Prevalence of Open Angle Glaucoma in Risk Groups in Slavonia and Baranya Region by Josip Barać, Dubravka Biuk, Suzana Matić, Ivona Barać, Goran Pelčić, Mario Bradvica

“…The study was conducted at Department of Ophthalmology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, and included 250 patients divided into five groups, as follows: group 1, patients with diabetes type 1 and type 2; group 2, patients with arterial hypertension (blood pressure >140/90 mm Hg); group 3, patients with positive family history of POAG; group 4, patients with myopia between -3.0 and -8.0 diopters; and group 5, control group including patients aged 40 with no risk factors for POAG development. Study results showed that distribution of glaucoma patients was not equal across the groups. …”
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Associations between early trajectories of amygdala development and later school-age anxiety in two longitudinal samples by Catherine A. Burrows, Carolyn Lasch, Julia Gross, Jessica B. Girault, Joshua Rutsohn, Jason J. Wolff, Meghan R. Swanson, Chimei M. Lee, Stephen R. Dager, Emil Cornea, Rebecca Stephens, Martin Styner, Tanya St. John, Juhi Pandey, Meera Deva, Kelly N. Botteron, Annette M. Estes, Heather C. Hazlett, John R. Pruett, Jr., Robert T. Schultz, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, John H. Gilmore, Mark D. Shen, Joseph Piven, Jed T. Elison

“…We investigated associations between early trajectories of amygdala growth and anxiety and ASD outcomes at school age in two longitudinal studies: high- and low-familial likelihood for ASD, Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS, n = 257) and typically developing (TD) community sample, Early Brain Development Study (EBDS, n = 158). Infants underwent MRI scanning at up to 3 timepoints from neonate to 24 months. …”
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Residents’ Living Environments, Self-Rated Health Status and Perceptions of Urban Green Space Benefits by Fenghua Liu, Yuhong Tian, Chiyung Jim, Tiantian Wang, Jingya Luan, Mengxuan Yan

“…Urban green space (UGS) could contribute to sustainable urban development. Studying residents’ perception of UGS ecological benefits could provide the empirical basis to improve UGS management and quality of life. …”
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Comparative Study of SPA Mud from “Bacino Idrominerario Omogeneo dei Colli Euganei (B.I.O.C.E.)–Italy” and Industrially Optimized Mud for Skin Applications by Beatrice Bergamaschi, Laura Marzola, Matteo Radice, Stefano Manfredini, Erika Baldini, Chiara Beatrice Vicentini, Elena Marrocchino, Sonia Molesini, Paola Ziosi, Carmela Vaccaro, Silvia Vertuani

“…This research was developed studying the pH, grain size distribution, and chemical and mineralogical composition. …”
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Why weight? Analytic approaches for large-scale population neuroscience data by Arianna M. Gard, Luke W. Hyde, Steven G. Heeringa, Brady T. West, Colter Mitchell

“…To elucidate key concepts, we leverage data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠ Study (ABCD Study®), a population-based sample of 11,878 9–10-year-olds in the United States. …”
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Development and Validation of a Booklet in Educational Research: A Supplementary Material for Filipino Teacher Education Students by Julius Ceazar G. Tolentino, Catherine G. Danganan, Adonis A. David, Jenelyn T. Peña

“…Through this research and development study, a booklet for undergraduate teacher education research was developed and subjected to validation by experts and intended users from a state-run university in Central Luzon, Philippines. …”
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A general exposome factor explains individual differences in functional brain network topography and cognition in youth by Arielle S. Keller, Tyler M. Moore, Audrey Luo, Elina Visoki, Mārtiņš M. Gataviņš, Alisha Shetty, Zaixu Cui, Yong Fan, Eric Feczko, Audrey Houghton, Hongming Li, Allyson P. Mackey, Oscar Miranda-Dominguez, Adam Pines, Russell T. Shinohara, Kevin Y. Sun, Damien A. Fair, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Ran Barzilay

“…Across matched discovery (n=5139, 48.5% female) and replication (n=5137, 47.1% female) samples from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the exposome was associated with current (ages 9–10) and future (ages 11–12) cognition. …”
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T1w/T2w Ratio and Cognition in 9-to-11-Year-Old Children by Lara Langensee, Theodor Rumetshofer, Hamid Behjat, Mikael Novén, Ping Li, Johan Mårtensson

“…As a complement to these earlier findings, we computed individual cortical T1w/T2w maps using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (N = 960; 449 females; aged 8.9 to 11.0 years) and related the T1w/T2w maps to indices of cognitive ability; in contrast to previous work, we did not find significant relationships between T1w/T2w values and cognitive performance after correcting for multiple testing. …”
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Promote Physiological and Biochemical Advantages in <i>Handroanthus serratifolius</i> Seedlings Submitted to Different Water Deficits by Tatiane Santos Correia, Túlio Silva Lara, Jéssica Aires dos Santos, Ludyanne da Silva Sousa, Marcos Diones Ferreira Santana

