Group Of Teenagers Research Articles

Simultaneous determination of heterocyclic aromatic amines and N-nitrosamines in fried bacon cubes and slices using LC-(ESI/APCI)-MS/MS

Bacon manufacturing involves several processing steps including nitrite curing, followed by cooking processes, typically frying. During these processes, harmful processing contaminants such as N-nitrosamines (NAs) and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) can be formed. Consequently, we developed and validated a multi-class method for quantification of the most frequently reported HAAs and NAs in fried bacon. Satisfactory repeatability and reproducibility with limits of quantification between 0.1 and 0.5 ng g−1 for most of the compounds were achieved. Quantification in pan-fried bacon cubes and slices revealed generally low levels of individual HAAs (≤1.5 ng g−1), except in ready-to-eat bacon (0.9–2.9 ng g−1). Differences in amounts of individual HAAs were observed in cubes and slices, most likely due to meat thickness. Among volatile NAs (VNAs), only N-nitrosopiperidine (NPIP), N-nitrosopyrolidine (NPYR), and N-nitrosodibutylamine (NDBA) were found at generally low concentrations (≤5 ng g−1). In contrast, non-volatile NAs (NVNAs) were present in all tested samples at considerably higher amounts, for example, N-nitroso-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (NTCA) at 12–77 ng g−1. N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), N-nitrosodipropylamine (NDPA) were not detected in any samples. Statistical evaluation and principal component analysis revealed some differences among tested samples. Dietary exposure estimation of the Danish population to HAAs and NAs showed the highest exposure in the teenage group (10–17 years).

The Influence of Online Games on The Social Behavior of High School Students

Several aspects of life are currently undergoing transformations due to the rapid advancement of communication technology, and one such aspect is entertainment, specifically online games. The primary purpose of online games is to provide amusement to individuals and prevent them from experiencing boredom after completing routine tasks. However, individuals become addicted to online games primarily due to the intense gameplay, particularly among teenage groups. Even excessive online games has negative consequences, including social inequality such as timelessness and a decline in manners. This study aimed to examine the correlation between online games and the social behavior of high school students in the Bangil District. This study employed a quantitative method utilizing an analytical survey. The sampling technique employed was purposive sampling, conducted in several coffee shops within the Bangil District, with a sample size of 50 respondents. The findings of this study revealed a negative impact of online games on the social behavior of high school students, as indicated by the equation Y = 5.066 + 0.848X, demonstrating a significant influence. The correlation between X and Y is 0.774, indicating a negative relationship between the variables. The remaining 0.226 falls outside the scope of this investigation. There existed a strong and significant negative relationship between online games and the social behavior of high school students. The impact of online games on students' social behavior manifested in several negative aspects, including the usage of harsh language, disruption of daily productivity leading to health deterioration, failure to keep promises to others, neglecting religious worship, abandoning tasks, and a decrease in the display of empathy towards others. 
 Keywords: Online Games, Social Behavior, Student

The Effect of Cyberbullying on Suicidal Ideation The Case of Liu Xuezhou's Suicide as an Illustration

Cyberbullying has become a serious problem to teenager groups though the high range of internet spreading. This study explores the association between cyberbullying and suicidal ideation by examining the "Liu Xuezhou suicide case. This study complements Chinese case studies on the suicidal ideation of adolescent victims of cyberbullying, revealing that cyberbullying can promote psychological problems in adolescent victims and cause them to develop suicidal ideation. Cyberbullying led to serious psychological problems for Liu Xuezhou, which in turn led to his inability to withstand the pressure to commit suicide. The issue of cyberbullying must be emphasized by schools and parents in order to reduce the damage to teenage victims.

