Earlier studies gave reason to assume that parenthood might be a risk factor for cardiac infarctions. Especially parents of children under 18 years seem to have an unfavourable cardiovascular risk profile. This may be a result of neglecting a health-promoting lifestyle due to lack of time and a shifted focus in life, caused by parental responsibility. We aim to analyse whether a correlation bet...

The patterns of partnership formation and dissolution, childbearing and parenting in the UNECE during the 1990s are often heterogeneous, with fundamental differences between nations. However, if we want to characterise the unifying direction, we can use a single keyword: postponement. In general, with some exceptions, key demographic events, and more specifically events leading to the formation...

Topical application with 100, 200 and 300 ng/ml phytohormone salicyclic acid on commercial traits was analysed in bivoltine CSR2, CSR4 and CSR2XCSR4 crossbreed races of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. The results showed that there was significant increase in larval weight female cocoon weight, male cocoon shell weight, and hatching percentage with 100 and 200 ng/ml, silkgland weight, female cocoo...

objective: this study examines the effects of hydrostatic pressure on in vitro maturation (ivm) of oocytes derived from in vitro grown follicles. materials and methods: in this experimental study, preantral follicles were isolated from 12-day-old female nmri mice. each follicle was cultured individually in alpha minimal essential medium (α-mem) under mineral oil for 12 days. then, follicles wer...

background: for effective treatment of organophosphate (op) poisoning, development of a standardized protocol with flexible dose regimen for atropine and pralidoxime is an essential step. in this study, we aimed to assess the protocol devised in our setting; bach mai hospital poison treatment center, for treatment of op poisoning that included a higher dose regimen of pralidoxime (2pam). method...

osteoporosis (op) is a frequent complication of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and longitudinal studies have documented increased rate of bone loss in ra patients. to determine the frequency of low bone mass as well as the influence of disease duration and corticosteroid use on bone mass in patients with ra, 88 patients with ra and 112 age matched controls were studied. bone densitometry was perform...

This paper examines how differences in the bargaining power of husband and wife affect the distribution of consumption expenditures in rural Bangladeshi households. Two alternative measures of assets are used: current assets and the value of assets brought to marriage. Results show that both assets at marriage and current assets are strongly determined by the human capital of husband and wife a...

The study analyses of the “degree of association” between the satisfaction expressed by the parental figures and the family structure they belong to: Family nuclear, single-parent, binuclear and complex families. In the transversal investigation, 631 mothers and fathers from the middle and upper-middle socio-cultural class took part. The identification of the family structures was undertaken by...

The present investigation was undertaken to study the relationship of Academic Stress with parental aspirations and parental attitudes. Differences among boys and girls in science and humanities stream were studied with regard to academic stress and aspirations and attitudes of the parents of the adolescents. The sample of the study comprised of 120 students of both the sexes studying in twelft...