Skin-to-Skin Contact in Cesarean Birth and Duration of Breastfeeding: A Cohort Study by Andrea Guala, Luigina Boscardini, Raffaella Visentin, Paola Angellotti, Laura Grugni, Michelangelo Barbaglia, Elise Chapin, Eleonora Castelli, Enrico Finale

“…Early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth is a physiological practice that is internationally recommended and has well-documented importance for the baby and for the mother. This study aims to examine SSC with a cohort of mothers or fathers in the operating room after a Cesarean section (C-section) and its relationship with duration of breastfeeding. …”
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Adaptive Judo and neuropathy: a mini review on motor skills, balance, and quality of life improvement by Erika Nerozzi, Valeria Prada, Valeria Prada, Francesco Pegreffi, Francesco Pegreffi, Marina Grandis, Angelo Schenone, Emanuela Pierantozzi

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Enhancing Maternal Caregiving Capabilities Model to Prevent Childhood Stunting: A UNICEF-Inspired Model by Eka Mishbahatul Marah Has PhD, Ilya Krisnana PhD, Ferry Efendi PhD

“…Introduction The proportion of stunted children in Indonesia is slowly decreasing. In most families, a mother is responsible for child care. The quality of maternal caregiving capability influences the mother’s ability to adopt appropriate childcare practices, which is essential to prevent childhood stunting. …”
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Association of Low Birth Weight with Prenatal Care, Maternal Anemia and Single Motherhood by Walter Alberto Vayas Valdiviezo, Daniela Abigail Cobo Álvarez, Carlos Alberto Valverde González

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> the high frequency of newborns with less than adequate weight, in relation to maternal anemia, insufficient prenatal care and single mother status, can have important repercussions on the health of mothers and children. …”
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Phytochemical Study of Eight Medicinal Plants of the Lamiaceae Family Traditionally Used as Tea in the Sharri Mountains Region of the Balkans by Avni Hajdari, Behxhet Mustafa, Lirie Hyseni, Ani Bajrami, Genista Mustafa, Cassandra L. Quave, Dashnor Nebija

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Inequalities in complete childhood immunisation in Nepal: results from a population-based cross-sectional study by In Han Song, Elizabeth Palley, Madhu Sudhan Atteraya

“…The study hypothesised that social inequality factors (eg, gender of a child, age of mother, caste/ethnic affiliation, mother’s socioeconomic status, place of residence and other structural barrier factors such as living in extreme poverty and distance to health facility) affect the likelihood of children being immunised.Design Using gender of a child, age of mother, caste/ethnic affiliation, mother’s socioeconomic status, place of residence and other structural barrier factors such as living in extreme poverty and distance to health facility as independent variables, we performed bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.Setting This study used data from the most recent nationally representative cross-sectional Nepal Demographic and Health Survey in 2016.Participants The analysis reviewed data from 1025 children aged 12–23 months old.Outcome measures The main outcome variable was childhood immunisation.Results Only 79.2% of children were fully immunised. …”
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The roles of women in contemporary terrorism: Perpetrators, victims or something else? by Đorić Marija

“…However, the author also pays special attention to the third role of a woman, which has not been sufficiently investigated so far - as a mothers. Viewing the role of women as mothers in terrorism has a dual character: while on the one hand, mothers can play a significant role in the prevention of terrorism (especially with sons), on the other hand they can also encourage their children in terms of terrorist activities, especially if they are and radicalized ones. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Ibu dan Tingkat Ekonomi Keluarga Nelayan dengan Status Gizi Balita di Kelurahan Air Tawar Barat Kota Padang by Pipit Amelia Burhani, Fadil Oenzil, Gusti Revilla

“…Nutritional status depends on food intake, mother’s knowledge, family economics, mother’s education, nurturing pattern and food availability. …”
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-Specific Antimitochondrial Antibodies in Neonatal Haemochromatosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Maria G. Mytilinaiou, Tassos Grammatikopoulos, A. S. Knisely, Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Diego Vergani

