OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between Internet use and binge drinking during early and middle adolescence. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of a sub-sample of 8th and 10th graders from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, which annually surveys a nationally representative sample of U.S. youth on their attitudes, behaviors, and values. This study includes data from 21,170 8th ...

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The study compared the expression of cooperation, competition, individualism and interpersonalism in Japanese youth. Forty-two 5th grade boys and 42 8th grade boys first completed two questionnaires about cooperation/competition and group/individualized activities. Their group structure was then coded (as working in trios, in duos, or separately) as trios of boys built houses with playing cards...

as the middle-aged in the society as well as stress-induced cognitive disorders and dementia are increasing, sport is identified as a suitable solution to prevent disorders in central nervous system. the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of 8 weeks of strength and endurance training on bdnf. for this purpose, 150 male wistar rats participated in endurance training (running wit...

quartile range of 7.56. For his normal group Mead found the mean age of walking to be 13.88 months. The median was 13.54 months, with a semi-interquartile range of 1.06. Additional information, varying from the results of empirical observation to the findings of statistical study, is available on the age at which normal children begin to walk. Holt and Howland 3 state,'' The first attempts at w...

Case 1. A 35-year-old woman in the 8th month of her first pregnancy suffered acute lumbar pain that persisted for 4 months. In the 5th month postpartum an acute increase in the low back pain led to a MRI which showed recent deformity in L1 and deformities of undetermined time of evolution in L2, L4, and L5. Laboratory evaluation did not reveal metabolic derangements. She had low bone mineral de...

Maternal nutrient intake during pregnancy and lactation potentially influences the development of allergic diseases. Cows' milk allergy (CMA) is often the first manifestation of atopic diseases, but the impact of early nutritional influences on CMA has not been explored. The associations between maternal intakes of folate, folic acid and vitamin D during pregnancy and lactation were addressed i...

BACKGROUND Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) diseases lead to a profound disruption in normal mechanisms of growth and development. This study was undertaken to determine the general growth of children with MPS I and II. METHODS The anthropometric data of patients with MPS I and II (n=76) were retrospectively analyzed. The growth patterns of these patients were analyzed and then plotted onto Polish...

The impact of self-compassion on athlete wellbeing is well established. Much less researched the self-compassion, and its related fears (hereafter “fears compassion”) athletes’ prosocial antisocial behaviours. Indeed, sporting contexts offer opportunities for athletes to demonstrate behaviours towards teammates competitors, these could lead various performance wellbeing-related consequences. Gi...

The number eight is considered lucky in Chinese culture, e.g. the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on 8/8/2008. Given the potential for discretion in selecting particular dates of labor induction or scheduled Cesarean section (C-section), we consider whether Chinese-American births in California occur disproportionately on the 8th, 18th, or 28th day of the month. We find 2.3% "too many" Chines...