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2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1.2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kole Odutola

As a child born and battered (not buttered) in Lagos, my thoughts about Ibadan people are three-fold. I think of a different accent when they speak English. When you read Niyi Osundare’s article you will moderate that notion. The other stereotype that comes to the mind of this Lagos boy is that Ibadan houses do not have street addresses but you can describe where you are going or looking for by Agboole Oloolu or Agboole Alabẹni (as in Bimbo Adelakun’s Novel). The third stereotype is that people of Ibadan eat a lot of ẹ̀kọ and ọọ̀ ̀lẹ̀ (as in mó̩inmó ́ i̩ ́n-beans pudding in English). I cannot really trace where I got that last one. It will be great to read what people of Ibadan think about Lagos city, i ̀lú iná ń jó ogiri o ̀ ̀ sá - The city where fire burns be the walls remain. The place we sing its praises as aromi ́ ṣá lẹ̀gbẹ lẹ̀gbẹ -The city where water flows in abundance. Let me tell you my story of Ibadan through the eyes of writers and thinkers. My maternal grandmother was a mid-wife at Adeọyọ Hospital. My first train ride was to Ibadan and each time I hear the name Ibadan the smell of puff puff by Mama Room Two (aka Mrs. Lufadeju to adults) takes me over. Ten much later in life, the poem by J.P Clark in the West African verse 1 This is a revised and expanded version of a review originally published in TCN: The Cultural Newspaper on January 29, 2020. 332 Kole Odutola competed with the puff puff of Mama Room Two. To mention Ibadan and not recite the poem was like an academic crime.


2021 ◽  
pp. 777-781
Author(s):  
Grace E. Eisenbiegler ◽  
Stephen A. Brown

We present a family with 3 generations of FLNA gene-associated periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH), with a unique presentation in a fetus with multiple neurologic malformations. Neurologic abnormalities were noted on routine fetal imaging for a 33-year-old G1P0 woman; absence of the corpus callosum and PVNH was confirmed on follow-up MRI. This prompted genetic evaluation, revealing a nonsense mutation in the FLNA gene. Familial genetic analysis and neuroimaging revealed the same variant and MRI evidence of PVNH in the fetus’s asymptomatic mother, and maternal grandmother, who had a long history of seizure disorder. Such phenotypic variability within a single family demonstrates the spectrum of PVNH and the importance of genetic counseling for patients with PVNH. This case also adds to existing literature on the rare but not unique presentation of FLNA-associated fetal malformations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Signe Faurschou ◽  
Dorte L. Lildballe ◽  
Lisa L. Maroun ◽  
Morten Helvind ◽  
Maria Rasmussen

In this clinical report, we describe a male infant and his mother, who had similar congenital heart defects. They were both diagnosed neonatally with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in combination with other heart defects. Neither of the two had any other organ malformations or dysmorphic facial features. SNP-array identified a central 22q11.2 microdeletion in the male infant and his mother as well as in the maternal grandmother and maternal aunt. The mother and the maternal aunt additionally harbored a 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion. The maternal grandmother was unaffected by heart disease. However, heart computed tomography scan of the maternal aunt revealed a quadricuspid aortic valve. Additionally, the maternal grandmother and the maternal aunt both had significant learning disabilities. Rarely, TAPVC has been described in patients with the common 22q11.2 microdeletions. However, to the best of our knowledge, TAPVC has not previously been reported in patients with this small central 22q11.2 microdeletion. Haploinsufficiency of TBX1 was originally thought to be the main cause of the 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome phenotype, but TBX1 is not included in the atypical central 22q11.2 microdeletion. Previous reports have suggested an association between TAPVC and the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion. Our report does not support this association as the maternal aunt, who harbors both microdeletions, is unaffected by TAPVC, and the male infant affected by TAPVC does not harbor the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion. Our findings support that genes located in the central 22q11.2 region are important for heart development and that haploinsufficiency of these genes plays a crucial role in the development of the rare heart defect TAPVC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-586
Author(s):  
Vanessa Luciani Santos ◽  
Bruna Luiza Holand ◽  
Michele Drehmer ◽  
Vera Lúcia Bosa

