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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"infancy and childhood"”.
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Bone marrow transplantation in infancy and childhood
… agents within a protected environment and the thesis opens with a discussion of and a comparison between the different ways of achieving this protection and an assessment of the contribution of each component.
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Preconception Stress, Affect-Biased Attention, and Negative Affectivity: Assessing Pathways and Early Markers of Psychopathological Risk in Infancy and Childhood
… of mental health likely begin early in life and perhaps even prior to conception. Research is needed to elucidate pathways of risk and resilience in the development of psychopathology. The goal of the current dissertation was to explore how both preconception and postnatal experiences …
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Anaemia in children: a study of its manifestations, causation, treatment and prognosis - with notes of cases
… two weeks of life, the number of red corpuscles and the percentage of haemoglobin during infancy and childhood are much below the adult figures.
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Rehabilitation of obesity
… cause obesity. Heredity factors, overfeeding in infancy and childhood, repeated dieting, inactivity, lifestyle and psychosocial conditions all contribute to the incidence of obesity.
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Effects of a Pregnancy Lifestyle Intervention on Emotion Regulation in Infants Responding to a Toy Removal Task at One-Year of Age
… linked with increased psychopathological risk in infancy and childhood. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis suggests the prenatal period as the earliest point of intervention, where fetal exposure to healthy lifestyle changes can promote optimal ER in infancy. Infant …
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Examining Causal Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing
Childhood obesity is a rapidly escalating public health crisis, with prevalence rates increasing from 4% in 1975 to 18% in 2016 among children aged 5-19 years worldwide. This rise in obesity may contribute to the secular trend towards earlier pubertal development on a global scale. Both childhood …
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Early Life Circadian Rhythm Disruptions Alters Brain and Behavior in Adulthood
Children typically sleep much more than adults, and sleep in infancy and childhood is thought to play an important role in brain and cognitive development. However, the problem with examining poor sleep in toddlers is that sleep quality is often confounded with other factors such as socioeconomic …
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Exploring how object relations theory can be used to understand the response of individuals to organisational change : three case studies
… assistance program with signs of depression and anxiety. The study examined the, 'unconscious aspects' of the relationship between the individual and work colleagues; the importance of the individual's relationship with the organisation, and how early unresolved feelings of loss can be evoked …
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The blood supply of the human spinal cord at birth: a report on a micro-dissection study of 27 foetal and neonate cadavers
… spinal cord at birth has been investigated, and a report is submitted on the detailed pattern of the arterial and arteriolar vessels in 27 cadavers. In 21 instances, the anterior median spinal arterial trunk and in 9 instances the postero-lateral spinal arterial trunks have been recorded. …
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The Spatial Relationships among Neurotoxicant Exposure, Child Admissions, and Mental Health Assessment Scores: How do they Interact in the State of Ohio?
In 2007, billions of pounds of known and suspected neurological toxicants were released into the air and water of the United States. Ohio had the dubious distinction of being one of the worst offenders because it was in the top-five emitters nationally (U.S. EPA, 2009a). While environmental …
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Correlates of Outcome in Nonaccidental Trauma
<p>Nonaccidental head trauma (NAHT) in infants and children involves intentional injury that is often associated with severe neurological and neuropsychological sequelae. Injuries due to NAHT result in immediate changes in neural function, as evidenced by abnormal biochemical metabolite levels and …
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Posttraumatic and Parent Stress in Parents of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients
<p>Heart transplantation during infancy is a life-threatening event, and when successful, the treatment is a life-long process and the potential for life-threatening consequences never ceases. As a result, parents can be impacted in many ways by this traumatic and demanding experience that begins …
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Risk factors and spatial distribution of urinary schistomiasis among school going children in Ng'ombe township of Lusaka
… Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and an estimated 779 million people worldwide, are at risk of schistosomiasis. In Zambia, close to 2 million people are infected with the disease with prevalence attainment as high as 90% in some communities. Therefore, this study sought to …
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Risk factors and spatial distribution of urinary schistomiasis among school going children in Ng'ombe township of Lusaka
… Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and an estimated 779 million people worldwide, are at risk of schistosomiasis. In Zambia, close to 2 million people are infected with the disease with prevalence attainment as high as 90% in some communities. Therefore, this study sought to …
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Prediction of Long-Term Intellectual and Neuropsychological Effects of Closed Head Injury in Infants and Children
<p>The ability to predict long-term intellectual and neuropsychological outcome (1-7 years post-injury) in children (ages 1 week - 14 years at injury) with a history of closed head injury were investigated. Clinical indicators of injury severity including EEG reading and age at injury as well as …
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A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… proved to be an effective immunosuppressive drug and now has a widespread application in organ transplantation. Several studies, however, have implicated cyclosporine as adversely affecting craniofacial growth in the pediatric population. <sup>16,18 </sup>The purpose of this follow-up study was to …
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Depression and Non-Responsive Behavior Displayed By Low Socio-Economic Latino Mothers in an Urban Child and Youth Clinic
… which prevented her from caring for her home and children. Both exhibited non-responsive behavior to her children's needs.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not low socio-economic latino mothers displaying non-responsive behavior had levels of depression different …
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Infant Heart Transplant: Perioperative Indicators of Neurocognitive Development
… one-month birthday due to advances in palliative and transplant procedures (Razzouk et al, 1996). Unfortunately, the decrease in mortality has been unmatched by a decrease in morbidity, which continues to be a major risk factor when undergoing deep hypothermia (du Plessis, 2000). While …
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Visual-Spatial & Visual-Motor Function in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
… commonly used to repair congenital heart defects and to perform heart transplantation. The associated hypoxia before or during the surgery may cause damage in the parasaggital area of the cerebral cortex, with resulting difficulty during tasks requiring visual-spatial and visual-motor skills. This …
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Body Image Satisfaction in Infant and Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients as Adolescents
<p>With the long-term survival rate of infant and pediatric heart transplant recipients reaching as high as 85%, there is now a significant number of these youths entering adolescence. Although psychological factors thought to be associated with pediatric heart transplant have reached clearer …