Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children's Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis.

To prevent children from reentering the welfare system, it is crucial to understand the role of caseworker visits after reunification on reentry and identify the factors related to reentry. Utilizing the administrative data of one Mid-Atlantic state, children who reunified with their families between July 2016 and June 2020 were selected as the study sample ( = 3,510). Reentry rates were higher for children who did not have caseworker visits after reunification than for those who did.

Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis.

Achieving permanency is a main goal of the child welfare system. To promote timely achievement of permanency, it is important to understand the determinants associated with permanency outcomes. This study aims to examine the length of time children spend in foster care and identify factors associated with achievement of permanency using administrative data from one state spanning a six-year timeframe and including a final sample of 1,874 children.

Factors associated with Korean adolescent's e-cigarette use by the severity level of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7).

Background: The use of e-cigarette among Korean adolescents is spreading with alarming rapidity, but it has not been studied along with the severity level of GAD-7. This study aims to identify adolescents' e-cigarette use and its associated factors among four different anxiety groups using the problem behavioral theory (PBT).

Methods: A cross-sectional secondary dataset was retrieved from the 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents' Smartphone Addiction in South Korea.

The outbreak of COVID-19 impacted numerous people globally, but most notably affected adolescents negatively by contributing to the increase in their use of media and smartphones and therefore their susceptibility to smartphone addiction. Based on the social-ecological model, this study seeks to identify the individual-, family-, and school-level factors of smartphone addiction through two groups of users: a first group whose smartphone usage time increased after the outbreak of COVID-19, and a second group whose usage time did not. Based on the data collected from 360 Korean adolescents aged 15 to 18, results reveal that personal-level factors (i.

An International Systematic Review of Prevalence, Risk, and Protective Factors Associated with Young People's E-Cigarette Use.

While the prevalence of young people's conventional cigarette use has decreased in many countries, the use of e-cigarettes has risen. To effectively counteract the growing popularity of e-cigarettes among young people internationally, researchers should know the exact prevalence as well as the protective and risk factors associated with vaping. Based on five eligibility criteria, 53 articles were chosen and analyzed by general characteristics, prevalence, sample characteristics, gender difference, protective factors, and risk factors.

Cigarette use and binge drinking among Korean adolescents: examining the moderating role of multicultural status.

Cigarette is usually used conjointly with alcohol however its impact may vary with how much alcohol is being consumed. Besides the general use of alcohol, this study specifically focused on identifying the association between cigarette use and binge drinking of Korean adolescents. Furthermore, it aims to testify whether the multicultural status plays a moderating role in this relationship, and to discover other problem behavior theory constructs that may be associated with binge drinking of the Korean adolescents.

E-Cigarette, Cigarette, and Dual Use in Korean Adolescents: A Test of Problem Behavior Theory.

E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular among adolescent cigarette users. However, little is known about the various factors related to adolescents' use of e-cigarettes, cigarettes, or both in South Korea. Using nationally representative data from the 2017 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, this study examined the possible problem behavior theory factors that contribute to (1) current e-cigarette use among those who have ever used cigarettes (), (2) current cigarette use among those who have ever used e-cigarettes (), and (3) current dual use among current cigarette or e-cigarette users ().

The matrix metalloproteinase-7 regulates the extracellular shedding of syndecan-2 from colon cancer cells.

The cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-2 regulates the activation of matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) as a docking receptor. Here, we demonstrate the role of MMP-7 on syndecan-2 shedding in colon cancer cells. Western blot analysis showed that shed syndecan-2 was found in the culture media from various colon cancer cells.

Alzheimer's disease drug discovery from herbs: neuroprotectivity from beta-amyloid (1-42) insult.

Objective: To comparatively evaluate selected herbs for their ability to protect neuronal cells from direct betaA(1-42) insult.

Design: Twenty-seven (27) herbs were selected, extracted with aqueous methanol (90%) and chloroform, and the extracts were evaluated for their ability to protect PC12 rat pheochromocytoma and primary neuronal cells from betaA(1-42) insult using both 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide reduction assay and lactate dehydrogenase efflux assay.

Results: Curcuma aromatia (ul-keum) and Zingiber officinale (ginger) extracts effectively protected cells from betaA(1-42) insult, followed by Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), Polygonatum sp.