Abstract Objectives: to evaluate and identify the prevalence of interruption of breastfeeding (BF) in the period of up to 45 days postpartum and the associated sociodemographic and obstetric factors. Methods: cohort of 622 puerperal women, selected between 2018 and 2019 in a reference maternity hospital in the South Brazil. Data collection was carried out in two phases, the first in the maternity hospital during hospitalization of the puerperal woman and the newborn and the second through a telephone call, which occurred 60 days after birth. Poisson regressions with robust variance were performed to identify the factors associated with interruption of BF in the first 45 days of life. The variables that presented p<0.20 in the crude analysis were included in the adjusted analysis. Results: the interruption of BF at 45 days was identified in 14% of the sample. Higher maternal age (PR= 0.46; CI95%= 0.22-0.93), eight years or less of education (PR= 2.11; CI95%= 1.05-4.25), support from the maternal grandmother (PR= 1.91; CI95%= 1.20-3.06) and receiving complement at the maternity hospital (PR= 1.53; CI95%= 1.04-2.25) were factors related to the interruption of BF in the 45-day postpartum period. Conclusion: maternal age ≥35 was a protective factor, and less education, the support of the maternal grandmother and receiving complement at the maternity hospital were predictors of early breastfeeding abandonment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-475
Author(s):  
Nada Yousuf Al-Rifai

Ahmad Shawqi was raised in the royal palace, where his maternal grandmother – who sponsored him after the death of his mother – was a favoured maid at Khedive Ismail. Shawqi studied law in Egypt and Paris, and when he returned to Egypt, he became poet Laurette for Khedive Abbas Helmy II. Although Shawqi was brought up in the royal palace, as a poet, he felt the pulse of the Egyptian people and felt their pain and dreams. After the First World War broke out, in 1915, Shawqi was exiled to Spain where he was swept away by longing for his homeland. During his exile, the 1919 revolution erupted in Egypt, and his longing for his homeland intensified, and obsessed his heart and soul. Exile was the greatest ordeal that Shawqi went through in his life. In exile, he did not find relief except when resorting to his poetry, to which he revealed the pains of his heart. He also visited the memorials of the Muslims and their reign and civilization in Seville, Cordoba, and Granada. This resulted in Shawqi composing his lengthy poem “Arab countries and the greats of Islam”. Shawqi’s poems are considered masterpieces for their sincerity of emotion and beauty of description. Perhaps the most famous of these is The Seeniya; rhyming with the letter S, entitled “The Journey to Andalusia”, and his other longing poem, “The Nouniya; rhyming with the letter N”, in which he opposed the famous medieval Arab Andalusian poet, Ibn Zaidoun.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon N. Chapman ◽  
Mirkka Lahdenperä ◽  
Jenni E. Pettay ◽  
Robert F. Lynch ◽  
Virpi Lummaa

AbstractHelp is directed towards kin in many cooperative species, but its nature and intensity can vary by context. Humans are one of few species in which grandmothers invest in grandchildren, and this may have served as an important driver of our unusual life history. But helping behaviour is hardly uniform, and insight into the importance of grandmothering in human evolution depends on understanding the contextual expression of helping benefits. Here, we use an eighteenth-nineteenth century pre-industrial genealogical dataset from Finland to investigate whether maternal or paternal grandmother presence (lineage relative to focal individuals) differentially affects two key fitness outcomes of descendants: fertility and survival. We found grandmother presence shortened spacing between births, particularly at younger mother ages and earlier birth orders. Maternal grandmother presence increased the likelihood of focal grandchild survival, regardless of whether grandmothers had grandchildren only through daughters, sons, or both. In contrast, paternal grandmother presence was not associated with descendants’ fertility or survival. We discuss these results in terms of current hypotheses for lineage differences in helping outcomes.


Author(s):  
Mirkka Danielsbacka ◽  
Antti O Tanskanen
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Hypatia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-780
Author(s):  
K. Melchor Quick Hall

AbstractMy mother is losing her mother to Alzheimer's disease. Although my mother feels loss, I am connecting through my (maternal) grandmother to our ancestors, including a deceased father and paternal grandmother. I am also connecting to a daughter who has lost her mother, through a (maternal) grandmother who, through her loss of memory, is more open to kin networks than my mother. Through deepening connections to my maternal grandmother and to my daughter, I feel I am losing my mother. I look to revolutionary mothering as a way to reconnect shattered bonds and find lost mothers. This article honors the important work of Saidiya Hartman, Dorothy Roberts, and countless revolutionary mothers.


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