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Les perceptions gustatives chez l'enfant
2005
As soon as the end of gestation, the gustatory system is stimulated by the taste-active compounds carried by the amniotic fluid and its maturation continues until mid-childhood. Facial expressions and relative ingestion methods show that the newborn can discriminate the various taste qualities (bitter, salty, sour, sweet and umami). The range of individual responses is wide. Neonatal reactions to sweet and umami are generally considered to express pleasure. The bitter and sour stimulations lead to hedonically negative reactions. The response to salt taste is less characteristic. Overall, the attraction towards sweet and the rejection of bitter and sour tastes become more pronounced during c…
Employability and Disability: New Challenges towards Equal Opportunities
2014
Abstract It is a fact that once passed the stage of compulsory education, the transition of a disabled child towards adult life and the world of employment is an increasing source of worry for parents. It is a process that terrifies parents and guidance is required as much for parents as for pupils to access useful employment or worthwhile activities and the adult world, besides personal autonomy and independence. This communication analyzes the different educational and occupational alternatives for disabled pupils. The employment of this group is recognized as key to enabling the disabled to participate fully in society and to achieve personal independence. It can also be the axis of an o…
The Health Competency Determinant Factors of Latvian Population
2013
Competencies develop and changes throughout a person’s life, they can gain or lose, going through various age stages. Their development does not end in youth, but continue on through the adult life. The ability to thing and reflect those thoughts specifically come forward in the center of structure of competency, which grows at the same time as the individual matures. One of the competency types is health competency. Health competency is a relatively new concept; it is not sufficiently researched. Aim of the study was to determine the factors of an adult individual health competency. 827 respondents participated in the study, in the processing of data was used SPSS. Was used factor analysis…
Obesity, Body Fat Distribution, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
2001
Obesity is a common disease with an ever-increasing prevalence and usually with late-onset consequences. If acquired during childhood, it tracks into adult life to some extent, and since the relationship between obesity and hypertension is well established in adults, obese children appear to be at particularly high risk of becoming hypertensive adults. In the authors' study, obese children seemed to have significantly higher casual and ambulatory blood pressure than nonobese children, except for nighttime diastolic blood pressure. The health effects of obesity may depend on the anatomic distribution of body fat, which in turn may be a better indicator of endocrinologic imbalance, environmen…
Bifocal Stimulation in Patient with Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Vessels
2011
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels (CCTGV) is a rare congenital heart defect associated with multiple cardiac morphological abnormalities and conduction defects. Complete atrioventricular (AV) block occurs in 30% of patients and it may be present at birth or develop later with a rate of 2% per year; moreover, a systemic right ventricle is frequently characterized by heart failure in adult life. We used a bifocal cardiac stimulation for a young woman affected by CCTGV and atrioventricular Mobitz 2 and 2:1 block, considering structural, anatomic condition, and the high rate of pacing she underwent. (PACE 2012; 35:e296–e298)
Heart in Hypothyroidism
2019
The transition from the fetal to the adult phenotype heart depends on the increase in thyroid hormone (TH) in perinatal period (Liu and Gerdes, J Mol Cell Cardiol 22:1339–1348, 1990; Gerdes and Iervasi, Circulation 122:385–393, 2010). Moreover, T3 action is essential for preserving both cardiac morphology and performance in adult life because thyroid hormone controls the inotropic and lusitropic properties of the myocardium, cardiac growth, myocardial contractility, and vascular function (Liu and Gerdes, J Mol Cell Cardiol 22:1339–1348, 1990; Gerdes and Iervasi, Circulation 122:385–393, 2010; Fazio et al., Recent Prog Horm Res 59:31–50, 2002; Kahaly and Dillmann, Endocr Rev 26:704–728, 2005…