Family form of dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is classified into familial and non-familial, which reflects the need to study the genetic basis of the disease. The article describes a clinical case of a familial form of non-compact cardiomyopathy in combination with a dilated form of cardiomyopathy. The article provides data of echocardiographic and MRI studies. The diagnosis was confirmed by genetic research, there was revealed a mutation in the MYH7 gene p.IIe201Thr in a heterozygous state, which is associated with the development of non-compact cardiomyopathy and dilated form of cardiomyopathy.

Preprint Father absence and academic engagement Osinga et al.

The literature on father absence is criticized for its lack of cross-cultural perspectives and failure to take into account potential mechanisms that are related to associations between father absence and offspring well-being and development. In the present study, we investigated whether father absence was linked to Curaçaoan (n = 564) and Dutch (n = 652) adolescents’ and young adults’ behavioral and emotional (dis)engagement in school. Whereas father absence has often been linked to problems in offspring adjustment, we did not find an association between father absence and offspring academic engagement. It is important to continue studying father absence across demographic characteristics and measures to advance understanding of whether, when, and how this family form might affect offspring well-being and development.

Generative Capacity of Contextual Grammars with Subregular Selection Languages*

A contextual grammar is a language generating mechanism inspired by generating sentences in natural languages. An existing string can be extended to a new string of the language by adjoining a context before and behind the string or by inserting it into the string around some subword. The first mode is called external derivation whereas the second mode is called internal derivation. If conditions are given, around which words which contexts can be adjoined, we speak about contextual grammars with selection. We give an overview about the generative capacity of contextual grammars (working externally or internally) where the selection languages belong to subregular language classes. All languages generated by contextual grammars where all selection languages are elements of a certain subregular language family form again a language family. We compare such families which are based on finite, monoidal, nilpotent, combinational, definite, suffix-closed, ordered, commutative, circular, non-counting, power-separating, or union-free languages, or based on languages defined by restrictions regarding the descriptional complexity.

PENTINGNYA PENDIDIKAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN SOSIAL LANJUT USIA

Entering old age, people will experience setbacks, especially physically and psychologically. However, this does not mean that changes in physical and psychological conditions make the elderly feel useless, or people who think that the elderly are useless, as argued by Argyo (2007), in many cultures and societies the elderly have a role and position. as a person who is respected, is considered to have more knowledge and experience so that it becomes a place for questions and advice for young people. Changes in systems and structures in society have implications for the role and position of the elderly in the family and society. For example, the change from a broad family form in a traditional society to a nuclear family implies that the elderly will experience life alone. Living conditions themselves are far from the attention of the family and will bring problems to the elderly, especially the elderly who do not have enough economy to meet their daily needs. Elderly people will live in poverty if there is no interaction with other people, causing various diseases in their lives.

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

In this chapter, we identify structural features of families with shared physical custody that differ from those of nuclear families or those of families where one parent has sole physical custody, and discuss the implications for family and kin relationships. We pay particular attention to the ways in which shared physical custody alters the gendered nature of parenting and kinship. We argue that the structural features of shared physical custody create distinct contexts for parent-child and sibling relationships and produce differences in shared understandings of obligations between family members. The unique context for relationships and obligations together constitute a new family form. Our analysis generates an agenda for future research on the nature and consequences of shared physical custody.

Conclusion

This chapter reviews attachment parenting (AP) through the lens of black mothers' experiences and draws attention to the philosophy's place in neoliberal parenting culture. It highlights how ideas about good parenting deploy or elide race, class, and gender at different moments and for different, sometimes contradictory, purposes. It also talks about ideologies of good parenting that intend to be free of gender, class, and race but identify women as uniquely responsible for children's wellbeing. The chapter explains how AP offers a unique constellation of raced, classed and gendered effects as it draws from monolithic 'primitive' cultures and rests on a taken-for-granted family form in which mothers are financially supported to stay at home. It recounts the narratives of the black women that demand an analysis of parenting that addresses the differential effects of racism and unequal access to resources.

Does the Home-Visit Communicating Service by Postal Workers Improve the Mental Health of Older Persons Living Alone?

In Japan, the number of older households living alone or married couples is increasing as society ages. For such households, Japan Post offers “Mimamori Home-visit service” a fee-based service where postal workers visit once a month to check their living and health conditions. We examined whether the use of this service improves the mental health of users. There were 10,592 service users as February 2019. The survey targeted 524 people (356 women) who started using the system in January or February (wave1) and continued using until August 2019 (wave2). The mean age was 79.5 years. Visiting postal workers conducted tablet-based interviews to assess social support networks (LSNS-6) and mental health (WHO-5). Information on gender, age, and family form (living alone or not) was provided by Japan Post. The WHO-5 average score was 16.4 for wave1 and 16.3 for wave2. Changes in mental health (WHO-5 scores) at 2 time points were compared by ANCOVA using family form (living alone or not) and social isolation (12 points or less/13 or more for LSNS-6) as explanatory variables and gender and age as covariates. The results showed a significant interaction between the 3 factors of time, family form, and social isolation. WHO-5 scores increased (14.2 to 15.3) in the group that lived alone and had 12 or less of LSNS-6. In the other group, the score was no change or lowered. It has been shown that mental health improves with the use of monitoring services in elderly people living alone and in social isolation.