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16 Jan 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: January 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the special issues on new therapies for polycystic ovary syndrome, a showcase of neuroscience research by women in science, novel digital health solutions for hearing loss, mitigating stressors in grazing cattle production systems, a comprehensive overview of sustainable aviation fuels and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Insights in Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Surveillance, Prevention and TreatmentEdited by Marc Jean Struelens; Zisis KozlakidisPDFCoronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Psychoeducational Variables Involved in the Health EmergencyEdited by Jesus de la Fuente; Douglas F Kauffman; Michael S Dempsey; Yashu KauffmanPDFCoronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Socio-Economic Systems in the Post-Pandemic World: Design Thinking, Strategic Planning, Management, and Public PolicyEdited by Andrzej Klimczuk; Eva Berde; Delali A. Dovie; Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochańska; Gabriella SpinelliPDFImmunotherapy with Checkpoint Inhibitors for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer and Esophageal CancerEdited by Xuelei Ma; Hubing Shi; Udo S Gaipl; Benjamin FreyPDFOmics Data Integration towards Mining of Phenotype Specific Biomarkers in Cancer, Volume IIEdited by Liang Cheng; Lei Deng; Chuan-Xing Li; Yan […]

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12 Jan 2023

Simple blood test shows promise for screening common and dangerous pregnancy complications

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Scientists find that short-chain fatty acids in blood can be used as biomarkers in testing for dangerous pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Scientists at Ningbo University, China have identified biomarkers that could provide an early warning system for three common and dangerous pregnancy complications: pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and a liver condition called intrahepatic cholestasis. All three conditions are dangerous; early diagnosis and treatment is key to preventing poor outcomes and lifelong consequences. Their causes are not fully understood, and nor is their connection to the gut microbiome, which is affected by pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions. A team led by Dr Siqian Chen at the Affiliated Hospital of Medical School decided to investigate whether specific changes in the microbiome — detected using levels of short-chain fatty acids, metabolites which are produced following the fermentation of microbiota — could be used as biomarkers for pregnancy complications. “We analyzed and correlated the distribution of short-chain fatty acids during normal pregnancy and during three specific types of complicated pregnancy, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, and intrahepatic cholestasis,” said Dr Rongrong Xuan, senior author of the study, published today in Frontiers in […]

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20 Dec 2022

Lonely heart-failure patients face worse outcomes than sociable peers

by Tania Fitzgeorge-balfour, science writer Social frailty, which includes the loss of social roles, social networks, and social activities, is widely identified as a risk to healthy aging. A new study is the first to show a close association between the loss of perceived social role amongst friends and family and poor clinical outcomes for older heart failure patients. These findings suggest that social engagement and activities should form part of the aftercare program for these patients. Older heart failure patients who feel that they have lost their social role amongst friends and family are more likely to suffer poor clinical outcomes. This is the finding of a new study in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine that has examined the specific aspects of social interaction that can lead to a poor prognosis for these patients. “We are the first to show a close association between the loss of perceived social role and long-term poor clinical outcomes in older heart failure patients,” said Dr Satoshi Katano, first author of this research, based at Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. “Our study highlights the real need to develop a management program that includes a social approach to the care of these patients.” Read […]

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16 Dec 2022

2022 in review: a message from our CEO

As CEO of Frontiers, and on behalf of my colleagues, it is my pleasure to share with you some of the insights gained and lessons learned from the events of 2022.  Thanks to science, the threat of COVID-19 to our day-to-day lives has waned.  The record-breaking development of effective vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 was accomplished by openly sharing scientific research articles through initiatives such as the CORD-19 Open Research dataset. Open science has proven what we can achieve if collaboration can flourish. It has shown that free, immediate, and unrestricted access to all publicly funded research for innovators, doctors, scientists, journalists, you, me, and people everywhere is absolutely critical if we are to find solutions to today’s most pressing global challenges at speed. Earlier this year, new policy guidance from the United States White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) stated that the results of taxpayer-supported research should be made immediately available to the American public, without restriction. It is a moment that encapsulates the lessons of COVID-19 and represents the progress we are now making. It is also one of celebration for everyone who has been fighting for open access to publicly funded research results for more […]

