Low grandparental social support combined with low parental socioeconomic status is closely associated with obesity in preschool‐aged children: a pilot study by Lindberg, L, Ek, A, Nyman, J, Marcus, C, Ulijaszek, S, Nowicka, P

“…This study investigates the importance of parents' SES and social support (functional and structural) for weight status in a clinical sample of preschoolers 4–6 years old with obesity (n = 39, 56% girls; 73% of parents were overweight/obese, 50% were of non‐Swedish origin). …”

Developing a framework for tracking antimicrobial resistance gene movement in a persistent environmental reservoir by Mathers, AJ, Li, TJX, He, Q, Narendra, S, Stoesser, N, Eyre, DW, Walker, AS, Barry, KE, Castañeda-Barba, S, Huang, FW, Parikh, H, Kotay, S, Crook, DW, Reidys, C

“…We successfully reconstructed the complete bacterial genome and plasmid assemblies of isolates sharing the same blaKPC carbapenemase gene to understand evolution over time in six confined hospital drains over five years. From 82 isolates we identified 14 unique strains from 10 species with 113 blaKPC-carrying plasmids across 16 distinct replicon types. …”

Price reform in Kuwait’s electricity and water: assessing the benefits by Fattouh, B, Mahadeva, L

“…Kuwait’s electricity and water sector has been in disarray for several years, struggling with several decades of fast-rising demand resulting from industrialization, rapid population growth, rising living standards amongst its citizens, as well as the artificially low consumer prices set by the government. …”

Unequal health: the scandal of our times by Dorling, D

“…Most people’s health is much better now than then, but the gaps in life expectancy between regions, between cities, and between neighbourhoods within cities now surpass the worst measures over the last hundred years. In almost all other affluent countries, inequalities in health are lower and people live longer. …”

Rationale and concerns for using JAK inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis by Ahmed, S, Yesudian, R, Ubaide, H, Coates, LC

“…Treatment options have advanced over recent years and have become more targeted, including biologic treatments and, more recently, small molecule oral drugs called Janus kinase inhibitors. …”

English medium instruction in multilingual contexts: empirical evidence from Ethiopia by Opare-Kumi, J

“…Language acquisition and learning literatures favour mother-tongue education policies, particularly in the early years of schooling. However, English Medium Instruction (EMI) remains a popular language policy position in multilingual contexts. …”

Competition policy and the labour share by Zac, A, Casti, C, Decker, C, Ezrachi, A

“…Recent years have seen intense debate about the causes of the observed decline in the labor share. …”

Ethical analysis of the first porcine cardiac xenotransplantation by Gyngell, C, Munsie, M, Fujita, M, Thiessen, C, Savulescu, J, Konstantinov, IE

“…It was reported that Mr Bennett's previous instances of non-compliance were for medically non-life-threatening conditions years earlier, where the risks of non-compliance were not as high. …”

Controversies in neurology: asymptomatic carotid stenosis—intervention or just stick to medical therapy. The argument for carotid endarterectomy by Hirt, L, Halliday, A

“…Currently the safest strategy for a patient with a significant asymptomatic carotid stenosis consists of optimal medical therapy with carotid endarterectomy for those less than 75 years of age, who are suitable for surgery.…”

Recent advances in the development of liquid crystalline nanoparticles as drug delivery systems by Leu, Jassica S. L., Teoh, Jasy J. X., Ling, Angel L. Q., Chong, Joey, Loo, Yan Shan, Mat Azmi, Intan Diana, Zahid, Noor Idayu, Bose, Rajendran J. C., Madheswaran, Thiagarajan

“…Much research has been conducted in recent years to improve their preparation and characterization, as well as to control drug release and improve the efficacy of loaded bioactive chemicals. …”
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Methamphetamine abuse in Malaysia: an interpretive phenomenological perspective by Audi Azizul, Muhd Dhamir, Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira, Mohd Khir, Azlina, Amin, Samir Muhazzab

“…Methamphetamines, known as "shabu," across much of Southeast Asia, have been on the rise for years and addiction specialists are running out of solutions. …”
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Recent advances in ultrasensitive electrochemical sensors and biosensors for determination of antibiotics in environment samples by Zheng, Alvin Lim Teik, Teo, Ellie Yi Lih, Yiu, Pang Hung, Boonyuen, Supakorn, Chung, Eric Lim Teik, Andou, Yoshito

“…This review seeks to offer an in-depth overview of the recent progress achieved in the past five years in detecting different antibiotics using a range of electrochemical sensors. …”

Green gross domestic product: a bibliometric analysis by Karunanithi, Kriskkumar, Bui, Wency Kher Thinng, Tan, Houng Chien

“…This paper analyses the bibliographic data of 1321 articles retrieved from the Scopus database to shed some light on the GGDP literature for the past 47 years (1976–2022). Using VOSviewer, a combination of performance analysis (publication trend, top authors, top countries, top journals) and science mapping techniques (co-citation and co-occurrence) were employed. …”

Liquid LPG injection behavior in a spark ignition engine at idle state condition by Mustaffa, Norrizal, Fawzi, Mas, Amir Khalid, Amir Khalid, Norrizam Jaat, Norrizam Jaat, Tukiman, Mohd Mustaqim, Khairu Kamarudin, Khairu Kamarudin, Masrol, Shaiful Rizal, Esa, Mohd Faizal

“…The usage of LPG in spark ignition engine has been around since few years ago. The LPG fuel injection technology has evolved from gas injection into liquid injection. …”
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Solutions of Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations Via a Generalized Fixed Point Method and Homotopy Analysis Method (S/O 14192) by Ying, Teh Yuan, Ibrahim, Haslinda, Md Noorani, Mohd Salmi, Akhadkulov, Habibulla, Jameel, Ali Fareed

“…In recent years, a considerable amount of researches in fractional calculus has been published in the science and engineering literature. …”
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A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) / by Hair, Joseph F., Jr., 1944-, author 644188, Hult, G. Tomas M., author 209503, Ringle, Christian M., author 609755, Sarstedt, Marko, author 627541

“…Hult, Christian Ringle, and Marko Sarstedt use their years of conducting and teaching research to communicate the fundamentals of PLS-SEM with limited emphasis on equations and symbols, instead, explaining the details in straightforward language. …”

Verify / by Hoover, Colleen, author 595716

“…Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get started. …”

Normal People / by Rooney, Sally, author 631806, Faber (Online service) 656045

“…The two weave in and out of each other's lives during their university years, developing an intense bond that exposes their traumas and insecurities.…”
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Urban Resilience : Lessons on Urban Environmental Planning from Turkey / by Salata, Stefano, author 656088, Emerald Publishing Limited (Online service) 646680

“…Advocating for the reintroduction of natural areas and biodiverse green spaces within our cities, Urban Resilience stems from the two years’ experience living and teaching ecological planning in Turkey. …”
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Conducting Psychological Assessment : A Guide for Practitioners / by Wright, A. Jordan, author 513562, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…This newest edition maintains the indispensable foundational models from the first edition and adds nuance and details from the author’s last ten years of clinical and academic experience. New ways of integrating and reconciling conflicting data are discussed, as are new models of personality functioning. …”
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