Multi-omics architecture of childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction uncovers biological pathways and prenatal determinants by Nikos Stratakis, Augusto Anguita-Ruiz, Lorenzo Fabbri, Léa Maitre, Juan R. González, Sandra Andrusaityte, Xavier Basagaña, Eva Borràs, Hector C. Keun, Lida Chatzi, David V. Conti, Jesse Goodrich, Regina Grazuleviciene, Line Småstuen Haug, Barbara Heude, Wen Lun Yuan, Rosemary McEachan, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Eduard Sabidó, Rémy Slama, Cathrine Thomsen, Jose Urquiza, Theano Roumeliotaki, Marina Vafeiadi, John Wright, Mariona Bustamante, Martine Vrijheid

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Sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions in acute care settings: protocol for a mixed methods systematic review by Franz E Babl, Sandy Middleton, Julie Cowie, Catherine Wilson, Peter Wilson, Pauline Campbell, Emma Tavender, Lisa Kuhn, Nicola Straiton, Victoria Ramsden, Elizabeth McInnes

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The importance of specific exercise therapy in pediatric oncology by Bianca Celine Schmidli, Céline Hammadou, Christina Schindera, Nicolas von der Weid, Uta Tacke, Oliver Faude, Sarah Koch, Fiona Streckmann

“…., Guilcher, G. M. T., McIntyre, K., & Culos-Reed, N. (2021). The international pediatric oncology exercise guidelines (iPOEG). …”
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Betulinic Acid Inhibits the Metastasis of Colon Cancer Cells through Regulating TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway by Xiaoying LIN, Aling SHEN, Meizhu WU, Ying CHENG, Xiaoping CHEN, Huixin LIU, Liya LIU, Zhiqing SHEN, Xiangyan WU, Nanhui XU, Jianfeng CHU, Youqin CHEN, Jun PENG

“…Objective:To explore the effect of betulinic acid (BA) on the growth and metastasis of colon cancer cell line HCT116 and the underlying possible mechanism.Methods:HCT116 cells were cultured with McCoy's 5A medium containing 10%fetal bovine serum and 1%penicillin/streptomycin mixed solution in a 37℃,5%CO₂incubator. …”
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Adsorption of Oleate Anions on to Cationized Lignocelluloses by H. Zghida, M.H.V. Baouab, R. Gauthier

“…As a result of their strong ionic interactions, the carboxylate moities were entrapped at a rate equivalent to the ammonium content of the support. …”
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The osteological series from Cabeço Da Amoreira (Muge, Portuga) by Eugénia Cunha, Francisca Cardoso

“…While human remains from Moita and Arruda are well known, the osteological material from Amoreira was never analised. …”
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Approvisionner les villes en briques et en tuiles : les carrières urbaines d’argile en France by Bruno Comentale

“…After noting the concentration of the brick and tile industry in the vicinity of several cities in France, the study addresses the cases of the cities of Paris, Lille and Beauvais and the areas within these cities where bricks or tiles are more frequently used in buildings. …”
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Rural and remote health care: the case for spatial justice by Karen Hayes, Kristy Coxon, Rosalind Bye

“…That is, rural places are perceived as too distant from cities, less populated than cities, and too difficult to access from cities. …”
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Research on Urban Expansion and Population Density Change of an Urban Agglomeration in the Central-Southern Region of Liaoning Province, China by Min Guo, Shijun Wang

“…The spatial growth rate and urban compactness index of the sample cities were calculated using the land use and population data of these cities in three time phases: 1995, 2005, and 2015. …”
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La colectivización de la asistencia social en la provincia de León a través de los hospitales by María José Pérez Álvarez

“… A comarca de Bierzo foi território de passagem do Caminho de Santiago e à sua sombra foi-se desenhando durante a Idade Média uma importante rede assistencial. Muitos destes estabelecimentos tiveram uma vida efémera, outros, pelo contrário, estiveram activos durante toda a Idade Moderna, como foi o caso de San Juan de Cacabelos ou de Reina de Ponferrada. …”
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Modeling Intercity CO2 Trading Scenarios in China: Complexity of Urban Networks Integrating Different Spatial Scales by Chongming Li, Na Li, Zuo Zhang, Lu Zhang, Zhi Li, Yanzhong Liu

