Publications by authors named "Natalie Day"
Compelling evidence supports the foundational importance of early self-regulation (SR). It also supports parents in the home environment as having the foremost influence on early development. Yet, prevailing approaches to support early SR growth have tended to leverage early education and clinical settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLand use practices and climate change have driven substantial soil degradation across global drylands, impacting ecosystem functions and human livelihoods. Biological soil crusts, a common feature of dryland ecosystems, are under extensive exploration for their potential to restore the stability and fertility of degraded soils through the development of inoculants. However, stressful abiotic conditions often result in the failure of inoculation-based restoration in the field and may hinder the long-term success of biocrust restoration efforts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Systematic Scoping Review of Pre-School Self-Regulation Interventions from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2022
Self-regulation (SR) is considered foundational in early life, with robust evidence demonstrating a link between early self-regulation and longer-term outcomes. This has been the impetus for a growing body of intervention research into how best to support early SR development, yet approaches and effects are diverse, which complicates an understanding of the critical characteristics for effective early SR intervention. Using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a guiding framework, we present a scoping review of early SR-intervention research to identify the characteristics of pre-school interventions that show significant and strong effects on young children's SR.
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- * It recommends appointing dedicated hepatologists or gastroenterologists as lead clinicians in acute hospitals to manage liver disease care around the clock and increase access to intensive care units in light of ongoing healthcare challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- * The Review advocates for implementing alcohol care teams, enhancing early diagnosis strategies (like using stool colour charts for biliary atresia), and leveraging digital technology for better screening and management of liver diseases, especially considering the impact of comorbidities such as obesity and diabetes on patient outcomes.
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- A Delphi consensus methodology was employed to adapt the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2) specifically for deaf children, including those who primarily use sign language, with input from 27 international experts on autism in deaf individuals.
- The modified tool, known as "SRS-2 Deaf adaptation," underwent rigorous translation into British Sign Language and was validated with a sample of 198 deaf children to compare its effectiveness against established clinical assessments.
- Results showed the SRS-2 Deaf adaptation had strong reliability and validity, with a sensitivity of 82% and specificity of 67%, indicating it performs comparably to existing ASD screening instruments for hearing children.
Mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) are contaminants of concern for fish in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). We explored Hg and Se in fish tissues (2,324 individuals) collected over 50 years (1962-2011) from the UCRB. Samples include native and non-native fish collected from lotic waterbodies spanning 7 major tributaries to the Colorado River.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK stresses the continuing increase in burden of liver disease from excess alcohol consumption and obesity, with high levels of hospital admissions which are worsening in deprived areas. Only with comprehensive food and alcohol strategies based on fiscal and regulatory measures (including a minimum unit price for alcohol, the alcohol duty escalator, and an extension of the sugar levy on food content) can the disease burden be curtailed. Following introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland, alcohol sales fell by 3%, with the greatest effect on heavy drinkers of low-cost alcohol products.
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- The report talks about how drinking alcohol is increasing in the UK and causing more liver disease, which makes people go to the hospital a lot.
- It suggests that the UK Government should make new rules to help reduce overall drinking, like bringing back certain taxes and setting a minimum price for alcohol.
- It also highlights the need to address obesity (being very overweight) because it leads to many health issues, including liver disease and cancers, and mentions that new medicines for hepatitis C are showing promise.
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- The report discusses the serious problems caused by too much alcohol, being overweight, and liver diseases in the UK, with a focus on recommendations to help fix these issues.
- Alcohol abuse is on the rise, causing more people to get sick and lose years of their lives, while obesity is also a growing issue affecting over 60% of adults.
- Even though new medicines are helping people with hepatitis C, more needs to be done to find and help those who are at high risk, especially in poorer areas of the country.