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Background/Objectives: Twenty-four-hour movement behaviors, including physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep, are associated with a range of health outcomes. However, the relationship between the combinations of these behaviors and dietary outcomes in young populations remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review to explore how combined movement behaviors are linked to dietary outcomes in children and adolescents. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO from January 2017 to July 2024, including studies that were (1) written in English, (2) published in peer-reviewed journals, (3) quantitatively analyzed two or three movement behaviors with dietary outcomes, and (4) focused on populations aged between 0 and 18 years. Results: Ten cross-sectional studies met these criteria. The majority of studies (6 out of 10) assessed all three movement behaviors, although sleep was less frequently examined, appearing in only 4 of the studies. Our findings indicated that adhering to all movement recommendations was consistently associated with healthier dietary patterns, including a higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, and cereals, and a lower intake of sweets and pastries. Additionally, adhering to physical activity and sedentary time guidelines was linked to improved dietary habits in children, including more fruit and vegetable intake and less sugary drink and snack consumption. Conversely, higher sedentary time and inadequate sleep were linked to poorer dietary outcomes, particularly lower fruit intake and hydration. Conclusions: This review suggests that meeting movement behavior guidelines correlates with healthier dietary outcomes in children and adolescents. However, given the limited number of studies and their cross-sectional design, further high-quality research, including longitudinal and intervention studies, is needed to clarify causal relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Improving collaboration among organizations is a goal of interagency educational teams, but collaboration is typically thought of as an ambiguous concept that cannot be quantified. To assess the collaborative strength of a state-level interagency team in a Midwestern state, team members completed the Levels of Collaboration Scale (Frey et al., "American Journal of Evaluation" 27(3):383, 2006) for three consecutive years. The team members then utilized the results of the social network analysis to support and sustain collaborative efforts. Findings revealed that the number of partnerships increased and the depth of collaboration expanded across the 3 years. Social network analysis results were utilized to develop collaboration strategies, thus influencing the expansion of the network across the 3-year period.

Research suggests that self-determination skills are positively correlated with factors that have been shown to improve academic achievement, but the direct relationship among self-determination, self-concept, and academic achievement is not fully understood. This study offers an empirical explanation of how self-determination and self-concept affect academic achievement for adolescents with learning disabilities after taking into consideration the covariates of gender, income, and urbanicity. In a nationally representative sample (N = 560), the proposed model closely fit the data, with all proposed path coefficients being statistically significant. The results indicated that there were significant correlations among the three latent variables (i.e., self-determination, self-concept, and academic achievement), with self-determination being a potential predictor of academic achievement for students with learning disabilities.

Interagency collaboration facilitates strong linkages to adult agencies, which improves adult outcomes among youth with disabilities (Kohler & Field, 2003; Repetto, Webb, Garvan & Washington, 2002). State-level transition teams increase collaboration, reduce duplication of resources, improve professional development, and heighten the cross-flow of information (Blalock, 1996; Wehman, 1998). Using social network (Daly, 2010) and focus group analysis (Krueger & Casey, 2000), this mixed methods study examined changes in collaboration, as well as collaborative characteristics and activities, among members of one state-level transition team. Analysis of the social network indicated a significant increase in the network density. Furthermore, focus group results indicated a range of collaborative strategies that built group cohesion and facilitated movement toward improving transition and student outcomes.

An O2‐assisted, four‐component reaction has been developed to synthesize a wide range of syn‐1,3‐amino alcohols in one step. The reaction proceeds by oxygenation of vinyl magnesium bromide (component‐I) with O2 (component‐II) to give a magnesium enolate of acetaldehyde, which undergoes addition to a chiral N‐tert‐butanesulfinyl imine (component‐III) followed by a sequential addition with excess vinyl magnesium bromide (component‐IV). The approach allows diastereoselective synthesis of anti/syn‐ and syn/syn‐3‐amino‐1,5‐diols in good yields with high diastereoselectivity. The method was illustrated in an efficient, four‐step synthesis of piperidine alkaloid (−)‐2′‐epi‐ethylnorlobelol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of ectopic pregnancy II prescription as a monotherapy in the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Methods: 160 patients with ectopic pregnancy from December 2015 to December 2017 in the Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen Nanshan District were included and randomly divided into two groups. The patients in the control group were treated with methotrexate at a dosage of 50 mg/m² intramuscularly injected for the first time. Seven days later, the patients were reexamined. Different doses of methotrexate were given according to the reexamination results, and then, the patients were reexamined every other day. Patients in the treatment group were treated with ectopic pregnancy II prescription, 1 dose per day, for a succession of more than 7 days. The blood level and recovery time to normal value of β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG), lump size, lump disappearance time, hospitalization days, treatment effective rate and rate of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were compared between the two groups. Results: Therapeutic efficacy of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (95.0% vs 83.8%, P<0.05). The rate of ADRs in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group, also with statistical significance (6.3% vs 20.0%, P < 0.05). Seven days after treatment, the blood level of β-HCG [(5.13 ± 1.82) ng/ml vs (7.62 ± 2.30) ng/ml], lump size [(l.05 ± 0.37) cm vs (1.87 ± 0.62) cm], recovery time to normal value of β-HCG [(12.27 ± 2.59) d vs (15.31 ± 3.22) d], lump disappearance time [(14.87 ± 2.31) d vs (20.53 ± 3.47) d], hospitalization days [(13.59 ± 3.11) d vs (19.62 ± 2.57) d] in the treatment group were significantly lower or less than those in the control group (P<0.05, P < 0.01). Conclusion: The treatment of ectopic pregnancy with ectopic pregnancy II prescription could improve effective rate, accelerate lump disappearance, and lower the rate of ADRs. However, it might prolong the vaginal bleeding of certain patients, so attention should be paid to the rational use of ectopic pregnancy II prescription. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]