Abstract：
:The possibility of assembling this series of Best Practice Guidelines papers pertaining to WASP (Write a Scientific Paper) arose from the international WASP course, and the realisation that the Statistics at Square One papers initially published in the British Medical Journal in the 1970s, dealing with medical statistics using a hand calculator were now completely superseded by spreadsheets. Early Human Development has now published a complete set of guidelines on virtually all matters pertaining to WASP. All of these were written by academics from the University of Malta. This final set wraps up by elaborating on the techniques that best create effective graphs and tables, as well as the medical guidelines that are mandated by modern research. This coda should be viewed by WASP novices as a tipping point from where effective papers may be created and published. Like Superman's father, we hope that we have given you "an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun… In time, you will help them accomplish wonders." Our WASP revels are therefore not ended, but just starting as authors of high quality papers.
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Early Hum Devjournal_title
Early human developmentauthors
Grech Vdoi
10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.05.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-07-01 00:00:00pages
50eissn
0378-3782issn
1872-6232pii
S0378-3782(19)30296-8journal_volume
134pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The mediating effect of maternal self-efficacy in the association between locus of control and anxiety, among mothers of hospitalized babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was examined. Findings confirmed partial mediation effect suggesting that professionals can contribute to the reduction of levels of an...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105284
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The relationship between the traction forces used in 53 clinically indicated vacuum extractions and the incidence and degree of retinal hemorrhages observed in the neonates within 24 hours after birth was examined. A Vacuum Extractor Recorder (Type SF 30, Knick), was used to measure the traction force necessary for de...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(88)90107-7
更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) is a highly specific, moderately sensitive test which is cost effective, acceptable to both clinical staff and parents and meets the criteria for universal screening. Pulse oximetry screening is gaining considerable worldwide support and last year ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.09.013
更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of the study was to determine the effect of a low oral dose of erythromycin on whole gastrointestinal transit time [WGTT]. Erythromycin [EM] [1.5 mg/kg, 6 hourly] or placebo was given first over 7 days in a double blind randomized crossover study of 21 preterm infants with feed intolerance. Median [r...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00191-8
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is a wide differential diagnosis of early onset respiratory distress especially in term babies, and interstitial lung disease (chILD) is a rare but important consideration in this context. chILD manifesting immediately after birth is usually related to mutations in surfactant protein genes, or conditions related...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105186
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Movement by an infant during the first year of life might influence its activity level and thereby influence growth in early childhood. AIM:To examine whether the time that an infant is able to move unrestrictedly and time spent in baby seats are related to weight and waist circumference at age 9 months and...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.04.002
更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Delayed emergence of movement patterns and disturbances in the development of behavioural states are often observed in the fetuses of diabetic women. The developmental course of specific fetal movement patterns was studied in 20 women with type-1 diabetes during the first trimester of pregnancy. The aim was to investi...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(91)90190-e
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Placental tissue from five women undergoing elective caesarean did not present differences in fatty acids or mRNA expression of FATP-1, FATP-4 and H-FABP in different placental locations. mRNA expression of FATP-1 and FATP-4 was significantly higher than H-FABP. The expression of L-FABP was too low in placenta for acc...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.02.001
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:In neonates with spina bifida aperta (SBA), leg movements by myotomes caudal to the meningomyelocele (MMC) are transiently observed. It is unclear whether these leg movements relate to functional neural conduction through the MMC. For optimal therapeutical intervention, pathophysiological insight in these ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.09.002
更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The diagnosis, acute management and follow-up of neonates with haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) still represents a significant area of activity for maternity/neonatal services. ABO incompatability is now the single largest cause of HDN in the western world. However, with increasing knowledge at the molecular le...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,实务指引,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.06.005
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnant women's sleep disturbance due to fetal movement is well known. Fetal movement is thought to be an index of fetal well-being. However, as there has never been a way to easily and reliably record fetal movement, psychophysiological studies of pregnant women's sleep disturbance and fetal well-being hav...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.03.001
更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy and delivery are complex processes, and isolated obstetric complications rare and often accompanied or followed by a number of others. AIMS:To study the relationship between the overall obstetric situation (as opposed to single obstetric risk factors) and emotional and substance use disorders in y...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.04.016
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To investigate the influence of prematurity and postnatal age on the maturation of the autonomic nervous system function, we analysed heart-rate and heart-rate variability in twelve prematurely born infants (< 37 weeks gestational age) reaching the conceptional age of 37-41 weeks. These neonates were compared with six...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(93)90011-i
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal experiments have convincingly demonstrated that prenatal maternal stress affects pregnancy outcome and results in early programming of brain functions with permanent changes in neuroendocrine regulation and behaviour in offspring. AIM:To evaluate the existing evidence of comparable effects of prenata...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(02)00075-0
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:ELISA methods were used to determine the concentrations of CAI and CAII in spermatozoa, seminal plasma, ovarian follicular fluid, decidual tissues, chorionic villi and various fetal tissues at 8-11 weeks gestation. Both CAI and CAII were expressed in all subjects except ovarian follicular fluid samples. The possible p...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(97)00119-9
更新日期：1998-07-10 00:00:00
abstract：:Lipids have physical, chemical, and physiological properties that make them important factors in human nutrition. They form a group of compounds of varied chemical nature that have the common property of being soluble in organic solvents but insoluble in water. This basic property affects their digestion, absorption, ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00211-0
更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis, a critical process for growth and development is altered in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors VEGFR-1, soluble (s) VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 represent a regulatory system, essential for both physiological and pathological angiogenesis....
