Muscarinic receptor agonists and positive allosteric modulators in animal models of psychosis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 1 approve... by Spyridon Siafis, Johannes Schneider-Thoma, Alexandra Bannach-Brown, Oliver D. Howes, Virginia Chiocchia, Ulf Tölch, Natascha I. Drude, Sabine M. Hölter, Andrea de Bartolomeis, Anthony C. Vernon, Georgia Salanti, Sridhar Natesan, Stefan Leucht, Irene Bighelli, Sameer Jauhar, Ioannis Mantas, Josef Priller, Francesca Tinsdeall, Wulf-Peter Hansen, Fiona J. Ramage, Nobuyuki Nomura, Malcolm R. Macleod

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The impact of economic, social and health crises on victims of domestic violence by Andrea Domokos

“… Aim: The situation of victims of domestic violence and partner abuse becomes even more serious in crisis situations. …”
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Trait and plasticity evolution under competition and mutualism in evolving pairwise yeast communities. by ShengPei Wang, Renuka Agarwal, Kari A Segraves, David M Althoff

“…Strains evolving with a competitive partner had higher growth rates, slightly lower RUE, and a stronger tradeoff between growth rate and efficiency. …”
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CD-1 mice females recognize male reproductive success via volatile organic compounds in urine by A. S. Khotskina, E. L. Zavjalov, E. P. Shnayder, L. A. Gerlinskaya, S. O. Maslennikova, D. V. Petrovskii, M. N. Baldin, A. L. Makas, V. M. Gruznov, M. L. Troshkov, M. P. Moshkin

“…Sexual selection is considered as one of the leading factors of evolutionary development. …”
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Homosexual Pairing within a Swarm-Based Mating System: The Case of the Chironomid Midge by Athol J. McLachlan

“…Homosexuality has been dubbed the Darwinian paradox, because it raises the question of how behaviour that would seem to reduce the chance of successful mating can be maintained by natural selection. This question rests on the assumption that same sex mating is the result of active choice of partner, hardwired into the mating behaviour, but there is an alternative explanation for such behaviour. …”
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Social Support and Women’s Smoking during the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review by Cristina M. Posse, Alba Val, M. Carmen Míguez

“…Fifteen studies meeting the inclusion criteria were selected. Results: A total of 10 studies examined the relationships between social support and smoking during the perinatal period and 5 studies examined the influence of partner smoking during this period. …”
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Dix ans de pratiques des concours d’architecture en France : bilan et perspectives by Élise Macaire, Jodelle Zetlaoui-Léger

“…In fine the article presents several recommendations co-elaborated by the different research protagonists and aimed at improving the procedure as well as creating a partner monitoring system to inform public policy. …”
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Tacedinaline (CI-994), a class I HDAC inhibitor, targets intrinsic tumor growth and leptomeningeal dissemination in MYC-driven medulloblastoma while making them susceptible to anti... by Arndt Borkhardt, Nan Qin, Stephen T Keir, Darell D Bigner, Allison Cole, Matthias Wölfl, Viktoria Marquardt, Johanna Theruvath, David Pauck, Daniel Picard, Lena Blümel, Mara Maue, Jasmin Bartl, Ulvi Ahmadov, Maike Langini, Frauke-Dorothee Meyer, Joselyn Cruz-Cruz, Claus M Graef, Till Milde, Olaf Witt, Anat Erdreich-Epstein, Gabriel Leprivier, Ulf Kahlert, Anja Stefanski, Kai Stühler, Julia Hauer, Thomas Beez, Christiane B Knobbe-Thomsen, Ute Fischer, Jörg Felsberg, Finn K Hansen, Rajeev Vibhakar, Sujatha Venkatraman, Samuel H Cheshier, Guido Reifenberger, Thomas Kurz, Marc Remke, Siddhartha Mitra

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Case report: identification of novel variant in SLC26A2 gene and preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders in preventing diastrophic dysplasia by Ziravard N. Tonyan, Yulia A. Nasykhova, Maria M. Danilova, Elena S. Shabanova, Olesya N. Bespalova, Igor Y. Kogan, Andrey S. Glotov

“…We detail the approach to performing PGT-M in the absence of material from the proband and close relatives from one partner for analysis. A testing system was developed to analyze pathogenic variants in the SLC26A2 gene, alongside with indirect markers such as short tandem repeats and single nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Communicative Tolerance of Policemen in the Context of Their Emotional Intelligence’ Study by O. О. Yevdokimova, Y. S. Ponomarenko

