Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…Setting: Predominantly urban households in Maryland Participants: Primary shoppers of SNAP-eligible households with young children (n 310) Results: Most participants reported first shopping for groceries online after the OPP was implemented (57 %). Families who purchased groceries in-store less frequently were less likely to report ever buying groceries online (rate ratio (RR): 0·66, 95 % CI 0·46, 0·93) compared with weekly grocery shoppers. …”
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The Impact of Heating Methods on Respiratory and Allergic Diseases in Preschool Children: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Across Northern and Southern China by Chenyang Wang, Shaohua Li, Yan Zhang, Haixia Zhou, Peiwen Zhang, Wei Yu

“…The findings offer new perspectives and guidance for families in selecting appropriate heating methods.…”
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Investigating papillary thyroid cancer risk factors among women living at the central region of Iran: a case–control study by Hamed Ghoshouni, Saeed Hosseini, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Masoud Rahmanian, Narjes Hazar

“…Data pertaining to several risk factors including demographic characteristics, reproductive variables, medical history related to thyroid and non-thyroid ailments, exposure to head and neck radiation, as well as familial cancer history, was collected from all participants. …”
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Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of Taxol Synthesis in Taxus wallichiana var. Mairei by Tao Wang, Yiming Chen, Weibing Zhuang, Fengjiao Zhang, Xiaochun Shu, Zhong Wang, Qing Yang

“…TF-encoding (transcriptional factor) genes, represented by the ethylene-responsive transcription factor (ERF), basic/helix-loop-helix (bHLH), MYB, and WRKY families, were detected as differentially expressed between JXS and WT, further indicating that the regulation of hormone signaling on taxol biosynthesis genes was mediated by transcription factors (TFs). …”
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Associations between use of expressed human milk at 2 weeks postpartum and human milk feeding practices to 6 months: a prospective cohort study with vulnerable women in Toronto, Ca... by Cindy-Lee Dennis, Jane Francis, Alex Kiss, Deborah L O'Connor, Erica Di Ruggiero, Alison Mildon, Stacia Stewart, Bronwyn Underhill, Yi Man Ng, Christina Rousseau, Daniel W Sellen

“…Objectives To examine whether use of expressed human milk in the first two weeks postpartum is associated with cessation of human milk feeding and non-exclusive human milk feeding up to 6 months.Design Pooled data from two prospective cohort studiesSetting Three Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) sites serving vulnerable families in Toronto, Canada.Participants 337 registered CPNP clients enrolled prenatally from 2017 to 2020; 315 (93%) were retained to 6 months postpartum. …”
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Prevalence of disability in Iranian older adults in Tehran, Iran: A population-based study by Vahid Rashedi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Mahshid Foroughan, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadayevatan

“…Introduction: The increase in the prevalence of disability has serious consequences for elders, their families, and the society in general. The effects of disability on an aging population’s health and welfare are important issues in gerontological research. …”
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Genomic insights into population dynamics and adaptive strategies of the endangered dipterocarp, Hopea chinensis by Wei-Min Xiang, Yu-Ting Jiang, Jie Zou, Yan Deng, Kai Jiang, Kai-Jian Zhang, Xin-Yu Zhou, Kai-Xi Quan, Zi-Wen Han, Wei-Chao Liu, Liang Tang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Simon T. Segar, Yuan-Ye Zhang, Xing-Hua Hu, Rong Wang, Xiao-Yong Chen

“…Comparative genomics identified 125 specific and 30 lost gene families in the genome of H. chinensis, many of which were relevant to the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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Autoimmune Complications after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children with Nonmalignant Disorders by Abdalla Khalil, Irena Zaidman, Reuven Bergman, Ronit Elhasid, Myriam Weyl Ben-Arush

“…Between 2000 and 2012, 92 patients (47 males, 45 females) were treated with HSCT in our hospital, 51 with congenital hemoglobinopathies, 19 with primary immunodeficiency disease, 10 with metabolic disorders, five with Fanconi anemia, three with aplastic anemia, and four with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Results. …”
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International perspective on healthcare provider gender bias in musculoskeletal pain management: a scoping review protocol by Katherine Fisher Wilford, Maria Jesus Mena-Iturriaga, Margaret Vugrin, Macarena Wainer, Phillip S Sizer, Gesine Hendrijke Seeber

