scholarly journals Children’s Diet during the Early Stages of the Nutritional Transition. The Foundlings in the Hospital of Valencia (Spain), 1852–1931

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11999
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Medina-Albaladejo ◽  
Salvador Calatayud
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
European Population ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Nutritional Transition ◽  
Hospital General ◽  
Nutritional Balance

The nutritional transition brought about profound changes in the nutrition of the European population in the 19th and 20th centuries. The predominant consumption of cereals gave way to kilocalorie-, protein-, vitamin- and mineral-rich diets that involved a greater intake of animal products. However, not all population groups underwent this transition at the same pace; socio-economic conditions, sex and age led to important inequalities. This article uses institutional sources to analyse the nutrition of children during the early stages of the nutritional transition and to compare it with that of other age groups (adult psychiatric patients). The study examines the average diets and nutritional balance of foundlings in the Hospital General de Valencia from 1852 to 1931. The main conclusion of the study is that, throughout the period under study, foundlings were exposed to a poor, traditional diet, characterized by structural deficits and imbalances. This may have affected their physical growth, health and biological wellbeing in adulthood, and demonstrates that the nutritional transition was anything but a homogeneous process.

scholarly journals Effective Causes of Suicide in Zahedan (in 2015)

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Narges Forghani ◽  
Mahmooud Bulaq
Keyword(s):  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Dangerous Behavior ◽  
Education And Employment

<span lang="EN-US">The present study aims to examine the effective causes of suicide in Zahedan city, Iran 2014-2015. In fact, suicide is a dangerous behavior to end the life, which would impose a social problem and cost a lot of harm to individuals, families and society. The main question is that what are the factors contributing to the suicide? Important assumptions include: marriage and having children reduces the suicide attempts. Education and employment could reduce the incidence of suicide attempts and suicide attempts are higher at a young age. This study makes use of fieldwork and analytical methods. The population of this research included people who committed suicide during nine months, from Azar 2014 to September 2015 and have been referred to Khatamolanbia (PBUH) hospital, Imam Ali (AS) hospital and Zahedan's forensic medicine. The findings suggest that all of 71 samples were Muslims; 36 persons were women (50.7%) and 35 persons were men (49.3%).There isn't any relationship between mental disorders and suicide attempts. The incidence of suicide among people 16 to 30 years old with 83.2% is much more than other age groups. Suicide attempts rates among educated people are less than under diploma with 66.2%. There is no significant relationship between marital status and suicide, but suicide (67.6%) among those without children is more than people with a family. Suicide attempts among people with higher-income levels and favorable socio-economic conditions and poor people with 15.5%, is much less than middle-income and good-income with 84.5%. 29.6% of those surveyed, that is 21 people, who attempted suicide had died. </span>

scholarly journals Study on drug utilization pattern and cost analysis among the psychiatric patients treated with various benzodiazepine derivatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 975
Author(s):  
Dhivya Govindasamy ◽  
Gandhibabu Ramanathan ◽  
Talari Venkata Siva Prasad ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Drug Utilization ◽  
Alcohol Withdrawal ◽  
Withdrawal Syndrome ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome ◽  
Defined Daily Dose ◽  
Utilization Pattern ◽  
Daily Dose

Background: The objective of the study was to assess drug utilization pattern and cost analysis among the psychiatric patients treated with various benzodiazepine derivatives.Methods: This observational study was conducted in department of psychiatric, RMMCH, Annamalai University. The study period was 6 months (November 2018 to April 2019). A total of 50 psychiatric patients were included.Results: A total 50 patients among them 64% (32) males and 36% (18) female, were included in the study. Most of the patient were between the age groups of 18-29 years (30%). The most common clinical condition treated with benzodiazepines were alcohol dependence syndrome/alcohol withdrawal syndrome/ alcohol related psychotic disorder (34%). The majority of patients were prescribed with clonazepam (66.67%). The defined daily dose (DDD) per 100 bed days of benzodiazepines were found to be 0.89. In this study the comparison of cost analysis for the drug used and it was found that lorazepam (122%) are most expensive followed by chlordiazepoxide (93.3%) and clonazepam (78.57%). The cheapest drug was nitrazepam (36.84%).Conclusions: The majority of the patient admitted in the psychiatric department were suffering from Alcohol depending syndrome/alcohol withdrawal syndrome. The most commonly prescribed benzodiazepine was clonazepam followed by lorazepam and least prescribed diazepam and nitrazepam based on defined daily dose concept.