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09 Dec 2022

Top 20 Frontiers ebook releases of 2022

Download the top 20 ebook releases from this year, including the special issues on solving complex ocean challenges, new insights on the psychological benefits of the arts, progress in understanding various aspects of fruit primary metabolism, the effects of music on cognition and action, how activity in neuronal networks results in different brain states and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. COVID-19 – Social Science Research during a PandemicEdited by Paul Russell Ward; Paul Bissell; Samantha B Meyer; Hailay Abrha Gesesew; Pande Putu Januraga; Dukjin Chang; Linda LombiPDFEducation Leadership and the COVID-19 CrisisEdited by Michelle Diane Young; Monica Byrne-Jimenez; Margaret GroganPDFEthnopharmacological Responses to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PandemicEdited by Michael Heinrich; Javier Echeverria; Adolfo Andrade-Cetto; Jon Wardle; Jia-bo Wang; Hung-Rong YenPDFCOVID-19 and Women’s HealthEdited by Stephen Kennedy; Laura A Magee; Stacey A Missmer; Jayashri Kulkarni; Vassiliki Benetou; Marianne Vidler; Chelsea MorroniPDFOutbreak Investigation: Mental Health in the Time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)Edited by Ursula Werneke; DINESH KUMAR BHUGRA; Bernd Löwe; Christina Maria Van Der Feltz-Cornelis; Antonio […]

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05 Dec 2022

Scientists find inorganic food additives might make babies more vulnerable to allergies

By Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Inorganic nanoparticles used to help process food may be crossing the placental barrier and getting into breastmilk, potentially damaging intestinal regulation and compromising babies’ oral tolerance, predisposing them to food allergies. Nanotechnologies have revolutionized food technology with changes to food production, manufacture, and processing that are intended to make our food safer and healthier. Phytosanitary products, processing aids, food additives, and surfaces that touch food in storage can all transfer nanoparticles that might be consumed by humans. In a review published in Frontiers in Allergy today, Mohammad Issa, at the Université Paris-Saclay, and colleagues pointed out that such a significant change to food production could have unforeseen health consequences. The team presented evidence that suggested that nanoparticles not only cross the placenta to reach developing fetuses but leave them at greater risk of potentially life-threatening food allergies. “Due to the immunotoxic and biocidal properties of nanoparticles, exposure may disrupt the host-intestinal microbiota’s beneficial exchanges and may interfere with intestinal barrier and gut-associated immune system development in fetus and neonate,” said Dr Karine Adel-Patient, corresponding author of the study. “This may be linked to the epidemic of immune-related disorders in children, such as […]

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30 Nov 2022

Biomarker in urine could be the first to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

By Conn Hastings, science writer Image: BlurryMe/Shutterstock.com Alzheimer’s disease can remain undetected until it is too late to treat. Large-scale screening programs could help to detect early-stage disease, but current diagnostic methods are too cumbersome and expensive. A new study published to Frontiers is the first to identify formic acid as a sensitive urinary biomarker that can reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, potentially paving the way for inexpensive and convenient disease screening. Could a simple urine test reveal if someone has early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and could this pave the way for large-scale screening programs? A new study in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience certainly suggests so. The researchers tested a large group of patients with Alzheimer’s disease of different levels of severity and healthy controls with normal cognition to identify differences in urinary biomarkers. They found that urinary formic acid is a sensitive marker of subjective cognitive decline that may indicate the very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Current methods to diagnose Alzheimer’s are expensive, inconvenient, and unsuitable for routine screening. This means that most patients only receive a diagnosis when it is too late for effective treatment. However, a non-invasive, inexpensive, and convenient urine test for formic acid could be […]

