Subjects: Twelve children who had BPD as infants and 2 control groups of 12 children each. Main outcome variables: Anthropometric measurements, dietary intake, resting energy expenditure, pulmonary function, body composition measurements by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, and Weschler intelligence test...
The selection of individuals for the study was intentional—children of primary schools aged 8–11 in Poland participated in the study. Future studies should be extended to other research groups, although it is worth noting that some of the results obtained, for instance, those related to the ...
disseminated infection, or became infectious over time differed between converged and non-converged groups we ran an additional, separate model analysis for offspring from converged and non-converged parents. These models used the same fixed and random effect structure as described above with the except...
Growth, neurosensory status, and functioning at school age in the three groups were compared. Associations of biologic and social risk factors with major developmental outcomes were examined by means of logistic-regression analyses.Children with birth weights under 750 g were inferior to both ...
(Table2), the decline was somewhat larger in the oldest age-groups in men. Sex differences in change in IADL was due to an increase in limitations in men from age 60 (7.0, 95% CI 3.6, 10.4; p-value = 0.001) to age 65 (3.5, 95% CI 1.9, 5.2; p-value < 0.001), no...
The research tested whether high school dropout status, or other measures of school engagement, similarly influenced the likelihood of school-age pregnancy among White, Black, and Hispanic teens. A set of proportional hazards models indicated that for all racial and ethnic groups, high levels of ...
Consistent condom use among high risk groups such as female sex workers (FSWs) remains low. Adolescent female sex workers are especially at higher risk for HIV/STI infections. However, few published studies have compared the sexual risk negotiations among adolescent, emerging adult, and older age ...
Play groups for children of school age.Harper, Miriam Cohen
Schools are divided into four groups according their type and whether they receive or not co-payment: “Public” (do not require co-payment),Footnote 18“Vouchers - Free of charge ,”“Vouchers - Co-payment,” and “Unsubsidized private schools.” As shown in the figure, only un...
As a learning community, students sitting together in groups engage one another in joint planning, negotiating and evaluating to accomplish common tasks. As a pedagogical approach, group work places emphasis on the constructivist paradigm, which envisions students acquiring new information from their pee...