scholarly journals Evaluation of N-P-K-Ca-Mg dynamics in plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) var. Horvin under nursery conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-341
Author(s):  
Francisco Orduz-Ríos ◽  
Karen Victoria Suárez-Parra ◽  
Pablo Antonio Serrano-Cely ◽  
Pablo Cesar Serrano-Agudelo ◽  
Nicolás Forero-Pineda
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Vegetative Development ◽  
Vital Part ◽  
Foliar N ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Prunus Salicina ◽  
Tropical Highlands ◽  
Deciduous Fruit ◽  
Successful Establishment ◽  
Nutritional Balance

Temperate fruit trees are a vital part of the economy of the Cundiboyacense highlands in Colombia. The nursery stage is important because it guarantees development at the final grow site. Little is known about the fertilization processes and nutritional dynamics of deciduous fruit trees in the early stages. This research aimed to evaluate the dynamics of N-P-K-Ca and Mg, along with SPAD units, in grafted plum (Prunus salicina) var. Horvin plants under the conditions of tropical highlands, which were evaluated at different growth points (cm), from grafting to transplant. The foliar N concentrations were the highest, followed by the K, P and Mg concentrations. Macronutrient concentrations in the first-stage of grafted nursery plants require nutritional balance for vegetative development and successful establishment at the definitive grow site.

Impact of the War in Croatia (1991-1995) on the Differentiation of Age Structure between Serbs and Croats: A Case Study of the Banija Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Kovjanić ◽  
Mila Pavlović ◽  
Vedran Živanović ◽  
Filip Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Age Structure ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Aging is the subject of various studies by the scientific community and monitoring by responsible institutions. The intensity of aging and the proportion of age groups among various communities differ due to different socio-economic conditions and characteristics. This article researches the impact of the war in Croatia 1991–1995 and postwar living conditions on the divergence of population aging in the ethnically heterogeneous Banija region. The first postwar census in 2001 recorded a population decline of 44.9% compared to the 1991 census. We analyze the effects of the war on changes in ethnic and age structure, as well as their interrelations. The quantitative and qualitative magnitude of these demographic changes in the inter-census period had a decisive influence on the correlation of age and ethnic structure. The article examines whether the relative share of Serbs or Croats in the total population of a settlement affects the average age of the settlement. The results confirmed that the Serbs are older than the Croats, and are in the phase of the most advanced demographic age. These changes raise the question of the demographic future and the biological viability of the Serbs, who were the majority in the region before the war.

Mortality Among Patients with Psychiatric Illness a Ten-Year Case Register Study in an Area with a Community-based System of Care

1995 ◽  
Vol 166 (6) ◽  
pp. 783-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Amaddeo ◽  
Giulia Bisoffi ◽  
Paola Bonizzato ◽  
Rocco Micciolo ◽  
Michele Tansella
Keyword(s):  
Poisson Regression ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
System Of Care ◽  
Register Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Pattern Of Care ◽  
Case Register ◽  
Specialist Services

BackgroundMost studies which showed an excess mortality in psychiatric patients have been conducted on hospitalised samples.MethodThis was a case register study. All South Verona patients with an ICD diagnosis who had psychiatric contacts with specialist services in 1982–1991 were included. Mortality was studied in relation to sex, age, diagnosis, pattern of care and interval from registration. Standardised Mortality Rates (SMRs) and Poisson regression analysis were calculated.ResultsThe overall SMR was 1.63 (95% CI = 1.5–1.8), which is the lowest value reported so far. Mortality was higher among men (SMR = 2.24; 95% CI = 1.9–2.6), among patients who were admitted to hospital (SMR = 2.23; 95% CI = 1.9–2.6), among younger age groups (SMR = 8.82; 95% CI = 4.9–14.6) and in the first year after registration (SMR = 2.32; 95% CI = 1.8–2.9). Higher mortality was found in patients with a diagnosis of alcohol and drug dependence (SMR = 3.87; 95% CI = 3.0–4.9). The SMR for suicide was 17.41. Using a Poisson regression model, diagnosis, pattern of care and interval from registration were all found to be significantly associated with mortality. When all these variables were entered together in the model, each maintained its predictive role.ConclusionsThe overall mortality of psychiatric patients treated in a community-based system of care was higher than expected, but lower than the mortality reported in other psychiatric settings. The highest mortality risk was found in the first year after registration.

