scholarly journals Psychological State of Working and Non-Working Woman’s Child

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitali R. Tailor
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Indian Culture

Environmental factors play a vital role in the growth and development of a child. The contribution of Manu Smriti Granth towards Indian culture holds the importance, that believes man and woman to be two important pillars of society and owes the responsibility being parents. This says that parent has a superior role to play than to a teacher in child’s development. To stand with the time, women are now becoming career oriented. Cultural nourishment is now an alarming concern as both man and woman remains occupied with job/business.

scholarly journals Australia IBD Microbiome (AIM) Study: protocol for a multicentre longitudinal prospective cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e042493
Author(s):  
Astrid-Jane Williams ◽  
Ramesh Paramsothy ◽  
Nan Wu ◽  
Simon Ghaly ◽  
Steven Leach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Response To Therapy ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Patient Reported

IntroductionCrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are common chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which cause considerable morbidity. Although the precise mechanisms of disease remain unclear, evidence implicates a strong multidirectional interplay between diet, environmental factors, genetic determinants/immune perturbations and the gut microbiota. IBD can be brought into remission using a number of medications, which act by suppressing the immune response. However, none of the available medications address any of the underlying potential mechanisms. As we understand more about how the microbiota drives inflammation, much interest has focused on identifying microbial signals/triggers in the search for effective therapeutic targets. We describe the establishment of the Australian IBD Microbiota (AIM) Study, Australia’s first longitudinal IBD bioresource, which will identify and correlate longitudinal microbial and metagenomics signals to disease activity as evaluated by validated clinical instruments, patient-reported surveys, as well as biomarkers. The AIM Study will also gather extensive demographic, clinical, lifestyle and dietary data known to influence microbial composition in order to generate a more complete understanding of the interplay between patients with IBD and their microbiota.MethodsThe AIM Study is an Australian multicentre longitudinal prospective cohort study, which will enrol 1000 participants; 500 patients with IBD and 500 healthy controls over a 5-year period. Assessment occurs at 3 monthly intervals over a 24-month period. At each assessment oral and faecal samples are self-collected along with patient-reported outcome measures, with clinical data also collected at baseline, 12 and 24 months. Intestinal tissue will be sampled whenever a colonoscopy is performed. Dietary intake, general health and psychological state will be assessed using validated self-report questionnaires. Samples will undergo metagenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and culturomic analyses. Omics data will be integrated with clinical data to identify predictive biomarkers of response to therapy, disease behaviour and environmental factors in patients with IBD.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval for this study has been obtained from the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Research Ethics Committee (HREC 2019/ETH11443). Findings will be reported at national and international gastroenterology meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration numberACTRN12619000911190.

DOWNWARD SPIRAL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-382
Author(s):  
H. Mahler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Small Children ◽  
Death Toll ◽  
Malnourished Children ◽  
Downward Spiral

Malnutrition is both one of the consequences of social injustice and one of the factors contributing to its maintenance. It bears hardest on small children, contributing to the massive death toll among the young, and together with other adverse environmental factors it interferes with the adequate growth and development of the survivors. It reduces their capacity to learn during childhood and to earn during adulthood. The inevitable result is a downward spiral in which poor malnourished parents produce malnourished children who in turn will become poor and malnourished parents.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEGRO INFANTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Roland B. Scott ◽  
Angella D. Ferguson ◽  
Melvin E. Jenkins ◽  
Fred F. Cutter
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
Daily Care ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
First Year Of Life

The time of occurrence of 12 neuromuscular patterns of behavior in the development of 2 groups of Negro infants from different socio-economic levels during the first year of life is presented. The Negro infants from the clinic showed acceleration over the Negro infants from private practice in their development from the 8th to the 35th week of life, after which time, the development of the 2 groups was essentially the same. The Negro infants as a group showed acceleration in their development when compared with a group of white infants studied in a similar manner by Aldrich except in 2 patterns, "smiling" and "vocalization." A marked similarity was noted during the first 30 weeks of life in the development of the white and Negro infants from private practice whose socio-economic backgrounds were substantially similar. The differences and similarities observed in the neuromuscular behavior in the 3 groups studied may be attributed mainly to environmental factors. The observed acceleration in the Negro infants is apparently an expression of greater permissiveness in daily care as practiced by the mothers or mother substitutes in the lower socio-economic classes.

