Early puberty suppression and gender-affirming hormones do not alter final height in transgender adolescents.

Background: Early puberty suppression (ePS; Tanner stages 2 and 3) through gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHas) and gender-affirming hormones (GAHs) interferes with growth and may impact final height (FH).

Aim: To investigate the impact of ePS and GAH on FH in trans boys and trans girls.

Methods: Retrospective study, including 10 trans boys and 22 trans girls at FH.

The waterbodies of the halo-volcanic Dallol complex: earth analogs to guide us, where to look for life in the universe.

Microbes are the Earth life forms that have the highest degree of adaptability to survive, live, or even proliferate in very hostile environments. It is even stated that microbes can cope with any extreme physico-chemical condition and are, therefore, omnipresent all over the Earth: on all the continents, inside its crust and in all its waterbodies. However, our study suggests that there exists areas and even water rich environments on Earth where no life is possible.

Does Trust in Citizens Mediate the Relationship Between Internal and External Procedural Justice: A Comparison Between China and Taiwan Police.

This study investigates the roles of trust in citizens and compliance with agency policies in mediating the direct and indirect relationships between internal procedural justice and external procedural justice among Chinese and Taiwanese police officers. Based on survey data collected from 1,253 police officers, this study comparatively analyzes whether supervisory treatment of officers is predictive of trust in citizens and willingness to follow agency policies, which in turn is linked to their willingness to act fairly and justly toward citizens on the street. The results indicate that officer trust in citizens mediates the relationship between internal and external procedural justice in both China and Taiwan, but compliance with agency policies does not.

Disproportion and dysmorphism in an adult Belgian population with Turner syndrome: risk factors for chronic diseases?

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by dysmorphism and body disproportion. TS women are also susceptible to a range of chronic disorders including arterial hypertension (AHT), osteoporosis, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and thyroid disease. The association between dysmorphism/body disproportion and chronic disease has never been studied in TS women.