Disappearance of biased visual attention in young infants: remediation of tonic neck reflex or maturation of visual asymmetry? by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane

“…Typically, infants younger than four months fail to attend to the left side of their spatial field, most likely because of an innate asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR). …”
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A qualitative analysis of how therapists experience the therapeutic relationship with adults who were adopted as infants by Vote, Birgit

“…Counselling psychology, as a discipline, has a particular interest and skill base in understanding the therapeutic relationship and is therefore in the position to offer a valuable contribution to research on the therapeutic relationship with an individual who has been adopted as an infant. Through six semi-structured interviews, adoption counsellors currently working with adult adoptees were asked to share their experiences and understanding of the nature and the role of the therapeutic relationship. …”
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EgoActive: integrated wireless wearable sensors for capturing infant egocentric auditory–visual statistics and autonomic nervous system function ‘in the wild’ by Geangu, Elena, Smith, William A. P., Mason, Harry T., Astrid, Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo, Hunter, David, Knight, Marina I., Liang, Haipeng, Bazan, Maria del Carmen Garcia de Soria, Tse, Zion Tsz Ho, Rowland, Thomas, Corpuz, Dom, Hunter, Josh, Singh, Nishant, Vuong, Quoc C., Abdelgayed, Mona Ragab Sayed, Mullineaux, David R., Smith, Stephen, Muller, Bruce R.

“…There have been sustained efforts toward using naturalistic methods in developmental science to measure infant behaviors in the real world from an egocentric perspective because statistical regularities in the environment can shape and be shaped by the developing infant. …”
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A low cost, sustainable, locally delivered intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women by Haque Rema, Sanjida

“…Where possible, infant birth weight was recorded. Infant feeding histories were collected via questionnaires together with reported occurrences of infant illnesses. …”
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Assessment of growth monitoring among children younger than 5 years at early childhood development centres in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Ronaasen, Jessica

“…This study aimed to assess the ability of trained ECD practitioners with optimal support to correctly classify the nutritional status of infants and young children at ECD centres in the Nelson Mandela Bay. …”
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The double burden of malnutrition in South Africa: risk factors for undernutrition and overnutrition and the development of a novel mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening too... by McLaren, Shawn

“…The first study was conducted on 400 infants and children younger than 24 months of age from primary health facilities in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. …”
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Screening for overweight using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) among children younger than two years in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, McCarthy, H. David, Rutishauser-Perera, Alexandra

“…The predicted MUAC cut-off values were able to identify infants and young children with overweight accurately.…”
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Unfavorable effect of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on maternal and fetal essential fatty acid status: a potential marker of fetal insulin resistance 2 by Min, Yoeju, Lowy, Clara, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Thomas, Beverley, Offley-Shore, Brigid, Crawford, Michael

“…Design: We studied 39 nondiabetic (control subjects), 32 type 1 diabetic, and 17 type 2 diabetic pregnant women and the infants they delivered. Maternal and cord blood samples were obtained at midgestation and at delivery, respectively. …”

Aspects of modelling variability of single cell lag time for Cronobacter spp. after exposure to sublethal heat treatment in normal and stressful environments by Xu, Yizhi

“…To test the validity of the model, growth of low numbers of untreated and heat stressed Cr. turicensis in tryptone soy broth (TSB) and infant first milk was measured experimentally between 7 oC and 22 oC and compared with predictions obtained by Monte Carlo simulations. …”
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Relationships between breast-feeding, co-sleeping, and somatic complaints in early childhood by Peters, Elisabeth Maria, Lusher, Joanne, Banbury, Samantha, Chandler, Chris

Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

“…And, finally, we show that human capital, as measured as health and education, facilitates the effect of economic growth on poverty reduction (i.e. poverty elasticity of -0.89% and -2.5% for, respectively, high and low infant mortality). Our analysis suggests that, in designing policy reduction strategies, policy makers should carefully take into considerations initial poverty and inequality as well as how income is distributed. …”
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Iodine status of children from the Red Sea, and the Nile Valley regions of the Sudan: implications for health and development by Hussein, Izzeldin S.

“…Moreover, it is the most common cause of decreased fertility rate, miscarriages, stillbirths and foetal and infant mortality in the developing countries. Contrary to the widely held popular perception, iodine deficiency is not restricted to the developing countries. …”
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