A longitudinal study of perceived stress, tangible social support, and gender on Mexican American parental feeding practices.

Objective: This study examined the association between perceived stress and perceived tangible social support on parental feeding practices in a sample of Mexican American parents of young children. Tangible social support was examined as a potential moderator of perceived stress on parental feeding. Results by parent gender were also examined.

Identifying genetic variants that influence the abundance of cell states in single-cell data.

Disease risk alleles influence the composition of cells present in the body, but modeling genetic effects on the cell states revealed by single-cell profiling is difficult because variant-associated states may reflect diverse combinations of the profiled cell features that are challenging to predefine. We introduce Genotype-Neighborhood Associations (GeNA), a statistical tool to identify cell-state abundance quantitative trait loci (csaQTLs) in high-dimensional single-cell datasets. Instead of testing associations to predefined cell states, GeNA flexibly identifies the cell states whose abundance is most associated with genetic variants.

Extra-temporal pediatric low-grade gliomas and epilepsy.

Low-grade gliomas, especially glioneuronal tumors, are a common cause of epilepsy in children. Seizures associated with low-grade pediatric tumors are medically refractory and present a significant burden to patients. Often, morbidity and patients´ quality of life are determined rather by the control of seizures than the oncological process itself and the resolution of epilepsy represents an important part in the treatment of LGGs.

Valorization of Kraft Lignins from Different Poplar Genotypes as Vegetable Oil Structuring Agents via Electrospinning for Biolubricant Applications.

This work explores the use of Kraft lignins sourced from different poplar genotypes ( L. "PO-10-10-20" and × "Ballotino") isolated by selective acid precipitation (at pHs 5 and 2.5) to produce electrospun nanostructures that can be further employed for structuring vegetable oils.