Sentences with phrase «of normal human development»

CNDV 5301 - Human Growth & Development A study of normal human development and the stages of physical intellectual, social and emotional growth from prenatal origins through old age.

Milestones are important markers of normal human development and they are often achieved within a specific age range.

Not exact matches

As a strategy for helping persons cope constructively with the normal crises of human development, they are without equal.

Without tying these comments to any single scheme of moral development, most of us can say that normal human development carries us through successively higher stages of moral perception and valuation.

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)-- also known as omega - 3 fatty acids — play a crucial role in human brain function, as well as normal growth and development, with research showing that they can also reduce inflammation in addition to helping lower the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and arthritis.

Or will they remember a mom who didn't let them celebrate the season and be just like anyone else (which is a normal part of human development).

Human milk provides optimal nutrition, promotes normal growth and development, and reduces the risk of illness and disease.

Dr. Jeanne Stolzer, Professor of Child and Adolescent Development at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA, whose research is known worldwide as an intelligent challenge to the current Western medical model that seeks to pathologize normal human behaviors, including breastfeeding, too, shares her beginnings in LLL.

Some infants do not have enough natural reserves of iron, a mineral necessary for normal human growth and development, to meet their needs.

But neither is the baseline for NORMAL human development and to think they are is a sign of a culture gone awry, a culture that has forgotten how to support health and wellbeing in families and children.

Nevertheless, these human milk substitutes provide nutrients sufficient to assure the normal growth and development of your baby.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

Humans are born with more synapses than necessary; as part of the normal development process, weak and unnecessary connections are gradually eliminated during childhood.

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.

Tracer's work «highlights how narrowly we view normal infant development,» she remarks, «and calls into question the tendency to judge all human infants on the basis of Western infants.»

Furthermore, the findings illustrate the fundamental importance of HYAL2 and hyaluronan turnover for normal human and mouse development.

Lambs at a gestational age equivalent to that of a 23 - or 24 - week - old human fetus had normal lung and brain development after a month in the artificial womb, the researchers discovered.

That development pattern — bad becoming normal — is made possible by two things: human adaptability to shifting circumstances and cutting away a comparative frame of reference.

The team's insights not only illuminate normal vertebrate development but also could lead to improved understanding of human spinal defects such as scoliosis, said Pourquié, who is also the Harvard Medical School Frank Burr Mallory Professor of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a principal faculty member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

«In a mouse, the optic nerve looks normal at birth, which is the equivalent of the third trimester of neonatal human development,» said Fox.

«Part of normal development is this emotional responding to another human being,» he says.

But Mary Herbert, a reproductive biologist at the University of Newcastle, UK, who is part of a team pursuing mitochondrial replacement, says that mitochondria behave very differently in embryonic stem cells compared to normal human development.

The research highlights the importance of investigating different cell types in normal human tissues to understand the cellular origin of cancer and the factors that may contribute to its development.

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.

(Drosophila, or fruit flies, are a frequently used model for understanding human disease, and oskar is critical for normal development of fruit fly embryos.)

Raichle's most recent research has helped in the development of a much better understanding of those areas of the normal human brain responsible for language, thought processing and emotion.

These genes likely came from the gametes — the eggs or sperm — and can be used to predict whether an embryo is chromosomally normal or abnormal at the earliest stage of human development.

seek to identify the mutational processes underlying mutational signatures found in cancers, characterise the mutational processes operating in normal cells, use phylogenetic analyses of somatic mutations in humans to explore cellular lineages during embryonic development

«Any deviation from this normal path of development can profoundly influence human behavior,» she said.

His research focuses on normal molecular mechanisms of brain development and genetic perturbations that underlie disorders of human cognitive development, such as in severe autism spectrum disorders.

In a substudy, review outcomes were also compared across different types of clinical research, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified human tissue.

His research team is interested in identifying genes that direct the development of the cerebral cortex, both because of their importance in human diseases and because studying those genes will help in learning about the normal development and evolution of the brain.

The research lines of the Bakkers group include unraveling the genetics of normal cardiac development and body axis formation during development, investigating the molecular mechanisms of heart regeneration in the zebrafish and how this can be compared to heart injury in the mammals, and modeling of human (cardiac) disease in the zebrafish to unravel biological mechanisms behind the disease and to identify new drug targets.

1) Phytonutrients: * Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables * Promote the function of the immune system * Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation * Associated with the treatment and / or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease 2) Enzymes: * Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life * Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles 3) Amino Acids: * The basic building blocks of protein * Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism 4) Essential Fatty Acids: * Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer * Improve mood * Decrease inflammation 5) Vitamins: * Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings * Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs * Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization 6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals: * Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids * Essential for normal cellular activity * Provide hardness to bones and teeth

That's why when I made Rika, in order to allow her to live with humans, I added the fact that when she reaches the age of 20, her development returns to a normal human pace.

Human development including the disruption of normal coastal geomorphic forces by coastal infrastructure assure that any change in global temperature and consequent sea level, will be a disaster to these environments.

Some degree of fear is rather normal given the way humans approach risk, particularly with something like the risks from radiation, and particularly given inherent trust that comes from for - profit overlay onto the «common good» and (IMO) laying that fear exclusively at the feet of environmentalists, or simply labeling it as irrational, is more a product of ideologically - driven identity - protective cognition and tribalism on the part of nuclear proponents than a useful ingredient for making progress on energy policy development.

It is surmised that, when the normal floods began to fail, human ingenuity rose to the occasion, as attested to by the development of irrigation canals and machinery.

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The WCA is a partnership of associations representing professional counselors and for the provision of services for promoting normal development, remedying the effects of anomalies in normal development (physical, psychological, social, ethical, and spiritual), and enhancing human potential.

They need to know that this is normal» according to Pat Tanner Nelson, Ed.D., Extension Family & Human Development Specialist with the University of Delaware.

The development of these online relationships often takes the place of relationships offline — the skill - sets required for each being different, each taking time and energy to develop, each resulting in a different worldview — determining children's perceptions of what constitutes a «normal» human relationship.

Our education programs are founded on the belief that sexuality is a normal and healthy part of human development, one that begins at birth and continues throughout the life cycle.

The «practice of marriage and family therapy» is defined as the use of scientific and applied marriage and family theories, methods, and procedures for the purpose of describing, evaluating, and modifying marital, family, and individual behavior, within the context of marital and family systems, including the context of marital formation and dissolution, and is based on marriage and family systems theory, marriage and family development, human development, normal and abnormal behavior, psychopathology, human sexuality, psychotherapeutic and marriage and family therapy theories and techniques.

The «practice of mental health counseling» is defined as the use of scientific and applied behavioral science theories, methods, and techniques for the purpose of describing, preventing, and treating undesired behavior and enhancing mental health and human development and is based on the person - in - situation perspectives derived from research and theory in personality, family, group, and organizational dynamics and development, career planning, cultural diversity, human growth and development, human sexuality, normal and abnormal behavior, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation.

Although her focus on the problems caused by lack of sufficient nurturing, and her belief that even young children are strongly influenced by the «death instinct,» led her to develop useful tools for treating seriously troubled children, her theory does not provide a complete, or hopeful, view of normal human psychological development.