“…It is empirically proven that emotional intelligence in situations of problematic communication acts as an integral personality of the police officer, which allows him to successfully recognize and interpret the emotions of both his own and the communication partner. The study of the level of emotional intelligence of the police at the stage of professional training will allow the psychological support service to better address the tasks of professional selection and psychological support for future policemen.…”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…A multistage sampling technique was employed to select respondents from nine randomly selected villages in Mangochi district. …”
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Behavioral Analysis in International Business Negotiations Based on the Bargaining Model of Game Theory by Bei Zhang

“…In order to judge the potential partnership of each country, this paper constructs a theoretical model of partner selection for global digital trade rules negotiation from the perspective of political game and uses the data of 62 major digital trade countries for empirical testing. …”
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Decision Support System for Single-Valued Neutrosophic Aczel–Alsina Aggregation Operators Based on Known Weights by Sajid Latif, Kifayat Ullah, Abrar Hussain, Amrullah Awsar

“…Multiattribute decision making (MADM) approach is a well-known decision-making process utilized in a variety of fields such as solid waste management, renewable energy resources, air quality assurance, hotel location decision, sustainable supplier selection, partner recognition, green supplier enterprises, game theory, construction development authority, and weapon group target estimation. …”
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A Narrative Exploration of Transformation of Moral, Social and Cultural Values among Generation Z in the Context of Marriage by Vahid Mostafapour, Hossein Eskandari, Ahmad Borjali, Faramarz Sohrabi, Mohammad Asgari

“…Results: The analysis revealed six main themes related to marriage: “meaning-making of marriage,” “partner selection,” “traditional family roles,” “premarital sex,” “parenthood,” and “marriage customs”. …”
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Career Perspectives for Pediatric Orthopaedic Trainees and Early Practitioners: A Panel Discussion by Jeffrey B. Peck, MD, William Cutchen, MD, Lee Haruno, MPH, Dustin Greenhill, MD, Karen Bovid, MD, Brandon Ramo, MD

“…Key Concepts: (1) When selecting a fellowship, it is valuable to understand one's learning style and to consider family needs. (2) After discovering what positions may be available, match each potential position's professional and personal opportunities with your needs. (3) Your initial practice will evolve to your ideal professional endpoint over years of effort and development. (4) The optimal work-life relationship is possible with good communication with your partner/family and with a good team of supporting healthcare staff around you. (5) Regular attendance at the POSNA annual meeting and involvement in committee work can be a resource and provide tremendous professional satisfaction.…”
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Simplified Outcome Prediction in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Intervention by Survival Tree-Based Modelling by Vera Fortmeier, MD, Mark Lachmann, MD, Lukas Stolz, MD, Jennifer von Stein, MD, Karl-Philipp Rommel, MD, Mohammad Kassar, MD, Muhammed Gerçek, MD, Anne R. Schöber, MD, Thomas J. Stocker, MD, Hazem Omran, MD, Michelle Fett, Jule Tervooren, Maria I. Körber, MD, Amelie Hesse, Gerhard Harmsen, PhD, Kai Peter Friedrichs, MD, Shinsuke Yuasa, MD, PhD, Tanja K. Rudolph, MD, Michael Joner, MD, Roman Pfister, MD, Stephan Baldus, MD, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, MD, Stephan Windecker, MD, Fabien Praz, MD, Philipp Lurz, MD, Jörg Hausleiter, MD, Volker Rudolph, MD

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Contemporary digital sociology in search of meaning-making models: the proper and the actual. Review on articles from the research handbook of digital sociology edited by J. Skopek... by E. V. Andrianova, V. A. Davydenko, A. I. Rozmanov

“…The first part of this review presents the key ideas of 15 chapters, focusing on the foundational components of social  theory and their connections to the internet in daily life, digital  technologies for surveys and data processing, the significance  of mobile devices, big data, machine learning, agent-based  models of social phenomena, inclusive digital focus groups, social networking sites in professional contexts, online dating, partner selection based on digital information, the use of digital approaches in online markets, the application of YouTube in social sciences, and automated image analysis. …”
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Leveraging mRNA technology for antigen based immuno-oncology therapies by Wei Zheng, Michele Ceccarelli, Charalampos S Floudas, Siranush Sarkizova

“…Cancer vaccines are an effective combinatorial partner to sensitize the host immune system to the tumor and boost the efficacy of immune therapies. …”
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‘They went for the test together but came back separately’: a constructivist grounded theory perspective on male engagement in antenatal HIV testing in Bamenda, Cameroon by Lily Haritu Foglabenchi, Nancy Manigha Nyahkeh, Heidi Stöckl, Tanya Marchant

“…Methods This qualitative study purposively selected pregnant women receiving prenatal care for semi-structured interviews (n = 38); focus group discussion (n = 6) and their male partners (n = 30 for semi-structured interviews and n = 6 for focus group discussion) in Nkwen Baptist Hospital—an urban hospital in Bamenda, Cameroon. …”
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Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

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