Trade-offs in relative limb length among Peruvian children: extending the thrifty phenotype hypothesis to limb proportions. by Emma Pomeroy, Jay T Stock, Sanja Stanojevic, J Jaime Miranda, Tim J Cole, Jonathan C K Wells

“…<h4>Background and methods</h4>Both the concept of 'brain-sparing' growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. …”
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Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity by Carlos Eduardo Rosa Da Silva, Wilian Jesus Santana, Gustavo Almeida, Adriano Verame, Antonio Roberto Doro, Eduardo Barbosa, Leonardo Lima, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Aylton Figueira Junior

“…The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of three aerobic training protocols on psychophysiological responses in physically inactive adult obese women.MethodsThe sample consisted of 90 women with a mean age of 48.3 ± 5.5 years and BMI of 31.2 ± 4.8 kg/m2, who participated in three treadmill aerobic training protocols: 1- Control group (IPI) with individually prescribed intensity (64 to 76% of HRmax), 2- Small group (SGS) with self-selected intensity, and 3- Individual with self-selected intensity (ISS). …”
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Perceived neighborhood crime and gun carrying behavior: examining the role of a history of traumatic brain injury by Eric J. Connolly, Anne C. Wingert, Dennis E. Reidy, Jarrad D. Hodge, Jeff R. Temple

“…The current study evaluates the independent and interactive effects of TBI on perceived levels of neighborhood crime and gun carrying. Methods Data from 2015 to 2017 from a longitudinal ethnically diverse sample of adolescents and young adults are analyzed (Ns = 600–734). …”
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Seasonal dynamics of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and biogenic amines in the blood of apparently healthy women living in the city of Arkhangelsk by V. A. Alikina, E. V. Tipisova, A. E. Elfimova, I. N Molodovskaya, V. N. Zyabisheva

“…The aim of the study is to assess the seasonal supply of vitamin D and biogenic amines to practically healthy women of working age living in Arkhangelsk. Material and methods. The study sample included 20 practically healthy women aged 22–44 years, permanently residing in Arkhangelsk. …”
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A predictive analysis of STEM vocation through students’ attitudes to school science classes by María-Antonia Manassero-Mas, Ángel Vázquez-Alonso

“…It develops a gender perspective on the issue.MethodsThe quantitative methodology surveys thousands of Spanish 15-year-old students who completed the Relevance of Science Education Second (ROSES-Q) questionnaire from 2021 to 2023. …”
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Snuff use and the risk for hypertension among black South African women by Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf, Olufemi B. Omole

“…This study therefore sought to determine the association between snuff use and hypertension among black South African women. Methods: This study involved secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional representative sample of black women aged 25 to 70 years (n = 4092) who participated in the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey, the largest to date. …”
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Organizational Support as Perceived by Staff Nurses and Its Relation to Their Autonomy by Ehsan S. S. Saad, Samah M. Elsayed

“…A training program should be provided for staff nurses about how to be more autonomous to make independent, wise decisions. …”
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Quantitative study of selected Facebook marketing communication engagement factors in the optics of different post types by Ľudovit Nastišin, Richard Fedorko, Vladimir Vavřečka, Radovan Bačik, Martin Rigelsky

“…The study provided some clues as to where this research should go further and explore the relationship more deeply in view of the more extensive quantitative research, and also the potential qualitative approach. …”
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Exploring the Resilience–Performance Relationship in Volleyball Players: a Pilot Study on Problem-Solving Strategies by Asterios Patsiaouras, Konstantinos Tsetsilas, Eirini Politi, Konstantinos Charitonidis

“…Future studies should investigate further these relationships between resilience and coping strategies using more participants and/or from other sport etc., or distinguish between individual and team sports. …”
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Digital Financial Knowledge and Its Influence on Lending Application Adoption by R. Bhuvaneshwari, Vinitha K.

“…It assesses direct, indirect, and mediating effects more effectively than simple regression. A sample of 180 respondents was gathered through an online survey. …”
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Assessing Impulsivity in Adolescents with Borderline Personality Features via an Emotional Contextual Go/NoGo Paradigm by Wang Q, Chen Y, Zhong J

“…Qian Wang,1,2 Yizhou Chen,2,3 Jie Zhong2 1Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Clinical and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UKCorrespondence: Jie Zhong, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Clinical and Health Psychology Department, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, No. 5, Yi-He-Yuan Road, Haidian, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China, Email jzhong@pku.edu.cnPurpose: This study examined the influence of emotional contexts and invalidating family environment on impulsivity, especially response inhibition function, in adolescents with borderline personality features.Methods: 483 Chinese adolescents (52.2% females; Mage =  15.54 years) from a community sample completed the scales of McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder and Chinese Invalidating Family Scale for Adolescents and the Go/NoGo task under positive, neutral, and negative emotional conditions. …”
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Refining the Feasibility of Machine‐Learning‐Based Diagnostic Model Utilizing Gut Microbiota Analysis for Colorectal Cancer Screening by Shintaro Okumura, Yusuke Konishi, Taku Kitano, Tomonori Matsumoto, Kazutaka Obama, Satoshi Nagayama, Eiji Hara

