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Assessment of the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among primary school children in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2014
BackgroundParasitic infection is the most prevalent among rural communities in warm and humid regions and where water, hygiene and sanitation facilities are inadequate. Such infection occurs in rural areas where water supplies are not enough to drink and
Ashenafi Abossie, Mohammed Seid
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Logical reasoning and fantasy contexts: eliminating differences between children with and without experience in school

open access: yesInteramerican Journal of Psychology, 2005
An experiment investigated the effect of a make-believe fantasy mode of problem presentation on reasoning about valid conditional syllogisms in three groups of 5-year-old children: a) school children from middle-class families in England; b) school ...
Maria da Graça B. B. Dias   +3 more
doaj  

Education for all and for life? : An introduction into primary school education in Senegal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Generally, school participation in Senegal has achieved a lot of progress in recent years. However, several problems remain to be tackled for further improvement. Still, too many children never attend a school.
Graef, Steffen, Gönsch, Iris
core   +1 more source

Obesity prevention for junior high school students: An intervention programme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Generally, schools are an important setting to provide programmes for obesity prevention for children because the vast majority of children attend school. This study investigates how an intervention programme in the school subject of Physical
Dafopoulou, GM, Topalidou, A
core   +1 more source

Exploratory Analysis of ELP1 Expression in Whole Blood From Patients With Familial Dysautonomia

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a hereditary neurodevelopmental disorder caused by aberrant splicing of the ELP1 gene, leading to a tissue‐specific reduction in ELP1 protein expression. Preclinical models indicate that increasing ELP1 levels can mitigate disease manifestations.
Alejandra González‐Duarte   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A sphenoid sinus mucocele simulating as retro bulbar optic neuritis

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
A 25-year-old male presented with complaints of sudden diminution of vision with pain on eye movement in the left eye which was diagnosed clinically as retro bulbar optic neuritis.
Anoop Kishore Gupta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Media Use in School-Aged Children and Adolescents

open access: yesPediatrics, 2016
This policy statement focuses on children and adolescents 5 through 18 years of age. Research suggests both benefits and risks of media use for the health of children and teenagers.
M. Moreno
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2017
Aim: To study the prevalence of myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in public and private (primary and secondary) schools.
Uchenna C. Atowa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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