To study the pattern of insulin resistance among euglycemic offspring of diabetic parents by appropriately matching for sex, and age in controls. Using inclusion & exclusion criteria 52 euglycemic offspring as subjects and 25 controls were taken. FBS, PPBS, Fasting insulin levels and Insulin resistance were calculated by HOMA-IR method. The results were tabulated and studied. siblings of diabet...

BACKGROUND Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are characterised by the expansion of CAG triplet repeats in specific genes. The accumulated encoded proteins affect the transcription of numerous transcription factors. We investigated whether polyQ diseases reduce the risk of cancer development. METHODS Data on patients with the polyQ diseases Huntington's disease (HD), spinobulbar muscular atrophy ...

The character-building system in Japan has become a role model Indonesia. initiators of education policies Indonesia are intensively promoting character building as solution to the decline quality human resources. Character and carried out by nuclear family at home. This study maps differences communication patterns Indonesian Japanese parents teaching their children. Parents productive age 17-...

this is a cross sectional study with aim of assessment and comparison between parents and female adolescents ' attitudes about the role of peers in decision making of adolescent in tehran. in this study 160 mother, 160 father and 160 female adolescents participated. with random selection 160 female adolescent with 14-19 years old from north, south , east and west of tehran were selected an...

the aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between each parent’s body mass index (bmi) and maternal age with weight status of children. this was an analytic cross-sectional study which was conducted on 12-year-old students from different areas in rasht, north part of iran. the checklist included demographic characteristics such as age, maternal age during childbirth, student and m...

background: infants are regarded as a vulnerable group in need of nursing care, particularly during nicu admission. parents of these infants often experience emotional, psychological and physical upheavals. therefore, nurses can be of great help to the parents and facilitate a healthy transition from this period. improper communication with parents, who seek information on their infant’s condit...

most children in hospital have pain. seeing your child in pain or discomfort is incredibly difficult. pain in children is a public health concern of major significance in most parts of the world. we have learned that unrelieved pain causes the body to release certain chemicals that may actually delay healing, so it's important to work with child's nurses and doctors to help children f...