BACKGROUND Literature has demonstrated the adaptive function of identity development and parenting toward manifestation of problem behaviors in adolescence. These dimensions act on both internalizing and externalizing symptoms. METHODS The objective is to investigate the relationship between identity status, parenting, and adolescent problems, which may manifest through internalized (phobias,...

background: maternal and neonatal factors could help determine the potential incidence of hyperbilirubinemia. in this study, we aimed to identify the relationship between the severity of jaundice in newborns and maternal and neonatal factors. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. icteric newborns, admitted to qods and kowsar teaching hospitals in qazvin, iran w...

among 2357 prenant women at tehran valiasr hospital, 99 women under 18 years with their 102 neonates were evaluated retrospectively during aprill 1999 to april 2000. frequency of adolescent pregnancy was detected in 41.5 per 1000 live birth 7 (7.1%) of mothers had preeclampisa, 7 thyroidal diseases, 3 valvular heart diseases, 2 urinary tract infections and 20.3% of women had prolonged rupture o...

BACKGROUND In 2015 the proposed period ended for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the United Nations targeting to lower maternal mortality worldwide by ~ 75%. 99% of these cases appear in developing and threshold countries; but reports mostly rely on incomplete or unrepresentative data. Using Indonesia as example, currently available data sets for maternal mortality were syst...

APETALA2 (AP2) is best known for its role in the regulation of flower meristem and flower organ identity and development in Arabidopsis. We show here that AP2 also plays an important role in determining seed size, seed weight, and the accumulation of seed oil and protein. We demonstrate genetically that AP2 acts through the maternal sporophyte and endosperm genomes to control seed weight and se...

BACKGROUND Cases of cytomegalovirus colitis are exceptionally reported in immuno-competent infant. The pathogenesis is uncertain but breast-feeding is considered as a main source of postnatal infection. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report a full-term, formula-fed infant who developed a severe cytomegalovirus anaemia and colitis when aged 2 months. CONCLUSION Even if the molecular identity betw...

This article provides evidence from a community-level study in rural Nepal of the mechanisms by which schooling affects maternal behaviour and infant and child health. Two hypotheses concerning the mechanisms are identified and tested. It was found that schooling equips women with specific skills and dispositions or identity which significantly predict two principal domains of health-care beh...