The Unique Stress Treatment of Martial Arts on the Adolescent Demographic

In the 21th century, the phenomenon of stress and mental fatigue is ever so common in the age group of adolescents and teens. At a crucial time in their lives and in their transition to adults, the coping strategies and methodology in which these young adults deal with stress is largely unpatterned and inconsistent. With the unique hurdles that adolescents experience in dealing with their future and academic challenges, the need for alternate treatment or therapy in the adolescent demographic is crucial in securing their physical and mental wellbeing. Martial arts can be used to treat this unique stress. The effects of martial arts on the general stress levels and mental states of a small group of experimental adolescents was observed through an experiment of 14 participants before and after a martial arts session in order to evaluate the effectiveness of such treatment based on correlations drawn from subcategories organized by ordered levels of anger management, levels of stress frequency, levels of martial arts experience, and levels of exercise frequency. Main findings of the trial include a general reduction in stress levels across all participants of the martial arts experience and encouragement of martial arts as a stress reducing platform. Further subcategories of the trial revealed additional traits of anger management on mental states and stress levels. Limitations include the experimental nature of the trial, limited exposure to various martial arts, and limited pool of participants or the diversity of the demographic studied. 

Abstract P336: Early Metabolic Imbalance in Young Adults is a Hidden Risk Factor for Midlife Cardiovascular Disease: CARDIA 35-year Follow Up

Introduction: The U.S. population includes a prevalent group of teens and young adults with early metabolic imbalance or EMI. This insidious condition includes markers of insulin resistance, particularly its interaction with adiposity, as well subclinical inflammation and oxidative stress. High circulating insulin compensates for insulin resistance in tissues, keeping fasting glucose, triglycerides and HDL within normal limits. Thus, individuals with EMI do not meet the criteria for metabolic syndrome or prediabetes. Previously, we reported that compensatory hyperinsulinemia in young adults is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), based on an analysis of 30-year data from CARDIA: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults. Here, we expand the analysis to include other components of EMI and the latest 35-year follow up data. Hypothesis: In young adults, EMI increases the risk for midlife ASCVD. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of CARDIA. The parent study enrolled 5,114 participants, ages 18-30 at baseline. In this retrospective analysis, the baseline exclusion criteria were hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL, diabetes, CVD, pregnancy or fasting <8 hours, yielding 3,292 participants without metabolic syndrome or prediabetes. The data were analyzed using Cox proportional hazard regression in Stata 17.0 and JMP 16.2. The primary exposures were markers of insulin resistance, inflammation and oxidative stress at baseline; the covariates were the 2019 ACC/AHA risk factors for ASCVD: increased waist circumference (WC), hypertension, poor fitness, LDL ≥160, nicotine use (serum cotinine), family history of premature ASCVD, race, sex and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60. The primary outcome was time to incident ASCVD (or censor), defined as any fatal or nonfatal MI, coronary revascularization, acute coronary syndrome, CHF, stroke, TIA, carotid or peripheral artery disease. Cox results were reported as hazard ratio (HR) and Harrell’s c-statistic (c). Results: All reported Cox models met the proportional hazards and linearity assumptions. Model 1 includes the ACC/AHA risk factors, yielding a Harrell’s c of 0.714. For WC, the HR for tertile 3 vs. 1 was 2.1, 95% CI 1.4, 3.1, p<0.0001. Cox Model 2 replaces WC with a categorical variable with both WC and HOMA2-IR, a marker of insulin resistance. The HR for both measures in tertile 3 vs. both in tertile 1 was 2.1, 95% CI: 1.3, 2.5, p<0.0001; Harrell’s c increased to 0.728. Cox model 3 adds markers of inflammation and oxidative stress to Model 2, increasing C to 0.735. In models 2 and 3, high WC was a significant risk factor only in combination with high HOMA2-IR, indicative of effect modification. Conclusion: After accounting for canonical risk factors, early metabolic imbalance in otherwise healthy young adults in CARDIA is a hidden risk factor for midlife ASCVD.

