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Sex-specific Changes in Neonatal Cardiac Mitochondria in Response to Perinatal Iron Deficiency
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Introduction: Iron deficiency (ID) during gestation has been shown to alter growth and developmental trajectories, consequentially increasing the risk of long-term cardiovascular dysfunction in offspring. The heart becomes energetically dependent on mitochondria soon after birth and disturbances...
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Single Centre Experience with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Prognostic Factors and Development of a Prognostication Model
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Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) continues to carry prognostic uncertainty despite therapeutic hypothermia (TH) becoming standard of care in high income nations. Prognostic factors have been identified with recent evidence relying on factors that are available later in a hospital admission...
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Sleep Duration and the Gut Microbiota in Infancy: an exploration of the determinants of sleep and the association between sleep and the gut microbiota at 3 months of age in a Canadian birth cohort
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RATIONALESleep duration is critical to growth, cognitive development, and overall health status in infancy. Strategies to ensure that national recommendations for sleep duration in infants are met require knowledge of perinatal factors that affect infant sleep. Parental socioeconomic status...
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Social Participation and its Classification for Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Background. Social participation is considered the ultimate aim of rehabilitation, particularly for preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Given the inherent social difficulties of preschool children with ASD, social participation is a relevant and meaningful construct to explore...
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Fall 2013
ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) mediates sterol efflux onto lipidated lipoproteins and plays an important role in macrophage cholesterol homeostasis. In this project, we investigated how ABCG1 works as a functional transporter to mediate sterol translocation. First, we found a...
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Spring 2021
Perinatal brain injury results in neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) that are inclusive of motor, cognitive and mental health disease. Some of these include cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, autism, attention deficit disorder and even schizophrenia. One of the most prominent...
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The geography of being born too small and spatiotemporal relationships with the outdoor environment
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Background: The geography of where pregnant mothers live is important in furthering our understanding of babies born too small. Many causes are suspected to restrict growth or incur premature delivery, and include prenatal exposures from natural, social, and built habitats. More research is...
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THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL DIABETES IN PREGNANCY ON THE DEVELOPING CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE CHILD
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Introduction There is increasing evidence that fetal exposures influence lifelong cardiovascular (CV) health. While gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one such exposure, whether there are demonstrable changes in CV health in exposed children is unknown. Additionally, rodent models have...
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The Impact of Maternal Distress on Child Neurodevelopment in a Sex-Specific Manner: Examining the Mediating Role of the Infant Gut Microbiome
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Introduction Depression has taken over as the leading cause of disability worldwide. In Alberta, 7% of mothers reported prenatal depressive symptoms and more than 25% of women worldwide reported mental health-related concerns after childbirth. The DOHaD hypothesis aims to emphasize that both the...
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The influence of social determinants of health and the built environment on the weight status of preschoolers in Alberta
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Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in early childhood can compromise health over the life course. Underweight, an indicator of undernutrition, can lead to higher morbidity, restricted growth, and delayed development. Overweight and obesity can lead to health conditions such as...