OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between perceived stress in adolescence, body weight and romantic relationships. METHODS Participants were 2,571 adolescents (56.1% female), with mean age of 16.6±1.2 years, who were students of public schools in Amazonas. The adolescents answered a questionnaire with sociodemographic questions (sex, age group, school year, study shift, maternal schooling ...

The proliferation of smartphones exploits many new opportunities for mobile advertising. Many researchers believe that mobile advertising will be not only a killer application in mobile commerce, but also a noteworthy business model for many emerging mobile applications to monetize. Location based advertising (LBA) is a new advertising that integrates mobile advertising with location based serv...

Public health nurses in Ireland are charged with conducting a home visit to every postnatal mother within 48 hours of hospital discharge. This represents the beginning of a long-term relationship, not only with the mother and newborn child but also with the family. This article fundamentally demonstrates the essential work of the public health nurse in promoting the health of the baby within a ...

Ehrenwörtliche Versicherung Diese Dissertation wurde selbständig, ohne unerlaubte Hilfe erarbeitet. III Für meine Frau, meine Tochter, und meine ganze Familie. This thesis founds on the following manuscripts, which are referred to as Moik et al. 2011a or b, respectively. (2011). Loss of migfilin expression has no overt consequences on murine development and homeostasis, J Cell Sci124, 414-21. R...

A recent editorial 1 and articles in the Archives investigated the complex relationships between obesity, mortality, and disability, and studies that take into account the dynamic history of body weight over one’s life span were called for. In the follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study, we have combined these aspects (weight gain in midlife, mortality, and healthrelated quality of life [HR...