Weeping in silence: community experiences of stillbirths in rural eastern Uganda by Juliet Kiguli, Sarah Namusoko, Kate Kerber, Stefan Peterson, Peter Waiswa

“…Design: A total of 29 in-depth interviews were conducted with women who had a stillbirth (14), men whose wives experienced a stillbirth (6), grandmothers (4), grandfathers (1), and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) (4). …”
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Kin Investment by Step-Grandparents—More Than Expected by Alexander Pashos, Sascha Schwarz, David F. Bjorklund

“…Accordingly, the lower investment by grandfathers (GFs) and paternal grandparents, as compared to grandmothers (GMs) and maternal grandparents, is based on differential kinship certainty to grandchildren. …”
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Addressing the affordability of cancer drugs: using deliberative public engagement to inform health policy by Colene Bentley, Stuart Peacock, Julia Abelson, Michael M. Burgess, Olivier Demers-Payette, Holly Longstaff, Laura Tripp, John N. Lavis, Michael G. Wilson

“…Conclusions The next steps for policy-makers should be to develop mechanisms for (1) re-reviewing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness data for all cancer drugs; (2) making disinvestments in cancer drugs that satisfy requirements relating to grandfathering and compassionate access; (3) ensuring fair and equitable access to cancer drugs for all Canadians; and (4) fostering a pan-Canadian approach to cancer drug funding decisions.…”
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Neurological signs in the adult with fragile-X premutation by J. Cabanyes-Truffino

“…It results from an abnormally expanded number of trinucleotide CGG repeats. Some grandfathers of these children become forgetful, have frequent falls and other neurological problems. …”
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Grandpaternal-induced transgenerational dietary reprogramming of the unfolded protein response in skeletal muscle by Petter S. Alm, Thais de Castro Barbosa, Romain Barrès, Anna Krook, Juleen R. Zierath

“…Results: GSEA revealed an enrichment of the unfolded protein response pathway in skeletal muscle of grand-offspring from HFD-fed grandfathers compared to grand-offspring of chow-fed males. …”
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Comparison of mothers and grandmothers physical and mental health and functioning within 6 months after child NICU/PICU death by JoAnne M. Youngblut, Dorothy Brooten

“…Family and friends generally focus on comforting and supporting the bereaved parents, unintentionally ignoring the bereaved grandparents. Grandmothers and grandfathers often struggle with wanting to help their adult children (deceased child’s parents) without usurping the parents’ responsibilities and decisions regarding the deceased child. …”
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Exploring the paired share REIT and quantifying its tax advantage by Walpole, Julie D., 1966-

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National contributions for decarbonizing the world economy in line with the G7 agreement by Yann Robiou du Pont, M Louise Jeffery, Johannes Gütschow, Peter Christoff, Malte Meinshausen

“…Our results show that G7 members’ Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDCs) mitigation targets are in line with a grandfathering approach but lack ambition to meet various visions of climate justice. …”
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Determinants of caregiving grandparents’ physical activity and sedentary behavior: a qualitative study using focus group discussions by Marie Vermote, Tom Deliens, Benedicte Deforche, Eva D’Hondt

“…In total, nine caregiving grandfathers and 28 caregiving grandmothers (overall mean age = 60.9 ± 4.1y) participated in this study. …”
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Differences in reporting of maternal and child health indicators: A comparison between routine and survey data in Guizhou Province, China by Du Q, Nass O, Bjertness E, Yang GH, Wang LH, Kumar BN

“…Survey data were collected from mothers (46.0%), fathers (32.5%), grandmothers (11.1%), grandfathers (9.0%), and other caregivers (1.4%). Data from routine records of the health bureaus in selected areas were reviewed for the same indicators. …”
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Public perspectives on disinvestments in drug funding: results from a Canadian deliberative public engagement event on cancer drugs by Sarah Costa, Colene Bentley, Dean A. Regier, Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Craig Mitton, Michael M. Burgess, Stuart J. Peacock

“…Their discussions indicate that in order for a decision to disinvest from currently-funded cancer drugs to be acceptable, it must align with three main principles: the decision must be accompanied by significant gains, described both in terms of cost savings and opportunities to re-invest elsewhere in the health care system; those who are currently prescribed a cancer drug should be allowed to continue their course of treatment (referred to as a continuance clause, or “grandfathering” approach); and it must consider how access to care for specialized populations is impacted. …”
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Texas House Bill 2 by Rachel Hill

“…Clinics that cannot afford upgrades to become an ambulatory surgical center are being grandfathered in, while abortion clinics are being forced to close down. …”
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Xp22.31 copy number variations in 87 fetuses: refined genotype–phenotype correlations by prenatal and postnatal follow-up by Huamei Hu, Yulin Huang, Renke Hou, Huanhuan Xu, Yalan Liu, Xueqian Liao, Juchun Xu, Lupin Jiang, Dan Wang

“…In two of these cases, the chromosomal imbalance was inherited from the maternal grandfathers, who also only had ichthyosis phenotypes. …”
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hsa-miR-376c-3p in The Circulating Plasma is Upregulated in The Elderly Javanese Male When Compared to Their Younger Counterparts by Ana Lucia Ekowati, Zacharias Aloysius Dwi Pramono, Daniel Ardian Soeselo, Arief Budiyanto, Indwiani Astuti, Sofia Mubarika

“…METHODS: The miRNA expression profiles of grandfathers and grandsons from 2 Javanese families were compared to select 5 miRNA candidates with widest expression difference. …”
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Lifting the Hood on Alberta’s Royalty Review by Blake Shaffer

“…Existing crude oil and natural gas wells are grandfathered under the current system for 10 years. …”
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Lifting the Hood on Alberta’s Royalty Review by Blake Shaffer

“…Existing crude oil and natural gas wells are grandfathered under the current system for 10 years. …”
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Justicia y género en Nariño en casos de violencia contra las mujeres by Isabel Goyes Moreno, Sandra Montezuma M.

“…The woman’s partner or ex-partner is one of the most common aggressors, although it is alarming that in high percentages of cases the aggressor is a member of the family, especially fathers, grandfathers, uncles and sons. It is also worrisome that the time lapse between the occurrence of the facts and the sentence given was in many cases more than seven years. …”
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Written Exercises: Ancestral Magic and Emergent Intellectuals in Mia Couto, Lhoussain Azergui and Dorota Masłowska by Ewa Łukaszyk

“…The young heroes of the novels grasp the pen in order to break through the falseness or the taboos created by the fathers, establishing, at the same time, the relation of solidarity with the world of the grandfathers. The act of writing becomes an actualization of the ancestral universe of magic. …”
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Lifting the Hood on Alberta’s Royalty Review by Blake Shaffer

“…Existing crude oil and natural gas wells are grandfathered under the current system for 10 years. …”
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Effectiveness of a 24/7 Dad® Curriculum in Improving Father Involvement: Profiles of Engagement by Roneé E. Wilson, Renice Obure, Precious Omokaro, Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD, Estrellita “Lo” Berry, Deborah A. Austin, Jennifer G. Christner

“…Many participants were grandfathers, uncles and family friends, indicating that the benefits of a male involvement program can extend beyond the boundaries of biological fatherhood. …”
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