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.09.010
更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Newborn infants, especially preterm infants, have an immature immune system, which is not capable to actively protect against vaccine-preventable infections. Therefore, the newborn is dependent on transplacental transport of Immunoglobulin G (IgG), an active, FcRn receptor mediated process. Fetal IgG rises from approx...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.11.003
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Mother's own milk is widely recognized as the optimal feeding for term infants, but also provides health benefits that are of vital importance for sick and preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), even though the growth and neurodevelopmental needs of very premature infants are best met by appropriate...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.07.008
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Neonatal sepsis is frequently accompanied by significant and sometimes life-threatening coagulopathy. More complete understanding is needed of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the interaction of the inflammatory and hemostatic systems. Such information may help focus future studies toward novel ways to...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0378-3782(14)70008-8
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pulse oximetry screening is a highly specific, moderately sensitive test for detecting critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) that meets the criteria for universal screening. The possibility of using pulse oximetry as a screening test was first investigated over 10 years ago and since then data from more than 370,0...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0378-3782(14)50006-0
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is often associated with visual impairment and multiple developmental disabilities. AIMS:As most of the previous studies include infants with brain lesions, that can determine visual impairment per se, a cohort of low neurological risk preterm infants without ROP and with va...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105134
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This year is the 20th anniversary of the first successful trial of exogenous surfactant for respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn and it is perhaps a good time to review recent advances in basic science and clinical practice as they relate to surfactant therapy. ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0378-3782(00)00122-5
更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eleven healthy, full-term babies were studied on the second day (d2) after birth and again 4 weeks (w4) later. The babies lived in natural lighting conditions and were fed every 4 h. Blood pressure, heart rate, skin (abdomen) and rectal temperatures were measured at 10-min intervals for 24 h. Behavioural states (deep ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(94)90039-6
更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a prospective clinical study from an unselected, area-based population, the influence on birthweight for gestational age of different factors was studied, with special respect to 15 risk factors for intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) recognizable in early pregnancy. In the multiple regression analyses performed...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(84)90110-5
更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unclear whether performing amniocentesis to detect intra-amniotic infection is useful for improving neonatal outcomes. AIMS:To determine the efficacy of amniocentesis on the neonatal outcomes in women exhibiting threatened preterm labor and intact membranes. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort stu...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.03.006
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:Maternal nutritional status is one of the most important factors of fetal growth and development. Consequently, the currently increasing prevalence of underweight women worldwide has come in the focus of interest of perinatal medicine. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of low pre-pregnancy body mass...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.10.004
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:During the previous two decades smoking among pregnant women in the developed world declined by about 60-75%. Nevertheless, prenatal smoking remains a common habit and accounts for a significant proportion of fetal morbidity and mortality through both a direct (fetal) and an indirect (placental) effect. The ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.08.002
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify obstetric risk factors and to elucidate the effect of prolonged rupture of the membranes on the development of cystic periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in preterm infants. METHODS:A retrospective case-control study of 95 preterm infants with the diagnosis of PVL and 245 healthy controls matched ...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.07.007
更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The world's literature has been scoured to obtain data on 492 examples of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the Northern Hemisphere. The seasonally pattern of FAS birth prevalence rates is compared with the seasonality pattern of ethanol intakes to estimate the time-lag between them and hence the timing of ethanol d...
journal_title：Early human development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-3782(83)90065-8
更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00
