On Friday, 5 May 2023, MDPI and the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) organized a webinar titled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The webinar focused on the pharmacotherapy of newborns.

Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert first introduced the limited size and extensive variability of neonatal clinical pharmacology. Dr. Robert B. Flint and Dr. Nadir Yalcin showed us new emerging tools that may facilitate the improvement of pharmacotherapy, for both pharmacokinetics (model-informed precision dosing) and -dynamics (machine learning to improve drug–drug interaction or adverse drug reaction recognition), and both approaches are subsequently discussed in the webinar to show ways and approaches for future progress.

Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in Children entitled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The deadline is 25 August 2023.

You can watch the recorded webinar at the following link:

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert, ¹Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
• Dr. Robert B. Flint, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Erasmus University Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
• Dr. Nadir Yalcin, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Conference: 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society

Date: 18–22 June 2023

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3Y9

Booth: #T12

MDPI will be attending the 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held from 18 to 22 June 2023 in downtown Niagara Falls, Canada, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. It will cover the major scientific themes of: technology advances; computational metabolomics, statistics, and bioinformatics; metabolomics in health and disease; and metabolomics of plants, food, environment and microbes. A special theme for this conference will focus on mental health, drug addiction and medicinal cannabis. The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, three parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, other networking events and a specially organized parallel session to promote metabolomics research in industry. A strong line-up of both introductory and advanced workshops will take place on Sunday, 18 June, and the morning of Monday, 19 June. To complement the exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, vibrant early career events, a conference dinner and other engaging social activities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Metabolites;
• Agronomy;
• Antioxidants;
• Applied Biosciences;
• BioMed;
• BioMedInformatics;
• Biomolecules;
• Cancers;
• Cells;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Diseases;
• Foods;
• Genes;
• JPM;
• Nutrients;
• Plants.

Please do not hesitate to reach out (metabolites@mdpi.com) if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.metabolomics2023.org/.

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly downloaded papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

5. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

8. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

9. “Lactoferrin as Possible Treatment for Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children with Long COVID: Case Series and Literature Review”
by Rosa Morello, Cristina De Rose, Sara Cardinali, Piero Valentini and Danilo Buonsenso
Children 2022, 9(10), 1446; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1446

10. “Pediatric Clavicle Fractures and Congenital Pseudarthrosis Unraveled”
by Lisa van der Water, Arno A. Macken, Denise Eygendaal and Christiaan J. A. van Bergen
Children 2022, 9(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/49

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly viewed papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Co-Occurring Substance Use among Adolescent Hallucinogen Users—A National Survey Study”
by Saral Desai, Vidisha Jain, Sona Xavier and Wei Du
Children 2022, 9(12), 1906; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121906
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/12/1906

5. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

8. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

9. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

10. “Screen Time of Preschool-Aged Children and Their Mothers, and Children’s Language Development”
by Riikka Mustonen, Ritva Torppa and Suvi Stolt
Children 2022, 9(10), 1577; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101577
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1577

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly cited papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “One-Year Clinical Performance of Activa™ Bioactive-Restorative Composite in Primary Molars”
by Lisa Lardani, Giacomo Derchi, Vincenzo Marchio and Elisabetta Carli
Children 2022, 9(3), 433; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/433

2. “COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines”
by Giuseppina Malcangi, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Fabio Piras, Vito Settanni, Grazia Garofoli, Giulia Palmieri, Sabino Ceci, Assunta Patano, Antonio Mancini et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020249
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/249

3. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

4. “Oralbiotica/Oralbiotics: The Impact of Oral Microbiota on Dental Health and Demineralization: A Systematic Review of the Literature”
by Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Giuseppina Malcangi, Alexandra Semjonova, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Assunta Patano, Giovanni Coloccia, Sabino Ceci, Grazia Marinelli, Chiara Di Pede, Anna Maria Ciocia et al.
Children 2022, 9(7), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1014

5. “Epidemiology, Microbiology and Severity of Bronchiolitis in the First Post-Lockdown Cold Season in Three Different Geographical Areas in Italy: A Prospective, Observational Study”
by Anna Camporesi, Rosa Morello, Valentina Ferro, Luca Pierantoni, Alessandro Rocca, Marcello Lanari, Gian Luca Trobia, Tiziana Sciacca, Agata Giuseppina Bellinvia, Alessandra De Ferrari et al.
Children 2022, 9(4), 491; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/491

6. “Oral Health Preventive Program in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder”
by Elisabetta Carli, Marco Pasini, Francesca Pardossi, Isabella Capotosti, Antonio Narzisi and Lisa Lardani
Children 2022, 9(4), 535; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/535

7. “Evaluation of Children Caries Risk Factors: A Narrative Review of Nutritional Aspects, Oral Hygiene Habits, and Bacterial Alterations”
by Andrea Butera, Carolina Maiorani, Annalaura Morandini, Manuela Simonini, Stefania Morittu, Julia Trombini and Andrea Scribante
Children 2022, 9(2), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020262
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/262

8. “Three-Dimensional Printing Technology in Orthodontics for Dental Models: A Systematic Review”
by Ioannis A. Tsolakis, Sotiria Gizani, Nearchos Panayi, Georgios Antonopoulos and Apostolos I. Tsolakis
Children 2022, 9(8), 1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081106
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1106

9. “Illness Characteristics of COVID-19 in Children Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant”
by Erika Molteni, Carole H. Sudre, Liane Dos Santos Canas, Sunil S. Bhopal, Robert C. Hughes, Liyuan Chen, Jie Deng, Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Michela Antonelli et al.
Children 2022, 9(5), 652; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050652
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/652

10. “The Effect of Age, Biological Maturation and Birth Quartile in the Kinanthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences between Male and Female Adolescent Volleyball Players”
by Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Juan Alfonso García-Roca and Francisco Esparza-Ros
Children 2022, 9(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/58

This webinar will highlight the current findings in children presenting insomnia and/or restless sleep. Distinguished speakers will discuss objective assessment, daytime dysfunction, and responses to the treatment of these sleep(-related) phenotypes.

Poor sleep can adversely affect a child’s development, health, and performance. Each speaker will review the current findings and identify sleep-related phenotypes that warrant clinical attention. The diagnosis of these conditions in children can be challenging, as symptoms can overlap and other conditions can present with sleep disruption and daytime symptoms.

Prof. Dr. Oliviero Bruni will describe three phenotypes of insomnia in early childhood: a) insomnia with motor restlessness; b) insomnia characterized without difficulties in falling asleep but with long-lasting early morning awakenings; and c) insomnia with multiple night awakenings and difficulty with falling asleep. His presentation will highlight the importance of the early identification of a phenotype as it may guide treatment approaches.

Prof. Dr. Silvia Miano will demonstrate that sleep assessment in children with ADHD confirms the validity of a sleep phenotype hypothesis, and her research reveals a much higher percentage of sleep problems than that found in the literature.

Prof. Dr. Lourdes M. DelRosso will focus on the group of children in which “restless sleep” has been identified. These children do not fit the criteria of any other current diagnostic category, and parents are concerned that night-time restlessness is associated with excessive sleepiness, school cognitive problems, or behavioral problems, such as irritability or hyperactivity.

Date: 24 May 2023 at 5:00 p.m. CEST | 11:00 a.m. EDT
Webinar ID: 892 9727 0785

Register now for free!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch. 

Webinar Chair and Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karen Spruyt, Université de Paris, INSERM –Neuro Diderot, Academic Hospital Robert Debré, France
• Prof. Dr. Oliviero Bruni, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Silvia Miano, ¹Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland; ²Sleep Medicine Unit, Ospedale Civico, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Lourdes M. DelRosso, Department of Medicine, University of California, USA

Relevant Topical Collection:
"Sleep in Children"
Collection Editors: Prof. Dr. Karen Spruyt and Prof. Dr. Patricio Peirano
Available online:
1. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/topical_collections/sleep_child
2. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/topical_collections/E98GD3FG8P

Conference: ATS (American Thoracic Society) Conference 2023
Date: 21–23 May 2023
Location: Washington DC, USA

MDPI will be attending ATS 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference has been organized by the American Thoracic Society, and it will showcase the latest advances and discoveries in respiratory science, patient care and global respiratory health. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research and its applications to clinical, basic, and translational science in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• JCM;
• Medicina;
• Clinics and Practice;
• JPM;
• Cancers;
• Medicines;
• Healthcare;
• Metabolites;
• Children;
• Brain Sciences.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to talk with us online. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #2606, and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://conference.thoracic.org/.

Conference: 20th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP 2023)
Date: 29 June–1 July 2023
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

MDPI will be attending ESCAP 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference is organized by the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The theme of the conference is “Mental health of children and adolescents”. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research and applications of environmental and chemical substances in relation to society.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Children;
• Behavioral Sciences;
• JCM;
• JPM;
• Medicina;
• Adolescents;
• Disabilities.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.escap2023.eu/.

We are pleased to announce that the EURLYAID International Early Childhood Intervention Conference has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Conference: EURLYAID International Early Childhood Intervention Conference
Date: 15–16 May 2023
Place: Prague, Czech Republic

The aim of the conference, titled "Building bridges together in early childhood intervention", is to connect specialized fields and create multidisciplinary teams and comprehensive support for families caring for children with special needs. We include parents in the role of experts, as they know their children's needs best and are therefore equal partners with early childhood intervention (ECI) consultants and other specialists.

Top experts on ECI from all over the world, and other leading professionals from the Czech Republic and abroad will participate in the conference. Contributions will be made by speakers from the field of ECI as well as many other collaborating professions.

Visit the conference website for more information at www.eciprague.com. Registration is open until 26 April 2023.

Children Editorial Office

Pharmacotherapy is a very powerful intervention to improve outcome, and this is also true in neonates. The prescription of a given drug should result in a safe and effective intervention to treat or prevent a specific disease or risk in an individual patient or population while avoiding disproportional side effects. Clinical pharmacology supports these aims in predicting drug-related (side) effects driven by pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD). The dynamic changes related to maturation and growth in newborns result in a unique setting with extensive variability. Non-maturational changes (such as disease characteristics, drug–drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, and lactation-related exposure) further add to this variability.

This is a growing and active field of clinical research, with several reports on PK, PD, pharmacovigilance and -safety, and pharmaco-epidemiology having been published. This clinical field is further supported by novelties in the methods that are currently available (low-volume sample analysis, population PK analysis, physiology-based PK).

