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Biomarkers of Development of Immunity and Allergic Diseases in Farming and Non-farming Lifestyle Infants: Design, Methods and 1 Year Outcomes in the “Zooming in to Old Order Mennonites” Birth Cohort Study [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Traditional farming lifestyle has been shown to be protective against asthma and allergic diseases. The individual factors that appear to be associated with this “farm-life effect” include consumption of unpasteurized farm milk and exposure to farm ...
Kirsi M. Järvinen, Kirsi M. Järvinen, Kirsi M. Järvinen, Erin C. Davis, Erin Bevec, Courtney M. Jackson, Catherine Pizzarello, Catherine Pizzarello, Elizabeth Catlin, Miranda Klein, Akhila Sunkara, Nichole Diaz, James Miller, Camille A. Martina, Juilee Thakar, Juilee Thakar, Antti E. Seppo, R. John Looney, the Collaborative Working Group, Jeanne Lomas, Maria H. Slack, Puja Sood Rajani, Jessica Stern, Emily Weis, Theresa Bingemann, Shahzad S. Mustafa, Allison Ramsey, Barbara Johnson, Kaili Widrick, Allison Leadley   +29 more
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Gut microbial IgA coating in infants with traditional farming lifestyle and urban infants with allergic outcomes [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundThe sharp increase in prevalence of atopic disease suggests a role for environmental factors, such as the microbiome. Here, we study the impact of immunoglobulin A (IgA) coating of gut bacteria in infancy on allergic outcomes in two distinct ...
Kevin Bu, Tyler Scherzi, Adam Cantor, Andy A. Teng, Jozelyn V. Pablo, Adam D. Shandling, Arlo Z. Randall, Erin Davis, Courtney Jackson, R. John Looney, Joseph J. Campo, Antti Seppo, Kirsi M. Järvinen, Jose C. Clemente   +13 more
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Old Order Mennonites in New York: Cultural and Agricultural Growth

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2015
New York is experiencing dramatic population growth among horse-and-buggy driving populations. Farming is recognized as essential to the maintenance of these cultures.
Judson Reid
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Horse and Buggy Crash Study III: Low Illumination and the Sun’s Glare in Crashes between Motor Vehicles and Amish / Old Order Mennonite Horse and Buggies

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
The purpose of this study is to identify time periods of particular crash risk through the day for Amish and Old Order Mennonite horse & buggies. As suggested in prior studies, transitional illumination (dawn/dusk) may be a risk to travel because of a ...
Cory Anderson
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Practicality and Identity as Functions of Education in Old Order Mennonite and Hutterite Communities

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2015
This study is an exploration of common structures, theories, and practices among the educational systems of selected Anabaptist communities, focusing on a Midwestern Schmeideleut Hutterite community and the Groffdale Conference (Old Order) Mennonites in ...
Janelle Zimmerman
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Horse and Buggy Crash Study I: Common Crash Scenarios between a Motor Vehicle and the Amish / Old Order Mennonite Horse and Buggy

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
Horse and buggy transportation is spreading as rapidly as its Amish and Old Order Mennonite users are, as are buggy crashes with motor vehicles. This study examines the primary causes of 76 reported horse and buggy crashes in Pennsylvania in 2006.
Cory Anderson
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Quantitative glycoproteomics of human milk and association with atopic disease

PLoS ONE, 2022
The prevalence of allergic diseases and asthma is increasing rapidly worldwide, with environmental and lifestyle behaviors implicated as a reason. Epidemiological studies have shown that children who grow up on farms are at lower risk of developing ...
Matilda Holm, Mayank Saraswat, Sakari Joenväärä, Antti Seppo, R. John Looney, Tiialotta Tohmola, Jutta Renkonen, Risto Renkonen, Kirsi M. Järvinen   +8 more
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The Accuracy of Referral for Portable Lipid Analyzers in an Old Order Mennonite Population

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2010
The primary purposes of this study were to: 1) examine the accuracy for referral of two portable lipid analyzers (PLAs) in an old order Mennonite population through a comparison to a national standardized reference laboratory, 2) examine the relationship
Maria Eve Main, Susan Jones, Cathy Abell
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Genetic mapping and exome sequencing identify variants associated with five novel diseases. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Clinic for Special Children (CSC) has integrated biochemical and molecular methods into a rural pediatric practice serving Old Order Amish and Mennonite (Plain) children.
Erik G Puffenberger, Robert N Jinks, Carrie Sougnez, Kristian Cibulskis, Rebecca A Willert, Nathan P Achilly, Ryan P Cassidy, Christopher J Fiorentini, Kory F Heiken, Johnny J Lawrence, Molly H Mahoney, Christopher J Miller, Devika T Nair, Kristin A Politi, Kimberly N Worcester, Roni A Setton, Rosa Dipiazza, Eric A Sherman, James T Eastman, Christopher Francklyn, Susan Robey-Bond, Nicholas L Rider, Stacey Gabriel, D Holmes Morton, Kevin A Strauss   +24 more
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A recurring NFS1 pathogenic variant causes a mitochondrial disorder with variable intra-familial patient outcomes

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2021
Iron‑sulfur clusters (FeSCs) are vital components of a variety of essential proteins, most prominently within mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I-III; FeS assembly and distribution is performed via multi-step pathways. Variants affecting several
Tova Hershkovitz, Alina Kurolap, Galit Tal, Tamar Paperna, Adi Mory, Jeffrey Staples, Karlla W. Brigatti, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Elena Dumin, Ann Saada, Hanna Mandel, Hagit Baris Feldman   +11 more
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