Espensen Curtis

Moreover, neither AF nor probiotics had any effect on glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. Lipid peroxidation was significantly (p less then 0.05) reduced in probiotics-treated AF groups, compared to the AF-control groups. This study indicates that the probiotic consortium used synergistically ameliorated the AFB1-induced disruptions in lipid…[Read more]

In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly three-fourths of children 6-23 months are anemic. Yet, the underlying causes had not been sufficiently explored. This study, based on data (n = 348) extracted from the Malawi Micronutrient Survey-2015/2016 dataset, evaluated the contribution of multiple factors to the hemoglobin status of children 6-23 months. The…[Read more]

As highlighted by Eisenberg, Cumberland, and Spinrad (1998), parents play a critical role in children’s socioemotional development, in part, by shaping how children and adolescents process, respond to, and regulate their emotions (i.e., emotional reactivity/regulation). Although evidence for associations between parenting behavior and youth’s…[Read more]