Date: 5 May 2023, at 11:00 a.m. CEST | 5:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
ID: 880 0570 9862

Chair and Speakers

Program:

Relevant SI

Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert, Dr. Nadir Yalcin, Dr. Robert B. Flint and Dr. Sinno H.P. Simons
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2023

This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.

Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.

On 7 April 2023—World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) will observe its 75th anniversary. In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded the WHO to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable, so that everyone, everywhere, can attain the highest level of health and well-being. The WHO’s 75th anniversary is an opportunity to look back at public health successes that have improved quality of life over the last seven decades. It is also an opportunity to motivate action to tackle the health challenges of today and tomorrow. In order to encourage everyone to understand health and pay attention to health, we have also curated a list of publications on topics related to universal health coverage, healthy diet, and mental health. We also want to remind everyone that all research published in MDPI journals is available in an open access format, allowing practitioners, policy makers, and people around the world to access the latest scientific knowledge to build upon and share. Although we still have a long way to go to achieve universal health, this day also provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made and inspire further action toward a more just and equitable world. Join us on a journey at MDPI to achieve Health for All.

• The Antioxidant Potential of the Mediterranean Diet as a Predictor of Weight Loss after a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) in Women with Overweight and Obesity

  Antioxidants 2023, 12(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12010018

• Effectiveness of Non-Contact Dietary Coaching in Adults with Diabetes or Prediabetes Using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020252

• The Association between Advanced Liver Fibrosis and Mortality Is Modified by Dietary Quality among Korean Adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with Mortality Data

  Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1501; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061501

• Physical Exercise and Diet: Regulation of Gut Microbiota to Prevent and Treat Metabolic Disorders to Maintain Health

  Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1539; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061539

• Modelling and Prediction of the Spread of COVID-19 in Cameroon and Assessing the Governmental Measures (March–September 2020)

  COVID 2021, 1(3), 622-644; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid1030052

• SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers of Trieste (North-Eastern Italy), 1 October 2020–7 February 2022: Occupational Risk and the Impact of the Omicron Variant

  Viruses 2022, 14(8), 1663; https://doi.org/10.3390/v14081663

• Vaccination Coverage during Childhood and Adolescence among Undergraduate Health Science Students in Greece

  Children 2022, 9(10), 1553; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101553

• Determinants of Equity in Coverage of Measles-Containing Vaccines in Wales, UK, during the Elimination Era

  Vaccines 2023, 11(3), 680; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030680

• Sex Differences in Substance Use, Prevalence, Pharmacological Therapy, and Mental Health in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  Brain Sci. 2022, 12(5), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050590

• Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework

  Children 2023, 10(3), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548

• Psychological Health and Drugs: Data-Driven Discovery of Causes, Treatments, Effects, and Abuses

  Toxics 2023, 11(3), 287; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030287

• Characterizing Touch Discrimination Impairment from Pooled Stroke Samples Using the Tactile Discrimination Test: Updated Criteria for Interpretation and Brief Test Version for Use in Clinical Practice Settings

  Brain Sci. 2023, 13(4), 533; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13040533

Conference: 29th Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research
Date: 12–15 June 2023
Place: Torino, Italy

MDPI will be attending the 29th Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, held in Torino, Italy, from 12 to 15 June 2023. This conference aims to achieve an in-depth exchange of the latest research results in the field of basic research, clinical application, cutting-edge technology, and industrial development in the field of cancer research over the year. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Cells;
• Cancers;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Current Oncology;
• Diagnostics;
• Geriatrics;
• Healthcare;
• JCM;
• Medical Sciences.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://www.eacr2023.org/.

This conference organized by the British Pharmacological Society and International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacologists (IUPHAR) will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 2 July to 7 July 2023. The topic of the conference focuses on pharmacology and drug discovery, research, and development, and the conference will include six days of symposia, keynote lectures, workshops, and debates. Discover the latest in pharmacology research and developments across 10 content themes.

Pharmaceuticals (ISSN: 1424-8247) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal of medicinal chemistry and related drug sciences, published monthly online by MDPI. Pharmaceuticals will participate in this event as an exhibitor together with nine other MDPI journals, among which Pharmaceuticals, Journal of Personalized Medicine and Biomedicines will have journal representatives at our booth.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Pharmaceuticals (leading journal);
• Biomedicines;
• JPM;
• JCM;
• Marine Drugs;
• Children;
• Current Oncology;
• BioMedInformatics;
• JoX;
• Rheumato.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #A22. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://wcp2023.org/ or contact the Pharmaceuticals Editorial Office at pharmaceuticals@mdpi.com.

Children (ISSN 2227-9067) has launched the Section “Child Neurology”, which is dedicated to publishing papers on the diagnosis and treatment of child and adolescent neurological disorders. These include diagnosis, therapy, supportive care, long-term outcomes, epidemiology and disease prevention, and the economic impact of pediatric neurological disorders (both on the patient and the healthcare system).

We welcome you to read the highly cited and highly accessed Special Issues. As Children is an Open Access publication, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal.

1. “Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry in Infancy and Early Childhood Development”
Edited by Michelle de Haan
Webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/Neuroscience_Neuropsychiatry_Infancy_Childhood
Viewed by 6,714 | Cited by 3

2. “Cognitive and Linguistic Development in Children and Adolescents”
Edited by Irene Cadime, Iolanda Ribeiro and Maria Luisa Lorusso
Webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/U4024A0PGF
Viewed by 6,437 | Cited by 1

3. “Advances in Autism Research: Diagnosis, Treatment and Best Practices”
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We are pleased to announce that the 31st World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI) has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067). The conference will provide ample opportunities for networking both professionally and socially.

Conference date: 23–25 November 2023
Place: Vienna, Austria

The World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility (COGI) is a ‘concept congress’ dealing mainly with controversial issues in the broad field of women’s health, in the format of debates and discussions, and allowing ample time for speaker–participant interaction. The congress gives key opinion leaders from around the world the opportunity to effectively debate clinical and therapeutic dilemmas and other key issues facing clinicians in their daily practice.

The COGI Congress aims to provide a forum of the highest standard for scientific, educational, and social exchange between professionals involved in women’s health, and to continue its mission to promote research and education and to disseminate new knowledge.

For more details, please visit the following link: https://cogi-congress.org/general-information/.

Children Editorial Office

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

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During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

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We are pleased to announce that the 49th Annual Conference for International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD 2023) has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067). The conference will provide ample opportunities for networking professionally and socially.

Conference date: 18–21 October 2023
Place: Rotterdam, Netherlands

The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) is a professional organization whose aims are to promote clinical and basic science, research, education and advocacy in children, adolescents and young adults with diabetes. The strength of ISPAD lies in the scientific and clinical expertise in childhood and adolescent diabetes of its members. ISPAD is the only international society focusing specifically on all types of childhood diabetes.

For more details, please visit the following link: https://www.ispad.org/.

Children Editorial Office

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Paul R. Carney has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Name: Prof. Paul R. Carney
Affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Child Health, the University of Missouri at Columbia, USA
Interests: children’s health; pediatric sleep medicine; pediatric epilepsy; biomedical engineering

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Paul R. Carney, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and Open Access publishing:

Part I—Regarding the journal Children:

What appealed to you about the journal Children that made you want to take the role of its Editor-in-Chief?
The quality and impact of articles that the journal Children publishes, such as the last 3 focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents in terms of school closures, risk assessment, and impact on children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders is what initially appealed to me.

What are the expectations you have for this journal? What perspective do you think the journal will bring to the related fields?
I feel that this journal’s perspective that focuses on informing about recent issues affecting youth and children is needed and adds a perspective that was missing.

What do you think of the development of Open Access in publishing?
Open Access, in my opinion, is one way of gaining fresh perspectives on important subjects that affect so many youths and children. Without Open Access, we might miss some of these essential new perspectives.

Part II—Regarding the main fields of interest:

Can you share your career development story briefly? For example, what cases have influenced you the most?
Something that comes to mind is the demand for effective treatments from parents who do not stop trying to push us doctors and researchers to keep searching and researching to improve the quality of their children’s lives. This is how, in Florida, I became involved in the study of cannabidiol for untreatable seizures through a Florida Department of Health grant to study its effectiveness and safety.

As a researcher in children’s health, what are the latest developments in your field?
Some of the latest developments include better medications for seizures, including better drug treatments, surgery, brain stimulation, and precision medicine.

Do you have any valuable suggestions you would like to share with young students and early career researchers?
I would suggest that we listen to the parents and to the youth and children. What do they most need from us to help make their life quality better? If we follow their lead, we will be on the right track.

We wish Prof. Paul R. Carney every success in his new position, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

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• Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
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   by Zenon Pogorelić, Jakov Mihanović, Stipe Ninčević, Bruna Lukšić, Sara Elezović Baloević and Ozren Polašek
   Children 2021, 8(4), 309; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040309
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/309
2. “Dynamic and Static Splinting for Treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: A Systematic Review”
   by Vito Pavone, Claudia de Cristo, Andrea Vescio, Ludovico Lucenti, Marco Sapienza, Giuseppe Sessa, Piero Pavone and Gianluca Testa
   Children 2021, 8(2), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020104
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/104
3. “Musculoskeletal Pathology in Cerebral Palsy: A Classification System and Reliability Study”
   by H. Kerr Graham, Pam Thomason, Kate Willoughby, Tandy Hastings-Ison, Renee Van Stralen, Benan Dala-Ali, Peter Wong and Erich Rutz
   Children 2021, 8(3), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030252
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/252
4. “Consequences of COVID-19 Lockdown on Children and Their Pets: Dangerous Increase of Dog Bites among the Paediatric Population”
   by Giovanni Parente, Tommaso Gargano, Marco Di Mitri, Sara Cravano, Eduje Thomas, Marzia Vastano, Michela Maffi, Michele Libri and Mario Lima
   Children 2021, 8(8), 620; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080620
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/620
5. “Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Repair of Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Using Percutaneous Internal Ring Suturing”
   by Zenon Pogorelić, Dario Huskić, Tin Čohadžić, Miro Jukić and Tomislav Šušnjar
   Children 2021, 8(4), 294; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040294
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/294
6. “Abdominal Wall Defects—Current Treatments”
   by Isabella N. Bielicki, Stig Somme, Giovanni Frongia, Stefan G. Holland-Cunz and Raphael N. Vuille-dit-Bille
   Children 2021, 8(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020170
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/170
7. “Novel Treatments and Technologies Applied to the Cure of Neuroblastoma”
   by Irene Paraboschi, Laura Privitera, Gabriela Kramer-Marek, John Anderson and Stefano Giuliani
   Children 2021, 8(6), 482; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060482
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/482
8. “Effects on Recovery of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Propofol versus Ketofol for Short—Lasting Laparoscopic Procedures”
   by Ana Nevešćanin Biliškov, Božena Ivančev and Zenon Pogorelić
   Children 2021, 8(7), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070610
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/610
9. “The Safety and Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy Using 3-mm Electrocautery Hook versus Open Surgery for Treatment of Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in Infants”
   by Zenon Pogorelić, Ana Zelić, Miro Jukić and Carlos Martin Llorente Muñoz
   Children 2021, 8(8), 701; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080701
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/701
10. “Chronological Age in Different Bone Development Stages: A Retrospective Comparative Study”
    by Abel Emanuel Moca, Luminit Ligia Vaida, Rahela Tabita Moca, Anamaria Violeta Tutuianu,Călin Florin Bochis, Sergiu Alin Bochis, Diana Carina Iovanovici and Bianca Maria Negrutiu
    Children 2021, 8(2), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020142
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/142

