For example, a South African study showed that over the years 2003–2010, M/T was significantly positively correlated with life expectancy and significantly negatively correlated with infant mortality, under 5 year mortality and total fertility rate [6]. Thus, not only a fall but also a rise ...
For example, in Japan, birth registration was introduced in 1872, becoming complete by 1948 [4]. Traditional belief in Japan maintains that the birth year influences the individual's character in accordance with the Chinese Zodiac, and that these influences are sex specific. The Zodiac comprises ...
For household members who were living with the child on their first birthday, we also ascertained if there was any history of a common mental disorder or serious mental illness from 1998 onwards. We created four exposure periods: birth to <1 year, 1≤5 years, 5≤8 years and 8≤12 years...
Reducing educational inequalities in health has been one of the most important targets in public health [1]. Among all health risks, smoking is believed to be the greatest avoidable risk factor [2] and one of the leading contributors to inequalities in mortality [3,4,5,6]. In Europe, ...
Persistence of birth mode-dependent effects on gut microbiome composition, immune system stimulation and antimicrobial resistance during the first year of life ArticleOpen access26 March 2021 Open access Introduction The past decades have witnessed steadily increasing rates in caesarean section deliveries (...
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Spontaneous preterm birth is a serious and common pregnancy complication associated with hormonal dysregulation, infection, inflammation, immunity, rupture of fetal membranes, stress, bleeding, and uterine distention. Heredity is 25–40% and mostly invol
Recommendations for practice, policy and research and theory are provided, based on an international expert consensus. Background Being pregnant and having a baby is a time of huge physical, psychological, and social change. Worldwide, there are over 140 million births every year[1]and some invo...
Although at 3 months post-placement, heterosexual and gay male parent families were somewhat more likely than lesbian parent families to have contact with birth family members, by 1 year post-placement there was no difference in contact as a function of family type. The studies by Goldberg et ...
The aim is to obtain a multidimensional description of the structural properties of the ROIs. The MSN is then built considering the ROIs as nodes and modelling connection strength as the correlation between pairs of ROI vectors, thus integrating in a single connectome the ensemble of imaging ...