Does Breastfeeding Behavior Run in Families? Evidence From Twins, Their Sisters and Their Mothers in the Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Päivi Merjonen ◽  
Conor V. Dolan ◽  
Meike Bartels ◽  
Dorret I. Boomsma
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Familial Resemblance ◽  
Initiation Of Breastfeeding

The aim of the present article was to study the prevalence and the heritability of the initiation of breastfeeding in the Netherlands. The study was carried out in 5,581 participants from the Netherlands Twin Register, and included female twins, their sisters and mothers. All of the participants were born between 1911 and 1991. Breastfeeding was self-reported by the participants, and its prevalence was estimated conditional on birth cohort (born before 1955, 1955–1964, 1965–1974, 1975, or later). To estimate the heritability, we conducted extended twin-family modeling using the SEM package OpenMx in R. Mothers of twins had lower prevalence to initiate breastfeeding and the prevalence of initiation of breastfeeding increased with birth cohort: among mothers of twins 66% in the oldest (pre-1955) to 74% in the youngest (post-1974) and among mothers, who were twins themselves or sisters of twins, 79% in the oldest (pre-1955) to 85% in the youngest (post-1974). When accounting for prevalence differences between mothers of twins and other women, heritability of initiation of breastfeeding was 70%. However, the familial resemblance for sister and mother-daughter pairs was clearly lower than for DZ twin pairs, but as the number of non-twin sisters was relatively low, this observation did not lead to a significant contribution of a special shared twin environment.

scholarly journals SEA-BED CONFIGURATION IN RELATION TO BREAKWATER STABILITY

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Van Oarschat ◽  
A. Wevers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Sea Bed ◽  
Hydraulic Conditions ◽  
Overall Stability ◽  
The Stability

Stability tests on the Europoort breakwaters, situated on a shallow foreshore, clearly demonstrated the effect of the foreshore configuration on the overall stability. The present article gives a descriptionof the stability experiments and the interpretation leading to general conclusions regarding foreshore effects in combination with hydraulic conditions such as wave period, water depth and wave height. Both regular and irregular waves have been used. The experiments, carried out in commission of the Netherlands Government Department of Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) were of an applied nature and were not directed primarily to the systematic study of foreshore effects.

scholarly journals The lower prevalence of female genital mutilation in the Netherlands: a nationwide study in Dutch midwifery practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dineke G. Korfker ◽  
Ria Reis ◽  
Marlies E. B. Rijnders ◽  
Sanna Meijer-van Asperen ◽  
Lucienne Read ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Nationwide Study ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Ombudsman decentralized in the EU: experience for Ukraine

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
К. В. Мануілова
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Public Power ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Growth Status ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Further Development ◽  
The Eu

The article analyses the actual theme of the ombudsman institution in terms of decen­tralization of public power. The features of formation and functioning of the ombudsman in Sweden, Finland, of Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. It is noted that it is the best ombudsman protects the rights of people in decentralized EU. Ombudsman makes a significant contribution to the democratization of society, public power closer to the peo­ple, ensuring fairness, legitimacy and willingness to meet the needs of citizens and con­tributes to greater transparency, efficiency and quality in the work of public authorities. Today, most decentralized European countries the post of local / regional ombudsman, which successfully handles control of public authorities. The conclusions emphasized that the activities of the institute of local / regional ombudsman investigated in the EU was an important step for the further development of democratic society; strengthening the rule of law key components (growth status of the individual, guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of man and citizen); providing better control over the activities of authori­ties and officials; realization of the main goal of the policy of decentralization of public power – the power to approach people. The recommendations for change Ukrainian om­budsman as a decentralized public power.

scholarly journals Materializing

2022 ◽  
Vol 37 (71) ◽  
pp. 054-072
Author(s):  
Victoria Andelsman
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Ideals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Internal Body ◽  
The Invisible

The present article explores how cycles are brought into being through the practices and affordances involved in period-tracking with apps. Based on thirteen in-depth semi-structured interviews with period-tracking app users living in the Netherlands, it expands on literature discussing the relationship between embodiment, apps, and quantification. The contributions of this article are two-fold. Theoretically, it argues for the use of Karen Barad’s notion of apparatus to understand how bodies are (re)configured in relation to self-tracking technologies (1998). Empirically, it exposes how bodies emerge in localized period-tracking practices, within material-semiotic arrangements that both resist and reproduce cultural ideals about menstruating bodies. Period-tracking with apps, this study finds, brings the body’s interior processes into being in a “systematic” way, (re)configuring the cycle as either a series of phases or an interval with a certain (normative) duration. In all cases, periodtracking with apps becomes a means for users to access their internal body and to materialize the invisible processes of the cycle in ways that can be acted upon.

