scholarly journals Atopic Dermatitis and Breast Feeding/Weaning: Are they Related?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Mario Magaña ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Early Weaning ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Mexican Children ◽  
Group I ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a very common polygenic chronic disease for which several environmental risk and protective factors have been considered, including breastfeeding and early weaning. Methods: To determine the influence of breastfeeding and early weaning in the development of AD in a sample of Mexican children, one hundred patients with AD were selected (group I) and compared with one hundred non-atopic children (group II). The subjects in these groups were matched according to age and gender. The mothers of both groups completed a questionnaire that collected information on the length of breastfeeding, and the child’s age at the time of weaning. Statistical analyses were performed and information was presented in percentages, X square, Odds Ratios (OR), and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI). Results: The relationship between breastfeeding and AD was not statistically significant; however, we were able to demonstrate a close relationship between early weaning (before four months of age) and AD (p<0.0001, OR=2.85, 95% CI: 1.15-5.3). Conclusion: In a sample of the indigent pediatric population with Mestizo ancestry, AD is significantly related with early weaning. Infants who are weaned before four months of age have an almost three times greater riskthan the general population of developing AD.

scholarly journals No Self Without Salience: Affective and Self-relevance Ratings of 552 Emotionally Valenced and Neutral Dutch Words

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora I. Dimitrova ◽  
Eline M. Vissia ◽  
Hanneke Geugies ◽  
Hedwig Hofstetter ◽  
Sima Chalavi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Emotional Salience ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIt is unknown how self-relevance is dependent on emotional salience. Emotional salience encompasses an individual's degree of attraction or aversion to emotionally-valenced information. The current study investigated the interconnection between self and salience through the evaluation of emotional valence and self-relevance. 56 native Dutch participants completed a questionnaire assessing valence, intensity, and self-relevance of 552 Dutch nouns and verbs. One-way repeated-measures ANCOVA investigated the relationship between valence and self, age and gender. Repeated-measures ANCOVA also tested the relationship between valence and self with intensity ratings and effects of gender and age. Results showed a significant main effect of valence for self-relevant words. Intensity analyses showed a main effect of valence but not of self-relevance. There were no significant effects of gender and age. The most important finding presents that self-relevance is dependent on valence. These findings concerning the relationship between self and salience opens avenues to study an individual's self-definition.

Focus on Text Messages: A Review of Studies in French

2015 ◽  
pp. 1037-1050
Author(s):  
Olga Volckaert-Legrier ◽  
Antonine Goumi ◽  
Alain Bert-Erboul ◽  
Josie Bernicot
Keyword(s):  
Text Message ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
French Language ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Linguistic Markers ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Language Research ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

The study of text messages has given rise to a number of French language research topics. First, databases of natural text messages have been created in multiple Francophone countries in an effort to link the texters' characteristics with the linguistic markers of the text messages. Many studies have focused on textisms (changes in spelling as compared to the traditional written code), creating repertoires of spelling processes and classifying them into typologies. With regard to linguistic aspects, a few studies have analyzed vocabulary and syntax. Sociolinguistic aspects have also been studied, taking into account the relationship among textisms, age, and gender. To address the question of whether text message writing is a threat to spelling, several studies have analyzed the link between text message writing and traditional writing. Finally, a number of studies have focused on the production processes of text message writing. Future studies will need to take into account the dialogical and conversational aspects of text messages.

Effects of Feature Variations on Attributions for Schematic Faces

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. McKelvie
Keyword(s):  
Age And Gender ◽  
Short Nose ◽  
Folk Wisdom ◽  
Perceived Age ◽  
Six Dimensions ◽  
Individual Features ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

31 subjects classified 16 schematic faces on six dimensions. Attractiveness was generally associated with widely separated eyes, a short nose, and high feature placement. When features were considered in combination, faces with low placement were judged attractive, although the effect was mitigated by a narrow mouth. Previous findings concerning perceived age and gender were partially replicated, but folk wisdom linking intelligence to low placement (high forehead) was refuted. It is suggested that the relationship between individual features and attributions is nonlinear and interactive, and that researchers should investigate these hypotheses by exercising finer control over feature variations.

The Relationship of Human Saphenous Vein Smooth Muscle Contractile Responses to Donor Age and Gender

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin G. M. Brockbank ◽  
Mark G. Davies ◽  
Shirley M. Fields ◽  
Per-Otto Hagen
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Saphenous Vein ◽  
Donor Age ◽  
Human Saphenous Vein ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Contractile Responses ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Muscle Contractile

scholarly journals Incidence, Risk Factors, and Epidemiology of Cystic Echinococcosis: A Complex Socioecological Emerging Infectious Disease in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Province of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumbal Haleem ◽  
Sadaf Niaz ◽  
Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi ◽  
Riaz Ullah ◽  
Mansour S. Alsaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cystic Echinococcosis ◽  
Organ Specificity ◽  
Hydatid Cysts ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Incidence Risk ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
And Gender