Clinical Presentations of Teenage Outpatients Encountered by General Internists in Japanese Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction General internists in Japanese hospitals sometimes consult on adolescents. Our university hospital encounters more adolescents with mental health complaints than other city hospitals. Consequently, based on our experience, we hypothesized that psychiatric disorders are significantly more common among teenagers who visit general internists. Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical profiles of teenage outpatients who visited general internists at three hospitals to test this hypothesis. Methods This study included 342 patients aged 13-19 years who visited the Departments of General Internal Medicine at Toyama University Hospital, Nanto Municipal Hospital, and Kamicichi General Hospital between January 2019 and December 2021. Data on age, sex, chief complaint, the period from onset to visit, referral status, and final diagnosis were collected from medical records. We also identified the final diagnoses of 1,375 outpatients from the university hospital during the same period, stratifying them by age. Multiple comparison analyses, Chi-squared tests, and residual analyses were performed to analyze the data. Results The number of psychiatric teen patients was significantly higher in the university hospital group than in the other city hospital groups (p<0.01). The incidence of psychiatric disorders, such as stress-related mental disorders, including adjustment and eating disorders (p<0.001), was also significantly higher in the teenage group (13-19 years) than in other age groups. Most psychiatric disorders lead to complaints of physical symptoms. Conclusions The potential onset of clinical episodes during consultations with teenage patients can make treating this age group more challenging; thus, they may require care at university hospitals. Furthermore, Japanese general internists in university hospitals encounter patients in their late teens with physical signs more often than in other hospitals. This trend may be unique to general medicine departments ("Sogo-Shinryo") in Japanese university hospitals. However, if general internists act under primary care principles, they can adequately assist adolescent patients.

Adolescents’ evaluation of online scientific information in daily life contexts: when sourcing matters

ABSTRACT Sourcing is the ability to evaluate information by analysing source parameters such as author’s expertise on a given topic. Past research, mostly based on school-related materials and tasks, shows that adolescents do not pay attention to source parameters when evaluating online scientific information. However, recent research has suggested that such a ‘lack of sourcing’ may depend on the purpose for which information seeking takes place. The present study sought (a) to elicit the contexts in which adolescents seek information in their daily lives (included, but not limited to school-related assignments) and (b) to test the assumption that their attention to information sources depends on the purpose of their search. Focus groups were conducted with small groups of teenagers from contrasted socioeconomic backgrounds in two metropolitan areas (Rio de Janeiro and Paris). Five main contexts were identified, ranging from school assignments to monitoring topics of personal interest. Consistent with our assumption, references to sources were more frequent in personal compared with school information seeking contexts. The results suggest that researchers and science educators who wish to develop sourcing strategies among adolescents should use a variety of tasks, building on students’ experiences of sourcing in daily life.

Social pedagogy and preventive work in the community

In October 2022 the society of Estonia was shocked because of aggressive girls: in a small town during one week two separate cases created scandals. A group of teenagers (14 y.) girls beats/thrashed one 12 y. girl. The boys recorded it and put the film on the web. In many newspapers and TV/ Radio shows those evidences were discussed intensively. The main question was that what is wrong with society, with families, with schools and with girls. Aggressive behaviour used to be the style of masculinity – so, the brutality of the girls was especially hard to understand, at least according to comments in media. The research method here is a content analysis of media in Estonia, during October/November 2022 – starting from those aggressive episodes. The aim of the article is to find out social pedagogical messages for possible prevention in the future. Proactive behaviour helps to make communities safer.

EVALUATING PELVIC TILT USING MEASUREMENTS FROM ANTEROPOSTERIOR PELVIC RADIOGRAPHS: A META-ANALYSIS OF SACRO-FEMORAL-PUBIC (SFP) METHOD

