Influence of Weight Gain Rate on Early Life Nutritional Status and Body Composition of Children by Sarah Aparecida Vieira, Taís Cristina Araújo Magalhães, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Silvia Eloiza Priore, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Luciana Ferreira da Rocha Sant’Ana

“…Data collection was performed in two stages, with the first relating to retrospective data of weight gain from birth to the first 4–6 months of life in the patient records. …”
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Challenges Faced by Refugees in Kanungu: A Case Study of Matanda Campsite in Kanungu District Uganda. by Ainembabazi, Roland

“…Qualitative data were analyzed by editing and reorganizing responses into concise, meaningful sentences, presented as quotations to complement quantitative findings. …”
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Agribusiness strategy and rural development: A case study of Ihunga Sub County, Ntungamo District by Denis, Simpson Singahache

“…Basing on the study objectives and subsequent findings, the study recommended among others: to have food security in homes and families using agribusiness strategy for developments; to launch cooperative societies so that agro-based producers with common goals advance their aim to kick poverty out of their areas by setting up the bargaining power to look for market, reliable technology and inputs to boost their operations aiming at developing their rural area; to adopt agribusiness strategy for rural development and widening employment opportunities; Government to come in and enforce policies and laws aiming at regulating birth so as to control population growth, Government should come in to properly articulate policies and ensure their effective implementation to enhance rural development basing on agribusiness strategy as the benchmark and the Ugandan government to prioritize the agriculture sectors by allocating a big proportion of the budget to agriculture and industry sectors.…”
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Factors influencing male involvement in family planning among married couples seeking maternity and pediatric services in Chuk by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Immaculate, Okoth

“…There has been tremendous improvement in utilization of family planning and reduced birth rates. However male involvement in family planning is still minimal with male playing a peripheral role. …”
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Investigating Falls Risk Awareness in Hospitals Using the Self‐Awareness of Falls Risk Measure (SAFRM): Empirical Research Quantitative by Elissa Dabkowski, Simon J. Cooper, Jhodie Duncan, Karen Missen

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Associations between Prospective Memory, Executive Function and Physical Activity in Schoolchildren by Anouk Irina Glättli, Markus Gerber, Sebastian Ludyga

“…D., Edwards, M. K., & Frith, E. (2018). Exercise and prospective memory. …”
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Association between PM2.5 components and poor ovarian response in assisted reproductive technology patients: A retrospective cohort study identifying sensitive exposure windows in... by Rui-Ling Liu, Zhi-Lei Xu, Yu-Ling Hu, Xing-Yu Lv, Quan-Zi Yao, Jia-Liang He, Li-Juan Fu, Li-Hong Geng, Tong Wang, Zhao-Hui Zhong, Yi-Jian Zhu, Yu-Bin Ding

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Tadalafil treatment for fetuses with early-onset growth restriction: a protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase II trial (TADAFER IIb) by Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yoichi Aoki, Masayuki Endo, Tomoaki Ikeda, Shintaro Maki, Masafumi Nii, Kayo Tanaka, Satoshi Tamaru, Toru Ogura, Yuki Nishimura, Tomomi Kotani, Akihiko Sekizawa, Masahiko Nakata, Koji Nakamura, Kenji Nagao, Ichiro Yasuhi, Hiroshi Kawamura, Sho Takakura, Mayumi Kotera, Takafumi Ushida, Norihiko Kikuchi, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Mayumi Takano, Sachie Suga, Michi Kasai, Osamu Yasui, Yuka Maegawa, Shigeru Aoki, Yoshio Yoshida

“…The primary endpoint is the prolongation of gestational age at birth, defined as days from the first day of the protocol-defined treatment to birth. …”
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408 Cases of Genital Ambiguity Followed by Single Multidisciplinary Team during 23 Years: Etiologic Diagnosis and Sex of Rearing by Georgette Beatriz De Paula, Beatriz Amstalden Barros, Stela Carpini, Bruna Jordan Tincani, Tais Nitsch Mazzola, Mara Sanches Guaragna, Cristiane Santos da Cruz Piveta, Laurione Candido de Oliveira, Juliana Gabriel Ribeiro Andrade, Guilherme Guaragna-Filho, Pedro Perez Barbieri, Nathalia Montibeler Ferreira, Marcio Lopes Miranda, Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves, Andre Moreno Morcillo, Nilma Lucia Viguetti-Campos, Sofia Helena Valente Lemos-Marini, Roberto Benedito de Paiva Silva, Antonia Paula Marques-de-Faria, Maricilda Palandi De Mello, Andrea Trevas Maciel-Guerra, Gil Guerra-Junior

“…Malformations associated with DSD were common in all groups and low birth weight was associated with idiopathic 46,XY testicular DSD.…”
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Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort stu... by Fahad Aftab, Imran Ahmed, Salahuddin Ahmed, Said Mohammed Ali, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Shabina Ariff, Rajiv Bahl, Abdullah H Baqui, Nazma Begum, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Godfrey Biemba, Simon Cousens, Vinita Das, Saikat Deb, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Karen Edmond, Fabian Esamai, Amit Kumar Ghosh, Peter Gisore, Caroline Grogan, Davidson H Hamer, Julie Herlihy, Lisa Hurt, Muhammad Ilyas, Fyezah Jehan, Mohammed Hamad Juma, Michel Kalonji, Rasheda Khanam, Betty R Kirkwood, Aarti Kumar, Alok Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar, Alexander Manu, Irene Marete, Usma Mehmood, Nicole Minckas, Shambhavi Mishra, Dipak K Mitra, Mamun Ibne Moin, Karim Muhammad, Sam Newton, Serge Ngaima, Andre Nguwo, Muhammad Imran Nisar, John Otomba, Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum, Sophie Sarrassat, Sunil Sazawal, Katherine E Semrau, Caitlin Shannon, Vinay Pratap Singh, Sajid Soofi, Seyi Soremekun, Atifa Mohammed Suleiman, Venantius Sunday, Thandassery R Dilip, Antoinette Tshefu, Yaqub Wasan, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Sachiyo Yoshida, Anita K Zaidi, Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) maternal morbidity study group

