Abstract Background According to the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, over a third of adolescents feel pressured by schoolwork European countries, with increases associated age and girls. School pressure has been linked increased health complaints, which illustrates importance schools from public perspective. To get better understanding school stress adolescence, there is ...

Introduction: Over the past two decades, the incidence of cesarean section in most countries has increased.Developmental delay occurs when children do not reach their developmental milestones at the expected time. The main causes of developmental delay are often unknown. Investigation of the prevalence of developmental delay and its effective factors in children from 4 to 12 months old in Pakda...

In this issue of Pediatrics, Sananes et al1 leverage the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial to describe developmental and behavioral concerns in a cohort children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome related single right ventricle conditions. The recognized importance conducting screening as recommended by American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)2,3 population at high risk f...

M a i n r e s u l t s Results are in the Table. CLON (used alone or with MPH) compared with no CLON, MPH (used alone or with CLON) compared with no MPH, and combined CLON and MPH compared with placebo showed beneficial effects for ADHD symptoms as measured by the ASQ-Teacher. The greatest benefit was seen with combined CLON and MPH, which was most effective for lessening tic severity and improv...

The transition to renewables requires storage to help smooth short-term variations in energy from wind and solar sources, as well as to respond to spikes in electricity spot prices, which can easily exceed 20 times their average. Efficient operation of an energy storage device is a fundamental problem, yet classical algorithms such asQ-learning can diverge for millions of iterations, limiting p...

Objectives: This research was performed to compare the results of two parental-based developmental questionnaires. Methods: In this study the developmental status of 196, 4-60 months old children were screened using Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and prescreening developmental Questionnaire (PDQ) in 4 primary health care clinics in Tehran. Convenient sampling was used. Data was analyze...

BACKGROUND Previous studies identified associations between maternal obesity and childhood neurodevelopment, but few examined paternal obesity despite potentially distinct genetic/epigenetic effects related to developmental programming. METHODS Upstate KIDS (2008-2010) recruited mothers from New York State (excluding New York City) at ∼4 months postpartum. Parents completed the Ages and Stage...