1. “Factors Affecting the Quality of Sleep in Children”
   by Ahmad Fadzil
   Children 2021, 8(2), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020122
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/122
2. “The Effect of Adenotonsillectomy on Children’s Behavior and Cognitive Performance with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: State of the Art”
   by Paola Di Mauro, Salvatore Cocuzza, Antonino Maniaci, Salvatore Ferlito, Deborak Rasà, Roberta Anzivino, Claudio Vicini, Giannicola Iannella and Ignazio La Mantia
   Children 2021, 8(10), 921; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100921
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/10/921
3. “Sleep and the General Behavior of Infants and Parents during the Closure of Schools as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison with 2019 Data”
   by Yasuaki Shinomiya, Arika Yoshizaki, Emi Murata, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Masako Taniike and Ikuko Mohri
   Children 2021, 8(2), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020168
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/168
4. “Change of Internet Use and Bedtime among Junior High School Students after Long-Term School Closure Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic”
   by Hideki Nakayama, Takanobu Matsuzaki, Satoko Mihara, Takashi Kitayuguchi and Susumu Higuchi
   Children 2021, 8(6), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060480
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/480
5. “Which Is More Important for Health: Sleep Quantity or Sleep Quality?”
   by Jun Kohyama
   Children 2021, 8(7), 542; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070542
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/542
6. “A Longitudinal Study of Subjective Daytime Sleepiness Changes in Elementary School Children Following a Temporary School Closure Due to COVID-19”
   by Yoko Komada, Yoshiki Ishibashi, Shunta Hagiwara, Mariko Kobori and Akiyoshi Shimura
   Children 2021, 8(3), 183; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030183
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/183
7. “Predicting Treatment Outcomes Using Explainable Machine Learning in Children with Asthma”
   by Mario Lovri ́c, Ivana Bani ́c, Emanuel Laci ́c, Kristina Pavlovi ́c, Roman Kern and Mirjana Turkalj
   Children 2021, 8(5), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050376
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/376
8. “Sleep Quality and Duration in European Adolescents (The AdolesHealth Study): A Cross-Sectional, Quantitative Study”
   by Pablo Galan-Lopez, Raúl Domínguez, Thordis Gísladóttir, Antonio J. Sánchez-Oliver, Maret Pihu, Francis Ries and Markos Klonizakis
   Children 2021, 8(3), 188; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030188
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/188
9. “Calprotectin: An Ignored Biomarker of Neutrophilia in Pediatric Respiratory Diseases”
   by Grigorios Chatziparasidis and Ahmad Kantar
   Children 2021, 8(6), 428; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060428
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/428
10. “The Link between Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)”
    by Gino Luis Urbano, Bea Janine Tablizo, Youmna Moufarrej, Mary Anne Tablizo, Maida Lynn Chen and Manisha Witmans
    Children 2021, 8(9), 824; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090824
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/9/824

1. “Diagnostic Accuracy of 3D Ultrasound and Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Pediatric Wrist Injuries”
   by Jack Zhang, Naveenjyote Boora, Sarah Melendez, Abhilash Rakkunedeth Hareendranathan and Jacob Jaremko
   Children 2021, 8(6), 431; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060431
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/431
2. “Effect of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Pediatric Patients’ Admissions to the Emergency Department in an Italian Orthopedic Trauma Hub”
   by Fabio Verdoni, Martina Ricci, Cristina Di Grigoli, Nicolò Rossi, Michele Davide Maria Lombardo, Domenico Curci, Riccardo Accetta, Marco Viganò, Giuseppe Maria Peretti and Laura Mangiavini
   Children 2021, 8(8), 645; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080645
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/645
3. “Is a Parry Fracture—An Isolated Fracture of the Ulnar Shaft—Associated with the Probability of Abuse in Children between 2 and 16 Years Old?”
   by Kyra Hermans, Duncan Fransz, Lisette Walbeehm-Hol, Paul Hustinx and Heleen Staal
   Children 2021, 8(8), 650; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080650
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/650
4. “Analysis of Clinical Outcome and Predictors of Mortality in Pediatric Trauma Population: Evidence from a 10 Year Analysis in a Single Center”
   by Ya-Chih Yang, Tsung-Han Hsieh, Chi-Yuan Liu, Chun-Yu Chang, Yueh-Tseng Hou, Po-Chen Lin, Yu-Long Chen, Da-Sen Chien, Giou-Teng Yiang and Meng-Yu Wu
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   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/688
5. “Diagnosis and Treatment for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures with Brachial Artery Injuries”
   by Tu Ngoc Vu, Son Hong Duy Phung, Long Hoang Vo and Uoc Huu Nguyen
   Children 2021, 8(10), 933; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100933
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/10/933

1. “Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N) Associated with Prenatal Maternal SARS-CoV-2: A Case Series”
   by Ravindra Pawar, Vijay Gavade, Nivedita Patil, Vijay Mali, Amol Girwalkar, Vyankatesh Tarkasband, Sanjog Loya, Amit Chavan, Narendra Nanivadekar and Rahul Shinde et al.
   Children 2021, 8(7), 572; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070572
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/572
2. “Efficacy of Intact Cord Resuscitation Compared to Immediate Cord Clamping on Cardiorespiratory Adaptation at Birth in Infants with Isolated Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CHIC)”
   by Kévin Le Duc, Sébastien Mur, Thameur Rakza, Mohamed Riadh Boukhris, Céline Rousset, Pascal Vaast, Nathalie Westlynk, Estelle Aubry, Dyuti Sharma and Laurent Storme
   Children 2021, 8(5), 339; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050339
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/339
3. “Effect of a Larger Flush Volume on Bioavailability and Efficacy of Umbilical Venous Epinephrine during Neonatal Resuscitation in Ovine Asphyxial Arrest”
   by Deepika Sankaran, Payam Vali, Praveen Chandrasekharan, Peggy Chen, Sylvia F. Gugino, Carmon Koenigsknecht, Justin Helman, Jayasree Nair, Bobby Mathew, and Munmun Rawat et al.
   Children 2021, 8(6), 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060464
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/464
4. “The Role of Lung Ultrasound in the Management of the Critically Ill Neonate—A Narrative Review and Practical Guide”
   by Lukas Aichhorn, Erik Küng, Lisa Habrina, Tobias Werther, Angelika Berger, Berndt Urlesberger and Bernhard Schwaberger
   Children 2021, 8(8), 628; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080628
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/628
5. “Resuscitation with an Intact Cord Enhances Pulmonary Vasodilation and Ventilation with Reduction in Systemic Oxygen Exposure and Oxygen Load in an Asphyxiated Preterm Ovine Model”
   by Praveen Chandrasekharan, Sylvia Gugino, Justin Helman, Carmon Koenigsknecht, Lori Nielsen, Nicole Bradley, Jayasree Nair, Vikash Agrawal, Mausma Bawa and Andreina Mari et al.
   Children 2021, 8(4), 307; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040307
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/307
6. “Comparison of Heart Rate Feedback from Dry-Electrode ECG, 3-Lead ECG, and Pulse Oximetry during Newborn Resuscitation”
   by Siren Rettedal, Joar Eilevstjønn, Amalie Kibsgaard, Jan Terje Kvaløy and Hege Ersdal
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1092; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121092
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1092
7. “How to Provide Motherside Neonatal Resuscitation with Intact Placental Circulation?”
   by David Hutchon, Simone Pratesi, and Anup Katheria
   Children 2021, 8(4), 291; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040291
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/291
8. “The Importance of Rhythmic Stimulation for Preterm Infants in the NICU”
   by Joëlle Provasi, Loreline Blanc and Isabelle Carchon
   Children 2021, 8(8), 660; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080660
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/660
9. “Psychological Wellbeing of Parents with Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic”
   by Laura Polloni, Francesco Cavallin, Elisabetta Lolli, Rossana Schiavo, Martina Bua, Biancarosa Volpe, Marta Meneghelli, Eugenio Baraldi and Daniele Trevisanuto
   Children 2021, 8(9), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090755
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/9/755
10. “Impact of COVID-19 Mitigation Policy in South Korea on the Reduction of Preterm or Low Birth Weight Birth Rate: A Single Center Experience”
    by Sae-Yun Kim, So-Young Kim, Kicheol Kil and Young Lee
    Children 2021, 8(5), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050332
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/332