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24 Nov 2022

Former Amazon HR leader Kanika Mehra joins Frontiers

Research publisher Frontiers appoints Kanika Suri Mehra as chief people officer (CPO). Kanika will be responsible for all aspects of the human resources strategy, including talent management, leadership development, and compensation and benefits. Kanika will be supporting the publisher in achieving its mission of making all science open, and embedding Frontiers’ culture and employee experience program across its 17 global offices. Photo credit: Frontiers Kanika has more than eighteen years’ experience leading human resources for global organizations. She joins Frontiers from Amazon, where she led the Amazon Web Services (AWS) HR Partners, supporting the hypergrowth in 30+ countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for nearly twelve years. In addition, she chartered the Change Management project with Workday at Amazon and established a 500+ team for Amazon’s HR Shared Services in Prague supporting 28,000 EMEA employees. Prior to that, Kanika had successful HR career tenures at Citibank in New York and Microsoft in Seattle. Kanika has a Master’s degree in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from Pennsylvania State University, USA. Frontiers’ co-founder and chief executive officer Kamila Markram says, “Kanika is an outstanding human resources leader with an established track record of delivering successful people, talent, and workforce management […]

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24 Nov 2022

How you help a child go to sleep is related to their behavioral development, finds new study

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image: yamasan0708/Shutterstock.com A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child’s temperament. The researchers suggested focusing on better sleep-related parenting practices to support positive behavioral development across cultures. The importance of good sleep during childhood development has been extensively researched. Bad sleep quality and behaviors are detrimental to neurobehavioral functioning, emotional reactivity and regulation, and can pose a risk for future psychopathology. “Parental sleeping techniques are correlated with children’s sleep quality, and the importance of cultural context in child development has been long recognized,” said corresponding author Ms Christie Pham, of Washington State University. “We wanted to examine whether cross-cultural differences in parental sleep-supporting strategies account for differences in toddler temperament.” In a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, Pham and her colleagues studied the effect of different parental sleep-supporting techniques on child temperament across 14 cultures. They hypothesized that passive ways of helping a child fall asleep (eg, cuddling, singing, and reading), but not active methods (eg, walking, car rides, and playing), would be positively related to a child’s temperament. ► Read original article► Download original […]

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15 Nov 2022

Balancing blood sugar: article collections on Diabetes

To mark World Diabetes Week, we have gathered our top article collections on Diabetes. With collective views of over 1.1 million, researchers explored topics spanning from stem cell technology for modelling Diabetes and the use of low carbohydrate diets for prevention to integrating digital health technologies in a patient-centered care framework and promising new therapeutic approaches in cardiovascular disease for diabetics. Article collections: Heart health 11 articles | 79,000 views Exploring the intimate relationship between cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus, highlighting key opportunities that may lead to promising new therapeutic approaches Alzheimer’s disease 6 articles | 80,000 views More than 35 million patients suffer from dementia, while 380 million battle against diabetes in this aging society. Emerging evidence suggests that diabetes increases the risk of dementia; however, the underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated Patient Care 10 articles | 95,000 views Addressing the challenging and complex issues with Diabetes care, including improving and achieving effective and efficient care at the primary care setting as well as integrating digital health technologies in a patient-centered care framework Nutrition 7 articles | 79,000 views Examining the use of low carbohydrate diets, with or without nutritional ketosis, for the prevention and treatment of […]