Accurate measurement of pelvic tilt (PT) is critical in diagnosing hip and spine pathologies. Yet a sagittal pelvic radiograph with good quality is not always available. Studies explored the correlation between PT and sacro-femoral-pubic (SFP) angle from anteroposterior (AP) radiographs yet demonstrated conflicting conclusions about its feasibilities. This study aims to perform a cohort-controlled meta-analysis to examine the correlation between the SFP angle and PT and proposes an application range of the method.This study searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases for studies that evaluated the correlation between SFP angle and PT. The Pearson's correlation coefficient r from studies were tabulated and compared. Pooled r for overall and gender/age (teenage or adult) controlled subgroup were reported using Fisher's Z transformation. Heterogeneity and publication bias were evaluated using Egger's regression test for the funnel plot asymmetry.Eleven studies were recruited, with nine reported r (totalling 1,247 patients). The overall pooled r was 0.61 with high inter-study heterogeneity (I2 = 75.95%). Subgroup analysis showed that the adult group had a higher r than the teenage group (0.70 versus 0.56, p &lt; 0.001). Although statistically insignificant (p = 0.062), the female group showed a higher r than the male group (0.72 versus 0.65).The SFP method must be used with caution and should not be used in the male teenage group. The current studies did not demonstrate that the SFP method was superior to other AP landmarks correlating to PT. Identical heterogeneity was observed among studies, indicating that more ethnicity-segregated and gender-specific subgroup studies might be necessary. More data input analysing the errors will be useful.

Mental Resilience of Polish Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021

Introduction. As reported in the literature, the severity of anxiety and depression symptoms in students due to social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted research on the psychosocial resources of adolescents, which was revealed in the form of resilience. Research Aim. Answers were sought to three research questions concerning: a) the resilience of Polish adolescents during the pandemic in 2021, b) the differentiation within the measured components of resilience, and c) the comparison of resilience between female and male students. Method. The electronic version of the Polish Mental Resilience Scale (SPP-18), standardised in the group of Polish adolescents and teenagers aged 12–18, was used for the online assessment of n = 263 students (F = 137; M = 126) aged 12–16. Results. The analysis of the students’ responses indicates the raised level of their resilience in the pandemic (7/10 in standard ten), differentiation within the components with the highest score for the sense of humour and the lowest for negative affect tolerance. Differences in the level of resilience due to gender were statistically insignificant, although the results of girls were slightly higher in all dimensions compared to those of boys. Conclusion. The raised level of resilience in the assessed sample seems optimistic, especially with respect to the majority of the students (about 70%). However, about 10% of the students in each of the 18 items declared low personal resilience competencies. Such groups of adolescents should be looked after, and if possible, periodically re-assessed to observe the changes in their level of resilience over time.

Pengendalian penyakit tidak menular berbasis posbindu

The existence of Posbindu PTM in an effort to early detect non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors in the Sleman Regency has increased significantly from 2018-2020. However, the implementation of the Posbindu PTM in Sleman Regency has not yet matched the target and has not been carried out routinely. The purpose of this study is to find out how the implementation of Posbindu PTM in Sleman Regency. The methodology of this research was qualitative with a case study approach. The data was taken by using interviews and observation by field noting. In this study, there were 41 main informants and 6 triangulated informants. Data analysis used content analysis in reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. The result of this research was that the implementation of Posbindu PTM has been based on the Regent's Regulation. Resources have obstacles including the absence of special funding for PTM Posbindu activities, the ability and adequacy of cadres, and the incompleteness of facilities and infrastructure. Another problem is the ability to coordinate between cadres has not been maximized so that it has not motivated the participation of the target groups of productive age and teenagers. The implementation of policies by the Health Office and Puskesmas officers has been good but has not been followed by the commitment of Posbindu cadres

Sectarian, recreational, or anti-social? Interpreting juvenile violence in post-conflict Belfast

ABSTRACT In North Belfast, in 2018 and 2019, street violence involving groups of teenagers from unionist and nationalist communities resurfaced. To explain the persistence of this problem in contemporaneous Northern-Ireland, I focus on the obstacles local actors face when assessing the nature of this public problem. I return to the notion of ‘recreational rioting’, and how its critique led to debates on whether those behaviours were political or not: this unsettled controversy characterises the stalemate in the management of juvenile violence. I argue that this situation reveals a liminal moment in increasing interdependencies between unionist and nationalist communities.

Blue light blocking glasses: do they do what they promise?