Cystic echinococcosis is a serious zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus species complex. The current study is the first attempt to determine the level of infection in domestic livestock and to explore the CE-related knowledge and awareness among livestock farmers in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, province of Pakistan. A total of 1297 animals were examined for hydatid cysts including 538 cows, 428 buffaloes, 208 sheep, and 123 goats, at different slaughter houses in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2 years from September 2015 to September 2017. For epidemiological investigations, prevalence in association with various factors (climate, age, and gender), organ specificity, types of cysts (fertile, sterile, or calcified), and viability of cysts parameters was recorded. Basing on the results obtained, areas with high prevalence were selected for further follow-ups and administration of questionnaires to the farmers and dog owners, to provide baseline data about this parasitic disease and to identify potential areas of emergence with correspondence animal and of public health significance. The finding of this study revealed the presence of CE in livestock of KP, Pakistan. The prevalence of hydatid cysts was the highest in buffaloes (15.88%) followed by cows (15.79%), sheep (15.38%), and goats (3.25%). Our investigation revealed close relationship between prevalence and animal age and gender in different months of the year. These findings also showed the highest prevalence of hydatid cysts in liver (63.49%), followed by lungs (23.80%) and mesentery (2.64%). Fertile and viable cysts were observed in all animal species except goats. The highest percentage of fertile and viable cysts was reported from the liver and lungs of sheep. For evaluation of risk factors, a total of 384 respondents were investigated. The results of current study revealed that 97.9% of farmers are not familiar with CE and transmission of this infection from dogs to human and livestock. The present study shows that CE will continue to be of medical and veterinary importance in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Pneumonia: Does Age or Gender Relate to the Presence of an SLP Dysphagia Consultation?

Geriatrics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Christopher Bolinger ◽  
James Dembowski ◽  
Kimberly Mory
Keyword(s):  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Hospital Policies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A retrospective study of 1489 hospital records examined the relationship of speech-language pathologist (SLP) consults for dysphagia to age and gender in pneumonia patients from an acute care setting. Age and gender disparities exist in healthcare. The research sought to determine if disparities existed in the presence/absence of SLP dysphagia consults related to age and gender. Results suggested SLPs were consulted on a greater percentage of geriatric patients overall; however, there were differences in the number of consults for each pneumonia type. More males and geriatric patients were seen than females and non-geriatric adults, respectively. Results may be used to address local hospital policies and protocols and thus increase quality of care by improving morbidity and mortality outcomes of geriatric patients with pneumonia.

Gender influence on vasoactive hormones at rest and during a 70° head-up tilt in healthy humans

2002 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 1401-1408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghislaine Geelen ◽  
Tomi Laitinen ◽  
Juha Hartikainen ◽  
Esko Länsimies ◽  
Kim Bergström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Upright Position ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Plasma Epinephrine ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Orthostatic Challenge ◽  
Group I ◽  
Head Up Tilt ◽  
And Gender

To evaluate the influence of age and gender on the neuroendocrine control of blood pressure in normal subjects, a 13-min 70° head-up tilt (HUT) was applied after 3 h of recumbency to 109 healthy men and women aged 23–50 yr ( age group I) and 51–77 yr ( age group II). We found that age and gender had a significant influence on plasma norepinephrine (PNE) concentration at baseline and in the upright position. PNE was significantly higher in older men compared with the younger men and women of both age groups, suggesting a divergent age-related activation of the sympathetic nervous system between genders at baseline as well as during a sustained orthostatic challenge. There was no significant influence of age or gender on plasma epinephrine at baseline or during HUT. Plasma renin activity was significantly higher at baseline as well as in the upright position during HUT in elderly men than in women. Age or gender had no influence on plasma vasopressin (PAVP), and, regardless of age, nonhypotensive HUT induced an extremely modest increase in PAVP. The syncopal subjects displayed a hormonal pattern associating increased PNE and a surge in plasma epinephrine and PAVP minutes before syncope during HUT. The orthostatic intolerance appears not to be a feature of healthy aging per se. In healthy subjects, both age and gender modulate markedly the cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to an orthostatic challenge and must be taken into consideration, particularly when catecholamine responses are studied.

scholarly journals Articular Eminence Inclination, Height, and Condyle Morphology on Cone Beam Computed Tomography

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilhan İlgüy ◽  
Mehmet İlgüy ◽  
Erdoğan Fişekçioğlu ◽  
Semanur Dölekoğlu ◽  
Nilüfer Ersan
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Cone Beam Computed Tomography ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Articular Eminence ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Aim. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between articular eminence inclination, height, and thickness of the roof of the glenoid fossa (RGF) according to age and gender and to assess condyle morphology including incidental findings of osseous characteristics associated with osteoarthritis (OA) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).Materials and Methods. CBCT images of 105 patients were evaluated retrospectively. For articular eminence inclination and height, axial views on which the condylar processes were seen with their widest mediolateral extent being used as a reference view for secondary reconstruction. Condyle morphology was categorized both in the sagittal and coronal plane.Results. The mean values of eminence inclination and height of males were higher than those of females (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the RGF thickness in relation to sagittal condyle morphology. Among the group of OA, the mean value of the RGF thickness for “OA-osteophyte” group was the highest (1.59 mm), whereas the lowest RGF values were seen in the “OA-flattening.”Conclusion. The sagittal osteoarthritic changes may have an effect on RGF thickness by mechanical stimulation and changed stress distribution. Gender has a significant effect on eminence height (Eh) and inclination.

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