A Step in the Right Direction: Early Lessons from a Longitudinal Study of Dance Education as a Developmental Catalyst

Voice pitch (fundamental frequency, F 0 ) is a key dimension of our voice that varies between sexes after puberty, and also among individuals of the same sex both before and after puberty. While a recent longitudinal study indicates that inter-individual differences in voice pitch remain stable in men during adulthood and may even be determined before puberty (Fouquet et al. 2016 R. Soc. open sci. 3 , 160395. ( doi:10.1098/rsos.160395 )), whether these differences emerge in infancy remains unknown. Here, using a longitudinal study design, we investigate the hypothesis that inter-individual differences in F 0 are already present in the cries of pre-verbal babies. While based on a small sample ( n = 15), our results indicate that the F 0 of babies' cries at 4 months of age may predict the F 0 of their speech utterances at 5 years of age, explaining 41% of the inter-individual variance in voice pitch at that age in our sample. We also found that the right-hand ratio of the length of their index to ring finger (2D : 4D digit ratio), which has been proposed to constitute an index of prenatal testosterone exposure, was positively correlated with F 0 at both 4 months and 5 years of age. These findings suggest that a substantial proportion of between-individual differences in voice pitch, which convey important biosocial information about speakers, may partly originate in utero and thus already be present soon after birth.

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Doing the right thing in the early years of primary school: a longitudinal study of children’s reasoning about right and wrong

The Australian Educational Researcher ◽

10.1007/s13384-019-00306-6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (5) ◽

pp. 863-878

Author(s):

Joanne Lunn Brownlee ◽

Susan Walker ◽

Elizabeth Wallace ◽

Eva Johansson ◽

Laura Scholes

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Primary School ◽

Early Years ◽

The Right

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Undertaking the Role of Patient Advocate: a longitudinal study of nursing students

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1191/0969733003ne628oa ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 462-471 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Insaf Altun ◽

Nermin Ersoy

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Student Nurses ◽

Codes Of Ethics ◽

School Of Nursing ◽

Patient Advocate ◽

Patient Advocates ◽

Right To Refuse Treatment ◽

The Right

Patient advocacy has been claimed as a new role for professional nurses and many codes of ethics for nurses state that they act as patient advocates. Nursing education is faced with the challenge of preparing nurses for this role. In this article we describe the results of a study that considered the tendencies of a cohort of nursing students at the Kocaeli University School of Nursing to act as advocates and to respect patients’ rights, and how their capacities to do so changed (or not) as a result of their nursing education. This longitudinal study used a questionnaire consisting of 10 statements relating to patient care. It was performed both at the start (1998) and at the end (2002) of the nursing training. At the beginning of their course 77 students participated; in the study. After four years, only 55 students participated, the reason for this drop in number being unknown. The questions asked nurses if patients should have: the right to receive health care; the right to participate in the decision-making process about their treatment; the right always to be told the truth; and the right to have access to their own medical records. They were also asked: if quality of life should be a criterion for discontinuing treatment; if patients have the right to die and the right to refuse treatment; if patients should be assisted to die or helped to undergo active euthanasia; and if severely disabled newborn babies should be allowed to die. The student nurses demonstrated considerable insight into contemporary nursing issues and were ready to act as patient advocates. Professional responsibility demands that good nurses advocate strongly for patients’ choices.

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A Longitudinal Study of the Presence of Dental Anomalies in the Primary and Permanent Dentitions of Cleft Lip and/or Palate Patients

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ◽

10.1597/15-186 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 309-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Akira Suzuki ◽