With increased screen time and exposure to blue light, an increasing number of people have sleep deprivation. Blue light suppresses the release of melatonin and hinders sleep at night. We hypothesized that people could get a greater amount of sleep by controlling the blue light exposure from screen time before bedtime. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate whether blue light blocking glasses (BBG) reduce the impact of blue light on the time taken to fall asleep for teenage and adult groups. Previous work found a 27% reduction in melatonin secretion after exposing subjects to 2-hours of blue light. Hence, we hypothesized that BBG would reduce the duration of time it takes to fall asleep by 25%. Participants had two hours of screen time each night. They spent three nights without BBG and three nights with BBG. Furthermore, we compared the effects of BBG on teenagers and adults to see which group, if any, will be most affected. BBG’s effect on reducing time to fall asleep was significant within the teenage group, but not significant in the adult group. This indicated that BBG could improve the time taken to sleep for young teenagers post screen time in the evening.

The Influence of Social Media on Adolescent Sleeping Duration and Quality

This review will seek to investigate whether social media has an influence on sleeping duration and quality, and to what extent social media effect residents especially teenagers’ sleeping. An increasing number of studies have found out that the time students spend in social media is rising dramatically due to the necessary use, the fear of missing out and the desire to talk and share something with others. Consequently, plenty of people use social media no matter it is necessary or not and they would probably check their social media account frequently at night since missing something can make them feel embarrassed, so the use of social media has already left a deep influence on certain group of teenagers and also some young adults. Nevertheless, if people take the advantages of social media, and use it in the right way under great self-discipline. it is profoundly convenient and practical for individuals and have no negative effect on sleeping duration and quality.

ANALYSIS OF PHOTOMETRIC FULL-FACE PARAMETERS WITH A DISTAL BITE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE TYPES OF MANDIBULAR GROWTH.

The aim: Determination of the peculiarities of full-face aesthetics in patients aged 10-13 years with a distal bite with different types of mandibular growth. Materials and methods: 74 patients aged 10-13 years with a distal bite and various types of mandibular growth took part in the study. The methods of photostatic image study described by I.I. Uzhumetskene (1970), V.P. Pereverzev (1979) were used in this research. Results: To determine the type of face, a gl-me: zy-zy index was calculated. Index values ranging from 0.84 to 0.879 are indicative of a mesoprosopic (medium) type of face, an index less than 0.839 defines a europrosopic (broad) type, an index exceeding 0.88 is characteristic of a leptoprosopic (narrow) type. The facial shape in all patients was determined by the Izar facial-morphological index. Similarly, the facial shape can be determined by the facial tapered angle (< FTA). In all groups of teenagers, a decrease in the angle is noted, which is indicative of an elongated, narrow face. To assess the ratio of the middle and lower parts of the face, the gl-sn:sn-me index was used, which is normally equal to 1. In our case, this index was higher than normal in all groups of children as compared to the control group (1.01±0.03). The p-p:zy-zy and p-p:go-go indices are indicative of the harmonious facial development transversally. Conclusions: Vertical and neutral-vertical type of mandibular growth results in a narrow (leptoprosopic) type of face; medium (mesoprosopic) and wide (europrosopic) types of face result from neutral, horizontal and neutral-horizontal types of growth. Irrespective of the type of mandibular growth, all patients with a distal bite have a short lower third of the face. The strongest aesthetic changes are reported in the group of patients with a predominance of the hori¬zontal type of mandibular growth.

