Sentences with phrase «affecting human development»

More recent research on the epigenetic modification of gene expression by early maternal care in animals suggests the possibility of similar processes affecting human development.

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Unsustainable development is threatening human wellbeing — affecting all parts of the world, low and high HDI countries alike.

«The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well - being of people and economic development throughout the world; it is the urgent desire of the people of the whole world and the duty of all Governments.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

They do not include, for example, Catholic Charities» extensive network of 1,400 charitable agencies serving 18 million people; the Catholic Health Association's 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities serving 20 million people; or the Campaign for Human Development's efforts to organize and empower the poor, with 200 local antipoverty groups working to improve policies, practices and laws affecting low - income people.

This idea depends on developments in general systems theory, which views «all of nature and all of human activity as a hierarchically arranged structure of levels of interlocked subset systems in which the process of any particular subset system affects and is affected by other subset systems at its own level, as well as below or above it.»

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

So the animal studies give us only a hint at how early experience can affect development — the way human babies are treated by caregivers has even more effects on them than for any other animal because they are born so immature.

According to a 2006 article published in the «American Journal of Human Genetics,» mutations and genes can affect tooth development.

While the basis of Attachment Theory is rooted in infants and toddlers, the effects of attachment quality is an important feature of lifelong human development, affecting a child's relationships within and beyond the immediate family through childhood and through adulthood.

``... Dr. Teti, a professor of human development and psychology, says his work adds to a growing skepticism toward sleep training — not only that it may not work, but that it may, in turn, affect the parent - child relationship itself.»

Stunting in childhood has short - term and long - term consequences that affect health and human capital development.

Tests were conducted in Sweden by scientists, curious as to the affects ultrasounds may have on the human brain during development.

Republican thinking on work can contribute to specific analyses of the developments that have affected work itself, and how these changes contribute to all human activity.

Our constituents are provided with the most reliable up - to - date and comprehensive information needed to make critical decisions which ultimately affect the area's land development, natural environment, transportation systems, human services, criminal justice, and economic development potential.

«Past research has found a link between violent crimes and performance on tests, but researchers haven't been able to say why crime affects academic performance,» explains Jennifer A. Heissel, a PhD graduate in human development and sociology at Northwestern University, who led the study.

For the first time, it could be demonstrated with smoking pregnant women and their children, how exposure to tobacco smoke affects the development of human immune system on molecular level.

Since pseudouridine modifications may affect various RNA molecules in different types of normal and malignant cells, «our discoveries pave the way for future avenues of research aimed at exploring the role of pseudouridine in human development disease,» concludes Cristian Bellodi.

Comparisons of the Neandertal genome to the genomes of five present - day humans from different parts of the world identify a number of genomic regions that may have been affected by positive selection in ancestral modern humans, including genes involved in metabolism and in cognitive and skeletal development.

They generated an experimental model to investigate how one of the genes commonly mutated in blood cells of elderly humans, TET2, affects plaque development.

«This underlines the glaring problem that many of the chemicals that are most widely used today, including pesticides, are simply not adequately tested and may have serious long - term impacts on health and development,» said Barrett, who studies how environmental chemicals affect human reproduction.

The project focused on the rights to health and to food, and the background research on the environmental factors affecting the realization of particular human rights became a resource for the human rights and environmental communities undertaking the development of standards, benchmarks, and indicators.

In future experiments, Lahn will insert the human ASPM gene into mice to see what affect it has on brain development.

The authors point out that as nicotine may disrupt brain development in humans, so neonicotinoids «may adversely affect human health, especially the developing brain».

Dr Kristensen comments, «Although this may not be a severe impairment to fertility, it is still of real concern since data from three different labs all independently found that paracetamol may disrupt female reproductive development in this way, which indicates further investigation is needed to establish how this affects human fertility.»

«As subscribers to the «life course» theory, we know experiences in early life affect you later — even if they're latent for a while — and that these stresses can be compounded,» said Josephine Kwon, M.S., of the department of human development and family science at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, researchers are following 200 infants with congenital Zika syndrome and their families to understand the ongoing health impact, why some babies affected by the virus develop more normally than others, and if more positive prognoses are linked with family or environmental characteristics.

«Thus, exposure to EDCs may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer development and adversely affect human health,» the researchers state in the paper.

Garcez and her colleagues at the Instituto D'Or in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are starting experiments in which they will infect so - called cerebral organoids — tiny models of the developing human brain — with Zika virus and see whether their development is affected.

This finding suggests that in human babies, factors that shape the microbiome — natural ones such as breastfeeding, or therapeutic, such as antibiotics — may affect the immune cells in the baby's brain and consequently the brain's development.

Confronted with these findings, scientists began to wonder whether small quantities of synthetic chemical compounds found in our food and water — and in everyday products like makeup, plastics, and bug spray — could be sabotaging human fertility, undermining our immune systems, or affecting prenatal development.

Professor Sinclair said: «It is well established that prior to conception and in the early stages of pregnancy during natural or assisted reproduction subtle chemical changes can affect the human genome leading to development and late - onset chronic diseases.

«Stress, including the stress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.

«Pre-pregnancy body weight affects early development of human embryos.»

A region of the gene that produces the PACAP38 protein has held nearly constant, even in humans, presumably because the protein plays diverse roles in neuron communication and is essential for normal development of the cerebellum, affecting brain cell migration, for example.

«The bottom line is that peer rejection and ADHD symptoms are related, but they may also affect each other over time,» adds Jay Belsky, Robert M. and Natalie Reid Dorn Professor of Human Development at the University of California, Davis, a coauthor of the study.

Based on our recent development allowing the efficient and robust conversion of human pluripotent stem cells into affected spinal motor neurons and non - affected cranial motor neurons, our objective is to deepen the mechanisms involved in the specific degeneration of spinal motor neurons in SMA as well as the mis communication of these neurons with their muscular target.

A study headed by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has investigated how group composition affects the outcomes of collective decision making.

We use genetic approaches to identify novel genes and gene variants affecting the development in humans.

The identification of the genetic mechanisms underlying human - specific brain development during evolution will transform our ability to decipher the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders affecting humans such as autism or schizophrenia.

Human HARE5 increases expression of its target gene, Frizzled 8, affecting the size and development of the brain in mice.10

What dictates the development of the characteristic rash in humans is not well understood, but could be affected by the genotypic variants of B. burgdorferi present in the tick, prior exposure, and possible co-infections.

Research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that a rare type of glycosylation affects the function of an important protein for human development and cancer progression.

The extent to which human - driven phenomena, including technology and culture, can affect human nature itself raises an interesting philosophical question: Should our goals for societal development include mindfulness of how Homo sapiens evolve in response?

Her results will be especially powerful when combined with simultaneous drug development and, ultimately, clinical trials with humans affected by Alzheimer's.

What we are learning is that the in utero environment may also affect the timing of future pubertal development in offspring, which makes sense since human brains are developed in utero and the brain releases hormones affecting puberty,» said study lead author Ai Kubo.

Although there's no definitive proof that phthalates cause problems in humans, «the greatest concern is how early - life exposure will affect male [reproductive] development,» Dr. Carpenter says.

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We've known phthalates affect the genital development of lab rats, but for the first time ever, human data has been published.

There is substantial evidence that chronic, low - level exposure to organophosphates (the most common class of pesticide) may affect brain functioning and neurological development in humans.33, 34 This evidence indicates a strong likelihood that low - level chronic exposure adversely affects children's nervous systems.