1. “Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Bronchiolitis Hospitalizations: The Experience of an Italian Tertiary Center”
   by Giacomo Stera, Luca Pierantoni, Riccardo Masetti, Davide Leardini, Carlotta Biagi, Danilo Buonsenso, Andrea Pession and Marcello Lanari
   Children 2021, 8(7), 556; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070556
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/556
2. “The Relationship between COVID-19 and Innate Immunity in Children: A Review”
   by Piero Valentini, Giorgio Sodero and Danilo Buonsenso
   Children 2021, 8(4), 266; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040266
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/266
3. “COVID-19 and Inherited Metabolic Disorders: One-Year Experience of a Referral Center”
   by Albina Tummolo, Giulia Paterno, Annamaria Dicintio, Pasquale Stefanizzi, Livio Melpignano and Maurizio Aricò
   Children 2021, 8(9), 781; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090781
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/9/781
4. “Diagnostic Performance of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test in a Large, German Cohort”
   by Olivier Mboma, Elmar Rieke, Parviz Ahmad-Nejad, Stefan Wirth and Malik Aydin
   Children 2021, 8(8), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080682
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/682
5. “Early Microbial–Immune Interactions and Innate Immune Training of the Respiratory System during Health and Disease”
   by Gustavo Nino, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez and Maria J. Gutierrez
   Children 2021, 8(5), 413; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050413
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/413

1. “Safety and Effects of the Rapid Maxillary Expander on Temporomandibular Joint in Subjects Affected by Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Retrospective Study”
   by Andrea Abate, Davide Cavagnetto, Francesca Maria Emilia Rusconi, Paolo Cressoni and Luca Esposito
   Children 2021, 8(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010033
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/1/33
2. “Assessment of Genetical, Pre, Peri and Post Natal Risk Factors of Deciduous Molar Hypomineralization (DMH), Hypomineralized Second Primary Molar (HSPM) and Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH): A Narrative Review”
   by Andrea Butera, Carolina Maiorani, Annalaura Morandini, Manuela Simonini, Stefania Morittu, Stefania Barbieri, Ambra Bruni, Antonia Sinesi, Maria Ricci, Julia Trombini et al.
   Children 2021, 8(6), 432; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060432
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/432
3. “Oral Health Status and Patterns of Dental Service Utilization of Adolescents in Lesotho, Southern Africa”
   by Abbas Jessani, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Pulane Lefoka, Abdul El-Rabbany, Kirsten Hooper, Hyun Ja Lim, Eketsang Ndobe, Mario Brondani and Denise M. Laronde
   Children 2021, 8(2), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020120
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/120
4. “Etiology of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH): A Cross-Sectional Study of Saudi Children”
   by Latifa Alhowaish, Laila Baidas, Mohammed Aldhubaiban, Lanre L. Bello and Nouf Al-Hammad
   Children 2021, 8(6), 466; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060466
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/466
5. “Conservative Treatment of Complicated Crown Fracture and Crown-Root Fracture of Young Permanent Incisor—A Case Report with 24-Month Follow-Up”
   by David Marinčák, Vojtěch Doležel, Michal Přibyl, Iva Voborná, Ivo Marek, Jiří Šedý and Radovan Žižka
   Children 2021, 8(9), 725; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090725
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/9/725
6. “Views of Indian Migrants on Adaptation of Child Oral Health Leaflets: A Qualitative Study”
   by Amit Arora, Roneel Maharaj, Seemagni Naidu, Ritesh Chimoriya, Sameer Bhole, Simone Nash and Charlotte Jones
   Children 2021, 8(1), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010028
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/1/28
7. “Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study”
   by Juan José Villalobos-Rodelo, Martha Mendoza-Rodríguez, Rosalina Islas-Zarazúa, Sonia Márquez-Rodríguez, Mariana Mora-Acosta, América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola, María de Lourdes Márquez-Corona, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís and Gerardo Maupomé
   Children 2021, 8(2), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020099
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/99
8. “Self-Reported Dental Caries by Mexican Elementary and Middle-School Schoolchildren in the Context of Socioeconomic Indicators: A National Ecological Study”
   by Juan Fernando Casanova-Rosado, Alejandro José Casanova-Rosado, Mirna Minaya-Sánchez, Juan Alejandro Casanova-Sarmiento, José Luis Robles-Minaya, Sonia Márquez-Rodríguez, Mariana Mora-Acosta, Rosalina Islas-Zarazúa, María de Lourdes Márquez-Corona and Leticia Ávila-Burgos et al.
   Children 2021, 8(4), 289; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040289
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/289
9. “The Most Common Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms (ApaI,FokI, TaqI, BsmI, and BglI) in Children with Dental Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
   by Masoud Sadeghi, Amin Golshah, Mostafa Godiny, Roohollah Sharifi, Atefeh Khavid, Nafiseh Nikkerdar and Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla
   Children 2021, 8(4), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040302
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/302
10. “Does Dental Fear in Children Predict Untreated Dental Caries? An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study”
    by Suman Panda, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Imtinan H. Hadi, Rafaa M. Jably, Aisha M. Hamzi and Mohammed A. Jafer
    Children 2021, 8(5), 382; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050382
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/382

1. “Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Know So Far?”
   by Bibhuti B. Das, William B. Moskowitz, Mary B. Taylor and April Palmer
   Children 2021, 8(7), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070607
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/607
2. “Cardiac Manifestations in Children with SARS-COV-2 Infection: 1-Year Pediatric Multicenter Experience”
   by Nicoletta Cantarutti, Virginia Battista, Rachele Adorisio, Marianna Cicenia, Claudia Campanello, Elisa Listo, Andrea Campana, Gianluca Trocchio and Fabrizio Drago
   Children 2021, 8(8), 717; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080717
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/717
3. “Single Ventricle—A Comprehensive Review”
   by P. Syamasundar Rao
   Children 2021, 8(6), 441; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060441
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/441
4. “Cardiothoracic CTA in Infants Referred for Aortic Arch Evaluation—Retrospective Comparison of Iomeprol 350, Ioversol 350, Iopromide 370 and Iodixanol 320”
   by Marian Pop
   Children 2021, 8(11), 949; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8110949
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/949
5. “SARS-CoV-2 Myocarditis in a High School Athlete after COVID-19 and Its Implications for Clearance for Sports”
   by Bibhuti B. Das
   Children 2021, 8(6), 427; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060427
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/427
   

1. “Current Insights into Atopic March”
   by Mitsuru Tsuge, Masanori Ikeda, Naomi Matsumoto, Takashi Yorifuji and Hirokazu Tsukahara
   Children 2021, 8(11), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8111067
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1067
2. “Barrier Impairment and Type 2 Inflammation in Allergic Diseases: The Pediatric Perspective”
   by Michele Ghezzi, Elena Pozzi, Luisa Abbattista, Luisa Lonoce, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti and Enza D’Auria
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1165; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121165
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1165
3. “NOD2 Mutation-Associated Case with Blau Syndrome Triggered by BCG Vaccination”
   by Akiko Arakawa, Naotomo Kambe, Ryuta Nishikomori, Akiyo Tanabe, Masamichi Ueda, Chikako Nishigori, Yoshiki Miyachi and Nobuo Kanazawa
   Children 2021, 8(2), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020117
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/117
4. “An Overview of the Relevance of IgG4 Antibodies in Allergic Disease with a Focus on Food Allergens”
   by Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, Behnam Keshavarz, Jeffrey M. Wilson, Rung-chi Li, Peter W. Heymann, Diane R. Gold, Emily C. McGowan and Elizabeth A. Erwin
   Children 2021, 8(5), 418; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050418
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/418
5. “Acute Mild Pancreatitis Following COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in an Adolescent”
   by Ahmad Kantar, Manuela Seminara, Marta Odoni and Ilaria Dalla Verde
   Children 2022, 9(1), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010029
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/29

1. “Influence of a Child’s Cancer on the Functioning of Their Family”
   by Anna Lewandowska
   Children 2021, 8(7), 592; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070592
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/592
2. “Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances in Pediatric Cancer Patients and Their Diagnosis and Management”
   by Irtiza N. Sheikh, Michael Roth and Peter L. Stavinoha
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1100; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121100
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1100
3. “Educational Pain Points for Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors: Review of Risks and Remedies ”
   by Peter L. Stavinoha, Thuy Trinh-Wong, Laura N. Rodriguez, Chawncey M. Stewart and Kris Frost
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1125;https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121125
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1125
4. “Pediatric and Adult Low-Grade Gliomas: Where Do the Differences Lie?”
   by Ladina Greuter, Raphael Guzman and Jehuda Soleman
   Children 2021, 8(11), 1075; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8111075
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1075
5. “Parental Pesticide Exposure and Childhood Brain Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Confirming the IARC/WHO Monographs on Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides”
   by Joseph Feulefack, Aiza Khan, Francesco Forastiere and Consolato M. Sergi
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1096; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121096
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1096

1. “Obesity in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Androniki Stavridou, Evangelia Kapsali, Eleni Panagouli, Athanasios Thirios, Konstantinos Polychronis, Flora Bacopoulou, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Maria Tsolia, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020135
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/135
2. “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Interrelation of Physical Activity, Screen Time and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in Germany: Results of the Motorik-Modul Study”
   by Kathrin Wunsch, Carina Nigg, Claudia Niessner, Steffen C. E. Schmidt, Doris Oriwol, Anke Hanssen-Doose, Alexander Burchartz, Ana Eichsteller, Simon Kolb, Annette Worth et al.
   Children 2021, 8(2), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020098
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/98
3. ““You Can’t Go to the Park, You Can’t Go Here, You Can’t Go There”: Exploring Parental Experiences of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Their Children’s Movement Behaviours”
   by Negin A. Riazi, Kelly Wunderlich, Madelaine Gierc, Mariana Brussoni, Sarah A. Moore, Mark S. Tremblay and Guy Faulkner
   Children 2021, 8(3), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030219
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/219
4. “Changes in Healthy Behaviors and Meeting 24-h Movement Guidelines in Spanish and Brazilian Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Lockdown”
   by José Francisco López-Gil, Mark S. Tremblay and Javier Brazo-Sayavera
   Children 2021, 8(2), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020083
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/83
5. “Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Children’s Motor Competence”
   by André Pombo, Carlos Luz, Cristina de Sá, Luis Paulo Rodrigues and Rita Cordovil
   Children 2021, 8(3), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030199
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/199
6. “Dietary Sugar Intake and Its Association with Obesity in Children and Adolescents”
   by Emmanuella Magriplis, George Michas, Evgenia Petridi, George P. Chrousos, Eleftheria Roma, Vassiliki Benetou, Nikos Cholopoulos, Renata Micha, Demosthenes Panagiotakos and Antonis Zampelas
   Children 2021, 8(8), 676; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080676
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/676
7. “Effect of Air Pollution on Obesity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
   by Nichapa Parasin, Teerachai Amnuaylojaroen and Surasak Saokaew
   Children 2021, 8(5), 327; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050327
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/327
8. “Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4–5 Years”
   by Rubén Navarro-Patón, Marcos Mecías-Calvo, José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández and Víctor Arufe-Giráldez
   Children 2021, 8(2), 115;https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020115
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/115
9. “Differences on Motor Competence in 4-Year-Old Boys and Girls Regarding the Quarter of Birth: Is There a Relative Age Effect?”
   by Rubén Navarro-Patón, Víctor Arufe-Giráldez, Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodríguez and Marcos Mecías-Calvo
   Children 2021, 8(2), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020141
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/141
10. “The Role of Preschool Hours in Achieving Physical Activity Recommendations for Preschoolers”
    by Sara Lahuerta-Contell, Javier Molina-García, Ana Queralt and Vladimir E. Martínez-Bello
    Children 2021, 8(2), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020082
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/82

