Sökning: "Child growth"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 135 avhandlingar innehållade orden Child growth.

1. 16. Sex steroid secretion during childhood in males - with focus on prematurity, birth size, and growth patterns

   Författare :Kjersti Kvernebo-Sunnergren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; androgens; birth weight; body height; body weight; child; estrogens; male; mass spectrometry; premature birth; Silver-Russell syndrome;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to evaluate sex steroid secretion patterns during childhood in boys and to study how sex steroid concentrations relate to gestational age, birth weight, growth patterns, and adult height outcome. Patients and Methods: In paper I, 11 growth hormone-treated boys with Silver–Russell syndrome (SRS) who had reached adult height were included. LÄS MER

3. 17. Pre-, peri- and postnatal influences on ophthalmologic outcome - a study on children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and children born preterm

   Författare :Margareta Hök Wikstrand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :visual function; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; preterm birth; growth; insulin-like growth factor 1; postnatal development; ocular fundus morphology;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of prenatal factors in children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and peri- and postnatal factors in children born preterm on visual function and ocular fundus morphology at school age. In the children born preterm the ophthalmologic outcomes, including optic nerve morphology were analysed in relation to gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW) standard deviation score (SDS), serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), weight at week 32 (SDS), and weight, length and head circumference (SDS) at school age. LÄS MER

4. 18. Human development and institutional practices : Women, child care and the Mobile Creches

   Författare :Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care; Communication; Construction workers; Development; Everyday learning; India; Institutional practices; Literacies; Migration; Mobile Creches; Nongovernmental Organizations; Participant observation; Urbanization; Women; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This study presents an analysis of the everyday activities of an Indian Nongovernmental Organization (NGO), the Mobile Creches (MC). NGO' s - societal institutions which have grown in prominence in the post-World War II era - are primarily involved in providing services for marginalized sections of different southern nations. LÄS MER

5. 19. Peer interaction in preschool: Necessary, but not sufficient : The influence of social interaction on the link between behavior difficulties and engagement among children with and without need of special support

   Författare :Madeleine Sjöman; Mats Granlund; Lena Almqvist; Gunvie Möllås; Kari-Anne Bottegaard Naess; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; preschool; engagement; hyperactive behavior; teacher responsiveness; peer-to-child interaction; Bioecological Systems Theory; niches; proximal processes; environmental factors; cross-sectional; transactional processes; longitudinal design;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to enhance knowledge regarding engagement among children with and without need of special support due to behavior difficulties. The influence of social interaction as well as the provision of special support in Swedish preschool were investigated. LÄS MER

7. 20. Early-life metal exposure and child growth and development

   Författare :Annachiara Malin Igra; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Cadmium, lead and arsenic are toxic metals, the exposure to which occurs primarily through food and drinking water. While many studies are available about their health effects in adults, studies in children and adolescents are more limited, especially for cadmium. LÄS MER