“…Anti-PDC-E2 responses in both infant and mother declined over time, being present 2 months after LT (mother and child) and absent 10 months later (mother) and 17 months later (child). …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging -based radiomics of the pituitary gland is highly predictive of precocious puberty in girls: a pilot study by Michele Maddalo, Maddalena Petraroli, Francesca Ormitti, Alice Fulgoni, Margherita Gnocchi, Marco Masetti, Eugenia Borgia, Benedetta Piccolo, Emanuela C. Turco, Viviana D. Patianna, Nicola Sverzellati, Susanna Esposito, Susanna Esposito, Caterina Ghetti, Maria E. Street, Maria E. Street

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A study on the interaction of family function of parents of premature infants on home care preparation (早产儿父母家庭功能对家庭护理准备的交互作用研究) by JIANG Canhui (江灿慧), CHEN Yingfang (陈樱芳), YE Yanli (叶严丽)

“…Object effects show that both father and mother's family functions had positive predictive value for each other's family care preparation (β father to mother=0. 162, β mother to father=0. 197, both P＜0. 05). …”
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Increase in methemoglobin fraction due to the use of glyceryl trinitrate patches in preterm infants: a case report and literature review by Andrea Calandrino, Andrea Calandrino, Francesco Vinci, Francesco Vinci, Marcella Battaglini, Marcella Battaglini, Samuele Caruggi, Samuele Caruggi, Chiara Andreato, Chiara Andreato, Carolina Montobbio, Marianna Vannati, Diego Minghetti, Giorgia Brigati, Luca Antonio Ramenghi, Luca Antonio Ramenghi

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Dual-release hydrocortisone treatment improves serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cell inflammatory and immune profiles in patients with autoimmune primary adrenal insufficienc... by Laura Tomasello, Antonina Coppola, Giuseppe Pizzolanti, Giuseppe Pizzolanti, Carla Giordano, Giorgio Arnaldi, Valentina Guarnotta

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Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fatemeh Darsareh, Malihe Shirzadfard Jahromi, Amene Ranjbar, Mitra Shekari, Vahid Mehrnoush, Nasibeh Roozbeh

“…Results: The records of 7748 eligible mothers were included in the analysis. GDM was diagnosed in 1,087 (14%) mothers. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Acute Drug Intoxications: A Retrospective Analysis by Cristina Elena Singer, Renata-Maria Văruț, Maria Singer, Simona Cosoveanu, Jaqueline Abdul Razzak, Madalina Elena Popescu, Simina Gaman, Ileana Octavia Petrescu, Cristina Popescu

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Hypertension and its risk factors among pregnant garment workers attending a health centre in Bangladesh by Tayeba Khatun, Arifa Akter, Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Zahid Arefin, Rijwan Bhuiyan

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Plants from Ayurveda medicine used in treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders by Donika Hoxha, Biljana Bauer, Gjoshe Stefkov, Gresa Hoxha

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From Orality to Scriptuality : the Contribution of African Languages to the English Language Teaching by Andjou Frédéric KOUADIO

“…Since 1953, UNESCO, in The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education, has officially encouraged mother tongue based education. To make it possible, in 2008 it published a collection of examples which attest to the growing interest in integrating mother tongues in education and explore the wide variety of models, tools and resources which are being tried out to promote teaching programs in mother tongues. …”
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SUSTAINING LIFE WITH TREES: ECOCRITICISM PERSPECTIVE IN SELECTED PICTURE BOOKS by Christy Tisnawijaya, Geni Kurniati

“… The issue of the environmental problem has been prevalent especially in the contemporary era. The fact that Mother Earth is currently facing a lot of environmental concerns is the central discussion of the selected children’s picture books. …”
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A rare case of late developing anti-E antibody in a pregnant female leading to severe hemolytic disease of the newborn: A missed follow-up in COVID-19 epoch by Suhasini Sil, Daljit Kaur, Poonam Singh, Dixa Kumari, Ashish Jain, Gita Negi

“…The index case reports severe hemolytic disease of the newborn due to anti-E antibody in a full-term baby boy born to a COVID-19-positive mother. The antibody screening of the mother performed during Booking of pregnancy at 9th week of gestation was negative. …”
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