1. “Online Videogames Use and Anxiety in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Concetta De Pasquale , Matteo Chiappedi, Federica Sciacca, Valentina Martinelli and Zira Hichy
   Children 2021, 8(3), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030205
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/205
2. “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Adaptive Functioning, Behavioral Problems, and Repetitive Behaviors of Italian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Observational Study”
   by Martina Siracusano, Eugenia Segatori, Assia Riccioni, Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti, Paolo Curatolo
   and Luigi Mazzone
   Children 2021, 8(2), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020096
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/96
3. “Reading Skills of Children with Dyslexia Improved Less Than Expected during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy”
   by Ilaria Maria Carlotta Baschenis, Laura Farinotti, Elena Zavani, Serena Grumi, Patrizia Bernasconi, Enrica Rosso, Livio Provenzi, Renato Borgatti, Cristiano Termine and Matteo Chiappedi
   Children 2021, 8(7), 560; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070560
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/560
4. “School Performance among Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review”
   by Eleni Panagouli, Androniki Stavridou, Christina Savvidi, Anastasia Kourti, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121134
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1134
5. “Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
   by Dulce Romero-Ayuso, Abel Toledano-González, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Martínez, Palma Arroyo-Castillo, José Matías Triviño-Juárez, Pascual González, Patrocinio Ariza-Vega, Antonio Del Pino González and Antonio Segura-Fragoso
   Children 2021, 8(2), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020070
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/70
6. “Update on Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in Children and Adolescents”
   by Serena Massa, Adriana Fracchiolla, Cosimo Neglia, Alberto Argentiero and Susanna Esposito
   Children 2021, 8(4), 280; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040280
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/280
7. “Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Repetitive Behaviors and Adaptive Functioning”
   by Martina Siracusano, Valentina Postorino, Assia Riccioni, Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti, Monica Terribili, Paolo Curatolo and Luigi Mazzone
   Children 2021, 8(5), 325; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050325
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/325
8. “Dyslexia Telerehabilitation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Rhythm-Based Intervention for Reading”
   by Alice Cancer, Daniela Sarti, Marinella De Salvatore, Elisa Granocchio, Daniela Pia Rosaria Chieffo
   and Alessandro Antonietti
   Children 2021, 8(11), 1011; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8111011
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1011
9. “Association between CCC-2 and Structural Language, Pragmatics, Social Cognition, and Executive Functions in Children with Developmental Language Disorder”
   by Clara Andrés-Roqueta, Irene Garcia-Molina and Raquel Flores-Buils
   Children 2021, 8(2), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020123
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/123
10. “Using Stakeholder Involvement, Expert Knowledge and Naturalistic Implementation to Co-Design a Complex Intervention to Support Children’s Inclusion and Participation in Schools: The CIRCLE Framework”
    by Donald Maciver, Cathleen Hunter, Lorna Johnston and Kirsty Forsyth
    Children 2021, 8(3), 217; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030217
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/217

1. “Associations between Parenting Style and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 11–17 Years: Results of the KiGGS Cohort Study (Second Follow-Up)”
   by Özge Azman, Elvira Mauz, Matthias Reitzle, Raimund Geene, Heike Hölling and Petra Rattay
   Children 2021, 8(8), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080672
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/672
2. “School Satisfaction and Happiness in 10-Year-Old Children from Seven European Countries”
   by Diego Gómez-Baya, Francisco José García-Moro, Alicia Muñoz-Silva and Nuria Martín-Romero
   Children 2021, 8(5), 370; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050370
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/370
3. “Behavioral Inhibition in Childhood: European Portuguese Adaptation of an Observational Measure (Lab-TAB)”
   by Luís Faísca , Laura I. Ferreira , Catarina C. Fernandes, Jeffrey R. Gagne and Ana T. Martins
   Children 2021, 8(2), 162; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020162
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/162
4. “Family Functioning in Families of Adolescents with Mental Health Disorders: The Role of Parenting Alliance”
   by Sofía Baena, Lucía Jiménez, Bárbara Lorence and Ma Victoria Hidalgo
   Children 2021, 8(3), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030222
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/222
5. “Prevalence and Correlates of Mental Health Problems among Chinese Adolescents with Frequent Peer Victimization Experiences”
   by Liuyue Huang, Kaixin Liang, Weiwei Jiang, Qiaomin Huang, Na Gong and Xinli Chi
   Children 2021, 8(5), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050403
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/403
6. “Parenting Styles, Coparenting, and Early Child Adjustment in Separated Families with Child Physical Custody Processes Ongoing in Family Court”
   by Mónica Pires and Mariana Martins
   Children 2021, 8(8), 629; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080629
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/629
7. “Psychological Distress Symptoms and Resilience Assets in Adolescents in Residential Care”
   by Ida Lemos, Marta Brás, Mariana Lemos and Cristina Nunes
   Children 2021, 8(8), 700; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8080700
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/700
8. “The Influence of Parental Perfectionism and Parenting Styles on Child Perfectionism”
   by Cláudia Carmo, Diana Oliveira, Marta Brás and Luís Faísca
   Children 2021, 8(9), 777; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090777
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/9/777
9. “Psychometric Properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-Dysregulation Profile in Italian Early Adolescents”
   by Valentina Levantini, Eleonora Cei, Gennarina Pirri and Pietro Muratori
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1123; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121123
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1123
10. “The Impact of Extended E-Learning on Emotional Well-Being of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia”
    by Sehar-un-Nisa Hassan, Fahad D. Algahtani, Mohammad Raafat Atteya, Ali A. Almishaal, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Sofian T. Obeidat, Reham Mohamed Kamel and Rania Fathy Mohamed
    Children 2022, 9(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010013
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/13

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

Scientists at Stanford University have recently published an update of their list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 65 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) were featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2022.

The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of these scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievements and thank them for their immense contributions to the scientific progression and development of Children.

Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological, and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

The publication focuses on sharing clinical, epidemiological, and translational science relevant to children’s health. Moreover, the primary goals of the publication are to highlight under‑represented pediatric disciplines, to emphasize interdisciplinary research, and to disseminate advances in knowledge in global child health. In addition to original research, the journal publishes expert editorials and commentaries, clinical case reports, and insightful communications reflecting the latest developments in pediatric medicine. By publishing meritorious articles as soon as the editorial review process is completed, rather than at predefined intervals, Children also permits rapid open access sharing of new information, allowing us to reach the broadest audience in the most expedient fashion.

Scope

Articles in Children include, but are not limited to:

• Public Health and Epidemiology;
• Global Health;
• General Pediatrics;
• Pediatric Subspecialties:
• Neurology;
• Developmental/Behavioral Medicine;
• Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine;
• Hematology-Oncology;
• Adolescent Medicine;
• Pulmonology;
• Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition;
• Surgery;
• Cardiology;
• Endocrinology;
• Critical Care Medicine;
• Urology;
• Sleep medicine;
• Allergy and Immunology;
• Genetics;
• Nephrology;
• Infectious Diseases;
• Emergency Medicine;
• Rheumatology;
• Ethics.
• Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine;
• Health Service and Health Policy Research.

In order to support the scientific community and contribute to the faster distribution of important scientific research, Children has cooperated with various academic conferences and is now seeking cooperation with additional academic conferences. The journal is open to a diverse range of collaborations, such as media partnerships, awards, exhibitions, and publications.

Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As they are open access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We invite you to read the most highly viewed papers published in 2021, listed below:

1. “Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Know So Far?”
   by Bibhuti B. Das, William B. Moskowitz, Mary B. Taylor and April Palmer
   Children 2021, 8(7), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070607
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/607
2. “School Performance among Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review”
   by Eleni Panagouli, Androniki Stavridou, Christina Savvidi, Anastasia Kourti, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121134
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1134
3. “Obesity in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Androniki Stavridou, Evangelia Kapsali, Eleni Panagouli, Athanasios Thirios, Konstantinos Polychronis, Flora Bacopoulou, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Maria Tsolia, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020135
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/135
4. “Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N) Associated with Prenatal Maternal SARS-CoV-2: A Case Series”
   by Ravindra Pawar, Vijay Gavade, Nivedita Patil, Vijay Mali, Amol Girwalkar, Vyankatesh Tarkasband, Sanjog Loya, Amit Chavan, Narendra Nanivadekar, Rahul Shinde et al.
   Children 2021, 8(7), 572; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070572
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/572
5. “The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review”
   by Sonia Chaabane, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Karima Chaabna, Ravinder Mamtani and Sohaila Cheema
   Children 2021, 8(5), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050415
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/415
6. “Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: A Narrative Review”
   by Chiara Monfredini, Francesco Cavallin, Paolo Ernesto Villani, Giuseppe Paterlini, Benedetta Allais and Daniele Trevisanuto
   Children 2021, 8(3), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030230
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/230
7. “Molecular Mechanisms of Maternal Diabetes Effects on Fetal and Neonatal Surfactant”
   by Hilal Yildiz Atar, John E. Baatz and Rita M. Ryan
   Children 2021, 8(4), 281; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040281
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/281
8. “Factors Affecting the Quality of Sleep in Children”
   by Ahmad Fadzil
   Children 2021, 8(2), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020122
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/122
9. “Social and Family Factors as Determinants of Sleep Habits in Japanese Elementary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Super Shokuiku School Project”
   by Satomi Sawa, Michikazu Sekine and Masaaki Yamada
   Children 2021, 8(2), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020110
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/110
10. “Evidence for the Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Preterm Infants”
    by Tobias Muehlbacher, Dirk Bassler and Manuel B. Bryant
    Children 2021, 8(4), 298; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040298
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/298

If you are an active researcher in this field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact the Children Editorial Office (children@mdpi.com).

Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As they are open access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We invite you to read the most highly cited papers published in 2021, listed below:

1. “Obesity in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Androniki Stavridou, Evangelia Kapsali, Eleni Panagouli, Athanasios Thirios, Konstantinos Polychronis, Flora Bacopoulou, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Maria Tsolia, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2022, 8(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020135
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/135
2. “The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review”
   by Sonia Chaabane, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Karima Chaabna, Ravinder Mamtani and Sohaila Cheema
   Children 2021, 8(5), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050415
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/415
3. “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Interrelation of Physical Activity, Screen Time and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents in Germany: Results of the Motorik-Modul Study”
   by Kathrin Wunsch, Carina Nigg, Claudia Niessner, Steffen C. E. Schmidt, Doris Oriwol, Anke Hanssen-Doose, Alexander Burchartz, Ana Eichsteller, Simon Kolb, Annette Worth et al.
   Children 2021, 8(2), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020098
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/98
4. ““You Can’t Go to the Park, You Can’t Go Here, You Can’t Go There”: Exploring Parental Experiences of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Their Children’s Movement Behaviours”
   by Negin A. Riazi, Kelly Wunderlich, Madelaine Gierc, Mariana Brussoni, Sarah A. Moore, Mark S. Tremblay and Guy Faulkner
   Children 2021, 8(3), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030219
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/219
5. “Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Know So Far?”
   by Bibhuti B. Das, William B. Moskowitz, Mary B. Taylor and April Palmer
   Children 2021, 8(7), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070607
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/607
6. “Changes in Healthy Behaviors and Meeting 24-h Movement Guidelines in Spanish and Brazilian Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Lockdown”
   by José Francisco López-Gil, Mark S. Tremblay and Javier Brazo-Sayavera
   Children 2021, 8(2), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020083
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/83
7. “Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N) Associated with Prenatal Maternal SARS-CoV-2: A Case Series”
   by Ravindra Pawar, Vijay Gavade, Nivedita Patil, Vijay Mali, Amol Girwalkar, Vyankatesh Tarkasband, Sanjog Loya, Amit Chavan, Narendra Nanivadekar, Rahul Shinde, Ravindra Pawar et al.
   Children 2021, 8(7), 572; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070572
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/572
8. “Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Children’s Motor Competence”
   by André Pombo, Carlos Luz, Cristina de Sá, Luis Paulo Rodrigues and Rita Cordovil
   Children 2021, 8(3), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030199
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/199
9. “Safety and Effects of the Rapid Maxillary Expander on Temporomandibular Joint in Subjects Affected by Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Retrospective Study”
   by Andrea Abate, Davide Cavagnetto, Francesca Maria Emilia Rusconi, Paolo Cressoni and Luca Esposito
   Children 2021, 8(1), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010033
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/1/33
10. “Validity of Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score in Distinguishing Perforated from Non-Perforated Appendicitis in Children”
    by Zenon Pogorelić, Jakov Mihanović, Stipe Ninčević, Bruna Lukšić, Sara Elezović Baloević and Ozren Polašek
    Children 2021, 8(4), 309; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040309
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/309

If you are an active researcher in this field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact the Children Editorial Office (children@mdpi.com).

Children is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As open-access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We invite you to read the most highly cited papers published in 2020 below:

1. Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Review of Clinical Presentation, Hypothetical Pathogenesis, and Proposed Management
   By Natasha A. Nakra, Dean A. Blumberg, Angel Herrera-Guerra and Satyan Lakshminrusimha.
   Children 2020, 7(7), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7070069
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/7/69
2. COVID-19 Impact on Behaviors across the 24-Hour Day in Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep
   By Lauren C. Bates, Gabriel Zieff, Kathleen Stanford, Justin B. Moore, Zachary Y. Kerr, Erik D. Hanson, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Christopher E. Kline and Lee Stoner
   Children 2020, 7(9), 138; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090138
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/138
3. Prevalence and Associated Factors of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties during COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
   By Jacqueline Nonweiler, Fiona Rattray, Jennifer Baulcomb, Francesca Happé and Michael Absoud
   Children 2020, 7(9), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090128
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/128
4. Risk Perception of COVID-19 Infection and Adherence to Preventive Measures among Adolescents and Young Adults
   By Xin Yu Yang, Rui Ning Gong, Samuel Sassine, Maxime Morsa, Alexandra Sonia Tchogna, Olivier Drouin, Nicholas Chadi and Prévost Jantchou.
   Children 2020, 7(12), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7120311
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/12/311
5. COVID-19: Neurological Considerations in Neonates and Children
   By Carl E. Stafstrom and Lauren L. Jantzie.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090133
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/133
6. Contextualizing Parental/Familial Influence on Physical Activity in Adolescents before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Analysis
   By Barbara Gilic, Ljerka Ostojic, Marin Corluka, Tomislav Volaric and Damir Sekulic.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090125
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/125
7. Family Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Childhood Trauma: Racial Differences
   By Shervin Assari
   Children 2020, 7(6), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7060057
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/6/57
8. High Levels of Stress Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic among Parents of Children with and without Chronic Conditions across the USA
   By Miranda A.L. van Tilburg, Emily Edlynn, Marina Maddaloni, Klaas van Kempen, Maria Díaz-González de Ferris and Jody Thomas.
   Children 2020, 7(10), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7100193
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/10/193
9. Effects of a Need-Supportive Motor Skill Intervention on Children’s Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity
   By Joonyoung Lee, Tao Zhang, Tsz Lun (Alan) Chu and Xiangli Gu.
   Children 2020, 7(3), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7030021
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/3/21
10. Prevalence and Selected Sociodemographic of Movement Behaviors in Schoolchildren from Low- and Middle-Income Families in Nanjing, China: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
    By Si-Tong Chen and Jin Yan.
    Children 2020, 7(2), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7020013
    https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/2/13

Children is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As open-access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We invite you to read the most highly viewed papers published in 2020 below:

1. Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Review of Clinical Presentation, Hypothetical Pathogenesis, and Proposed Management
   By Natasha A. Nakra, Dean A. Blumberg, Angel Herrera-Guerra and Satyan Lakshminrusimha.
   Children 2020, 7(7), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7070069
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/7/69
2. COVID-19 Impact on Behaviors across the 24-Hour Day in Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep
   By Lauren C. Bates, Gabriel Zieff, Kathleen Stanford, Justin B. Moore, Zachary Y. Kerr, Erik D. Hanson, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Christopher E. Kline and Lee Stoner.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 138; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090138
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/138
3. Prevalence and Associated Factors of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties during COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
   By Jacqueline Nonweiler, Fiona Rattray, Jennifer Baulcomb, Francesca Happé and Michael Absoud.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090128
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/128
4. Socio-Economic and Environmental Determinants of Malnutrition in under Three Children: Evidence from PDHS-2018
   By Muhammad Shahid, Yang Cao, Muhammad Shahzad, Rafit Saheed, Umara Rauf, Madeeha Gohar Qureshi, Abdullah Hasnat, Asma Bibi and Farooq Ahmed
   Children 2022, 9(3), 361; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030361
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/361
5. Family Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Childhood Trauma: Racial Differences
   By Shervin Assari.
   Children 2020, 7(6), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7060057
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/6/57
6. COVID-19: Neurological Considerations in Neonates and Children
   By Carl E. Stafstrom and Lauren L. Jantzie.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090133
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/133
7. Caudal Regression Syndrome
   By Ranjit I. Kylat and Mohammad Bader.
   Children 2020, 7(11), 211; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7110211
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/11/211
8. Effects of Social Media and Smartphone Use on Body Esteem in Female Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive and Affective Model
   By Hwajin Yang, Joy Jiaqi Wang, Germaine Y. Q. Tng and Sujin Yang.
   Children 2020, 7(9), 148; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7090148
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/148
9. Nutrition Education in the Australian New South Wales Primary School Curriculum: Knowledge and Attitudes of Students and Parents
   By Nienke de Vlieger, Jolien van Rossum, Nicholas Riley, Andrew Miller, Clare Collins and Tamara Bucher
   Children 2020, 7(4), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7040024
   https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/4/24
10. Risk Perception of COVID-19 Infection and Adherence to Preventive Measures among Adolescents and Young Adults
    By Xin Yu Yang, Rui Ning Gong, Samuel Sassine, Maxime Morsa, Alexandra Sonia Tchogna, Olivier Drouin, Nicholas Chadi and Prévost Jantchou.
    Children 2020, 7(12), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7120311
    https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/12/311

MDPI will be attending the 27th Congress of the Chinese Pediatric Society, held in Changsha, China, from 15–18 December 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Children (leading journal);
• JPM;
• Medicina;
• Audiology Research;
• JCM;
• Healthcare;
• Diagnostics;
• Metabolites;
• Cancers;
• Nutrients. 

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth: #B67. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have. 

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://nccps2022.tiemeeting.com/CN.

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

We are pleased to announce that the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID 2023) has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Conference: 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Date: 8–12 May 2023
Place: Lisbon, Portugal

This conference will bring together world-renowned researchers and clinicians for a very exciting multifaceted program covering areas that include clinical issues, epidemiology, public health, microbiology, immunology, host–pathogen interactions, genomics, and their interfaces, highlighting more recent progress as well as where advances have been more challenging.

The ESPID is the world’s premier paediatric infectious diseases meeting for professionals who want to stay up to date, apply state-of-the-art science to clinical care, present their research, and reinforce existing as well as develop new collaborations.

There will be ample opportunities for networking professionally and socially.

For more details, please visit the following link: https://espidmeeting.org/welcome-to-espid/.

Children Editorial Office

MDPI will be attending the 34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2022), held in Athens, Greece, from 18 to 21 September 2022. The main theme of the 2022 conference is “Strengthening the global role of environmental epidemiology”, stressing the need to study and understand local conditions in order to synthesize knowledge and make a difference for our planet. In the 2022 conference we will continue advancing our society’s aims in promoting epidemiological studies that link environmental exposures to human health.

During this conference, MDPI (at booth #22) will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest inspirations with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• IJERPH (leading journal);
• Sustainability;
• Healthcare;
• Children;
• Cancers;
• Climate;
• Environments;
• Earth;
• Societies;
• Epidemiologia.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth: #22. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://isee2022.org/.

Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological, and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As our journal is of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all of the articles published in it. We invite you to read the most highly cited papers published in the first half of 2022 below:

1. “COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines”
by Felice Lorusso et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020249
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/249

2. “Fractures in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Pathogenesis, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Prevention”
by Wouter Nijhuis et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020268
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/268

3. “Association between Coagulation Profile and Clinical Outcome in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or MIS-C: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study”
by Andrea Lo Vecchio et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020279
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/279

4. “Socio-Economic and Environmental Determinants of Malnutrition in under Three Children: Evidence from PDHS-2018”
by Yang Cao et al.
Children 2022, 9(3), 361; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030361
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/361

5. “Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents: Cognitive and Emotional Representations”
by Alexandra Maftei et al.
Children 2022, 9(3), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030359
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/359

6. “Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors—A Comprehensive Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Multidisciplinary Management”
by Abdelhafeez H. Abdelhafeez et al.
Children 2022, 9(1), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/38

7. “The Effect of Age, Biological Maturation and Birth Quartile in the Kinanthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences between Male and Female Adolescent Volleyball Players”
by Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal et al.
Children 2022, 9(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/58

8. “Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Should We Avoid Surgery during After-Hours?”
by Sietse E. S. Terpstra et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 189; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020189
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/189

If you are an active researcher in this field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact the Children Editorial Office (children@mdpi.com).

To develop different research areas and continue to attract high-quality papers, Children (ISSN 2227-9067) is recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief (more details can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections). At present, the following Sections have not yet found suitable scholars to lead them:

“Pediatric Neonatology”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Neonatology)

“Pediatric Cardiology”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Cardiology)

“Pediatric Nephrology”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Nephrology)

“Pediatric Orthopedics”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Orthopedics)

“Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Child_Adolescent_Psychiatry)

“Pediatric Allergy and Immunology”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Allergy_Immunology)

“Pediatric Infectious Diseases”
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Infectious_Diseases)

We are now recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief (SEiC) for these Sections. If you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to contact us at: Children@mdpi.com/vivian.liu@mdpi.com. You can find more information on our homepage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

The Section Editor-in-Chief has the following responsibilities:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports we collect;
• Reviewing a small number of papers per year and managing the Section together with other journal editors;
• Promoting Children and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.

Children is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological, and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

We believe that by combining our rigorous editorial policies with your expertise, we can build a high-quality journal. We thank you in advance for your interest and look forward to collaborating with you in the future.

Children Editorial Office

The Special Issue Mentor Program will enable early career researchers to experience editing a Special Issue in the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067), under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

Special Issue Mentor Program application process:

• The journal will send an announcement to recruit early career researchers (ECRs);
• The ECR will apply for the Guest Editor position and write a short plan for the Special Issue;
• The Editorial Office will share the ECR’s plan with a suitable Editorial Board Member and discuss whether they are interested in mentoring them;
• The mentor and ECR will reach an agreement and the ECR will edit the issue under the guidance of their mentor.

The mentees responsibilities include:

• Providing CV, including a list of publications;
• Proposing a Special Issue title and a short introduction;
• Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
• Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue;
• Reviewing and making decisions for submissions under the mentorship of our Editorial Board Member.

Mentor’s responsibilities:

• Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
• Co-editing the Special Issue with younger scholars and performing quality control of the publications in the SI;
• Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
• Organizing video calls with young scholars and the office regularly to discuss the problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue.

Certificates and awards:

When the Special Issue is closed, our office (children@mdpi.com) will provide certificates for all the mentors. Younger scholars will be prioritized as candidates for our journal award.

Children Editorial Office

Conference: 15th China Nutrition Science Congress
Date: 29–31 July 2022
Place: Wuhan, China
Booth: #3

Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643) will be attending the 15th China Nutrition Science Congress 2022 as an exhibitor from 29 to 31 July in Wuhan, China.

The 15th China Nutrition Science Congress is a key academic activity of The Chinese Nutrition Society, which is a scientific grand meeting in the nutrition field, and an important platform to display the latest research results on nutrition in China, sharing the latest research progress in the field of nutrition.

The theme of the conference is “Food Nutrition and Health”. The conference will host many well-known experts and outstanding scholars in the field of nutrition and health to discuss basic theoretical research and the application of food nutrition and health, the latest breakthroughs in the field of nutrition, exchange new academic ideas and new methods, and forecast the future development trends of nutrition.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Nutrients;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Fermentation;
• Foods;
• Healthcare;
• Nutraceuticals;
• Obesities;
• Women.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://cnsc2021.sciconf.cn/cn/web/index/11176.

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Eric C. Beyer, Prof. Dr. Matthias Volkmar Kopp and Prof. Dr. Wenhao Zhou to the Advisory Board of Children (ISSN: 2227-9067), and we look forward to their contributions to the continued success of the journal.

	Name: Prof. Dr. Eric C. Beyer Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Interests: cataracts; cell biology; connexins; endothelial cells; exosomes; extracellular vesicles; gap junctions; intercellular junctions; ion channel; lens; eye; sickle cell disease; translational medical research; pediatric cancers; career development
	Name: Prof. Dr. Matthias Volkmar Kopp Affiliations: 1. Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 2. Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Lübeck, Germany 3. Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University of Lübeck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany Interests: pediatric allergy; pediatric pulmonology; general pediatrics
	Name: Prof. Dr. Wenhao Zhou Affiliation: Children's Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China Interests: diagnosis and prevention of birth defects in the neonatal nervous system; neonatal encephalopathy; neonatal hereditary disease

Children Editorial Office

We are honored to announce that Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Pediatric Dermatology” in Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Name: Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller
Affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Interests: biometry and epidemiology; dermatology; pediatric dermatology

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing: 

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?
The journal Children has established itself in a short time as an important publication venue for pediatric research. My own focus is on epidemiologic research on dermatooncologic and allergologic topics, especially on prevention issues during childhood. This represents a subset of pediatric dermatology. I have always enjoyed editorial work, especially the organization of a fair and constructive review process—also with other journals—so I wanted to contribute my experience to the establishment of the new Section.

2. What is your vision for the journal? What does the future of this field of research look like?
In the short time since its launch, the journal has managed to be included in the group of journals listed by the Web of Science, where it already appears in the top two quartiles of all pediatric journals. By selecting high-quality manuscripts, I would like to contribute to the continuation of this successful development and Children's rise to the top quartile. Pediatric dermatology is one of those medical specialties that work at the intersection of two medical specialty groups, addressing both pediatricians and dermatologists. My impression is that there are currently considerably more dermatologists dedicated to this specialty. This does not make the work easy for the new Section, as the journal is perceived as a pediatric journal. Therefore, I will mainly try to increase the awareness of the journal among dermatologists dedicated to pediatric dermatology and to position the journal as a publication organ for high-quality dermatologic research on clinical, experimental and epidemiologic topics related to pediatric dermatology.

3. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?
Open access is on its way to successfully change the scientific publishing landscape. The traditional subscription model of scholarly publishers is in decline. In my home country, Germany, transformation agreements have already been concluded with major scientific publishers such as Wiley and Springer, so that all academic libraries no longer enter into subscription agreements with these publishers to obtain access to journals, but instead pay the article processing charges of publications by the scientists associated with them and do not have to pay subscription fees. I am firmly convinced that sooner or later, the entire scientific publishing landscape will transfer to open access.

We wish Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller every success in his new position, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.

Children Editorial Office

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early career scientists who have novel ideas for new Special Issues of Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Children Editorial Board or may be from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Children Editorial Office (children@mdpi.com), and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. When the Special Issue is closed, our office will provide certificates to all the mentors and to those who complete the program. Younger scholars will be prioritized as candidates for our journal award.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Children continues to welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics in the field as usual.

Children Editorial Office

We are pleased to share that we have recently received our first CiteScore 2021 (Scopus). The CiteScore of Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is 2.0; according to the latest statistics of Scimago Journal & Country Rank, the average number of weighted citations of Children is 0.645, and the journal ranks 99 /318 (Q2) among all titles in the “Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health” category. More details can be found at the following links:

• https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101055706;
• https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=2735&area=2700&page=2&total_size=320.

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, editors, and reviewers for their contributions. We are grateful for their excellent work that has helped us to achieve this milestone!

Children Editorial Office

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievement.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biology:

• Enrico Vito Perrino, CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
• Dhirendra Kumar, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, USA
• Carlos A. Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
• Yuri Shavrukov, Flinders University, Australia
• Bipin Gaihre, Mayo Clinic, USA

Brain Sciences:

• Craig D. Workman, University of Iowa, USA
• Vivian Ciaramitaro, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
• Yang Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA

Cells:

• Bonam Srinivasa Reddy, Université de Paris, France
• Homma Takujiro, Yamagata University, Japan
• Hwang, In Koo, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Kobeissy Firas, University of Florida, USA
• Rebelo, Sandra, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Diversity:

• Günter Gollmann, University of Vienna, Austria
• Stephan Koblmüller, University of Graz, Austria
• Emiliano Mori, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Italy

Horticulturae:

• Joshua D. Klein, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Israel
• Ana Cristina S Figueiredo, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Insects:

• Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Klaus H. Hoffmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
• Ivan Milosavljević, University of California, USA

Metabolites:

• Remigiusz Bachor, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Nguyen Phuoc Long, Inje University College of Medicine, South Korea
• Chi Chen, University of Minnesota, USA

Nutrients:

• Jadwiga Hamułka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Grace Campbell, University of Sydney, Australia
• Nicholas Norwitz, Harvard Medical School, USA
• Stefan Kabisch, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
• Luis Rodrigo, University of Oviedo, Spain

Veterinary Sciences:

• Carlos Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
• Arvind Sharma, The University of Queensland, Australia

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the 2021 winners in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Agriculture:

• Carlos Guzmán, University of Cordoba, Spain

Animals:

• Katharina Hohlbaum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Cells:

• Uri Ben-David, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Diversity:

• Enrico Lunghi, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China

Foods:

• Guodong Zhang, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Horticulturae:

• Luke Bell, Temperate Horticulture, University of Reading, UK

International Journal of Molecular Sciences:

