Responding to the Unique Complexities of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a multifaceted disability, characterized not only by brain- and body-based challenges, but also high rates of environmental adversity, lifelong difficulties with daily living, and distinct sociocultural ...
Katherine Flannigan +14 more
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Methanol and isopropanol embryo dosage response curves for wild-type and ethanol-sensitive zebrafish [PDF]
It is well established that ethanol has an array of negative effects on developing embryos, from craniofacial abnormalities to cognitive deficits and behavioral disorders.
Anderson, Ashley
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Does the Extreme Male Brain Hypothesis of Autism Apply More to Females Than Males? A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Approach. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The extreme male brain (EMB) hypothesis posits that autism risk is mediated by high systemizing and low empathizing. This hypothesis has accrued extensive support, but the degree to which it applies in females compared to males, and the relative extent to which autism is associated with empathizing compared to systemizing, is unclear ...
Szakal C, Crespi B.
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Comparison of the FASD 4-Digit Code and Hoyme et al. 2016 FASD diagnostic guidelines [PDF]
As clinicians strive to achieve consensus worldwide on how best to diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), the most recent FASD diagnosstic systems exhibit convergence and divergence. Applying these systems to a single clinical population illustrates contrasts between them, but validation studies are ultimately required to identify the best ...
Astley, Susan J. +3 more
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Improving the early life outcomes of Indigenous children: implementing early childhood development at the local level [PDF]
One of Australia’s greatest challenges is the elimination of the gap between the developmental outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in the early years of life.
Sarah Wise
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are over-represented in Australian youth detention centres and the justice system. In contrast to deficit-focused approaches to health and justice research, this article engages with the hopes ...
Sharynne Lee Hamilton +7 more
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Harmonic Forms and Deformation of ALC metrics with Spin(7) holonomy [PDF]
Asymptotically locally conical (ALC) metric of exceptional holonomy has an asymptotic circle bundle structure that accommodates the M theory circle in type IIA reduction.
Ablowitz +39 more
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Objective Canadian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) guidelines encourage an age-specific interdisciplinary diagnostic approach. However, there is currently no standard-of-care regarding FASD diagnosis disclosure and few studies document Canadian ...
Erika N. Dugas +5 more
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High folic acid consumption leads to pseudo-MTHFR deficiency, altered lipid metabolism, and liver injury in mice. [PDF]
Increased consumption of folic acid is prevalent, leading to concerns about negative consequences. The effects of folic acid on the liver, the primary organ for folate metabolism, are largely unknown.
Best, A +10 more
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Dziecko z FASD – terapia neurologopedyczna
The article characterises Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders as a holistic developmen- tal disorder, emphasising the importance of communication difficulties, both verbal and non-verbal. By pointing successively to the pathological changes in the anatomy and the functioning of individual parts of the CNS, the authors draw attention to the aspects of the ...
Halina Pawłowska-Jaroń +1 more
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