“…In this study, we evaluated the reproducibility of the diagnostic accuracy of the gut microbiota model, compared the diagnostic accuracy of the gut microbiota model with that of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT), and investigated the practical application potential of the gut microbiota model. Methods Fecal samples were collected from both CRC patients and healthy individuals (HI) who underwent FIT. …”
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Evaluating risk stratification scoring systems to predict mortality in patients with COVID-19 by Naveen Garg, Kelly Chu, Batool Alharahsheh, Payal Guha

“…Background The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated efficient and accurate triaging of patients for more effective allocation of resources and treatment.Objectives The objectives are to investigate parameters and risk stratification tools that can be applied to predict mortality within 90 days of hospital admission in patients with COVID-19.Methods A literature search of original studies assessing systems and parameters predicting mortality of patients with COVID-19 was conducted using MEDLINE and EMBASE.Results 589 titles were screened, and 76 studies were found investigating the prognostic ability of 16 existing scoring systems (area under the receiving operator curve (AUROC) range: 0.550–0.966), 38 newly developed COVID-19-specific prognostic systems (AUROC range: 0.6400–0.9940), 15 artificial intelligence (AI) models (AUROC range: 0.840–0.955) and 16 studies on novel blood parameters and imaging.Discussion Current scoring systems generally underestimate mortality, with the highest AUROC values found for APACHE II and the lowest for SMART-COP. …”
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The impact of physical activity variety on physical activity participation. by Tyler M Dregney, Chelsey Thul, Jennifer A Linde, Beth A Lewis

“…Future studies should examine how a variety of different activities (e.g., cycling, tennis, group fitness classes) influence motivation and PA, in addition to including larger and more diverse samples. Practitioners should support clients' psychological needs and provide home-based PA options.…”
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Is mental health contagious ? Depression, anxiety, stress and burnout among Mental health professionals in Sudan by Iyas Abdelhadi Ahmed Abdelhadi, Omer A. Mohammed, Shaza K. Babikir, Eman Abdulkarim Mohammed Abdulkarim Bedri, Alaa Abdelhadi Ahmed Abdelhadi

“…The goal of this cross-sectional study is to evaluate the mental health of health care professionals working in Khartoum state psychiatric hospitals in order to comprehend effective coping strategies. Methods Data was collected through both online and paper questionnaires from a sample of 164 mental health professionals working in the major mental health institutions in Sudan’s Capital state. …”
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Demographic variation in charitable giving and helping across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study by Julia S. Nakamura, Dorota Węziak-Białowolska, Robert D. Woodberry, Laura D. Kubzansky, Koichiro Shiba, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele

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Cannabis use is not associated with altered levels of physical activity: evidence from the repeated cross-sectional Belgian Health Interview Survey by Brent Vernaillen, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Stijn Vansteelandt, Lydia Gisle, Sabine Drieskens, Elena Damian

“…The current study investigated this proposed association in a representative sample of the Belgian population. Methods Data from four waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS; repeated cross-sectional survey; 2001 – 2018) were used in a regression and propensity matching analysis to examine the association between past-month cannabis use and physical activity levels, while controlling for potentially confounding variables. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Pivotal Trials Supporting the Indication Approvals of Innovative and Modified New Anticancer Drugs in China, 2016–2022 by Lixia Fu, Ruifen Xue, Jie Chen, Guoshu Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Yimin Cui

“…The study found that pivotal trials for innovative approvals tended to be single-arm trials, while modified approvals were more likely to employ randomized clinical trials with larger sample sizes and rigorous designs. …”
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Health behaviour surveillance of Health Sciences students in Northern Germany: Design and first results by Sandra Tobisch, Annika von Borczyskowski, Ralf Reintjes

“…</p><p class="2berschriftMasterthesis"><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>Since 2014, an almost complete convenience sample of Health Sciences students is surveyed twice a year at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. …”
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Remote Sensing Image Change Captioning Using Multi-Attentive Network with Diffusion Model by Yue Yang, Tie Liu, Ying Pu, Liangchen Liu, Qijun Zhao, Qun Wan

“…Remote sensing image change captioning (RSICC) has received considerable research interest due to its ability of automatically providing meaningful sentences describing the changes in remote sensing (RS) images. Existing RSICC methods mainly utilize pre-trained networks on natural image datasets to extract feature representations. …”
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