BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Adequate iodine status and normal thyroid hormone synthesis are important for optimal child development. In this study, we explored whether young children's developmental status is associated with thyroid dysfunction in an area of chronic excessive iodine exposure. METHODS We included 298 children between 18 and 48 months of age residing in Algerian refugee camps. Ear...

While studies have shown the disastrous effects of post-partum depression (PPD) on children's behaviors, there is relatively lack of reliable data in Asian countries. This study examined the relative significance of maternal PPD in children's developmental disabilities at age four. In a longitudinal study design (2009), 1801 pregnant women attending in primary health centers of Mazandaran provi...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged breastfeeding on B vitamin status and neurodevelopment in 80 infants with subnormal birth weights (2000-3000 g) and examine if cobalamin supplementation may benefit motor function in infants who developed biochemical signs of im...

BACKGROUND Objective of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of novel ultrasonographic modalities in comparison with simultaneously performed liver biopsy. METHODS The results of simultaneously performed examinations using Acoustic Structure Quantification (ASQ), Virtual Touch Imaging and Quantification (VTIQ) and Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTTQ) were compared with the fin...

We give a progress report on studies of B s and B d mixing with valence NRQCD b quarks and asq-tad light quarks on the MILC configurations including the effect of 2+1 flavours of sea quarks. We explore methods for reducing statistical and systematic errors in the ratio ξ = f B s B B s / f B d B B d .

objective electroencephalogram (eeg) is an easy and non invasive evaluation method for diagnosis and early prognosis in children. our aim was to assess the association between eeg and the patients' developmental quotient (dq) level in phenylketonuria. materials & methods in this study, 94 pku patients (45 boys, 49 girls; mean age: 8.5 6.2 years) who were diagnosed through newborn screening test...

Flavin based electron bifurcation (FBEB) is observed in bifurcating transfer flavoproteins (BfEtfs). Electron couples endergonic and exergonic reactions to exploit lower potential reaction step therefore this considered as a third mode of energy conservation mechanism biological systems. We study about the EtfAB system from Rhodoseudomonas palustris (Rpal). This heterodimer containing two flavi...

Abstract Objective: PediaTracTM is a web-based tool for tracking infant/toddler development (Lajiness-O’Neill et al., 2021). This study evaluated convergent validity between Motor domain and motor domains of Ages Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3, Squires & Phillips, 2009). Method: Participants were 515 term preterm (< 37 weeks gestation) infant/caregiver dyads in multi-site validation Ped...

BACKGROUND Father-child interactions are associated with improved developmental outcomes among infants. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has addressed the effects of paternal involvement on the neurodevelopment of infants who are less than 6 months of age, and no study has reported how maternal parenting stress mediates the relationship between paternal involvement and infant neu...