Background: Mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being can influence child behavioral disorders by affecting the motherchr('39')s mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being with child behavioral disorders through the mediation o mental health in mothers of children with hearing impairment. Methods: The stud...

AIM To validate the analytical performance of a 12-gene molecular assay that predicts distant recurrence for early-stage ER+/HER2- invasive breast cancer as run within a central reference laboratory. MATERIALS & METHODS Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast resections were evaluated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the expression of eight target genes, thr...

Striking balance and maintaining harmony between work family have always been a great challenge for women in general. This article examines factors that conflict official responsibilities demand among female staff of higher institution learning Nigeria. A structured questionnaire is administered to institutions across the country. Hierarchical sampling technique used select from each institutio...

Objective: To understand the typical actions of the mother during the pregnancy of her teenage daughter. Methods: Qualitative study, based on the theoretical-methodological framework of social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. The data were collected in 2009, and the subjects were nine mothers of adolescent primigravidae. Results: The mother of the pregnant adolescent is typified as one that reac...

PURPOSE The origins of expression microarray and reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) signals in human saliva were evaluated. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The "RNA" extracts from human saliva samples were treated with vehicle, DNase, or RNase. Two-step amplification and hybridization to Affymetrix 133A cDNA microarrays were then done. Confirmatory RT-PCR experiments used conventionally designed PCR prim...