Background: Childhood obesity is a major public health concern. The importance of genes in development of obesity is evident from twin and family studies. Moreover, epigenetic events in early life may play an important role in obesity etiology. Aim: We aimed to outline and discuss the role of genetic and epigenetic influences on development of obesity in early life from around birth and into ad...

OBJECTIVE Several components of event-related potentials--P50 suppression, P300 amplitude and latency, and mismatch negativity--have been proposed as potential endophenotypes for schizophrenia on the basis of family studies. The present study used a twin design to estimate the extent of genetic overlap between these indices and the liability to schizophrenia. METHOD The authors measured misma...

prevention efforts [1]. In this sample of Greenland Inuit where both HIV and undernutrition remain uncommon, the risk of developing TB was markedly higher in persons with co-existing diabetes than in persons without. The very high risk associated with diabetes suggests potential reduction in the Greenland TB incidence rates through incorporating diabetes control and prevention in TB prevention ...

1510 plasma cholesterol estimations were made in 1391 children admitted to hospital as part of a biochemical profile. Babies under 1 year and children known to have familial hyperlipoproteinaemia were excluded. The mean concentration was 4-28 mmol/l +/- 1-04 (1 SD) (165-3 mg/100 ml +/- 38-6), and levels exceeded 5-93 mmol/l (229 mg/100 ml) in 68 children. Repeat estimations on 55 of these child...

stantial (36%–90%), whereas in dizygotic (DZ) pairs the rate is similar to the rate of autism among siblings of De Crespigny Park London, SE5 8AF affected children. Twin studies also suggest that the genetic predisposition extends to related, but milder, communication and/or social deficits. In the largest study (Bailey et al., 1995), 92% of MZ pairs were concor-Roosevelt Drive Oxford, OX3 7BN ...

In the last 30 years, China has undergone one of the largest rural-to-urban migrations in human history, with many children left behind because of parental migration. We present a meta-analytic review of empirical studies on Chinese children's rural-to-urban migration and on rural children left behind because of parental migration. We examine how these events relate to children's emotional, soc...

There are still several unanswered research questions regarding tuberculosis (TB) contact investigations [1–4]. For example, up-to-date epidemiological studies regarding TB contacts in the area of intermediate incidence are not readily available [5]. The long-term risk of TB, especially beyond 5 years, remains undetermined [6]. Risk factors for TB development among contacts are also not well de...

In this paper we present some new versions of Brooks-Jewett and Dieudonné-type theorems for (l)-group-valued measures.

This paper presents the results of an exploratory empirical field test of the K-C Model of customer contact (Kellogg, 1991; Kellogg & Chase, 1995) in a hospital setting. Seventy service workers in seven departments of a regional hospital were surveyed regarding the elements of the K-C Model based on their perceptions of a "typical" service encounter with a customer/patient. Service worker SCORE...