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Pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya [PDF]

, 2003
This paper explores the pathways of the determinants of unfavourable birth outcomes, such as premature birth, the size of the baby at birth, and Caesarean section deliveries in Kenya, using graphical loglinear chain models. The results show that a number
Diamond, Ian, Magadi, Monica, Madise, Nyovani, Smith, Peter   +3 more
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Type 2 Diabetes Risk Alleles Are Associated With Reduced Size at Birth [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms underlying this association are unknown and may represent intrauterine programming or two phenotypes of one genotype.
Timpson, NJ, Ruokonen, A, Weedon, Michael N, Hattersley, AT, McCarthy, MI, Pouta, Anneli, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Perry, JR, Weedon, MN, Elliott, P, Groves, Christopher J, Smith, GD, Shields, B, Power, C, Järvelin, MR, Hyppönen, E, Shields, Beverley, Zeggini, Eleftheria, McCarthy, Mark I, Bennett, Amanda J, Ring, Susan M, Power, Chris, Ring, SM, Ruokonen, Aimo, Pouta, A, Strachan, DP, Elliott, Paul, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Timpson, Nicholas J, Lango, Hana, Groves, CJ, Bennett, AJ, Hattersley, Andrew T, Lindgren, CM, Smith, George Davey, Zeggini, E, Frayling, Timothy M, Strachan, David P, Lango, H, Hyppönen, Elina, Freathy, RM, Perry, John R B, Frayling, TM, Freathy, Rachel M, Freathy, R.M., Hypponen, E., Hattersley, A.T., Shields, B., Ring, S.M., Bennett, A.J.   +49 more
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PRODUCTIVITY TRAITS OF LOCAL MOUNTAIN GOAT AND SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THEM

The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science, 2021
The aim of the current investigation was to evaluate some reproductive aspects of local mountain goat raised in farm conditions. A total number of 498 does were mated during two successive years.
Alkass & et al.
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of Birth-Death Processes with Immigration

Croatian Operational Research Review, 2022
Birth-death processes are applied in the modelling of many biological populations, such as tumour cells and viruses. Various studies have established that birth-death processes, which occur when the population size is zero, are not in-line with reality ...
Shiny K.S., Narayanan C. Viswanath
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Tooth Size and Position Before Birth [PDF]

Journal of Dental Research, 1972
No uniformity exists in the arrangement of the deciduous anterior teeth before birth. The deciduous incisors achieve a substantial amount of their final mesiodistal width at an early stage. Jaw growth in the anterior region during the last three months before birth appears not to exceed the increase in mesiodistal crown dimensions.
Van Der Linden, Frans, Mc Namara, James, Burdi, Alphonse R.   +2 more
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) and size at birth: A population-based analysis using the Finnish Medical Birth Register.

PLoS Medicine, 2019
BackgroundAntenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) is used clinically to prepare the fetal lung for impending preterm birth, but animal and human studies link corticosteroids to smaller birth size.
Alina Rodriguez, Yingbo Wang, Anohki Ali Khan, Rufus Cartwright, Mika Gissler, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin   +5 more
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Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Size at birth: an examination of meaning and usefulness. A prospective study of a cohort of infants born in Nepal [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Low birth weight (LBW) remains a major public health problem in developing countries, but is only one measure of size at birth. Others include small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and low ponderal index (PI).
Vaidya, A.
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