Some Possible Childhood Indicators of Adult Schizophrenia Inferred from Children of Schizophrenics

1976 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Hanson ◽  
I. I. Gottesman ◽  
L. L. Heston
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
Lifetime Risk ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Pregnancy And Delivery ◽  
Diathesis Stress Model ◽  
Control Samples

SummaryProspective developmental data on 33 children of consensus diagnosed schizophrenic parents were compared to control samples of children of other psychiatric patients and children of normal parents. Contrary to several reports, the children of schizophrenics, observed from birth to age seven, were remarkably normal on a host of pregnancy and delivery variables, neurological examinations, physical growth measures, and psychological tests. However, a combination of three indicators characterized five of the 116 children, and all five were offspring of schizophrenics (17 per cent of the high risk sample), thus matching the expected lifetime risk for schizophrenia previously observed in such samples. Case histories show that all five children have enduring patterns of maladjustment and exhibit behaviours often reported in the premorbid histories of schizophrenics. Most have family histories heavily loaded with schizophrenia. In terms of a diathesis-stress model, these five children appear especially vulnerable to future schizophrenia in the absence of rational methods of prevention.

Age and Sex: Factors in Defining the Term “Handicap”

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry J. Coet ◽  
Larry W. Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sex Factors ◽  
Aged Group ◽  
Age And Sex

A random sample of 67 males and 74 females was divided into three age groups: 12 to 25, 26 to 45, and 46 to 82 yr. old. Subjects were given a questionnaire asking them to rank five groups or classes of people they felt should be labeled “handicapped.” An analysis of variance indicated that over-all, definitions of the term “handicap” differed significantly according to age and sex. Males emphasized “social” and “intellectual” conditions, while females stressed the more visible (unattractive) conditions. The youngest age group listed “race,” “speech,” and “socio-economic” conditions more frequently, while the middle-aged group was more concerned with “physical incapacitation,” “blindness,” and “heart disease.” The oldest age group stressed “mental illness” and “mental retardation” most frequently.

Physical growth of Jamaican school children who were severely malnourished before 2 years of age

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
Growth Standards ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Index Cases

SummaryA study is reported of physical growth of Jamaican schoolboys who had been admitted to hospital with severe malnutrition during infancy (index cases). Height, weight and head circumference of the index cases was compared with that of male siblings close in age (siblings), with unrelated classmates or neighbours matched for sex and age (comparisons) and with Jamaican or US growth standards. Index boys were significantly smaller in height and head circumference than comparisons and significantly smaller than sibs only in head circumference. Sibs were intermediate in stature to the index and comparison boys. When the boys were divided into three age groups there was evidence of complete catch-up in height and weight after 7 years of age, but catch-up was incomplete for head circumference in the oldest group. No significant differences in stature at follow-up of the index boys were found in relation to age when admitted to hospital.

scholarly journals Method To Establish The Optimal Variant Of A Technical Project

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 656-659
Author(s):  
Octavian-Ioan Bogdan
Keyword(s):  
Technical System ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Technical Documentation ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Optimal Variant ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Good Product ◽  
Manufacture Process

Abstract The design phase is the most important step of the lifecycle of a technical system. If the manufacture process of any product is based on high quality technical documentation, then there is a chance to achieve a very good product. The paper aims to provide a method for determining the optimal variant of a technical project based on certain technical, economic conditions or terms of use imposed in the early stages of design.

scholarly journals Food Quality and Nutritional Profile of Students from a Public School in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Loriana L. Teixeira ◽  
Estelamar MB Teixeira ◽  
Helen Mara Gomes ◽  
Lucas Arantes-Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Nutritional Transition ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

<p><em>Feeding is directly related to nutritional status and alterations as obesity and malnutrition, affecting human body and increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of children and adolescents in a public school located in Uberaba MG Brazil by comparing macro and micronutrients on the school menu with PNAE (Brazilian government program) recommendations. A descriptive cross-sectional study including 547 individuals was carried out. Nutritional assessment was done based on anthropometric Z-score analysis. Only the food ingestion made at the school was considered, in order to verify if the meals offered by the school meet the percentage of nutrients recommended by PNAE. With regard to the nutritional status, there was a small proportion of students (0.18%) with low weight (-3 ? Z &lt; -2). There was 15% prevalence of overweight (overweight, obesity, and severe obesity) among students. Menus composition revealed that macronutrients, fiber, and energy intake was lower than that recommended by PNAE for all age groups studied. The prevalence of a considerable number of overweight students is a warning for interventions to prevent obesity. A small percentage of students classified as low weight represents a nutritional transition trend in recent years.</em></p>

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