Factors influencing adoption of facility-assisted delivery - a qualitative study of women and other stakeholders in a Maasai community in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania by Paul D. Mosley, Kisiaya Saruni, Bernadetha Lenga

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Energetics of Storage and Diffusion of Water and Cyclo-Octasulfur for a Nonpolar Cavity of RHCC Tetrabrachion by Molecular Dynamics Simulations by C. Harder-Viddal, M. McDougall, R.M. Roshko, J. Stetefeld

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Unique clinical features and long term follow up of survivors of sudden cardiac death in an Asian multicenter study by Pang-Shuo Huang, Jen-Fang Cheng, Wen-Chin Ko, Shu-Hsuan Chang, Tin-Tse Lin, Jien-Jiun Chen, Fu-Chun Chiu, Lian-Yu Lin, Ling-Ping Lai, Jiunn-Lee Lin, Chia-Ti Tsai

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No association between alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer even among individuals genetically susceptible to the carcinogenicity of alcohol by Yan-Shen Shan, Li-Tzong Chen, Chih-Hsing Wu, Yin-Fan Chang, Chih-Ting Lee, Nai-Jung Chiang, Ying-Jui Chao, Chia-Jui Yen, Hui-Jen Tsai, Hsin-En Huang, Chia-Rung Tsai, Ya-Ling Weng, Han-Chien Yang, Hui-Chin Liu, Jeffrey S. Chang

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Preschool child growth attainment and velocity during an agriculture intervention in rural Panama may be diminished by soil-transmitted helminths by Rachel J. Krause, Rachel J. Krause, Marilyn E. Scott, Odalis T. Sinisterra, Kristine G. Koski

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Exploration of related factors of suicide ideation in hospitalized older adults by Su-Jung Liao, Yu-Wen Fang, Tse-Tsung Liu

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A recurring NFS1 pathogenic variant causes a mitochondrial disorder with variable intra-familial patient outcomes by Tova Hershkovitz, Alina Kurolap, Galit Tal, Tamar Paperna, Adi Mory, Jeffrey Staples, Karlla W. Brigatti, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Elena Dumin, Ann Saada, Hanna Mandel, Hagit Baris Feldman

“…Interestingly, this is the only pathogenic variant ever reported in the NFS1 gene, previously described once in an Old Order Mennonite family presenting a similar phenotype with intra-familial variability in patient outcomes. …”
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Compassionate Use of Ripretinib for Patients With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Taiwan and Hong Kong Experience by Li-Ching Lin, Wen-Kuan Huang, Chueh-Chuan Yen, Chueh-Chuan Yen, Ching-Yao Yang, Meng-Ta Sung, Natalie S. M. Wong, Daniel T. T. Chua, Sarah W. M. Lee, Jen-Shi Chen, Chun-Nan Yeh

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Longitudinal changes in physical and mental health of older adults with chronic hepatitis B infection: Trajectories and predictors by Chang-Hua Chen, Ming-Shiang Wu, Yu-Wen Yang, Yen-Tze Liu, Yen-Feng Chiu, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Shu-Chun Chuang, Tieh-Chi Chung, Tsung-Lung Tsai, Wen-Hao Huang, Wei-Lin Huang, Chung-Chou Juan, Li-Ming Lien, Chao A. Hsiung, I-Chien Wu

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Multimodal Analysis of STRADA Function in Brain Development by Louis T. Dang, Louis T. Dang, Katarzyna M. Glanowska, Katarzyna M. Glanowska, Philip H. Iffland II, Allan E. Barnes, Marianna Baybis, Yu Liu, Gustavo Patino, Shivanshi Vaid, Shivanshi Vaid, Alexandra M. Streicher, Whitney E. Parker, Seonhee Kim, Uk Yeol Moon, Frederick E. Henry, Frederick E. Henry, Geoffrey G. Murphy, Geoffrey G. Murphy, Michael Sutton, Michael Sutton, Jack M. Parent, Jack M. Parent, Peter B. Crino

“…Homozygous mutations (del exon 9–13) in the pseudokinase STE20-related kinase adaptor alpha (STRAD-α; STRADA), an mTOR modulator, are associated with Pretzel Syndrome (PS), a neurodevelopmental disorder within the Old Order Mennonite Community characterized by megalencephaly, intellectual disability, and intractable epilepsy. …”
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Christian Peacemaker Teams: Uniquely Christian Identity Meets Mainstream Peacemaking by Paul J. Yoder

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Review of <em>Reflections on Old Order German Sects in Berks County: Past, Present and Future</em>—Owen Reitenauer, et al. (eds.) by Berit Jany

“…In fact, Berks County is known as part of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, with Mennonites having settled this land as early as 1717. …”
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Confessional education of german colonists in southern parts of the Russian Empire in XIXth century by A V Miroshnichenko

“…The specifics of educational and pedagogic activity of German colonists of different confessions (the Lutherans, Catholics and Mennonites) in the southern regions of the Russian Empire in the XIX th century was in preserving moral principles and traditions in the community and in the professional orientation of education. …”
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Review of <em>Women Talking</em>—Miriam Toews by Sabrina Völz

“…She has also written a memoir about her father and starred in the 2007 art house film about Old Colony Mennonites in Mexico, <em>Silent Light</em>, written and directed by Mexican filmmaker, Carlos Reygada. …”
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The Ecclesiological Contributions of Thomas Helwys’s Reformation in a Baptist Context by Jones Marvin

“…Unfortunately, Smyth defected to the Mennonites, leaving Thomas Helwys to continue the fledging work known as Baptists. …”
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D’infimes différences. Pratique et circulation des jeux de ficelle chez les femmes du Chaco paraguayen by David Jabin

“…Based on fieldwork carried out in the central Paraguayan Chaco, where indigenous people live in agricultural settlements established by the Mennonites to implement intensive agriculture, the author compares the string figure making of Nivacle and Enlhet women in two neighboring communities. …”
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<em>Ordnungs Briefen</em> of 1865, 1917, and 1939: English Translations of Important Old Amish Church Orders by Dan Raber, Gregory Sheets, Cory Anderson

“…The first, in 1865, was the charter agreement that launched the Old Order movement among the Amish, as the progressive Amish-Mennonites who had been organizing annual conferences since 1863 refused to acknowledge the Ordnung Brief at the 1865 conference. …”
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Orientalist Ambivalence by Lucas van der Deijl

“…This ‘Orientalist ambivalence’ not only resonated in local debates about freedom of conscience among Amsterdam Mennonites, but also signalled a more fundamental epistemological uncertainty following the rise of Cartesianism in the Dutch Early Enlightenment. …”
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A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America by Cory Anderson

“…Fusing Anabaptist thought into his revival through contact with Mennonites, Fröhlich’s movement constitutes a distinct religious tradition within the larger Anabaptist movement. …”
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Crossover comparison of climate-change adaptation measures taken in the Gdansk (Baltic-sea) and Rotterdam (Nord-sea) deltas. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with re... by Fred Sanders, Hugo Sanders, Karen Jonkers

“…Gdansk in Poland and the Netherlands share a long-term relationship that started with the establishment of Dutch Mennonites in the Vistula delta in the 16th Century. …”
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