“…Today, cities account for the majority of global energy consumption and CO2 emissions. …”
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The multi-omics signatures of telomere length in childhood by Congrong Wang, Dries S. Martens, Mariona Bustamante, Rossella Alfano, Michelle Plusquin, Lea Maitre, John Wright, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Johanna Lepeule, Remy Slama, Marina Vafeiadi, Leda Chatzi, Regina Grazuleviciene, Kristine B. Gutzkow, Hector Keun, Eva Borràs, Eduard Sabidó, Angel Carracedo, Georgia Escarami, Augusto Anguita-Ruiz, Dolors Pelegrí-Sisó, Juan R. Gonzalez, Martine Vrijheid, Tim S. Nawrot

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Emerging Trends and New Developments in Transient Elastography: A Bibliometric and Cocitation Analysis from 1999 to 2017 by Jingjing Gu, Weimian Wang, Ziyuan Zou, Fangze Huang, Chihua Fang, Xun Li, Xiaolong Qi

“…To identify and characterize the 100 most-cited articles in the field of transient elastography. …”
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Can Highway Networks Promote Productivity? Evidence from China by Yumei Lin, Junpei Huang

“…Interestingly, we find that the impact of highways on productivity varies depending on cities’ degree of urban centrality. Highways have a positive impact in high-centrality cities but a negative impact in low-centrality cities. …”
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The Firebombing of Tokyo: Views from the Ground by Cary Karacas, Bret Fisk

“…This special issue locates the firebombing of Tokyo and Japanese cities within the framework of the growing literature on the bombing of cities and civilians in twentieth century warfare. …”
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Towards equitable carbon responsibility: Integrating trade-related emissions and carbon sinks in urban decarbonization by Junliang Wu, Yafei Wang, Shuya Zhang, Yu Zhu, Bingyue Fu, Zhihui Zhang, Hanxi Chen, Shaoqing Chen

“…Cities play a pivotal role in global decarbonization, acting as a critical driver of carbon emissions. …”
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Local level institutional complementarities in contemporary China by Alexandre De Podestá Gomes

“…This paper has the objective of bringing to light and comparing two different types of institutional arrangements existing in two different prefecture-level cities in China: Nanjing and Suzhou. Although both are considered affluent cities, and located in the same broad economic area, the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), and the same sub-provincial region, Southern Jiangsu, the cities present markedly distinct local institutional arrangements and accumulation regimes. …”
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Environmental tax reform roles and strategies of local governments: A quasi-natural experiment from China by Tianyang Chu

“…Heterogeneity analyses indicate that environmental tax reform has a stronger effect on increasing environmental supervision and fiscal technology expenditure in high-growth- and high-environmental-pressure cities, and northern cities. Expansion analyses show that although environmental tax reform inhibits overall market segmentation, it is more significant in southern cities and insignificant in northern cities. …”
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Parental Attitudes, Motivators and Barriers Toward Children’s Vaccination in Poland: A Scoping Review by Krystyna Szalast, Grzegorz Józef Nowicki, Mariola Pietrzak, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Aleksander Biesiada, Elżbieta Grochans, Barbara Ślusarska

“…Parents most commonly cited the physician, the nurse, and the Internet as their primary sources of vaccination-related information. …”
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The Laws and Customs of the Yorùbá People by E.A. Ajisafe Moore (Undated, M. A. Ola Fola Bookshops, Abeokuta, Nigeria. 87 pages. Price $21.95 on Amazon.com) by Akinloye Ojo Ojo, Kingsley Opia-Enwemuche

“… The Laws and Customs of the Yorùbá People chronicles the prevalent customary practices and native laws of the Yorùbá people who have their ancestral home in South Western Nigeria and descendants in several cities around the world by virtue of forced and voluntary migrations. …”
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