Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Self-esteem may be adversely affected in adults with overweight or obesity, particularly women and those showing higher BMIs, although there is no consensus in the literature. The objective of the current study, based on reported cross-sectional associations, was to clarify the relationship between global self-esteem and overweight/obesity in adults.

Methods: Four databases were searched to identify eligible literature published prior to June 2024, and a systematic review was conducted of the 120 articles identified.

Dare to be resilient: the key to future pesticide-free orchards?

Considering the urgent need for more sustainable fruit tree production, it is high time to find durable alternatives to the systematic use of phytosanitary products in orchards. To this end, resilience can deliver a number of benefits. Relying on a combination of tolerance, resistance, and recovery traits, disease resilience appears as a cornerstone to cope with the multiple pest and disease challenges over an orchard's lifetime.

The role of causal attributions in determining behavioral consequences: A meta-analysis from an intrapersonal attributional perspective in achievement contexts.

A large body of research has documented Weiner's theory as it applies to achievement contexts, highlighting the role of the causal dimensions (locus of causality, stability, and controllability) as antecedents of specific emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions. The aim of this article is to address important, and as yet unanswered questions, by focusing on the relationship between these causal dimensions and their cognitive and behavioral consequences, and by meta-analyzing research using the direct-rating method to measure the causal dimensions identified by Weiner (1985, 2005). 43 studies using direct-rating measures of causal dimensions, reporting 57 correlation matrices involving 15,213 participants were included in this meta-analysis.

Construction of a human BcgI DNA fragment library.

A library made up of 36bp DNA fragments generated by digestion of human DNA with the restriction endonuclease Bcg I has been constructed. It contains 2.5x106 independent clones, representing several times the total human genome which should contain about 400000 such fragments.