“…Climate change causes increasingly longer periods of drought, often causing the death of plants, especially when they are in the early stages of development. Studying the benefits provided by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to plants in different water regimes is an efficient and sustainable strategy to face climate change. …”
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Kaolinite clay as a raw material for erbium extraction by Nazym Akhmadiyeva, Rinat Abdulvailyev, Yerkezhan Abikak, Alfiyam Manapova, Sergey Gladyshev, Galiya Ruzakhunova, Bulat Sukurov

“…Currently, due to the high rate of development of the rare-earth industry, new sources of raw materials are being mastered and new technologies for obtaining rare-earth metals (REM) are being developed. Studies have shown that REM in kaolinite clays of Alexeevskoe deposit in Kazakhstan and Egypt deposits in Sinai Peninsula (K-Watt, K-Tech) and in Aswan region (KB,KPL) are mainly represented by erbium (Er). …”
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The role of neural reward sensitivity in the longitudinal relations between parents’ familism values and Latinx American youth’s prosocial behaviors by Beiming Yang, Zexi Zhou, Varun Devakonda, Yang Qu

“…Therefore, using two-wave longitudinal data of 1916 early adolescents (mean age = 9.90 years; 50% girls) and their parents (mean age = 38.43 years; 90% mothers) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, this pre-registered study took a biopsychosocial approach to examine the moderating role of youth’s neural reward sensitivity in the link between parents’ familism values and youth’s prosocial behaviors. …”
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Premature white matter microstructure in female children with a history of concussion by Eman Nishat, Sonja Stojanovski, Shannon E. Scratch, Stephanie H. Ameis, Anne L. Wheeler

“…This study examined white matter and cortical microstructure, based on neurite density (ND) from diffusion-weighted MRI, in 9-to-10-year-old children in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study with (n = 336) and without (n = 7368) a history of concussion, and its relationship with cognitive performance. …”
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Effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on developmental trajectory of cognitive ability and brain volumes in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study by Daiki Hiraoka, Kai Makita, Sayo Hamatani, Akemi Tomoda, Yoshifumi Mizuno

“…We used data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study. Participants included 11,876 children aged 9–11 years participated at baseline, and 10,414 participated at 2-year follow-up from 22 sites across the United States. …”
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The effects of temperature on mechanical properties of rocks by Jabbar Ashrafi, Lohrasb Faramarzi, Mohammad Darbor, Mostafa Sharifzadeh, Behnam Ferdosi

“…In order to perform laboratory tests, a temperature-controlling apparatus was developed. Studies were conducted on 152 specimens of concrete and three types of rocks, including granite, red travertine, and walnut travertine. …”
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A study on the development of strategic tools for study orientation skills towards achieving academic excellence in the university by Awang, Mohd Ghani, Sinnadurai, Suriya Kumar, Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Nubli

“…The purpose of this research is to develop study orientation strategic tools towards achieving academic excellence among first year Engineering students of University Malaysia PAHANG. …”
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Longitudinal impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of children in the ABCD study cohort by Sayo Hamatani, Daiki Hiraoka, Kai Makita, Akemi Tomoda, Yoshifumi Mizuno

“…The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study is a large-scale, longitudinal multicenter study in the United States. …”
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Anaerobic Biodegradability and Biomethanation Potential of Fruit-Vegetable Wastes at Sindh, Pakistan by Muhammad Safar Korai, Altaf Alam Noonari, Munawar Ali, Nida Rabab, Rizwan Rasheed, Zulfiquar Ali Solangi, Zulfiquar Ali Bhatti

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A Review on Biopolymer-Based Biodegradable Film for Food Packaging: Trends over the Last Decade and Future Research by Andi Dirpan, Andi Fadiah Ainani, Muspirah Djalal

“…Given the current focus on sustainable development, it is imperative to develop studies on biopolymers as eco-friendly and sustainable food packaging materials. …”
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Evaluation of polygenic prediction methodology within a reference-standardized framework. by Oliver Pain, Kylie P Glanville, Saskia P Hagenaars, Saskia Selzam, Anna E Fürtjes, Héléna A Gaspar, Jonathan R I Coleman, Kaili Rimfeld, Gerome Breen, Robert Plomin, Lasse Folkersen, Cathryn M Lewis

“…Eight polygenic score methods were tested: p-value thresholding and clumping (pT+clump), SBLUP, lassosum, LDpred1, LDpred2, PRScs, DBSLMM and SBayesR, evaluating their performance to predict outcomes in UK Biobank and the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS). Strategies to identify optimal p-value thresholds and shrinkage parameters were compared, including 10-fold cross validation, pseudovalidation and infinitesimal models (with no validation sample), and multi-polygenic score elastic net models. …”
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Relationships between Urban Form and Travel Behaviour in Athens, Greece. A Comparison with Western European and North American Results by Dimitris Milakis, Thanos Vlastos, Nikos Barbopoulos

“…Data from Metro Development Study (1996) were employed in multiple regression models for Athens, while results from similar studies in Western cities were used as the basis for comparisons. …”
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