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Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"stunted"”.
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Irish disability: Postcolonial narratives of stunted development
… national, cultural, and individual—as inevitably stunted by both imperial narratives of Irish disability and the equally oppressive nationalist narratives that came to replace them in the Irish postcolonial imaginary. By reading postcolonial Irish narratives through the framework of disability, I …
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Stunted Growth: Institutional Challenges to the Department of Homeland Security's Maturation
Scholars have proposed numerous explanations as to why the Department of Homeland Security has struggled to mature as an organization and effectively conduct its core mission. We propose an alternative viewpoint that the department lacks key legal authorities and necessitates key organizational …
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African starchy foods, gastric emptying, and starch digestion in Malian stunted children
… porridge starch in healthy and moderately stunted toddlers from 18 – 30 months of age in Bamako, Mali. &agr;-amylase insufficiency was present in both Malian healthy and stunted toddlers. However, children with &agr;-amylase insufficiency digested, absorbed, and oxidized the released …
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Some of the conditions which tend toward dwarfism and stunted physical development
… basis of classification, such as: I. Cases of stunted physical development, due to the existence of some definite pathological change. II. Cases where no such pathological change is discoverable. As examples of the first class, we may instance the rickety dwarf; of the second, any of the pigmy …
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South Africa s stunted developmentalism: challenges of ideology and practice in building a developmental state
This study examines the challenge of establishing a developmental state (DS) in South Africa by applying the paradigm of the developmental state. This is due to the governing ANC adopting DS as state policy in 2007, thus prompting investigation into its applicability to the South African …
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Early Undernutrition and Unmet Learning Needs: Exploring Relationships between Stunting, Cognition, and Teacher Perceptions of Early Grade Learning in Ghana
… about the cognitive impairment associated with stunted growth in early childhood that might inform targeted educational interventions to improve learning outcomes once children enter primary school. Highlighting developmental health risks linked to undernutrition, it set out to delineate the …
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The influence of birth weight on under-five children’s nutritional status in Zambia
… that children with normal birthweight were less stunted, underweight and wasted. Children whose mothers took Iron tablets were less underweight and those whose mothers took anti-malaria drugs were less stunted and less underweight and for those who took Vitamin A were less wasted. Children whose …
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The influence of birth weight on under-five children’s nutritional status in Zambia
… that children with normal birthweight were less stunted, underweight and wasted. Children whose mothers took Iron tablets were less underweight and those whose mothers took anti-malaria drugs were less stunted and less underweight and for those who took Vitamin A were less wasted. Children whose …
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Describing The Nutritional Outcomes Following Paediatric Liver Transplantation At A Tertiary Hospital In South Africa
… was 57,1%, with 32,1% of children severely stunted. At 24 months post-transplant 65,5% of children were stunted, with 44,8% severely stunted. Overweight and obesity prevalence was 0% pretransplant, and 32,2% and 27,6% at 12- and 24-months post-transplant respectively. Biliary atresia was the …
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Assessment of a Nutritional Rehabilitation Model in Two Modern Broilers and Their Jungle Fowl Ancestor: A Model for Better Understanding Childhood Undernutrition
… that 22.9% of children under the age of 5 are stunted. The etiology of stunting is multifactorial and is associated with poor linear growth, villous atrophy, dysbiosis, and increased intestinal permeability. Inclusion of rye in poultry diets induces nutrient deficiencies and increases …
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Active shape model segmentation of Brain structures in MR images of subjects with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
… by physical and mental defects, such as stunted growth, facial deformities, cognitive impairment, and behavioural abnormalities. Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides a non-invasive means to study the neural correlates of FASD. One such approach aims to detect brain abnormalities through an …
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Socioeconomic differentials in child stunting in rural and urban areas in Zambia
… households have a higher risk and burden of stunted growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, basic rural-urban differentiation in child stunting can potentially conceal wealth differentials that exist within rural and urban areas. Specifically, cross country analyses have revealed that …
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Co-orthologs of KATANIN1 Impact Plant Morphology and Show Differential Evolution in Maize
… mutants leads to morphological changes such as stunted plant height, shorter leaves and reduced inflorescence size.
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WHO: A Novel Wuschel-Like Homeodomain Transcription Factor in Arabidopsis
… gene trap screening, exhibited a severely stunted phenotype. Pleiotropic defects were observable in the shoot meristem, the floral meristem and the root meristems. The who mutant exhibited over-sprouting shoots, malformed finger-like leaves, strongly stunted roots, delayed bolting and …
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Distant Neighbors: Negotiating Space and Urban Development in a Southern Mississippi Community
… that a lack of that voice has contributed to stunted economic growth.</p> <p>In addition, through this case study I demonstrate that there may be systems in place intended to "solve" the problem of economic underdevelopment, but in reality only perpetuate the lack of economic growth. In this …
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Invisible scars : how domestic violence victims have been left out of the discussion on traumatic brain injuries
… in the population, there is a lack of research, stunted by both funding and a lack of subjects. The trouble with research extends to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative disease caused by repetitive hits to the head. Although domestic violence researchers suggest that the population …
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The Influence of Population and Community Variables on Bluegill, Lepomis Macrochirus, Life Histories: Implications for Growth Rates, Timing-of-Maturation, and Population Size Structure
… reproductive ecology of bluegill in established stunted and non-stunted populations, and found that individual body size can have a marked influence on the reproductive ecology of male bluegill. At the community level, I examined interactions between bluegill and gizzard shad (Dorosoma …
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The association of early childhood nutrition and growth with the intestinal microbiome and pneumonia
… were calculated, and malnutrition classified as stunted, wasted, or overweight/obese. Dietary data were analysed using WHO infant and young child feeding indicators. Microbiome 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplicon sequencing was performed and bioinformatic analysis conducted in QIIME2 and …
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Understanding affluent male NEETs (not in employment, education or training) by choice: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… and society owing to their feeling trapped in a stunted developmental pathway. Implications of these findings for counselling psychology and the field of NEET and youth transitions research are discussed.
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Innovating the funding models for transport megaprojects in Kenya
… in infrastructure over the years, resulting in stunted growth. Kenya has a large infrastructure funding gap, and with ballooning government debt, the country cannot solely rely on the government to meet its infrastructure funding needs. This study looks at the two predominant infrastructure …
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