“Key to the highway”: blues records and the great migration by Louis Mazzari

“…This paper looks at the way “race record” blues of the 1920s and 1930s reinforced the decision of poor farmers, sharecroppers, and working men and women to move to the cities of the North. …”
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A consensus statement on child and family health during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for post-pandemic recovery and re-build by Caroline A. B. Redhead, Sergio A. Silverio, Sergio A. Silverio, Elana Payne, Elana Payne, Mari Greenfield, Mari Greenfield, Sara M. Barnett, Anna Chiumento, Beth Holder, Helen Skirrow, Ofelia Torres, Carmen Power, Staci M. Weiss, Laura A. Magee, Soo Downe, Lucy Frith, Claire Cameron

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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems by Francesco Chirico

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A dynamic peripheral immune landscape during human pregnancy by Xiuxing Liu, Lei Zhu, Zhaohao Huang, Zhaohuai Li, Runping Duan, He Li, Lihui Xie, Xiaozhen Chen, Wen Ding, Binyao Chen, Yuehan Gao, Juan Su, Xianggui Wang, Wenru Su

“…Here, we conducted single-cell RNA sequencing on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pregnant women at different stages of pregnancy to elucidate the dynamic transcriptional changes in the maternal immune system. …”
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Determinants of Facility-Based Childbirth in Indonesia by Ferry Efendi, Ani Rihlatun Ni’mah, Setho Hadisuyatmana, Heri Kuswanto, Linlin Lindayani, Sarni Maniar Berliana

“…In Indonesia, research on factors affecting women’s use of facility-based childbirth services is scarce. …”
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Type and physical intensity of occupations at pulmonary TB diagnosis by M. Saroufim, C. Geric, A. Majidulla, A. Abjani, G. Tavaziva, S. Saeed, A.J. Khan, F. Ahmad Khan

“…BACKGROUND: Pulmonary TB (PTB) predominantly affects individuals of working age. We sought to characterise the occupations of people newly diagnosed with PTB in Karachi, Pakistan, by type and physical intensity. …”
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The influence of role conflict, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment to turnover intention on female teacher by Reny Martha Linda, Ani Muttaqiyathun

“…This study aims to determine the effect of role conflict, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment on the turnover intention of working women, in this case, the kindergarten teacher ABA Full Day in Yogyakarta. …”
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Adaptation and combination of two scales to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty: a psychometric analysis by Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, José Moral de la Rubia, Adrian Valle de la O, Josue Omar Nava-Manzo, Angeles Dominguez

“…The Gratitude Questionnaire, Work Questionnaire and Brief Interactive Optimism-Garcia was applied to 110 women, 104 men and 2 who prefer not to specify their gender. …”
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Classifying Food Items During an Eating Occasion: A Machine Learning Approach with Slope Dynamics for Windowed Kinetic Data by Ileana Baldi, Corrado Lanera, Mohammad Junayed Bhuyan, Paola Berchialla, Luca Vedovelli, Dario Gregori

“…A total of 20 healthy subjects (9 women and 11 men, aged 20–31 years) were equipped with two commercial smartwatches during four eating occasions under semi-naturalistic conditions. …”
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Alpha-linolenic acid-mediated epigenetic reprogramming of cervical cancer cell lines by Amrita Ulhe, Prerna Raina, Amol Chaudhary, Ruchika Kaul-Ghanekar

“…Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer globally and the second most prevalent cancer among women in India, is primarily caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). …”
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An Intelligent Heuristic Manta-Ray Foraging Optimization and Adaptive Extreme Learning Machine for Hand Gesture Image Recognition by Seetharam Khetavath, Navalpur Chinnappan Sendhilkumar, Pandurangan Mukunthan, Selvaganesan Jana, Lakshmanan Malliga, Subburayalu Gopalakrishnan, Sankuru Ravi Chand, Yousef Farhaoui

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Transcript Changes of Placental Tissue in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Based on Transcriptome Sequencing by Sun Y, Wang Y, Liu C, Yang J, Li Q, Zhao F