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11 Nov 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: November 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the special issues on recent developments in bioregenerative life-support systems for crewed missions to the moon, new insights on the adaptation of Africanized honey bees to the island of Puerto Rico, novel diagnostic strategies for retinal diseases, the evolution of therapeutic use for medicinal cannabis, cryptocurrency transaction networks, the role of the brainstem in autism and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Adaptation of Invasive Species to Islands and the Puerto Rican Honey BeeEdited by Rosanna Giordano; Tugrul Giray; Shu-Ching Chen; Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman; Alberto Galindo-CardonaPDFAdvanced Anomaly Detection Technologies and Applications in Energy SystemsEdited by Tinghui Ouyang; Yusen He; Xun Shen; Zhenhao Tang; Yahui ZhangPDFAssessing Information Processing and Online Reasoning as a Prerequisite for Learning in Higher EducationEdited by Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia; Patricia A Alexander; James W. PellegrinoPDFBenign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoEdited by Marco Mandalà; Augusto Pietro Casani; Ji Soo Kim; Daniel Ross GoldPDFBioregenerative Life-Support Systems for Crewed Missions to the Moon and MarsEdited by Cyprien Verseux; Jean-Pierre […]

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03 Nov 2022

60% of home ‘compostable’ plastic doesn’t fully break down, ending up in our soil

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image: Citizen scientist image from www.bigcompostexperiment.org.uk In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. The study also found that citizens are confused about the labels of compostable and biodegradable plastics, leading to incorrect plastic waste disposal. These results highlight the need to revise and redesign this supposedly sustainable plastic waste management system. Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. A new OECD report shows that plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Globally, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills, 22% evades waste management systems, and 19% is incinerated. In response to this pollution crisis, several countries have set targets to eliminate all single-use plastics and to make plastic packaging 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025. Compostable plastics are becoming more common as the demand for sustainable products grows. The main applications of compostable plastics include food packaging, bags; cups and plates, cutlery, and bio-waste bags. But there are some fundamental problems with these types of plastics. They are largely unregulated and […]

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18 Oct 2022

WWII shipwreck has leaked many pollutants into the sea, changing the ocean floor around it

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Torn deck plating of the V 1302 John Mahn that was damaged by the bomb that hit amidships. Image: Flanders Marine Institute/VLIZ Researchers have discovered that an 80 year old historic World War II shipwreck is still influencing the microbiology and geochemistry of the ocean floor where it rests. In Frontiers in Marine Science, they show how the wreck is leaking hazardous pollutants, such as explosives and heavy metals, into the ocean floor sediment of the North Sea, influencing the marine microbiology around it. The seabed of the North Sea is covered in thousands of ship and aircraft wrecks, warfare agents, and millions of tons of conventional munition such as shells and bombs. Wrecks contain hazardous substances (such as petroleum and explosives) that may harm the marine environment. Yet, there is a lack of information about the location of the wrecks, and the effect they might have on the environment. “The general public is often quite interested in shipwrecks because of their historical value, but the potential environmental impact of these wrecks is often overlooked,” said PhD candidate Josefien Van Landuyt, of Ghent University. For example, it is estimated that World War I and […]

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14 Oct 2022

Top ebook releases on breast cancer

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we gathered the top ebooks finding solutions to this devastating disease. Explore the research advances made by Frontiers scientists, including special issues on recent developments in breast cancer genetic predisposition, quality of life in patients and survivors, perspectives in primary prevention research, challenges in metabolic abnormalities, new approaches in radiotherapy and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Cancer Care Delivery and Women’s HealthEdited by Sarah M TemkinPDFAccomplishments, Collaborative Projects and Future Initiatives in Breast Cancer Genetic PredispositionEdited by Paolo Peterlongo; Nandita Mitra; Luis G Carvajal-CarmonaPDFNew Approaches to Classification and Diagnostic Prediction of Breast CancersEdited by Aleix Prat; Mothaffar RimawiPDFPerspectives in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer ResearchEdited by Zuzana Koledova; Alexandra Van Keymeulen; Vida Vafaizadeh; Emilia PeuhuPDFQuality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients and SurvivorsEdited by Marco Invernizzi; Nicola Fusco; Jisun KimPDFHereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Current Concepts of Prevention and TreatmentEdited by Gulisa Turashvili, MD, PhD; Conxi Lazaro; Anne GrabenstetterPDFNew Approaches to Breast Cancer RadiotherapyEdited by Geraldine […]