Acetochlor degradation in anaerobic microcosms with hyporheic sediments: Insights from biogeochemical data, transformation products, and isotope analysis.

Steep redox gradients and diverse microbial communities in the anaerobic hyporheic zone create complex pathways for the degradation of herbicides, often linked to various terminal electron-accepting processes (TEAPs). Identifying the degradation pathways and their controlling factors under various TEAPs is of great significance for understanding mechanisms of water purification in the hyporheic zone. However, current research on herbicides in this area remains insufficient.

Integrated proteomics and metabolomics network analysis across different delivery modes in human pregnancy: a pilot study.

Background: Delivery mode has been linked to child health, e.g., allergic disease.

Associations between childhood maltreatment, peripheral immune biomarkers, and psychiatric symptoms in adults: A cohort study of over 138,000 participants.

Background: Few studies have integrated the impact of individual and cumulative childhood maltreatment on multiple psychiatric symptoms, with the mechanisms underlying these associations largely unknown. This study aims to comprehensively assess the associations between childhood maltreatment, multiple peripheral immune biomarkers, and various psychiatric symptoms in adulthood and to explore whether peripheral immune inflammation plays a mediator role in the associations between childhood maltreatment and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood.

Methods: Using data from the UK Biobank, we constructed a retrospective cohort study of 138,915 participants who provided self-reported childhood maltreatment and had peripheral immune biomarkers assessed.

Evaluating the performance of carbon dioxide and methane observations from carbon-monitoring satellite products over China.

As the primary greenhouse gases contributing to climate change, carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH) play a critical role in the Earth's radiative balance and temperature regulation. Continuous and accurate satellite monitoring of CO₂ and CH₄ is essential for developing effective policies and strategies to mitigate their impacts. This study utilizes ground-based Fourier-transform infrared measurements from the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) to evaluate the performance of current mainstream carbon-monitoring satellites over China, the world's largest carbon emitter.

Associations of childhood household dysfunction and healthy lifestyle with depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Objective: Limited understanding exists regarding the cumulative impact of childhood household dysfunction (CHD) on adolescent depressive symptoms in developing countries, as well as the role of lifestyles in this association. This study aims to explore the associations of individual and cumulative CHD indicators with depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents. Additionally, we investigate potential interactions and joint associations of CHD and lifestyles on depressive symptoms.

Romantic and sexual relationships of young adults born very preterm: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Aim: To compare romantic and sexual relationships between adults born very preterm (VP; <32 weeks of gestation) or with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) and at term, and to evaluate potential biological and environmental explanatory factors among VP/VLBW participants.

Methods: This individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis included longitudinal studies assessing romantic and sexual relationships in adults (mean sample age ≥ 18 years) born VP/VLBW compared with term-born controls. Following PRISMA-IPD guidelines, 11 of the 13 identified cohorts provided IPD from 1606 VP/VLBW adults and 1659 term-born controls.

Contribution of diversity of social participation on the mental health of humanitarian migrants during resettlement.

Aims: By the end of 2022, an estimated 108.4 million individuals worldwide experienced forced displacement. Identifying modifiable factors associated with the mental illness of refugees is crucial for promoting successful integration and developing effective health policies.

Understanding paediatric COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic: a prospective cohort and a population-based registry study.

Background: Despite the early demonstrated safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in children, uptake was slow throughout the pandemic and remains low globally. Understanding vaccine refusal could provide insights to improving vaccine uptake in future pandemics.

Methods: In a population-wide registry of all COVID-19 paediatric vaccination appointments, we used interrupted time series analysis to evaluate the impact of public policies.

Parenting stress and health-related quality of life among parents of extremely preterm born early adolescents in England: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To determine whether extremely preterm (EP) birth exerts persisting effects on parents in early adolescence.

Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted between March 2017 and October 2018.

Setting: Evaluation of a longitudinal population-based birth cohort in England at 11 years of age (EPICure2@11 Study).

Effects of gravel on the evaluation of soil organic carbon density in plantations.

Gravel (>2 mm) is one of the main parameters for estimating soil carbon pool. To assess the effects of gravel on soil bulk density (BD) and organic carbon density (SOCD) in plantations, we estimated the BD and SOCD at the 0-10, 10-20 and 20-40 cm soil depths of 131 plots under two different conditions, with and without removing gravel. The BD of each soil layer after removing gravel was 0.

Adverse childhood and adulthood experiences and risk of new-onset cardiovascular disease with consideration of social support: a prospective cohort study.

Background: The relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse adulthood experiences (AAEs) and their association with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) have not been extensively studied. Considering social support, we evaluated the complex relations of ACEs and AAEs with incident CVD.

Methods: This prospective cohort study used data from the 2014 life course survey and the 2015 and 2018 surveys of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, a national survey of Chinese adults aged ≥ 45 years from 28 provinces across China.

A Switching Memory-Based Event-Trigger Scheme for Synchronization of Lur'e Systems With Actuator Saturation: A Hybrid Lyapunov Method.

This article is concerned with the event-triggered synchronization of Lur'e systems subject to actuator saturation. Aiming at reducing control costs, a switching-memory-based event-trigger (SMBET) scheme, which allows a switching between the sleeping interval and the memory-based event-trigger (MBET) interval, is first presented. In consideration of the characteristics of SMBET, a piecewise-defined but continuous looped-functional is newly constructed, under which the requirement of positive definiteness and symmetry on some Lyapunov matrices is dropped within the sleeping interval.

Characterization of Premigration and Postmigration Multidomain Factors and Psychosocial Health Among Refugee Children and Adolescents After Resettlement in Australia.

