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Pancreas development in humans [PDF]

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity, 2014
We highlight some of the major recent advances in characterizing human pancreas development and endocrine cell differentiation.Extensive research efforts have helped to define crucial events in the mouse pancreas organogenesis. Information gained from these studies was used to develop human embryonic stem cell (hESC) differentiation protocols with the ...
Fong Cheng, Pan, Marcela, Brissova
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Human pancreas development [PDF]

Development, 2015
A wealth of data and comprehensive reviews exist on pancreas development in mammals, primarily mice, and other vertebrates. By contrast, human pancreatic development has been less comprehensively reviewed. Here, we draw together those studies conducted directly in human embryonic and fetal tissue to provide an overview of what is known about human ...
Jennings, Rachel; id_orcid 0000-0003-1492-600X, Berry, Andrew, Strutt, James, Gerrard, Dave T; id_orcid 0000-0001-6890-7213, Hanley, Neil   +4 more
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Human Development: Beyond the Human Development Index

Journal of Human Development, 2006
The well‐known Human Development Index (HDI) encompasses only three rather basic aspects of human welfare. This paper aims to go beyond this, by identifying 11 categories of human development. We next propose plausible candidates as indicators of these categories. We then estimate correlations among the indicators within each category, discarding those
Ranis, G, Stewart, F, Samman, E
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Crisis and Human Development. [PDF]

Integr Psychol Behav Sci
Abstract Crises are everywhere – from environmental collapses, wars, and skyrocketing inequalities to ageing populations and pandemics, yet there is no universal way that individuals respond to these. What can be said about these?
Zittoun T, Pedersen OC, Gillespie A, Mirza NM, Perrin M.   +4 more
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Development of the human prostate [PDF]

Differentiation, 2018
This paper provides a detailed compilation of human prostatic development that includes human fetal prostatic gross anatomy, histology, and ontogeny of selected epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation markers and signaling molecules throughout the stages of human prostatic development: (a) pre-bud urogenital sinus (UGS), (b) emergence of solid ...
Cunha, Gerald R, Vezina, Chad M, Isaacson, Dylan, Ricke, William A, Timms, Barry G, Cao, Mei, Franco, Omar, Baskin, Laurence S   +7 more
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Using technology to scale-up training and supervision of community health workers in the psychosocial management of perinatal depression: a non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2019
Background.The Thinking Healthy Programme (THP) is an evidence-based psychological intervention endorsed by the World Health Organization, tailored for non-specialist health workers in low- and middle-income countries.
Atif Rahman, Parveen Akhtar, Syed Usman Hamdani, Najia Atif, Huma Nazir, Iftikhar Uddin, Anum Nisar, Zille Huma, Joanna Maselko, Siham Sikander, Shamsa Zafar   +10 more
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Within-person structures of daily cognitive performance differ from between-person structures of cognitive abilities [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Over a century of research on between-person differences has resulted in the consensus that human cognitive abilities are hierarchically organized, with a general factor, termed general intelligence or “g,” uppermost.
Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Timo von Oertzen, Ulman Lindenberger   +3 more
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Development of the human heart [PDF]

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, 2020
AbstractIn 2014, an extensive review discussing the major steps of cardiac development focusing on growth, formation of primary and chamber myocardium and the development of the cardiac electrical system, was published. Molecular genetic lineage analyses have since furthered our insight in the developmental origin of the various component parts of the ...
Marieke F.J. Buijtendijk, Phil Barnett, Maurice J.B. van den Hoff   +2 more
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Creatine-electrolyte supplementation improves repeated sprint cycling performance: A double blind randomized control study

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2018
Background Creatine supplementation is recommended as an ergogenic aid to improve repeated sprint cycling performance. Furthermore, creatine uptake is increased in the presence of electrolytes.
Daniel L. Crisafulli, Harsh H. Buddhadev, Lorrie R. Brilla, Gordon R. Chalmers, David N. Suprak, Jun G. San Juan   +5 more
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Delivering maternal mental health through peer volunteers: a 5-year report

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019
Background Maternal depression affects one in five women in low-and middle income countries (LMIC) and has significant economic and social impacts. Evidence-based psychosocial interventions delivered by non-specialist health workers are recommended as ...
Najia Atif, Amina Bibi, Anum Nisar, Shaffaq Zulfiqar, Ikhlaq Ahmed, Katherine LeMasters, Ashley Hagaman, Siham Sikander, Joanna Maselko, Atif Rahman   +9 more
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