Efficacy of vanadium in the treatment of anaemia in teenage group

According to WHO, Anaemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells is insufficient to meet the body’s physiological need. Specific physiological need may vary with a person’s age, gender and residential elevation above sea altitude) smocking behavior and different stages of pregnancy; iron deficiency is thought to be the most common cause of anaemia globally, but nutritional deficiency include folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin A, acute and chronic inflammation, Homoeopathy has good remedies to see that the necessary elements are properly absorbed by the body and assimilation is corrected thereby tackling anaemia 1 and this way even the supplements are put to good use. If anaemia treated properly which is effective and inexpensive can reduce the statistics of overall death rates, maternal haemorrhage, reduced school performance and lowered productivity and thereby bring a dream into reality?Aim and objectives1.To study the impact of anaemia among teenagers.2.To study the effect of vanadium 6c potency on anaemic teenagers.An awareness class was conducted for students in a undergraduate institution and some of them are randomly selected for screening then selected 30 students who had haemoglobin less than 12g/dl for the study. The study was conducted for two months as per the guidelines of CCRH Delhi. In the first month all the subjects receive placebo with a specific dietary recommendations to improve haemoglobin level and haemoglobin level was estimated at an interval of fifteen days. In the second month all subjects received vanadium 6c potency (Four pills daily morning before food) and hemoglobin level was estimated at an interval of fifteen days. After the two months systematics study, a statistical analysis done with the help of qualified statistician. The null hypothesis states that vanadium metallicum does not have any effect on anaemia Observation and results: If p

SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL NATURE OF BULLYING: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZING PREVENTIVE WORK AT SCHOOL

Background. Bullying is an urgent problem both due to high prevalence and the growing number of bullying varieties in the digital environment. Distance learning, changes in traditional forms of leisure activities and in supervision over the teen behavior set the problem of developing prevention programs for bullying and cyberbullying. Objective. We sought to summarize the outcomes of empirical research on teen bullying as a basis for organizing the preventive work. Methods and sampling. A theoretical review of the results of empirical studies of teen bullying in the Scopus, ERIC, RSCI databases for the last  years was carried out. Results. In adolescence, bullying exists as a type of experimental behavior aimed at the understanding and adjusting to group norms in the context of teen’s personal self-determination. Bullying behavior is determined not as much by the individual typological characteristics of a teenager but by the characteristics of interaction in groups of family, peers, and the school community. Bullying is a group behavior that follows the logics of the group process. A feature of teenage bullying is the obligatory presence of a group of other teenagers. Outside the group and without it, attacks on the victim lose their purpose. Teen groups tend to socially approve of bullying as a demonstration of the benefi ts of controlled group activity in order to achieve group goals. Bystanders are extremely important actors in bullying, both in reinforcing and even provoking violent events, and in containing and stopping them. The role structure of teen bullying is unstable and mobile and is characterized by the presence of ambivalent role positions. Conclusion. Understanding teen bullying as a socio- psychological phenomenon caused by the interaction of a teenager with reference groups of peers, family, and school makes it possible to develop effective programs for its prevention and termination.

Pathological fractures in teen and middle age women with primary hyperparathyroidism

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease commonly seen in postmenopausal women. We report two cases of pathological fractures following trivial injuries in two different age groups; the middle and teen age group presented as PHPT due to parathyroid adenoma. PHPT usually presents with symptomatic hypercalcemia and target organ damage. Biochemical manifestations in both cases are similar i.e. hypercalcemia, elevated serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), and mass in the parathyroid gland. Histopathological examination is consistent with parathyroid adenoma. We highlighted these two cases due to long delay before the PHPT diagnosisisconfirmedbecause of various investigations commenced in these patients to rule out other diagnoses. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 22 No. 01 January’23 Page : 234-238

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«ЧВК “Рёдан”»: феномен популярности деструктивной субкультуры

Within the framework of this study, the essence of the phenomenon of “PMC ʹʹRedanʹʹ” is determined, and the influence of mass media on the spread of destructive subcultures among minors is theoretically substantiated. Of particular interest are the results of monitoring social networks on the topic under consideration. It is concluded that “PMC ʹʹRedanʹʹ” is a youth subculture of criminal orientation, gaining popularity among young people, which is largely explained by their age characteristics. Concerns are not caused by the “PMC ʹʹRedanʹʹ” movement itself, not by the subculture that anime fans adhere to, but by the fact that this large group of teenagers can be used to their advantage by setting them up to commit illegal acts. We believe that the sharp growth and no less rapid decline in the activity of “PMC ʹʹRedanʹʹ” is a kind of trial action of the people behind this youth movement to identify the level of readiness of the authorities to resolve conflict situations in society.