Does being an infant of Gestational Diabetic Mother Affect Cerebellar Size?

sirenomelia (mermaid syndrome) in an infant of a diabetic mother

caudal regression syndrome (caudal dysplasia sequence) is a rare congenital malformation. it has a spectrum ranging from simple anal atresia to the absence of sacral, lumbar and possibly lower thoracic vertebrae and the most severe form called sirenomelia (mermaid syndrome). sirenomelia has a sole characteristic, which is the limbs fusion, with multiple internal structural abnormalities particu...

Goldenhar Syndrome in an Infant of Diabetic Mother

BACKGROUND Goldenhar syndrome (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) is a rare congenital anomaly with unknown etiology and consists of non accidental association of hemifacial microsomia, auricular anomalies, epibulbar dermoid and vertebral anomalies. Although some malformations are more frequent in infants of diabetic mothers, developmental defects of first and second branchial arch is not a comm...

Problems of the Infant of the Diabetic Mother

Does performance management affect nurses' well-being?

AIM This article focuses on employee performance-management practices in the healthcare sector. We specifically aim to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of employee performance-management practices on affective well-being of nurses in hospitals. Theory suggests that the features of employee-performance management (planning and evaluation of individual performances) predict affe...

How Does Selfishness Affect Well-Being?

Is selfishness always a bad thing, in the sense that people can only be better off when everyone is concerned with the well-being of others as well as with his own, or are there situations in which altruism can actually make things worse for all people involved? This paper tackles this question in the context of two-person symmetric games, which are modified by making the payoff of each player ...