OBJECTIVES This was a comparative study between Australia and Korea that investigated whether and to what extent factors related to self-rated good health (SRGH) differ by gender among age groups. METHODS This study was a secondary analysis of data that were collected in nationally representative, cross-sectional, and population-based surveys. We analyzed Australian and Korean participants > ...

OBJECTIVE To identify family and child characteristics that put toddlers at risk of injuries. DESIGN A prospective cohort study. SETTING This study was based on the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. PARTICIPANTS The study sample consisted of 26 087 children and their mothers. OUTCOME MEASURES Family and child characteristics ...

Few studies have examined disparities in adverse birth outcomes and compared contributing socioeconomic factors specifically between African-American and White teen mothers. This study examined intersections between neighborhood socioeconomic status (as defined by census-tract median household income), maternal age, and racial disparities in preterm birth (PTB) outcomes between African-American...

Negotiation support systems (NSS) can enhance humans’ performance in negotiations. Much research in this area focuses on finding optimal bids. However, there is little research on human factors in technological negotiation support. We believe an in-depth analysis of the task involving experts and users is needed to build a new generation of NSS focusing on manmachine collaboration. We describe ...

S LEVINE’ has pointed out, A-B-O incompatibility is less frequent in families with erythroblastotic children due to Rh sensitization than in the general population. That is, an Rh negative mother is less likely to become sensitized to the Rh factor if her Rh positive fetus possesses either the A or B agglutinogen when the corresponding agglutinogen is absent from her own red cells. Wiener2 has ...

In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated that stress and mental health problems have increased among adolescents and especially among girls, although little is still known concerning what girls experience in their everyday lives. The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon of teenage girls' everyday lives, as experienced by the girls themselves. A phenomenological approac...

BACKGROUND Spiritual health, along with physical, emotional, and social aspects, is one of four domains of health. Assessment in this field of research is challenging methodologically. No contemporary population-based studies have profiled the spiritual health of adolescent Canadians with a focus on health inequalities. In a 2014 nationally representative sample of Canadians aged 11-15 years we...

After transcription, a large number of cellular RNAs employ modifications to increase their diversity and functional potential. Modifications can occur on the base, ribose, or both, and are important steps in the maturation of many RNAs. Our lab recently showed that plant microRNAs (miRNAs) possess a 2'-O-methyl group on the ribose of the 3' terminal nucleotide, and that this methyl group is ad...

The mechanisms underlying tick resistance within and between cattle breeds have been studied for decades. Several previous papers on bovine immune parameters contributing to tick resistance discussed findings across DNA, RNA, protein, cellular, and tissue levels. However, the differences between bovine host species, tick species and the experimental layouts were not always taken into account. T...