scholarly journals Cutaneous Nevi in Down Syndrome Patients: Prospective study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Nadia Abdalhafid Elsherif ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Vascular Malformation ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Skin Examination ◽  
Becker’S Nevus ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Mongolian Spot ◽  
Scanty Information ◽  
Full Body

Background: Down Syndrome (DS) has been described in association with various dermatoses,however, there is scanty information in the literature regarding the frequency of cutaneous nevi among Down syndrome patients. The objective of the study: To define the frequency of different cutaneousnevi in DS patients, andto precise their different phenotypes. Patients and methods: we prospectively examined 180 Down syndrome patients. All patients underwent full body skin examination noting the type, number, size, and distribution of different nevi. Results: Different types of nevi were noted among Down syndrome patients; café au lait macules, melanocytic nevocellular nevi, and Mongolian spot were the most frequent ones. Juvenile elastoma, Becker’s nevus, nevus spilus, labial melanocytic macule, and capillary vascular malformation were also seen. Conclusion: Various types of cutaneous nevi not previously described in Down syndrome, was observed in our patients such as Becker’s nevus, nevus spilus and Juvenile elastoma.

Menstruation Among Adolescent Girls Living in Rural Border Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu Gupta ◽  
Ravinder K Gupta ◽  
Vallabh Dogra ◽  
Himani Badyal
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Blood Loss ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Common Side Effect ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Border Areas

Objective: To study the various beliefs and problems regarding menstruation among adolescent girls living in rural border areas. Design- Prospective study. Setting- Pediatric outpatient clinic. Materials and methods- About 200 adolescent girls (11-19 years) living in rural border areas were enrolled for the study. These girls were asked about menarche, duration of the cycle, amount of blood loss and the various menstrual problems. They were also asked about the various beliefs and myths regarding menstruation. The girls having any illness affecting the menstrual cycle or those suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders were excluded from this study. Results- About 51% of the study population was in the age group 17-18 years. About 43.5% of girls attained menarche at the age of 10-12 years. About 51% of girls did not know about menstruation before menarche. Abdominal pain was the most common side effect seen in 41% of girls during menstruation. About 61% of girls considered themselves unclean during menstruation.  Twenty percent avoided schools, 20% avoided kitchen, 12% avoided temples while 10% stayed away from friends/ relatives. Only 33% of girls knew that menstruation stops temporarily after becoming pregnant. Twenty-two percent girls were using sanitary napkins while the rest used different types of clothes during the menstrual cycle. Conclusion- There is a dire need to educate girls regarding menstruation before menarche in the rural border areas. Every mother should discuss in a friendly way regarding various aspects of menstruation.

Full Body Skin Examination Practices Among Canadian Dermatologists: Results of a Nationwide Survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 120347542097464
Author(s):  
Asfandyar Mufti ◽  
Khalad Maliyar ◽  
Muskaan Sachdeva ◽  
Janelle Cyr ◽  
Philip Doiron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Skin Examination ◽  
Full Body

Footwear and Elevated Heel Influence On Barbell Back Squat: a Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Michael Pangan ◽  
Matthew J Leineweber
Keyword(s):  
Ground Reaction Forces ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Back Squat ◽  
Running Shoes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Reaction Forces ◽  
Joint Loads ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Kinematics And Kinetics ◽  
Full Body

Abstract The back squat is one of the most effective exercises in strengthening the muscles of the lower extremity. Understanding the impact of footwear has on the biomechanics is imperative for maximizing the exercise training potential, preventing injury, and rehabilitating from injury. This review focuses on how different types of footwear affect the full-body kinematics, joint loads, muscle activity, and ground reaction forces in athletes of varying experience performing the weighted back squat. The literature search was conducted using three databases, and fourteen full-text articles were ultimately included in the review. The majority of these studies demonstrated that the choice of footwear directly impacts kinematics and kinetics. Weightlifting shoes were shown to decrease trunk lean and generate more plantarflexion relative to running shoes and barefoot lifting. Elevating the heel through the use of external squat wedges is popular clinical exercise during rehabilitation and was shown to provide similar effects to WLS. Additional research with a broader array of populations, particularly novice and female weightlifters, should be conducted to generalize the research results to non-athlete populations. Further work is also needed to characterize the specific effects of sole stiffness and heel elevation height on squatting mechanics.

Bilingualism and cognition: A focus on mechanisms

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIRGINIA VALIAN
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
List Type ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Old People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

