Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Suppress Lactobacillus casei Cell-Wall-Induced NF-κB and MAPK Activations and Cell Proliferation through Protein Kinase A—or Exchange Protein Activated... by Takekatsu Saito, Naotoshi Sugimoto, Kunio Ohta, Tohru Shimizu, Kaori Ohtani, Yuko Nakayama, Taichi Nakamura, Yashiaki Hitomi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shoichi Koizumi, Akihiro Yachie

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Unintended Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bako Tibe District Public Health Facility, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Habtamu Bekele, Merga Dheressa, Bezatu Mengistie, Yitagesu Sintayehu, Gelana Fekadu

“…The former occurs when no child or no more children are desired, and the latter is when the conception occurs earlier than the desired time, but wanted later. …”
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Identification of Maltase Glucoamylase as a Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis by Linda Awdishu, Shirley Tsunoda, Michelle Pearlman, Chanthel Kokoy-Mondragon, Majid Ghassemian, Robert K. Naviaux, Heather M. Patton, Ravindra L. Mehta, Bhavya Vijay, Satish P. RamachandraRao

“…Data were extracted from the electronic health record including etiology of liver disease, MELD score, history of decompensation, Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, history of AKI, and medication exposures. …”
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Mental health risk in human services work across Europe: the predictive role of employment in various sectors by Ágnes Győri, Éva Perpék, Szilvia Ádám

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Hygienic complementary feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers having children aged 6–23 months in Antsokia Gemza district, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey by Eyob Ketema Bogale, Tefera Chane, Getachew Tadegew

“…All mothers (biological mothers, grandmothers, sisters and others) taking responsibility for caring for a child of age 6–23 months were included in the study. …”
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Efficacy of Lurasidone in First-Episode Psychosis: Patient Phenotypes, Dosage, and Recommendations from an Expert Panel by Miquel Bernardo, Marina Díaz Marsá, Ana González-Pinto, Manuel Martín Carrasco, Víctor Pérez Sola, Pilar Alejandra Sáiz, Eduard Vieta, Marta Torrens, Celso Arango, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro

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Physical and emotional abuse with internet addiction and anxiety as a mediator and physical activity as a moderator by Jinyin Peng, Yang Liu, Xubo Wang, Zhenxiu Yi, Lei Xu, Fulan Zhang

“…After controlling for participants’ gender, grade level, and place of residence, only-child status, the study findings revealed that physical-emotional abuse significantly and positively predicted internet addiction and anxiety among university students (β = 0.157, β = 0.271, p < 0.001). …”
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Nutritional knowledge and practices of low-income women during pregnancy: a qualitative study in two Oaxacan cities by Marian Marian, Ramona L. Pérez, Amanda C. McClain, Samantha Hurst, Elizabeth Reed, Kathryn M. Barker, Rebecka Lundgren

“…Women who had at least one child in the past five years and had lived in Oaxaca for the past five years were eligible to participate. …”
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A human-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line (SMUSHi006-A) from an ALS patient carrying a mutation c.1126C > T in the FUS gene by Chunyan Huang, Liying Qiu, Wenyan Zhou, Congwen Shao, Xichun Wang, Qiwen Zhang, Weilin Chen, Min Xiong, Min Huang, Mei Tang, Liangyu Zou, Xueqing Xu

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A risk prediction model of gestational diabetes mellitus based on traditional and genetic factors by Ying Li, Xinli Zhong, Mengjiao Yang, Lu Yuan, Dandan Wang, Ting Li, Yanying Guo

“…Strengthening the risk prediction of SNPs for postpartum DM among women with GDM history is crucial for maternal and child health protection.…”
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Investigating the causal pathways among psychopathological variables, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia by Luigi Giuliani, Francesco Sanmarchi, Armida Mucci, Paola Rucci, Edoardo Caporusso, Paola Bucci, Giulia M. Giordano, Mario Amore, Paola Rocca, Alessandro Rossi, Alessandro Bertolino, Silvana Galderisi, Mario Maj

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Case Report: Novel ADA2 variants cause atypical adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency by Haishao Yu, Haishao Yu, Shuangzhu Lin, Lin Li, Jiayi Li, Qiandui Chen, Yuheng Wu, Yangfan Qi, Wanqi Wang, Xingzhi Chang, Jie Zhang

“…Case presentationA girl aged 2 years and 5 months presented to the hospital with chief complaints of intermittent fever and weakness of the left limb for more than 1 month. The child had transient urticaria appearing on her face for 5 days. …”
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Clinical characteristics of catatonic symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder by LI Yongmei, HE Jieqiong, XING Yipei, LIU Xinghua, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu, ZOU Xiaobing

“…Sheehan Disability Scale， Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised， Children’s Simplified Emotion Scale and Spence children’s Anxiety Scale were used to assess children’s functional impairment and related emotional behavior. Results Four hundred and forty-one valid questionnaires were collected. 166 children with ASD were screened positive by using the ABQ. …”
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A community-based father education intervention on breastfeeding practice in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study by Wolde Melese Ayele, Tesfaye Birhane Tegegne, Asnakew Molla Mekonen

“…Baseline data were gathered from selected Kebeles (Kebele: the lowest administrative level in Ethiopia) to identify couples seeking care through routine maternal and child health services. Fathers in the intervention area received breastfeeding education services at health facilities or home visits during antenatal, delivery, and postpartum periods. …”
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Telaprevir: options of application in separate patient groups by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…AVT in patients with compensated cirrhosis, those, enrolled to liver transplantation waiting list (if MELD index ≤18 and Child-Pugh score ≤8 points), with good efficacy and adequate treatment safety profile is now available. …”
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Impact of cooling diabetic patients’ fingertips compared to vibrating stimulation on pain from the glucometer needle: A cross-over trial study by Vahid Vejdanihemmat, Hiva Azami, Leili Tapak, Shiva Borzouei, khodayar Oshvandi

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Prevalence and Determinants of Geohelminthiasis among School-Age Children in Jimma City, Ethiopia by Ahmed Zeynudin, Teshome Degefa, Sultan Suleman, Abdulhakim Abamecha, Zuber Hajikelil, Andreas Wieser

“…Systematic random sampling was used to select 522 households with at least one child, and 478 children (5–15 years old) were recruited randomly from the households. …”
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The Relationship Between Mindset and Poverty Levels in Kisinga Sub-County Kasese District by Kambere, Roggers

“…The study was guided by objectives like identifying the government policies on poverty reduction in the Kasese district, examining the effects of poverty in rural areas in the Kasese district, and identifying the challenges hindering poverty reduction strategies in rural areas in the Kasese district. …”
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Village Savings and loan associations and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale, District, Uganda. by Deus, Mwijukye, Moses, Agaba

“…According to UBOS 2018, Kamuganguzi Sub County which was the study area was among the poorest sub counties of Ndorwa County, Kabale District where a total of 3,516 people were food insecure, 769 people had no access to safe water, 691 children (6-17years) were out of school, 1,142 children were involved in child labour and 110 children were currently married. …”
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Seeking and encountering online information for menstrual health: a qualitative study among adolescent schoolgirls in Gianyar Regency and Denpasar City, Bali, Indonesia by Heather Suttor, Kadek Putri Yamayanti, Ni Luh Eka Purni Astiti, Tungga Dewi, Richard D. Chenhall, Ansariadi Ansariadi, Julie Hennegan

“…Findings are from 20 group discussions; sessions were held five times with each group across four schools. …”
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