Review
Education & Educational Research
Michael Hines, Thomas Fallace
Summary: This article critically reviews the role of race in the historical development of pedagogical progressivism in the late-19th and early-20th-century United States. It highlights the overt/covert racism inherent in the progressive pedagogy advocated by white educators, while also acknowledging the ways in which pedagogical progressivism can support liberation and social justice when adopted by black educators. The article emphasizes the importance of incorporating the work of black scholars, school leaders, curriculum designers, and teachers in the historical treatment of pedagogical progressivism.
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Diego J. Martino, Marina P. Valerio
Summary: This narrative review explores the origin and limitations of the concept of bipolar depression, highlighting concerns regarding the validity of the current understanding. A clinical research program is proposed to define diagnostic entities based on empirical data, aiming to develop more specific treatments for bipolar depression.
HARVARD REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Review
Cell Biology
Abbas F. Almulla, Yanin Thipakorn, Asara Vasupanrajit, Chavit Tunvirachaisakul, Gregory Oxenkrug, Hussein K. Al-Hakeim, Michael Maes
Summary: Patients with severe affective disorders, including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, show lower levels of tryptophan and tryptophan/competing amino acids. The ratio of kynurenine/tryptophan is significantly increased in patients with psychotic features. Quinolinic acid level is increased while kynurenic acid level is decreased in severe affective disorders. IDO enzyme activity is normal, but the availability of plasma/serum tryptophan to the brain is reduced in patients with melancholic and psychotic features and suicidal behaviors.
Review
Psychiatry
Michael J. Spoelma, Anastasia Serafimovska, Gordon Parker
Summary: The objective of this paper was to review potential biomarkers of melancholia in order to improve differential diagnosis, clinical response, and treatment outcomes. By comparing melancholic with non-melancholic depression, we emphasized the importance of distinguishing melancholia as its own condition.
WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kinga Rybak-Niedziolka
Summary: This research is a review that synthesizes the causes of urban development problems, covering historical and contemporary aspects of selected phenomena in European and American cities. The findings are divided into historical and contemporary categories, discussing the reasons for the current crisis.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Martin M. M. Schumacher, Jacopo Santambrogio
Summary: The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is considered as the first potential biomarker in psychiatry, assessing the functionality of the HPA axis. Despite initial promising results, subsequent studies produced conflicting outcomes, leading to the rejection of the test by the American Psychiatric Association. This review evaluates the scientific reasons behind the rise and fall of the DST, provides suggestions for improvement, and discusses its potential applications in clinical psychiatry.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Samantha Fischer, Maria Morales-Suarez-Varela
Summary: This study aims to understand the bidirectional relationship between gestational diabetes and depression. A systematic search and review were conducted on PubMed and Scopus to identify relevant studies. Of the initial 915 articles, 22 were included for review. The findings suggest a two-way relationship between gestational diabetes and depression, with gestational diabetes potentially increasing the risk of depression and a history of depression or symptoms during pregnancy increasing the risk of gestational diabetes.
Article
Biology
Michael Pittman, Nathan J. Enriquez, Phil R. Bell, Thomas G. Kaye, Paul Upchurch
Summary: The discovery of Haestasaurus becklesii's scaly skin in 1852 played a crucial role in the study of dinosaur integument and has now been reassessed using Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) to reveal previously unknown regions of skin. This reassessment provides new insights into the morphology and taphonomy of the dinosaur skin, suggesting an Early Jurassic origin of unique intrascale papillae and their potential role in gigantism evolution.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jinlong Zhao, Yat Wa Justina Liu, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Julian Mutz
Summary: This study reviewed the existing definitions of psychological frailty and provided a comprehensive overview of the concept and associated measurements. Psychological frailty is a complex concept whose definition lacks consensus and may include both psychological and physical features. Future research can further refine the concept of psychological frailty.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Karin Schrieber, Sarah Catherine Paul, Levke Valena Hoeche, Andrea Cecilia Salas, Rabi Didszun, Jakob Moessnang, Caroline Mueller, Alexandra Erfmeier, Elisabeth Johanna Eilers
Summary: Inbreeding in a dioecious plant impairs spatial flower traits and floral scent, with potentially greater costs for females. The genetic architecture underlying inbreeding effects can be influenced by the evolutionary histories of plant populations. Inbreeding effects on floral scent may disrupt interactions between plants and nocturnal moth pollinators mediated by chemical communication.
Article
History
Justus Nipperdey
Summary: This article reveals that American historians had already started using the term "early modern" in a substantive way in the early 20th century, contrary to popular belief that it only gained significance as a periodization term in the 1960s and 1970s. During the interwar years, the term permeated all areas of professional activity, from textbooks and graduate seminars to conferences, research articles, and job descriptions. The motivation behind inventing the concept of the early modern period was not to counter the Renaissance or showcase the modernizing traits of the post-Reformation centuries, but rather to denote the non-modernity of the centuries preceding the French and Industrial Revolutions.
JOURNAL OF EARLY MODERN HISTORY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Janice E. Ma, Jinnee U. J. Lee, Julio C. Sartori-Valinotti, Thom W. Rooke, Paola Sandroni, Mark D. P. Davis
Summary: Erythromelalgia (EM) is a rare disorder characterized by episodic, burning pain associated with erythema and warmth of the extremities. Lifestyle modifications and pharmacologic treatments are discussed in this article, which provides a comprehensive review of published medical management options for erythromelalgia and a proposed approach to management.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2023)
Review
Physiology
Carmel Bilu, Haim Einat, Paul Zimmet, Noga Kronfeld-Schor
Summary: Modern lifestyle disrupts environmental rhythms and can result in circadian desynchrony, leading to various health issues such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiometabolic diseases, depression, and anxiety. Animal models, particularly the fat sand rat, provide valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms and potential interventions for these disorders.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Masanori Iye
Summary: This article introduces the "Catalog of Papers published by the Japan Academy", which includes 13,591 papers published by the academy over a century. The article analyzes the trends and background of the academy's publications during the past century.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Rosalind D. Butterfield, Melanie Grad-Freilich, Jennifer S. Silk
Summary: This paper reviews task-related functional neuroimaging (fMRI) research on self-referential neural processing in both healthy and depressed adolescents, and proposes a neurobehavioral model and future research recommendations to address how social factors might shape self-referential neural processes and self-concept in ways that confer risk for depression.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)