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Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The demographic revolution is changing the reproductive strategy of Homo sapiens

open access: yesДемографическое обозрение, 2016
The demographic revolution (demographic transition) is changing the reproductive strategy of the species Homo sapiens. The whole evolution of life on Earth, including social evolution since the beginning of human society, has led to this triumph of theK-
Анатолий Григорьевич Вишневский
doaj  

The second demographic transition in Japan: a review of the evidence

open access: yesChina Population and Development Studies, 2022
AbstractDespite a half century of below-replacement fertility, Japan is typically not included in discussions and evaluations of the second demographic transition (SDT), a widely referenced framework for understanding family changes and attitudinal shifts associated with very low fertility. I address this limitation by drawing upon a range of published
openaire   +1 more source

Māori and the [potential] demographic dividend [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper outlines a recently articulated concept in the demographic literature known as the ‘demographic dividend’, and connects it with key features of Māori and non- Māori demography.
Jackson, Natalie
core  

Representation of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Pediatric and Adult Care: What We Discovered Using Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) Data

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transitioning from pediatric to adult care is a high‐risk period for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). An initial observation at one academic medical center suggested a sex‐based disparity in clinic populations, prompting a national investigation.
Laurie J. Duckworth   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful concept for demography? [PDF]

open access: yesVienna Yearbook of Population Research, 2004
It is generally agreed that the Second Demographic Transition is characterised by (1) a trend toward less committed and more fragile relations between men and women, and (2) the delayed and less likely transition to parenthood and a sharp re duction of higher-order births, or, in other words, postponement of marriage and first birth, more cohabitation ...
openaire   +1 more source

The microbiome in human skin aging

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

First conjugal union and religion: Signs contrary to the Second Demographic Transition in Brazil?

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2015
Background: Two of main characteristics of the Latin American conjugal union pattern are the early entry into first union and the increasing proportion of informal unions.
Ana Paula Verona   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The trade-off between fertility and education : evidence from before the demographic transition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The trade-off between child quantity and quality is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth.
Cinnirella, Francesco   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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