• Alessandro D’Urso, University of Catania, Italy.
• Apostolos Zaravinos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Maria Teresa Caccamo, Messina University, Italy
• Tiziana Bonifacino, University of Genoa, Italy

Journal of Fungi:

• Federico Baltar, University of Vienna, Austria
• Rebecca Drummond, University of Birmingham, UK
• Miriam Oses-Ruiz, Public University of Navarre, Spain

Life:

• João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Vincenzo Russo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Metabolites:

• Gabriele Rocchetti, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Italy

Nutrients:

• Fiona Lavelle, Queen's University Belfast, UK
• Matthew Snelson, Monash University, Australia

Pathogens:

• Si Ming Man, Australian National University, Australia
• Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, University of Hong Kong, China

Plants:

• Stefania Sut, University of Padova, Italy
• Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

Vaccines:

• Nicholas M. Provine, University of Oxford, UK

Viruses:

• Nicholas S. Heaton, Duke University, USA

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of 2021 Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Agriculture:

• Zahra Bitarafan, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
• Nikolaos Tsoulias, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Germany

Fermentation:

• Michela Verni, University of Bari, Italy
• Philipp Demling, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Horticulturae:

• Jagveer Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India
• Ibrar Hussain, State University of Londrina, Brazil

Microorganisms:

• Francis Muchaamba, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Methods and Protocols:

• Tanja Eisemann, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, USA

Nutrients:

• Mrinalini Dey, National Institute for Health Research, UK
• Ben Kirk, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Kirrilly Pursey, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Dieuwertje Kok, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• Hanna Huber, University of Bonn, Germany
• Marlene Lages, University of Porto, Portugal
• Zohra S. Lassi, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Rik Olde Engberink, Amsterdam University Medicial Center, the Netherlands
• Sarah Warkentin, University of Porto (ISPUP), Portugal
• Álvaro Hernáez, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
• Leila Abdelhamid, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, USA
• Maria Michela Cesare, University of Siena, Italy
• Kaisa Hiippala, University of Helsinki, Finland

Pathogens:

• Vanessa Silva, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
• Hejun Liu, Scripps Research Institute, USA
• Tomokazu Tamura, Princeton University, USA

Toxins:

• Cecilie Knudsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Laura Biessy, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
• Marcelo Mendes Rabelo, University of Florida, USA

Vaccines:

• Hee Chun Chung, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Alejandro Marin Lopez, Yale University, USA

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal last year.

We are honored to present the winners in the subject areas of “Biology & Life Sciences”, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Animals:

• “Effects of Dietary Betaine on Growth Performance, Digestive Function, Carcass Traitsand Meat Quality in Indigenous Yellow-Feathered Broilers under Long-Term Heat Stress”

by Wenchao Liu, Yilin Yuan, Chenyu Sun, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian, Zhihui Zhao and Lilong An

Animals 2019, 9(8), 506, doi 10.3390/ani9080506

• “The Ethics of Human–Animal Relationships and Public Discourse: A Case Study of Lions Bred for Their Bones”

by Peter Coals, Dawn Burnham, Andrew Loveridge, David W. Macdonald, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Vivienne L. Williams and John A. Vucetich

Animals 2019, 9(2), 52; doi 10.3390/ani9020052

• “The Potential Role of Insects as Feed: A Multi-Perspective Review”

by Giovanni Sogari, Mario Amato, Ilaria Biasato, Silvana Chiesa and Laura Gasco

Animals 2019, 9(4), 119; doi 10.3390/ani9040119

Antibodies:

• “Antibody Structure and Function: The Basis for Engineering Therapeutics”

by Mark L. Chiu; Dennis R. Goulet; Alexey Teplyakov and Gary L. Gilliland

Antibodies 2019, 8(4), 55; doi 10.3390/antib8040055

Antioxidants:

• “Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Flavanones from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (licorice) Leaf Phytocomplexes: Identification of Licoflavanone as a Modulator of NF-kB/MAPK Pathway”

by Luca Frattaruolo, Gabriele Carullo, Matteo Brindisi, Sarah Mazzotta, Luca Bellissimo, Vittoria Rago, Rosita Curcio, Vincenza Dolce, Francesca Aiello and Anna Rita Cappello

Antioxidants 2019, 8(6), 186; doi 10.3390/antiox8060186

• “LC-ESI-QTOF/MS Characterisation of Phenolic Acids and Flavonoids in Polyphenol-Rich Fruits and Vegetables and Their Potential Antioxidant Activities”

by Chunhe Gu, Kate Howell, Frank R. Dunshea and Hafiz A. R. Suleria

Antioxidants 2019, 8(9), 405; doi 10.3390/antiox8090405

• “Nutritional Value, Chemical Composition and Cytotoxic Properties of Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) in Relation to Harvesting Stage and Plant Part”

by Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Ângela Fernandes, Maria Inês Dias, Ioannis B. Vasilakoglou, Konstantinos Petrotos, Lillian Barros and Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira

Antioxidants 2019, 8(8), 293; doi 10.3390/antiox8080293

• “A Comprehensive Review on Lipid Oxidation in Meat and Meat Products”

by Rubén Domínguez, Mirian Pateiro, Mohammed Gagaoua, Francisco J. Barba, Wangang Zhang and José M. Lorenzo

Antioxidants 2019, 8(10), 429; doi 10.3390/antiox8100429

Biology:

• “The Mammalian Circadian Timing System and the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus as Its Pacemaker”

by Michael H. Hastings, Elizabeth S. Maywood and Marco Brancaccio

Biology 2019, 8(1), 13; doi 10.3390/biology8010013

• “Combined Effects of Acute Temperature Change and Elevated pCO₂ on the Metabolic Rates and Hypoxia Tolerances of Clearnose Skate (Rostaraja eglanteria), Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), and Thorny Skate (Amblyraja radiata)”

by Gail D. Schwieterman, Daniel P. Crear, Brooke N. Anderson, Danielle R. Lavoie, James A. Sulikowski, Peter G. Bushnell and Richard W. Brill

Biology 2019, 8(3), 56; doi 10.3390/biology8030056

Biomolecules:

• “Flagella-Driven Motility of Bacteria”

by Shuichi Nakamura and Tohru Minamino

Biomolecules 2019, 9(7), 279; doi 10.3390/biom9070279

• “Systematic FTIR Spectroscopy Study of the Secondary Structure Changes in Human Serum Albumin under Various Denaturation Conditions”

by Dmitrii Usoltsev, Vera Sitnikovaandrey Kajava and Mayya Uspenskaya

Biomolecules 2019, 9(8), 359; doi 10.3390/biom9080359

• “Quantification of Fecal Short Chain Fatty Acids by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry—Investigation of Pre-Analytic Stability”

by Gerhard Liebisch, Josef Ecker, Sebastian Roth, Sabine Schweizer, Veronika Öttl, Hans-Frieder Schött, Hongsup Yoon, Dirk Haller, Ernst Holler, Ralph Burkhardt and Silke Matysik

Biomolecules 2019, 9(4), 121; doi 10.3390/biom9040121

• “Cytotoxicity of Dendrimers”

by Anna Janaszewska, Joanna Lazniewska, Przemysław Trzepiński, Monika Marcinkowska and Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz

Biomolecules 2019, 9(8), 330; doi 10.3390/biom9080330

Cells:

• “Combined Inhibition of TGF-β Signaling and the PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Is Differentially Effective in Tumor Models”

by Heng Sheng Sow, Jiang Ren, Marcel Camps, Ferry Ossendorp and Peter ten Dijke

Cells 2019, 8(4), 320; doi 10.3390/cells8040320

• “Exosome Treatment Enhances Anti-Inflammatory M2 Macrophages and Reduces Inflammation-Induced Pyroptosis in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy”

by Dinender K. Singla, Taylor A. Johnson and Zahra Tavakoli Dargani

Cells 2019, 8(10), 1224; doi 10.3390/cells8101224

• “Overview of Extracellular Vesicles, Their Origin, Composition, Purpose, and Methods for Exosome Isolation and Analysis”

by Laura M. Doyle and Michael Zhuo Wang

Cells 2019, 8(7), 727; doi 10.3390/cells8070727

• “Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine”

by Yu Han, Xuezhou Li, Yanbo Zhang, Yuping Han, Fei Chang and Jianxun Ding

Cells 2019, 8(8), 886; doi 10.3390/cells8080886

Genes:

• “A High-Quality De novo Genome Assembly from a Single Mosquito Using PacBio Sequencing”

by Sarah B. Kingan, Haynes Heaton, Juliana Cudini, Christine C. Lambert, Primo Baybayan, Brendan D. Galvin, Richard Durbin, Jonas Korlach and Mara K. N. Lawniczak

Genes 2019, 10(1), 62; doi 10.3390/genes10010062

• “Eukaryotic 5-methylcytosine (m⁵C) RNA Methyltransferases: Mechanisms, Cellular Functions, and Links to Disease”

by Katherine E Bohnsack, Claudia Höbartner and Markus T Bohnsack

Genes 2019, 10(2), 102; doi 10.3390/genes10020102

• “Tree Lab: Portable Genomics for Early Detection of Plant Viruses and Pests in Sub-Saharan Africa”

by Laura M. Boykin, Peter Sseruwagi, Titus Alicai, Elijah Ateka, Ibrahim Umar Mohammed, Jo-Ann L. Stanton, Charles Kayuki, Deogratius Mark, Tarcisius Fute, Joel Erasto, Hilda Bachwenkizi, Brenda Muga, Naomi Mumo, Jenniffer Mwangi, Phillip Abidrabo, Geoffrey Okao-Okuja, Geresemu Omuut, Jacinta Akol, Hellen B. Apio, Francis Osingada, Monica A. Kehoe, David Eccles, Anders Savill, Stephen Lamb, Tonny Kinene, Christopher B. Rawle, Abishek Muralidhar, Kirsty Mayall, Fred Tairo and Joseph Ndunguru

Genes 2019, 10(9), 632; doi 10.3390/genes10090632

• “Transcription Factors Associated with Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance and Their Potential for Crops Improvement”

by Elamin Hafiz Baillo, Roy Njoroge Kimotho, Zhengbin Zhang and Ping Xu

Genes 2019, 10(10), 771; doi 10.3390/genes10100771

Horticulturae:

• “Recent Advances in Hormonal Regulation and Cross-Talk during Non-Climacteric Fruit Development and Ripening”