Masayuki Nakano ◽

Keigo Yoshizaki ◽

Atsushi Yasunaga ◽

Naoto Haruyama ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Cleft Lip ◽

Cleft Lip And Palate ◽

Permanent Dentition ◽

Primary Dentition ◽

University Hospital ◽

Dental Anomalies ◽

Males And Females ◽

The Right ◽

Maxillary Dentition

Objective The aim is to survey primary and permanent dental anomalies: hypodontia, microdontia, a supernumerary tooth, and fused teeth in patients with cleft lip and/or palate. Design Retrospective longitudinal study Subjects The subjects were selected from all 1724 patients with cleft lip and/or palate who were registered at the orthodontic clinic of Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, from 1970 to 2009. Finally, 994 subjects were evaluated for primary dentition, 1352 for permanent dentition, and 871 for the longitudinal changes from primary to permanent dentition. Methods The prevalence of dental anomalies was compared for each tooth type, among various cleft types, between males and females, and between the alveolar cleft area and the noncleft area. Results The prevalence of hypodontia was 16.2% for primary dentition and 52.7% for permanent dentition in the subjects with cleft lip and/or palate. Hypodontia increased with the severity of the cleft type. Multiple hypodontia was found more frequently in the subjects with bilateral cleft lip and palate and the subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Microformed lateral incisors were found in 22.7% of permanent lateral incisors but not in primary dentition. Supernumerary teeth were found in 17.7% of the subjects with cleft lip and/or palate for primary maxillary dentition and in 5.7% for permanent maxillary dentition. Conclusion The prevalence of hypodontia was greater in permanent dentition than in primary dentition; although, it was not much different between males and females or between the right and left sides. The prevalence of dental anomalies was significantly different among four groups by cleft type: cleft lip, cleft lip and alveolus, cleft lip and palate, and cleft palate.

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Limited early dilation of the right ventricle due to acute tricuspid regurgitation: A longitudinal study of orthotopic heart transplant recipients with biopsy induced flail tricuspid valves

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography ◽

10.1016/s0894-7317(05)80198-1 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 379

Author(s):

Sandra I. Reynertson ◽

G. Martin Mullen ◽

Maria Rosa Costanzo ◽

Thomas L. McKiernan ◽

Eric K. Louie

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Right Ventricle ◽

Heart Transplant ◽

Tricuspid Regurgitation ◽

Transplant Recipients ◽

Orthotopic Heart Transplant ◽

Heart Transplant Recipients ◽

The Right

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Is the right frontal cortex really crucial in the mentalizing network? A longitudinal study in patients with a slow-growing lesion

Cortex ◽

10.1016/j.cortex.2013.08.003 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 49 (10) ◽

pp. 2711-2727 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Guillaume Herbet ◽

Gilles Lafargue ◽

François Bonnetblanc ◽

Sylvie Moritz-Gasser ◽

Hugues Duffau

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Frontal Cortex ◽

The Right ◽

Slow Growing

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Longitudinal assessment of intraocular pressure in premature infants

European Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.5301/ejo.5000992 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 108-111

Author(s):

Ozlem Balci ◽

Cafer Tanriverdi ◽

Gokhan Gulkilik ◽

Cengiz Aras ◽

Ayhan Tastekin

Keyword(s):

Intraocular Pressure ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Premature Infants ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Significant Decline ◽

Longitudinal Change ◽

Longitudinal Assessment ◽

Postconceptional Age ◽

The Mean ◽

The Right

Purpose: To investigate the longitudinal change in intraocular pressure (IOP) in premature infants and to establish a normative IOP value. Methods: Forty premature infants with a gestational age (GA) of 26 weeks were enrolled in this longitudinal study. Measurements were taken initially at 28 weeks postconceptional age (PCA) and at 2-week intervals up to 40 weeks PCA. Intraocular pressure was measured with a hand-held tonometer (Tono-Pen XL; Reichert Inc.). Results: From 40 (22 male, 18 female) premature Caucasian infants, seven (for each eye) IOP measurements were obtained. Mean GA was 26 weeks and mean birthweight was 820 ± 112 grams. The mean IOP was 15.1 ± 1.2 mm Hg and 14.9 ± 1.1 mm Hg for the right and left eyes, respectively. The mean IOP in both eyes for all measurements was 15.0 ± 1.1 mm Hg. At 28 weeks PCA, 9 (22.5%) preterm infants had IOP values greater than 20 mm Hg. The mean IOPs at 28 weeks, 30 weeks, 32 weeks, 34 weeks, 36 weeks, 38 weeks, and 40 weeks PCA were 18.7 ± 1.1 mm Hg, 16.9 ± 0.9 mm Hg, 15.3 ± 0.9 mm Hg, 14.1 ± 1.3 mm Hg, 13.7 ± 1.3 mm Hg, 13.4 ± 1.4 mm Hg, and 13.1 ± 1.3 mm Hg, respectively. A significant decrease in IOP measurements was found up to 34 weeks PCA, with no significant decline in IOP measurements after that point (F = 109.7, p<0.01). There was a negative correlation between IOP and PCA (r = −0.712, p<0.01). Conclusions: The mean IOP of premature infants was 15.0 ± 1.1 mm Hg and IOP values decreased significantly up to 34 weeks PCA, indicating a decline trend approaching the term period.