The goal of my keynote article, “Bilingualism and Cognition” (Valian, 2014), was to resolve the inconsistencies in effects of bilingualism on executive functions, whether the individuals were children, young adults, or old people. To summarize (and sharpen) my argument: 1.Especially in children and young adults, benefits of bilingualism for executive functions are not reliable. In old people, there are benefits for executive functions but contradictory results on delay of cognitive impairment, depending on whether studies are retrospective or prospective.2.All experiences that have benefits for executive functions and aging – and there are many – yield inconsistent effects. Bilingualism is not alone.3.Three reasons for inconsistencies in bilingualism and other experiences are: a.Executive function and cognitive reserve are broad cover terms for a variety of mechanisms, most of which are ill-understood. Because we mean different things by ‘executive function’ from one experiment to the next, we can both think we don't have an effect when we do and think we have an effect when we don’t.b.Tasks are impure: apparently similar tasks measure different aspects of executive function and measure other aspects of cognition as well. Because we lack a good analysis of tasks, we too often do not know what we are measuring. I encourage readers to examine the demos in the supplementary materials of the keynote article to see for themselves what the tasks are like.c.Individuals engage in many different activities that may be on a par with bilingualism in their benefits.4.Different types of bilingual experience are unlikely to explain the variability of findings, given the inconsistencies in extant data on varieties of bilingualism.5.There is a benefit of bilingualism, but bilingualism competes with other sources of benefits. Especially for children and young adults, whose daily lives are full of cognitively enriching and challenging experiences, we should expect variability in effects of being bilingual.6.The way forward is to focus on underlying mechanisms.

scholarly journals A Prospective Study of Villous Capillary Lesions in Complicated Pregnancies

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Priyadharshini Srinivasan ◽  
B. O. Parijatham Omprakash ◽  
Kandhimalla Lavanya ◽  
Priyadharshini Subbulakshmi Murugesan ◽  
Saraswathi Kandaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Placental Tissue ◽  
Vascular Changes ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Terminal Villi ◽  
Hypoxic Environment ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Vasculogenesis And Angiogenesis ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
In Pregnancy

The vascularity of placental tissue is dependent on various factors of which fetomaternal hypoxia plays a major role. Hypoxia can be of different types and each type influences the vascularity of the villi, especially terminal villi, in its own way. In this study, we attempted to identify villous vascular changes in a group of term placentae from mothers with diseases complicating pregnancy. Chorangiosis was the most frequently identified lesion while chorangioma was found in only 2 cases. There were no cases of chorangiomatosis. A few cases had normal villous vasculature. Maternal diseases have a major role in disrupting the placental vasculogenesis and angiogenesis by creating a hypoxic environment that may affect the fetus adversely. Hence, such conditions need to be identified early in pregnancy and managed appropriately as it is possible to maintain a normal vasculature and prevent neonatal mortality and morbidity if prompt intervention is done.

Sensor-Based Integration of Full-Body Object Manipulation Based on Strategy Selection in a Life-Sized Humanoid Robot

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunichi Nozawa ◽  
◽  
Ryohei Ueda ◽  
Yohei Kakiuchi ◽  
Kei Okada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Motion Generation ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
Contact Points ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Reaction Forces ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Manipulation Strategy ◽  
Full Body

The novel method we propose involves a humanoid robot manipulating objects of varying size and weight. How an object is manipulated is generally determined by size and weight. The motion generation system we developed 1) utilizes manipulation strategies defined by which contact points on the robot are to be used, 2) selects the adequate manipulation strategy based on the object, and 3) generates a full-body posture sequence for the humanoid robot with controlled reaction forces and full-body balance using the manipulation strategy as an initial condition. Our system enables the robot to manipulate an object of weight thanks to multiple strategies. Our method’s effectiveness is confirmed in experiments in which a humanoid robot manipulates six different types of objects.

scholarly journals Understanding Nasal Bone Fractures and Its Effects on Management: A Prospective Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
Nayanjyoti Sarma ◽  
Abhinandan Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Closed Reduction ◽  
Bone Fractures ◽  
Nasal Bone ◽  
Real Patient ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Different Types ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Type Of Fracture

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate mode of injury and different management options reliant on types of nasal bone fractures. Study design Prospective analytical study. Subjects and methods Seventy-five patients with nasal bone fractured were clinically and radiologically evaluated and divided into different types according to Lee's classification. They were provided conservative, closed reduction and/or osteotomy according to the type of fracture and outcome noted. Results Lee's classification is found to be valid in real patient scenarios and using good radiological evaluation better post operative outcome can be achieved. For type 1 and 3 fractures, closed reduction and osteotomy are the treatment of choice. Conclusion We confirm that systematic approach on Lee's classification for nasal bone fracture can be used to select appropriate management strategy. How to cite this article Sarma N, Bhattacharjee A. Understanding Nasal Bone Fractures and Its Effects on Management: A Prospective Study. Clin Rhinol An Int J 2014;7(2):58-60.

Screening for fetal Down syndrome with maternal serum hCG and oestriol: A prospective study

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 887-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Herrou ◽  
Nathalie Leporrier ◽  
Pierre Leymarie
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Maternal Serum ◽  
A Prospective Study

Maternal Question-Asking Behavior to Taiwanese Children with down Syndrome and with No Disability

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 501-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Fen Huang ◽  
Manabu Oi
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Question Asking ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Meal Time ◽  
At Home

To study maternal question-asking of Taiwanese children during free play and at meal time each mother-child dyad was videotaped at home. The mothers of children with Down syndrome asked more questions across different types of question during free play, at meal time, and for the sum of these two. Although no group difference was found for producing each type of question during free play, these 20 mothers asked more directive questions at meal time. Combined conditions analysis showed they used more directive questions and fewer requests for clarification than the 20 mothers of children with no disability.

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