“…Data will be extracted from the bibliometric, study characteristics, and pain science families of variables. Results will be descriptively mapped, and the frequency of concepts, population, characteristics and other details will be narratively reported. …”
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Selection of promising apple genotypes for columnar growth habit and scab resistance using diagnostic DNA markers by N. I. Savel’ev, A. S. Lyzhin, N. N. Savel’eva

“…This paper presents the results of molecular genetic analysis of varieties Valuta, Uspenskoe, Belarusskoe sladkoe and seedlings of the Valuta×Uspenskoe and Valuta×Belarusskoe sladkoe hybrid families for genes controlling columnar growth habit (Co) and scab resistance (Rvi6). …”
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Genes underlying cold acclimation in the tea plant (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> (L.) Kuntze) by L. S. Samarina, L. S. Malyukova, M. V. Gvasaliya, A. M. Efremov, V. I. Malyarovskaya, S. V. Loshkareva, M. T. Tuov

“…The article reviews the latest studies showing the diversity of genetic mechanisms and gene families underlying the increased cold and frost tolerance of tea and other plant species. …”
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Prevalence of Malnutrition According to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Turkey by Filiz DEMIRDAG, Esma Nur KOLBASI, Ozlem PEHLIVAN

“…The rest were living with their extended families. According to the GLIM criteria, 24.5% (n=139) of the participants had malnutrition, and 13.9% of the total population had severe malnutrition. …”
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Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome by Ammara Farooq, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Fibhaa Syed, Tehmina Mustafa

“…Parents with higher education and in the health profession and the families of symptomatic contacts reported better compliance with quarantine regulations. …”
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Crop wild relatives inventory and conservation in the Primorsky Region of the Russian Federation by G. V. Talovina, E. V. Aistova

“…The analysis has resulted in the identification of 442 vascular plants species from 120 genera and 37 families representing CWR in the Primorsky Region. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Parenting Questionnaire by Kenneth E. Miller, Alexandra Chen, Ioannis Bakolis, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Maguy Arnous, Fadila Tossyeh, Dalia Al-Ogaily, Mark J. D. Jordans

“…Participants and setting The sample included an equal number of male and female caregivers (n = 480) from 240 families in North Lebanon that took part in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Caregiver Support Intervention. …”
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A systemic analysis of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease cases in Asia by Urwah Rasheed, Sana Khan, Minahil Khalid, Aneeqa Noor, Saima Zafar

“…Sporadic CJD, which occurs for reasons unbeknown to science (85% of known cases), Genetic or Familial CJD which is characterized by the presence of mutations in the human prion protein (PRNP) gene (10–15% cases) and Iatrogenic CJD that occurs via accidental transmission through medical and surgical procedures (1–2% cases). …”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Its Implication for Higher Catastrophic Health Expenditures Among Households in Sub-Saharan Africa by Folashayo Ikenna Peter Adeniji, Taiwo Akinyode Obembe

“…Like many chronic health conditions, CVD predisposes families to catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), especially in SSA due to the low health insurance coverage. …”
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மலரும் சருகும் நாவலில் நாடார் மக்களின் இனவரைவியல் / Ethnography of Nadar People in the Novel Malarum Sarugum... by ஜோ. கிளம்மி ஜெனி பிரியா / J. Clemy Jeni Priya

“…Nadars live as joint families. There is a custom of meeting in the middle of the town to punish the wrongdoer and give justice. …”
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The refugees and health crisis: migration policy management and government response to Afghan migrants by Kalsoom B. Sumra, Muhammad Mumtaz, Naqib Ullah Khan, Helen Huifen Cai, Qiong Yuan

“…Methods The proposed model is tested with 427 Afghan refugees’ families from five major cities of Pakistan. The partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to test the vulnerability significance with the crisis and government response in facilities. …”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…It was a matter of determining which of the many sites that had housed harki families had been subject to exceptional administrative management, giving rise to a right to compensation. …”
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