“…There were 187 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 births, 27 stillbirths per 1,000 births, and 28 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births with variation by country and region. …”
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Physiological accumulation of lipid droplets in the newborn liver during breastfeeding is driven by TLR4 ligands by Wanderson Ferreira da Silva Júnior, Karen Marques de Oliveira Costa, Hortência Maciel Castro Oliveira, Maísa Mota Antunes, Kassiana Mafra, Brenda Naemi Nakagaki, Pedro Sérgio Corradi da Silva, Júlia Duarte Megale, Sarah Campos de Sales, Douglas Carvalho Caixeta, Mário Machado Martins, Robinson Sabino-Silva, Cristina Maria Pinto de Paula, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Rafael Machado Rezende, Gustavo Batista Menezes

“…Here we investigated a transient surge in hepatic lipid droplets observed in newborn mice immediately after birth. We developed a novel model to quantify liver fat content without tissue processing. …”
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Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Cohort Study: influences of complex environmental exposures on maternal and child health in Suri... by Antoon W Grünberg, William Hawkins, Wilco Zijlmans, Jeffrey Wickliffe, Ashna Hindori-Mohangoo, Sigrid MacDonald-Ottevanger, Paul Ouboter, Gwendolyn Landburg, John Codrington, Jimmy Roosblad, Gaitree Baldewsingh, Radha Ramjatan, Anisma Gokoel, Firoz Abdoel Wahid, Lissa Fortes Soares, Cecilia Alcala, Esther Boedhoe, Arti Shankar, Emily Harville, S S Drury, Hannah Covert, Maureen Lichtveld

“…The study determines associations between levels of environmental elements and toxicants in pregnant women, and birth outcomes and neurodevelopment in their children.Participants Pregnant women (N=1143) were enrolled from December 2016 to July 2019 from three regions of Suriname: Paramaribo (N=738), Nickerie (N=204) and the tropical rainforest interior (N=201). …”
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Influence of mode of delivery on infant gut microbiota composition: a pilot study by Li Yu, Yong Guo, Jie-Ling Wu

“…Bacterial quantity and community composition were compared between the two groups.Results No significant differences in gut bacterial diversity and richness were observed between the CS and VD groups. …”
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Assessment of greenness, blueness, and whiteness profiles of a validated HPLC-DAD method for quantitation of Donepezil HCl and Curcumin in their laboratory prepared co-formulated n... by Mennah M. Abd Elwahab, Samar Saad, Zeinab A. Sheribah, Nahed El-Enany

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A holistic approach is needed for women with an inflammatory arthritis in the different phases around pregnancy; the results of the CAPRI study by A. J. van Steensel – Boon, H. M. Wintjes, E. Röder, H. T. W. Smeele, L. J. C. Kranenburg - van Koppen, R. J. E. M. Dolhain, L. F. Perez-Garcia

“…We designed a customized questionnaire for women 18 years and older who were treated following the Reproductive Rheumatology care pathway and had given birth between 2019 and 2021. These women were invited to fill in the questionnaire. …”
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Childhood peer status and circulatory disease in adulthood: a prospective cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden by Alexander Miething, Ylva Brännström Almquist

“…The present study aimed to examine whether peer status is associated with the risk for circulatory disease in adulthood.Design Prospective cohort study based on the Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study(SBC Multigen).Setting Stockholm metropolitan area.Participants All individuals who were born in 1953 and resident in the greater metropolitan area of Stockholm in 1963 (n=14 608). …”
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Transplantation and Pregnancy by Pinar Erkan Uc, Sermet Sagol

“…In general, transplanted women can have successful pregnancies and live birth rates are above 70% on average. Although perinatal morbidity and mortality rates are high, most newborns are healthy and develop normally. …”
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The effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone or human chorionic gonadotropin administration at mating on lambing performance in konya merino yearling ewes by Mehmet Köse, Ahmet Hamdi Aktaş, Mesut Kırbaş, Bülent Bülbül

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> In the present study, pregnancy, birth, twinning rate and lambing performance were 85.71%, 85.71%, 33.3% and 1.14 in hCG group, 75.0%, 66.67%, 12.5%, and 0.75 in GnRH group, and 100%, 80%, 37.5% and 1.10 in control group, respectively. …”
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Teenage Pregnancy: Impact of the Integral Attention Given to the Pregnant Teenager and Adolescent Mother as a Protective Factor for Repeat Pregnancy by Maria José Carvalho Sant'Anna, Kepler Alencar Mendes Carvalho, Amanda Melhado, Verônica Coates, Hatim A. Omar

“…The mean age of the adolescents was 15.7 years, 3.52% had repeat pregnancy within a mean follow-up of 23 months after childbirth, the mean education level was 8.1 years, 30.5% dropped out of school, with 79.4% occurring before pregnancy, 64.6% used no contraceptives, 68.3% were single, and 81.3% had a positive role model. One year after birth, 67.5% studied, 50% worked, 55.1% lived with the partner, 77% correctly used contraceptives, every child lived with their mothers and their vaccinations were up to date. …”
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