“…Yun Sun,1,* Yi Wang,1,* Chao Liu,2 Jie Yang,3 Qinwen Li,1 Fei Zhao1 1Department of Obstetrics, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Obstetrics, Taian Maternal and Child Care Health Hospital, Taian, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Liangshan County People’s Hospital, Jining, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qinwen Li; Fei Zhao, Department of Obstetrics, Taian Central Hospital (Taian Central Hospital affiliated to Qingdao University, Mount Taishan Medical Center), No. 29, Longtan Road, Mount Taishan District, Taian, Shandong, 271000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-13505482692, Email lqw81@126.com; 13505482692@163.comPurpose: This study aims to identify key genes that may be involved in the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes mellitus and to preliminarily elucidate the underlying mechanisms.Methods: High-throughput transcriptome sequencing was employed to identify Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in placental tissue samples of GDM and normal pregnant women. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Cameroon: Prevalence and Predictors—A Multisetting Community-Based Study by Massongo Massongo, Adamou Dodo Balkissou, Laurent-Mireille Endale Mangamba, Virginie Poka Mayap, Marie Elisabeth Ngah Komo, Abdou Wouoliyou Nsounfon, Alain Kuaban, Eric Walter Pefura Yone

“…Data were collected in the participant’s home or place of work. Spirometry was performed on selected participants. …”
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Binge eating and personality traits: A gender-specific analysis among patients affected by obesity by Amelia RIzzo, Rossella Alfa, Alessia Giuffrida, Giuseppina Selene Spina, Veronica Currò, Maria Letizia Caracciolo

“…However, most studies have focused on possible differences in personality traits between subjects with and without Binge Eating Disorder (BED), neglecting possible gender differences. The present work aims to study the relationship between eating behavior and personality traits in a sample of subjects affected by obesity with and without bingeing, considering biological sex. …”
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Development of a Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for the Quantification of Folic Acid in Human Serum by Xiang Chen, Qiyang Zhou, Ting Zhang, ChunXin Wang, Zheng Yu, Hadji Ahamada, Zhonghu Bai, Xuan Huang

“…Folic acid (FA) is an important vitamin for human growth, especially for pregnant women. FA deficiency is associated with megaloblastic anemia, neural tube defects, cardiovascular diseases, irritability, diarrhea, and psychiatric disorders. …”
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Genetic variants on chromosome 19 (rs439401 and rs4420638) are associated with obesity and high blood pressure in the Algerian population by H. Boulenouar, S. Mediene Benchekor, H. Ouhaibi Djellouli, S. Larjam Hetraf, L. Houti, I. Hammani-Medjaoui

“…Our study aimed to analyze the association of three APOE gene polymorphisms with MetS risk and its components in a general population sample, and to highlight the potential influence of these polymorphisms on individual susceptibility to MetS. We performed this work using a population-based, cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 787 individuals (378 men and 409 women, aged between 30 and 64 years) recruited in the city of Oran, Algeria (the ISOR Study); the subjects were genotyped for four polymorphisms, rs7412, rs429358, rs4420638 and rs439401, located in the APOE gene, using the KASPar technology. rs439401 showed a significant association with hypertension (HBP). …”
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ENDOPROSTHESIS OF THE SHOULDER JOINT IN METASTATIC LESIONS OF THE PROXIMAL HUMERUS DURING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY by M. V. Ivanova, V. Yu. Karpenko, A. V. Bukharov, V. A. Derzhavin

“…The incidence of primary malignant tumors of the skeleton is an average of 1.5 for men, for women – 0.9 per 100 000 population. Morphologically most common are: osteosarcoma (55-63%), chondrosarcoma (17–25%) and Ewing’s sarcoma family of tumors (8–15%). …”
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Understanding sociodemographic differences in climate behavior, climate policy acceptance, and political participation by Lena Lehrer, Lennart Hellmann, Cornelia Betsch

“…Results: Patterns varied between the indicators. Women and older individuals exhibited more climate-friendly behavior and policy acceptance. …”
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