critically endangered elasmobranch species such as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) and Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). …”
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Des mages à Florence au Quattrocento. Autour de la fête de l’Épiphanie de 1443 by Pauline Duclos-Grenet

“…Yet above all this significant network, stands the omnipresent figure of Cosimo di Medici as this republican prince chose the Magi as the keystone of his personal and familial ideology discourse. The Epiphany of 1443 is the climax of the process.…”
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Maximizing the Survival of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: Current Perspectives by Osama A. Khairoalsindi, Ahmad R. Abuzinadah

“…Almost 90% of all cases occur in the sporadic form, with the rest occurring in the familial form. The disease has a poor prognosis, with only two disease-modifying drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). …”
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Some Problems in Proving the Existence of the Universal Common Ancestor of Life on Earth by Takahiro Yonezawa, Masami Hasegawa

“…We show that the alignment gives a strong bias for the common ancestor hypothesis, and we provide an example that Theobald's method supports a common ancestor hypothesis for two apparently unrelated families of protein-encoding sequences (cytb and nd2 of mitochondria). …”
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Unraveling Dengue Dynamics: In-Depth Epidemiological and Entomological Analyses in Bengaluru, India by Vani H. C., Sujit Nath N., Jaiswal M. K., Tiwari R. P., Bharathi P., Asmita B., Shankar G., Jithen C., Pallavi V. D., Srinivas V., Ashok M., Mahamood Shariff, Renuka S., Shrinivasa B. M.

“…In the surveyed population (347), 20 (5.8%) reported fever cases and 12 (3.5%) were confirmed as dengue cases among the 102 families. Stegomyia indices were high. Vector incrimination studies revealed pools positive for the presence of dengue virus in flower pots, fridge trays, plastic barrels, and rubber tires habitats. …”
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Soil Microbiological Attributes Under Different Vegetation Covers by Cristiane Figueira da Silva, Ingryd Cardoso Estaky Cabral, Gabriel Coutinho Oliveira de Lemos, Isabella Silva Lopes, Matheus Corrêa de Oliveira, Luiz Alberto da Silva Rodrigues Pinto, Marcelo Antoniol Fontes, Eliane Maria Ribeiro da Silva, Marcos Gervasio Pereira

“…The shoulder and footslope are covered by tree species from different botanical families, and the middle third by grasses. The tree species (shoulder) and the grasses (backslope) showed higher values of microbial biomass carbon, soil enzyme activity, sporulation and species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. …”
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Avulsion, swallowing and replantation of a central incisor: case report by Liliane Roskamp, Edson Higa, Luis Henrique Gabardo, Cintia Mussi Milani, Allan Abuabara, Flares Baratto-Filho

“…While providing a temporary restoration of both aesthetics and function, such interventions afford patients and their families crucial psychological adjustment periods for informed future dental planning and considerations.…”
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Life History of Aricoris propitia (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)—A Myrmecophilous Butterfly Obligately Associated with Fire Ants by Lucas A. Kaminski, Fernando S. Carvalho-Filho

“…Females oviposit in at least seven host-plant families, always in the presence of fire ants (Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) complex), without being attacked by them. …”
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Victory Gardeners: Food and Gardening as part of a Healthy Lifestyle and Community by Maxine Hunter, William J. Lester, Hannah Wooten, Erin E. Harlow, Tiare Silvasy, LuAnn Duncan, Rebecca Elliott, Samantha DeForge, Danielle Treadwell

“…During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and families turned to gardening as a source of supplemental food and physical and emotional wellness. …”
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Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning during the Pandemic in the United States by Ximena D. Burgin, Mayra C. Daniel, Teresa A. Wasonga

“…Materials/methods – The phenomenological approach was used to gather and analyze responses to open-ended survey questions that solicited teachers’ reflections on the benefits and challenges of instructing online, the quality of interactions with families, and the support provided by the leadership in school districts. …”
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Early Childhood Caries by Yumiko Kawashita, Masayasu Kitamura, Toshiyuki Saito

“…However, these strategies alone are not sufficient to prevent dental caries in high-risk children; prevention of ECC also requires addressing the socioeconomic factors that face many families in which ECC is endemic. The aim of this paper is to systematically review information about ECC and to describe why many children are suffering from dental caries.…”
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Resolution of Fundic Gland Polyposis following Laparoscopic Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation and Subsequent Cessation of Proton Pump Inhibitors by Joel R. Brockmeyer, Erin E. Connolly, Richard J. Wittchow, Shanu N. Kothari

“…Fundic gland polyps may occur sporadically or within certain syndromes, such as familial adenomatous polyposis. Multiple possible inciting factors exist, including the use of PPIs. …”
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Altered Gene Expression, Mitochondrial Damage and Oxidative Stress: Converging Routes in Motor Neuron Degeneration by Luisa Rossi, Cristiana Valle, Maria Teresa Carrì

“…This is particularly well demonstrated in ALS, where both sporadic and familial forms share the same symptoms and pathological phenotype, with a prominent role for mitochondrial damage and resulting oxidative stress. …”
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Barriers and trust: Perceptions of the healthcare system among Roma mothers in Serbia by Pantović Ljiljana, Đorđević Ivan

“…The research highlights the need for improved communication and cultural sensitivity when working with the Roma community to foster greater trust in the healthcare system and enhance health outcomes for Roma families. Additionally, it underscores the importance of addressing structural inequalities that contribute to negative experiences.…”
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Not by order, nor by dialogue: the metanoetic presence of the kingdom of God in a fluid new world and church by S. Joubert

“…As an ongoing process of personal metamorphosis, “metanoia” simultaneously facilitates new forms of “complexity leadership”, where religious leaders turn into sages who create fluid new structures to facilitate familial relationships and a new culture of respect in which believers are allowed to thrive in their Spirit-induced flow states. …”
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The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy by Veronica Austen

“…This paper positions the act of eating as representing more than just a physical, biological process, but rather a placing of people in relationship with the edible matter and all the conditions of its production, including its socio-cultural/familial meanings. In interpreting Peter’s experiences of self in continuum with the experiences of both Peter’s mother and Mrs. …”
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Recent advances in functional assays of WRKY transcription factors in plant immunity against pathogens by Wenjing Wang, Haihui Cao, Jiahao Wang, Hongbo Zhang

“…WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are one of the largest transcription factor families in plants and play important roles in plant processes, most notably in responding to diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Pedestrian Group-Crossing Behavior Modeling and Simulation Based on Multidimensional Dirty Faces Game by Shunqiang Ye, Lu Wang, Kang Hao Cheong, Nenggang Xie

“…Statistical data indicates that up to 70% of people move in groups (such as friends, couples, or families walking together). The pedestrian group-crossing behavior, as well as an analysis of the dynamics between groups of pedestrians and vehicles at unsignalized intersections, deserves a thorough study. …”
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Assessment of Gamma Radiation Hazards Related to Geologic Materials: Comparison of Results by Field Gamma Spectrometry and Laboratory... by Miguel Couto, Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Carlos Alves

“…Geologic materials are a potential source of external gamma radiation in buildings due to the presence of radioisotopes (40K and isotopes from U and Th decay families). The contents of these radioisotopes can be evaluated by laboratory analyses that require the extraction of samples, with associated financial and time constraints, and it is also difficult to perform on materials already applied in existing structures. …”
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