OBJECTIVES To develop comprehensive and reliable radiation-free methods to quantify femoral and acetabular morphology using MRI. METHODS 32 hips (16 subjects, 6 with intra-articular hip disorder (IAHD); 10 controls) were included. A 1.5T magnetic resonance system was used to obtain 3D fat suppressed gradient echo images at the pelvis and distal femora. After acquisition, pelvic images were po...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a worldwide problem and can cause acute liver failure, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and liver cancer. In areas of high prevalence such as in Asia, Africa, southern Europe, and Latin America, the hepatitis B surface antigen positive rate ranges from 2% to 20%.In endemic areas, HBV infection occurs mainly during infancy and early childh...

Childhood Hodgkins Disease (HD) is a lymphoma that displays characteristic epidemiological, clinical and pathological features according to various geographic areas, particularly according to the socio-economic level of a given country. India presents a similar sex, age and subtype distribution as other emerging countries: high male-to-female ratio, younger age at presentation, high proportion ...

The theory of “new sociology childhood” and “universalism in cross-cultural psychology” highlights that children experience different childhood based on their cultural social contexts. Children are actors responsible for taking situations into action. Research considers as neglected bodies the field childhood. This research paper compares Native American Indian children’s competence actors, def...

Excess female mortality during childhood is a distinct and unrelieved phenomenon in India, particularly in the two northern Indian states— Punjab and Haryana. This paper investigates the basic facts of sex differentials in child mortality in a very comprehensive manner using the three rounds of NFHS data sets from 1992 to 2006. More specifically, this paper examines the following three basic qu...

INTRODUCTION Studies have assessed rates of childhood obesity in diverse populations, but few have been able to compare the weight status of American Indian and white children living in the same community and attending the same schools. The objective of this study was to measure and compare the weight status of American Indian and white elementary school students (kindergarten through 5th grade...

Features of melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency have been observed to be more pronounced in childhood. Longitudinal data from a population-based study were used to separate the phenotypic effects of MC4R deficiency during childhood and adulthood. The MC4R exon was sequenced in 6,760 individuals of predominantly Pima Indian heritage, and discovered mutations were functionally assessed in v...

Childhood and time constitute key sites of regulation for nationalist authoritarian regimes. However, the influence on contemporary discourses childhood located in Global South remains an underresearched area. This paper critically analyzes two spectacles involving Hindu Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secondary school students occasions Teachers Day 2014 2015. Temporal language, markers, s...