Importance: A better understanding of the psychosocial health of resettled child and adolescent refugees and associated premigration and postmigration factors may help this population integrate effectively.

Objective: To estimate the associations of premigration and postmigration multidomain factors with psychosocial health after resettlement among young refugees of different ages.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study used wave 3 data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) cohort study, as they represented the first time a BNLA study included a child module targeting children and adolescents in the migrating unit as a nested component of the broader study.

Modulation of PC1/3 activity by a rare double-site homozygous mutation.

Objectives: Preprotein convertase 1/3 deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which patients present with malabsorptive diarrhea and a series of symptoms of endocrine disorders such as polydipsia, reactive hypoglycemia, growth hormone deficiency, hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, and early onset obesity. In its essence, pituitary hormone deficiency is caused by insufficient cleavage of pituitary prohormones. Here, we describe a female child with a rare double-site homozygous mutation in (Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-type 1) gene, and thereby intend to investigate the relationship between these novel mutation sites and changes in protein synthesis and function.

Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Very Preterm or Very Low Birth Weight Adults: Evidence From an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

Background And Objective: Assessment of health-related quality of life for individuals born very preterm and/or low birthweight (VP/VLBW) offers valuable complementary information alongside biomedical assessments. However, the impact of VP/VLBW status on health-related quality of life in adulthood is inconclusive. The objective of this study was to examine associations between VP/VLBW status and preference-based health-related quality-of-life outcomes in early adulthood.

Economic costs and health utility values associated with extremely preterm birth: Evidence from the EPICure2 cohort study.

Background: Preterm birth is associated with adverse health and developmental sequelae that impose a burden on finite resources and significant challenges for individuals, families and societies.

Objectives: To estimate economic outcomes at age 11 associated with extremely preterm birth using evidence from a whole population study (EPICure2 study).

Methods: The study population comprised a sample of children born at ≤26 completed weeks of gestation during 2006 in England (n = 200) and a comparison group of classmates born at term (n = 143).

Intermittent Sampled-Data Control for Local Stabilization of Neural Networks Subject to Actuator Saturation: A Work-Interval-Dependent Functional Approach.

This article is concerned with the local stabilization of neural networks (NNs) under intermittent sampled-data control (ISC) subject to actuator saturation. The issue is presented for two reasons: 1) the control input and the network bandwidth are always limited in practical engineering applications and 2) the existing analysis methods cannot handle the effect of the saturation nonlinearity and the ISC simultaneously. To overcome these difficulties, a work-interval-dependent Lyapunov functional is developed for the resulting closed-loop system, which is piecewise-defined, time-dependent, and also continuous.

Phosphorus is the key soil indicator controlling productivity in planted Masson pine forests across subtropical China.

Soil physiochemical properties are critical to understanding forest productivity and carbon (C) finance schemes in terrestrial ecosystems. However, few studies have focused on the effects of the soil physiochemical properties on the productivity in planted forests. This study was therefore conducted at 113 sampling plots located in planted Masson pine forests across subtropical China to test what and how the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) would be explained by the soil physiochemical properties, stand attributes, and functional traits using regression analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM).

Functional Ophthalmic Factors Associated With Extreme Prematurity in Young Adults.

Importance: Children born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) have a higher risk of visual impairment and ocular morbidities compared peers born at full term. However, the long-term ocular sequelae in adulthood for those born extremely preterm (EP), who have the highest risk of neonatal retinopathy, are unknown.

Objective: To evaluate visual function and ocular morbidity in young adults born EP compared with controls born full term.

Neuropsychological abilities underpinning academic attainment in children born extremely preterm.

Children born extremely preterm (EP) have poorer academic attainment than their term-born peers. There is a need to identify the specific cognitive mechanisms that are associated with poor academic attainment in preterm populations to inform the development of intervention strategies. A parallel mediation analysis was conducted with cross-sectional data from 152 EP children (< 27 weeks of gestation) and 120 term-born controls who were assessed at age 11.

Maternal education and cognitive development in 15 European very-preterm birth cohorts from the RECAP Preterm platform.

Background: Studies are sparse and inconclusive about the association between maternal education and cognitive development among children born very preterm (VPT). Although this association is well established in the general population, questions remain about its magnitude among children born VPT whose risks of medical and developmental complications are high. We investigated the association of maternal education with cognitive outcomes in European VPT birth cohorts.

Interpregnancy interval and subsequent perinatal risk of congenital heart disease in Guangzhou, Southern China: a retrospective cohort study, 2014-2019.

Background: The association between maternal interpregnancy interval (IPI) and congenital heart disease (CHD) in neonates remains inconclusive. This study aimed to examine the effect of maternal IPI on birth risk of CHD.

Methods: Chinese women with two consecutive singleton deliveries in Guangzhou between January 2014 and December 2019 were selected as participants.

Social Functioning in Adults Born Very Preterm: Individual Participant Meta-analysis.

Context: There is a lack of research on individual perceptions of social experiences and social relationships among very preterm (VP) adults compared with term-born peers.

Objective: To investigate self-perceived social functioning in adults born VP (<32 weeks' gestation) and/or with very low birth weight (VLBW) (<1500g) compared with term-born adults (≥37 weeks' gestation) using an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis.

Data Sources: Two international consortia: Research on European Children and Adults born Preterm and Adults Born Preterm International Collaboration.

Reduced health-related quality of life in children born extremely preterm in 2006 compared with 1995: the EPICure Studies.

Objective: To compare health-related quality of life (HRQL) in childhood for extremely preterm (EP) births before 26 weeks of gestation in England in two eras: 1995 and 2006.

Design: Prospective cohort studies.

Setting: School or home-based assessments at 11 years of age.