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The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing: “Scholarly Activity” and Creative Collaborations on Dance in the Days of Austerity in Greece

Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings ◽

10.1017/cor.2016.47 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 355-360

Author(s):

Katia Savrami

Keyword(s):

Ad Hoc ◽

Dance Education ◽

Scholarly Activity ◽

Cultural Centers ◽

Art Form ◽

Government Planning ◽

Professional Dance ◽

Dance Companies ◽

The Right

This paper initially exposes the resistance and reluctance of the Greek state to systematically support dance by means of long-term planning/institutionalization. Despite its establishment, during the 1970s, as an independent discipline studied at professional dance schools and under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, dance has never really gained its rightful status in the Greek academia, nor has it ever been approached with the intention of truly comprehending and appreciating its nature. Further, the paper critically discusses government planning for dance education and funding for Greek dance companies. Finally, the author explains how the Greek dance community eventually has, on its own initiative, developed the necessary infrastructure in order to maintain and promote dance, both in education and in production. The Greek dance community—practitioners for the most part, plus a small number of researchers/academics—has implicitly influenced the existing state structures and cultural centers, and applied what in the current art/educational context is termed Scholarly Activity and Creative Collaborations. These ad hoc but regular actions might nevertheless prove to be the right choice for the sustainability of dance as an art form in Greece, within the current financial, political, cultural, and social predicament.

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Changes in the buccolingual inclination of first molars with growth in untreated subjects: A longitudinal study

The Angle Orthodontist ◽

10.2319/120716-878.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 87 (5) ◽

pp. 681-687 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bhavendrasinh Sayania ◽

Mehreen Merchant ◽

Philip Josephs ◽

Chun-Hsi Chung

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Vertical Dimension ◽

Male And Female ◽

Longitudinal Changes ◽

Mandibular Arch ◽

Mandibular Molars ◽

Maxillary Molars ◽

Arch Forms ◽

The Right ◽

Female Subjects

ABSTRACT Objectives: To assess longitudinal changes in the buccolingual inclination of the maxillary and mandibular first molars in untreated male and female subjects. Materials and Methods: Forty-seven male and 48 female subjects whose longitudinal dental casts were available at ages 6–16 years, with normal maxillary and mandibular arch forms were included. The original casts at ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, and 16 years were digitized and standardized. Measurements were recorded as the differences in cusp heights in the vertical dimension for the mandibular and maxillary first molars using OrthoInsight software. Results: On average, for boys from age 6 to 16 years, both maxillary and mandibular first molars uprighted with age. Maxillary molars uprighted 0.403 mm on the left and 0.418 mm on the right; mandibular molars uprighted 0.441 mm on the left and 0.589 mm on the right. Similarly, for girls from age 6 to 16, both maxillary and mandibular molars uprighted with age. Maxillary molars uprighted 0.67 mm on the left and 0.574 mm on the right; mandibular molars uprighted 0.358 mm on the left and 0.329 mm on the right. Conclusions: Maxillary molars erupted with buccal crown inclination at age 6 in both boys and girls and uprighted lingually with growth. At age 16, maxillary molars were not completely upright but rather maintained some buccal crown inclination. Mandibular molars erupted with lingual crown inclination at age 6 and uprighted buccally with age. At age 16, mandibular molars were not completely upright but rather maintained some lingual inclination.

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