Understanding Religious Disaffiliation: Parental Values and Religious Transmission over Two Generations of Dutch Parents

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Groen ◽  
Paul Vermeer
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Parental Values ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Religious Transmission

Abstract Religious disaffiliation, a major phenomenon in the Netherlands, is predominantly a generational matter. Each successive birth cohort is less involved in institutional religion than the previous one. Parents do not seem to pass on a lasting religious commitment to their offspring, which might indicate an overall shift in parental values from conformity to autonomy. In this article we use panel data to test the assumption and to compare parenting goals and their effects on the offspring’s church attendance over two generations of parents. Our research question is: To what extent is the intergenerational transmission of religious commitment affected by a change in parental values from an emphasis on conformity to an emphasis on autonomy? Results show that while there is indeed a shift in parental values from conformity to autonomy, this barely affects the offspring’s church attendance — which is determined, rather, by the parents’ church attendance, irrespective of the goals they pursue.

Achaean pottery of the Late Geometric period: the Impressed Ware workshop

2003 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 307-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Gadolou
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Contextual Associations ◽  
The Village

The technical and morphological features of the products of the Late Geometric Achaean Impressed Ware workshop as well as its connection with the contemporary fine painted ware and Thapsos ware are presented in the present article.Apart from Ano Mazaraki, where the products of the workshop form one of the most important categories of dedications to the goddess, impressed pottery so far has been found at two other sites in Achaea: Aigio and Trapeza Hill in the village of Koumari near Aigio. Outside Achaea, products of the impressed pottery workshop have come to light at the sanctuary of Artemis at Lousoi (ancient Arcadia) and also at Delphi.The characteristic shapes produced by the Impressed Ware workshop are handleless cylindrical and biconical vases, pyxides, small skyphoi and also models of granaries and possibly tables, tripod legs and human figurines.The recognition and identification of the unique Impressed Ware workshop reflect the skills and productivity of Achaean potters during the Late Geometric period. The study of the products of this workshop has led to the recognition of its Achaean identity and its direct relations with the contemporary Achaean fine painted-ware. Furthermore comparison of Impressed Ware with the Thapsos Class vases found so far in Achaea has led us to identify important issues of fabric similarity, close contextual associations, motifs, and decorative syntax which link the above wares, and allow Impressed Ware pottery to make a significant contribution to the argument for an Achaean Thapsos Class production centre.

Regional Underreporting of Associated Congenital Anomalies in Cleft Patients in the Netherlands

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 710-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. C. van der Veen ◽  
J. M. van Hagen ◽  
J. Berkhof ◽  
J. P. W. Don Griot
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Congenital Anomalies ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
First Year ◽  
Medical File ◽  
Early Registration ◽  
First Year Of Life

Objective: The Dutch Cleft Palate Association (DCPA) registers all patients with cleft lip or palate and associated congenital anomalies in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to assess if early registration of cleft patients leads to underreporting of associated congenital anomalies and, if so, whether reregistration is necessary. Methods: The DCPA registration of the birth cohort 1997 to 2001 was compared with the medical files of these cleft patients for prevalence, type, and moment of registration of associated congenital anomalies. To assess possible long-term underregistration, a second birth cohort of 1990 to 1991 was analyzed. Results: The percentage of cleft patients with associated congenital anomalies was 26% in the DCPA database and 33% in the retrospective medical file review. A syndrome, sequence, or association was recognized in 8% of the cleft patients by the DCPA compared with 13% in our medical file review. Of all associated congenital anomalies diagnosed during a follow-up of 12 years, 53% were diagnosed in the first year of life. The cumulative percentage was 59% after 2 years, 62% after 3 years, 80% after 6 years, and 97% after 10 years. Conclusion: Early registration of cleft patients leads to underreporting of other associated anomalies. For a complete registration of associated congenital anomalies in cleft patients, reregistration at a later age is necessary.

scholarly journals Prevalence of rhinoviruses in young children of an unselected birth cohort from the Netherlands

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 736.e9-736.e15 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Wildenbeest ◽  
M.P. van der Schee ◽  
S. Hashimoto ◽  
K.S.M. Benschop ◽  
R.P. Minnaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Birth Cohort

Unchanged prevalence of Down syndrome in the Netherlands: results from an 11-year nationwide birth cohort

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1035-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helma B. M. van Gameren-Oosterom ◽  
S. E. Buitendijk ◽  
C. M. Bilardo ◽  
Karin M. van der Pal-de Bruin ◽  
J. P. Van Wouwe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Birth Cohort

The role of the judge in civil litigation in the 19th century: Case-management avant la lettre in Geneva, The Netherlands and Belgium

2007 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-198
Author(s):  
C.H. van Rhee
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Present Article ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Civil Litigation ◽  
Party Autonomy ◽  
Draft Code ◽  
The 19Th Century

AbstractThe present article discusses the powers of the judge in civil litigation in three jurisdictions that have been influenced by the French Code of Civil Procedure (1806). It shows that in the 19th century these jurisdictions adopted French law but at the same time tried to reduce party autonomy by increasing the judge's directive powers. This approach was most successful in Geneva. In The Netherlands, changes in the judge's position were less pronounced, whereas a 19th century Belgian draft code, which contained a number of measures that would have increased the judge's case-management powers, was not adopted in practice.

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