ABSTRACT Neighbourhood design can have substantial impacts on children's physical and psychological well-being. COVID-19 lockdowns produced striking and unprecedented changes in how neighbourhoods functioned for children. The aim of this research was to explore what worked well for children during Alert Levels 3 and 4 (lockdown) in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), focusing in particular on the neighbourhood environment. Children (n = 192) aged between 5 and 13 years completed an online survey that collected information on neighbourhood walking and wheeling and what they liked about their neighbourhood during lockdown in NZ. Car-less neighbourhoods were important for supporting children’s well-being. Community activities such as the NZ Bear Hunt were appreciated by children. Natural environments, being home, spending time with family, and simple activities were all liked by participants. Social connections were important but often required technology. Findings can help inform initiatives to support child well-being in the face of potential future lockdowns or new pandemics. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Children’s perceptions of their neighbourhoods during COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand

What are the psychological impacts of children's screen use? A critical review and meta-analysis of the literature underlying the World Health Organization guidelines

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100431

Self-perceived substance and behavioral addictions among Jewish Israeli adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

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YAC – Young People and COVID-19. Preliminary Results of a Representative Survey of Adolescents and Young Adults in Luxembourg

Parenting and tweens’ media use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children, COVID-19 and the media: A Study on the Challenges Children are Facing in the 2020 Coronavirus Crisis

Background: The rising population of patients with diabetes type 1 has caused in a fast increase in the amount of patients who have diabetic complications. Objective: Isolation of bacteria from diabetic patients and detection of their antibodies in the serum of patients and rabbits. Materials and Methods: Sixty samples of blood and urine were collected from diabetic patients, a similar proportion of genders were included in 50 samples of blood from healthy as controls. Patients with diabetes diseases diagnosed by a physician collected from specialized center for endocrinology and diabetes and Kindy hospital, in Baghdad. Results: This study showed that Morganella morganii (n=9, 18%) was isolated from urine of patients. With M. morganii antigens (complete cells) as three bacteria antigens agglutinated in titer 1:64 and three in titer 1:128 of serum of patients (antibodies) whereas 1 and fife of M. morganii antigens agglutinated in serum of patients in titer 1:256 and 1:16 Consecutively. Determination of the concentration of cytokinetic proteins IL-17, using an ELISA device. The concentration of some inflammation-initiating cytokines was estimated in the serum of the studied samples, which included using IL-17 ELISA technology. The statistical results by t-test showed were significant differences between this interleukin between the patients and the control sample and under the probability level P<0.05 in the serum of the patients compared to the control sample. The results also showed a decrease in the cytokinetic concentration, as the concentration in the infected serum was 0.011 ± 0.019 (pg/mm), while its concentration in the control sample was 0.007 ± 0.033 (pg/mm) in the infected serum. Recognize the agglutination ability slide agglutination exam (anti Morganella morganii rabbit serum). Conclusion: The ability of killed antigen bacteria isolated from diabetic patients to agglutinate with their serum, and its ability to agglutinate with the serum of rabbits injected with this bacterium. The increased prevalence of agglutination and increased antibodies of patients and rabbit blood suggest this as part of the multifactorial basis for disease penetrance and susceptibility.

The Contribution of Interleukin (17) in Iraqi Patients with Type I Diabetic and Positive Agglutination Sera with Morganella Morganii Antigens

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease associated with many factors, such as urinary tract infection (UTI), and the complicated type of UTI bacteria is Proteus mirabilis. Accordingly, 67 RA patients with UTI and 45 healthy controls from Baghdad regions were included in this study. Proteus mirabilis isolates were obtained from the urine of patients with RA and identified in 11.9% by biochemical tests and 16sRNA gene sequencing. ABO blood types, serum TNF-α level, serum rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein, and anti-bacterial antibody level of RA patients were compared to healthy controls. The study indicated that there is a correlation between blood type O, serum TNF-α level, rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein, and anti-bacterial antibody level of RA patients. The significant result was the increased serum level of TNF-α of RA patients who were infected with urease-produced bacteria, this might be due to the enzyme structure’s role in evoking the disease.

Fatima Abdul

Papers

Children, COVID-19 and the media: A Study on the Challenges Children are Facing in the 2020 Coronavirus Crisis

The Contribution of Interleukin (17) in Iraqi Patients with Type I Diabetic and Positive Agglutination Sera with Morganella Morganii Antigens

Immunological parameters of Proteus mirabilis isolates in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients with urinary tract infections