Essays about: "Developmental delay"

Found 4 essays containing the words Developmental delay.

  1. 1. Analysis of DNA methylation changes and behavioural outcomes in adulthood induced by prenatal exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Shane Kamil; [2022]
    Keywords : Toxicology; Developmental biology; Epigenetics; Genetics; Methylation; EDC; Toxins; Chemicals; Mixture effect; Mediation; Toxikologi; Utvecklingsbiologi; Epigenetik; Genetik; Metylering; Miljögifter;

    Abstract : Endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, are some of the most prevalent toxic chemicals found in the environment because of human activity and they have a variety of adverse effects on both humans and wildlife. A proposed mechanism through which EDCs can negatively affect an organism is via an epigenetic mechanism known as DNA methylation, which can affect the development of the organism with negative outcomes later in life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Occupation as means and ends in early childhood intervention – A scoping review

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Hälsohögskolan

    Author : Evelin Fischer; [2019]
    Keywords : Developmental delay; early childhood; intervention; occupational therapy; occupation-based; occupation-centred; occupation-focused;

    Abstract : Background: Occupational therapy (OT) plays an important role in providing early childhood interventions for children with developmental delay. While paediatric OT has long been guided by developmental principles, occupation-centred interventions have been promoted during the last decades, but no unifying definition exists about the core features. READ MORE

  4. 3. Interventions for children at risk of developmental delay in Low- and Middle income countries : A systematic litterature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Sara Glasberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Developmental delay; LAMI countries; Intervention; parenting programs; stimulation programs; systematic literature review; children;

    Abstract : Due to poverty and a lack of stimulation, many children living in Low- and Middle income countries suffer from developmental delay and do not develop to their full potential. Yet, remarkable recovery is often possible given that early interventions are available. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigating the evolutionary consequences of sexual conflict through pollen and pistil traits in several Collinsia heterophylla (Plantaginaceae) populations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Evan Hersh; [2012]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Sexual selection is considered to be one of the most important processes influencing the evolution and diversification of species. Sexual conflict, a subset of sexual selection theory, describes how opposing interests in the male and female reproductive systems can lead to one sex increasing its fitness at a cost to the other sex. READ MORE