Studies have been coming out exploring different aspects of parenting and how the child has been shaped by parenting. Parenting is the emotional tone between parent and child. It is usually conceptualized by two dimensions, namely demandingness and responsiveness. Based on these...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i330130
Introduction: Malnutrition remains a childhood scourge in Sub Saharan Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe and in the Insiza District, in particular. The district is rich in mineral (gold) deposits, vibrant agricultural (animal husbandry) and diverse ecosystems that has potential su...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i330129
Schizencephaly is a rare abnormality in supratentorial brain development, the etiopathogenesis of which is not yet clear. This disorder consists of the presence of a slit bordered with gray poly-microgyric substance, which extends from the subarachnoid space to the ventricles: th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i330128
Rat-bite fever (RBF) is a systemic infectious disease. It is due to Streptobacillus moniliformis, a commensal bacterium of the nasopharyngeal mucosa of small rodents, in particular rats. This anthropozoonosis is rare in urban areas. The first clinical sign of infection is a fever...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230126
Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a group of inherited disorders that lead to muscle weakness and skeletal muscle wasting involving the muscles around the hips and shoulders. This can cause a gait disturbance, difficulty running or even a complete loss of the ability to wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i330127
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Adult and Infant Mask Ventilation Quality Evaluation from Various Viewpoints by Non-medical Personnel: Randomized Simulation Trial”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230125
Objective: Electrolyte dysregulations particularly hypophosphatemia and hypokalemia following feeds in a starved person is known as refeeding syndrome, which may lead to life-threatening conditions like arrhythmias, heart failure, respiratory and neuromuscular compromise. To eval...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230124
Introduction: Obesity is an emerging epidemic worldwide causing serious public health concern. The upper part of the body as Neck circumference (NC) can be used as a simple and time saving screening tool to evaluate it. Materials and Methods: From January 2018 to June 2019, this...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230123
Aims: To study the anthropometric measurements of the neonates between 28 to 42 weeks of gestational age. To express them as smoothed percentiles and obtain their correlation with the constant. Comparing the data trend with the Shah Study conducted twelve years ago in the same i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i230122
Introduction: Incidence of nephrotic syndrome (NS) and filariasis both is high in China, Japan & India. Studies have shown the association of filariasis in NS. In the coastal belt of Gujarat, Filariasis occurs as the mosquito responsible is still prevalent. Therefore, filaria...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2020/v3i130121