scholarly journals Genome-wide identification and expression profiles of ERF subfamily transcription factors in Zea mays

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9551
Author(s):  
Lidong Hao ◽  
Shubing Shi ◽  
Haibin Guo ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Pan Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Ethylene Response Factor ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Genes Expression

The Ethylene-Response Factor (ERF) subfamily transcription factors (TFs) belong to the APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) superfamily and play a vital role in plant growth and development. However, identification and analysis of the ERF subfamily genes in maize have not yet been performed at genome-wide level. In this study, a total of 76 ERF subfamily TFs were identified and were found to be unevenly distributed on the maize chromosomes. These maize ERF (ZmERF) TFs were classified into six groups, namely groups B1 to B6, based on phylogenetic analysis. Synteny analysis showed that 50, 54, and 58 of the ZmERF genes were orthologous to those in rice, Brachypodium, and Sorghum, respectively. Cis-element analysis showed that elements related to plant growth and development, hormones, and abiotic stress were identified in the promoter region of ZmERF genes. Expression profiles suggested that ZmERF genes might participate in plant development and in response to salinity and drought stresses. Our findings lay a foundation and provide clues for understanding the biological functions of ERF TFs in maize.

SOMATOTYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
E. Krukovich ◽  
N. Tumanova ◽  
G. Bondar
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Hereditary Factors

Physical development (RF) is one of the main indicators of health status, largely due to hereditary factors, depends on the living conditions and upbringing, social and environmental factors [1,2,3,4]. This is especially important for children and adolescents in the process of growth and development. At the present stage of scientific research of RF in pediatrics, there is a transition from the analysis of average RF indicators to a personalized assessment [5,6].

The Economics of Religious Tourism (Hajj and Umrah) in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-168
Author(s):  
Abla Abdul Hameed Bokhari
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
Oil Wealth ◽  
Risky Business ◽  
Generic Sense

Even though great oil wealth has freed Saudi Arabia from economic dependence on Hajj and Umrah revenues, diversification of economic base and sources of income necessitates taking the economic impacts of these revenues into account. Therefore, this chapter aims to discuss the economic impact of religious tourism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tourism worldwide is a risky business. Nevertheless, religious motives of Muslim pilgrims have never been noticeably vulnerable to any circumstances. Furthermore, religious tourists are the highest spenders compared with other types of tourists in Saudi Arabia. Subsequently, annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah can play an increasingly vital role in economic growth and development. In its broadest generic sense, religious tourism plays a vital role as foreign exchange earner, a creator of job opportunities, and a tool for improving the balance of payments. Its contribution to the economic welfare, if well planned, can be more significant than any other economic force known.

Glucocorticoid-induced changes in glucocorticoid receptor mRNA and protein expression in the human placenta as a potential factor for altering fetal growth and development

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bivol ◽  
Suzzanne J. Owen ◽  
Roselyn B. Rose'Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Glucocorticoid Receptors ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
Induced Changes

Glucocorticoids (GCs) control essential metabolic processes in virtually every cell in the body and play a vital role in the development of fetal tissues and organ systems. The biological actions of GCs are mediated via glucocorticoid receptors (GRs), the cytoplasmic transcription factors that regulate the transcription of genes involved in placental and fetal growth and development. Several experimental studies have demonstrated that fetal exposure to high maternal GC levels early in gestation is associated with adverse fetal outcomes, including low birthweight, intrauterine growth restriction and anatomical and structural abnormalities that may increase the risk of cardiovascular, metabolic and neuroendocrine disorders in adulthood. The response of the fetus to GCs is dependent on gender, with female fetuses becoming hypersensitive to changes in GC levels whereas male fetuses develop GC resistance in the environment of high maternal GCs. In this paper we review GR function and the physiological and pathological effects of GCs on fetal development. We propose that GC-induced changes in the placental structure and function, including alterations in the expression of GR mRNA and protein levels, may play role in inhibiting in utero fetal growth.

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