scholarly journals Study of Attitudes Towards Freedom and Responsibility Among Older Adolescents From Kyrgyzstan and the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Makhinur Mamatova ◽  
Diane E. Wille
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Freedom And Responsibility

scholarly journals Fluoride exposure and sleep patterns among older adolescents in the United States: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2015–2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley J. Malin ◽  
Sonali Bose ◽  
Stefanie A. Busgang ◽  
Chris Gennings ◽  
Michael Thorpy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Sleep Patterns ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fluoride Exposure ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Water Fluoride

Abstract Background Fluoride from environmental sources accumulates preferentially in the pineal gland which produces melatonin, the hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. However, the effects of fluoride on sleep regulation remain unknown. This population-based study examined whether chronic low-level fluoride exposure is associated with sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness among older adolescents in the United States (US). Method This cross-sectional study utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2015–2016). We analyzed data from adolescents who had plasma fluoride (n = 473) and water fluoride (n = 419) measures and were not prescribed medication for sleep disorders. Relationships between fluoride exposure and self-reported sleep patterns or daytime sleepiness were examined using survey-weighted linear, binomial logistic or multinomial logistic regression after covariate adjustment. A Holm-Bonferroni correction accounted for multiple comparisons. Results The average age of adolescents was 17 years (range = 16–19). Median (IQR) water and plasma fluoride concentrations were 0.27 (0.52) mg/L and 0.29 (0.19) μmol/L respectively. An IQR increase in water fluoride was associated with 1.97 times higher odds of reporting symptoms suggestive of sleep apnea (95% CI: 1.27, 3.05; p = 0.02), a 24 min later bedtime (B = 0.40, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.70; p = 0.05), a 26 min later morning wake time (B = 0.43, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.73; p = 0.04), and among males, a 38% reduction in the odds of reporting snoring (95% CI: 0.45, 0.87, p = 0.03). Conclusions Fluoride exposure may contribute to changes in sleep cycle regulation and sleep behaviors among older adolescents in the US. Additional prospective studies are warranted to examine the effects of fluoride on sleep patterns and determine critical windows of vulnerability for potential effects.

The Racial Disparity Gap in Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Survival Has Been Eliminated in Children but Not in Older Adolescents and Young Adults.

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 76-76
Author(s):  
Aaron Viny ◽  
Joanne M. Hilden ◽  
Anthony Stallion ◽  
W. Archie Bleyer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Myelogenous Leukemia ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Acute Myelogenous

Abstract Overcoming disparities in the successful treatment of minority cancer patients has been a major challenge. In particular, blacks/African Americans face a higher likelihood of developing and dying from each of the four most common malignancies in the United States (breast, prostate, colon, and lung cancer) as well as from other cancers. Among children, leukemia and lymphoma have also shown a worse outcome in black patients versus whites. Given the success of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) in reducing the racial deficit in leukemia and lymphoma, we examined national survival data from the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program for trends in survival difference between white and blacks with leukemia and lymphoma, as a function of age at diagnosis. The annual 5-year relative survival rate trends during 1975 to 2000 for all leukemia and all lymphoma (including Hodgkin lymphoma) showed convergence in white and black children (age <10), comparable trends in 10- to 19-year-olds, and divergence in those 20 to 29 years of age with blacks doing progressively worse than whites. The age dependent patterns were qualitatively similar for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with convergence in <10 year-olds and divergence in 20- to 29-year-olds apparent in each type of leukemia and lymphoma. For the year 2000, the trends in 20- to 29-year-olds project a 20 to 25% survival deficit for blacks versus whites for acute myelogenous leukemia and a 5 to 10% deficit for other leukemia and lymphomas. The fact that the deficits between white and black patients with leukemia and lymphoma have been overcome for pediatric patients in the United States indicates that this can also be achieved in young adults and older adolescents. A major solution would be access to clinical trials through COG or other clinical trials for the next older age group. The current National Cancer Institute Progress Review Group offers recommendations that are relevant to these disparate outcomes observed in this study; these will be reviewed. Figure Figure

Family Therapy

2010 ◽  
pp. 372-385
Author(s):  
Daniel Le Grange ◽  
Renee Rienecke Hoste
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
States Data ◽  
Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based

Family therapy is increasingly recommended as the treatment of choice for eating disorders (EDs) among adolescents. The shift from blaming parents for causing an ED to seeing them as a necessary part of the recovery process was set in motion by Salvador Minuchin and colleagues and has been reinforced and expanded upon by researchers at the Maudsley Hospital in London and in the United States. Data supporting the efficacy of family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN) continues to accumulate, while family-based approaches are beginning to be tested in the treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa (BN). Further research is needed to replicate the findings of existing studies and to further clarify the utility of parental involvement in the treatment of older adolescents and young adults with AN and BN.

scholarly journals Meningococcal B vaccination coverage among older adolescents in the United States

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. La ◽  
Diana Garbinsky ◽  
Shannon Hunter ◽  
Sara Poston ◽  
Patricia Novy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Adolescents

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

Digital image acquisition, processing, and analysis in a polymer microscopy laboratory

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Berry ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Image Transmission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Image Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Image

In recent years it became apparent that we needed to improve productivity and efficiency in the Microscopy Laboratories in GE Plastics. It was realized that digital image acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis, and transmission over a network would be the best way to achieve this goal. Also, the capabilities of quantitative image analysis, image transmission etc. available with this approach would help us to increase our efficiency. Although the advantages of digital image acquisition, processing, archiving, etc. have been described and are being practiced in many SEM, laboratories, they have not been generally applied in microscopy laboratories (TEM, Optical, SEM and others) and impact on increased productivity has not been yet exploited as well.In order to attain our objective we have acquired a SEMICAPS imaging workstation for each of the GE Plastic sites in the United States. We have integrated the workstation with the microscopes and their peripherals as shown in Figure 1.

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