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Les recherches sur les valeurs que les parents attribuent aux enfants se demandent pourquoi les gens décident ou non d'avoir des enfants et s'intéressent au nombre d'enfants qu'ils choisissent d'avoir. On décrit dans la première partie de cet article la relation parents-enfants traditionnelle, la structure familiale et les changements sociaux qui se sont produits ces cinquante dernières années en Corée du sud. On présente dans la deuxième partie les résultats de l'étude de 1972 sur les valeurs attribuées aux enfants réalisée en Corée du sud (Lee & Kim, 1975). Dans la dernière partie, on expose une recherche empirique sud-coréenne portant sur un échantillon de 314 jeunes mères et 395 mères plus âgées. Il apparaît que les bénéfices psychologiques sont les raisons majeures qui justifient le choix d'avoir un enfant et que les contraintes personnelles et financières sont les motifs dominants de ne pas en avoir. Ces résultats mettent en défaut les modèles économiques et utilitaires et soulignent l'importance des facteurs psychologiques, relationnels et culturels.Research on parents' attribution of value to children examines why people decide to have children or not and the number of children they choose to have. In the first part of this paper, the traditional parent-child relationship, family structure, and social changes that have occurred in South Korea during the past 50 years are reviewed. In the second section, the results of the 1972 Values of Children Study conducted in South Korea (Lee & Kim, 1975) are reviewed. In the final section, an empirical study conducted in South Korea with a sample of 314 young mothers and 395 older mothers is reported. The results indicate that psychological benefits are the most important reasons for having a child and personal and financial constraints are the most important reasons for not having a child. These results challenge the economic and utilitarian models and suggest the importance of understanding the psychological, relational, and cultural factors.

Aims: The aims of this study were to measure changes in fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), neutrophil (elastase, lactoferrin)/platelet activation marker (mean platelet volume-to-platelet count ratio [MPR]), and angiogenin according to the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and to evaluate the association of FGF-23, elastase, lactoferrin, MPR, and angiogenin with arterial stiffness using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV) in CKD patients. Methods: According to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation, the patients were allocated to five groups: (1) normal controls (eGFR ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2 without pathologic, urine [proteinuria], blood [electrolyte], and imaging abnormalities; n = 22); (2) CKD stage 2 (eGFR 60–89 mL/min/1.73 m2; n = 17); (3) CKD stage 3 (eGFR 30–59 mL/min/1.73 m2; n = 22); (4) CKD stage 4 (eGFR 15–30 mL/min/1.73 m2; n = 17); and (5) CKD stage 5-hemodialysis (HD) (n = 30). All the patients were free of clinically apparent cardiovascular disease. Serum FGF-23, elastase, lactoferrin, and angiogenin concentrations and the MPR were measured to study the association of the above parameters with the clinical (age, sex, presence of diabetes mellitus, and blood pressure), biochemical (calcium, phosphorus, uric acid, intact parathyroid hormone [PTH], low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein), and ba-PWV values of the CKD patients. Results: (1) The mean ba-PWV values were 1,497.2 ± 206.4 cm/s in the controls, 1,649.0 ± 247.9 cm/s in the CKD stage 2 group (p < 0.05 vs. controls), 1,655.8 ± 260.3 cm/s in the CKD stage 3 group (p < 0.05 vs. controls), 1,823.0 ± 402.4 cm/s in the CKD stage 4 group (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stages 2 and 3), and 1,905.2 ± 374.1 cm/s in the CKD stage 5-HD group (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stage 2). (2) The mean log10(FGF-23) concentration values were 0.77 ± 0.27, 0.97 ± 0.48, 1.10 ± 0.35 (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stage 2), 1.35 ± 0.48 (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stages 2 and 3), and 2.12 ± 0.82 (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stages 2–4); the mean angiogenin levels were 230.6 ± 70.5 pg/mL, 283.0 ± 53.5 pg/mL (p < 0.05 vs. controls), 347.3 ± 76.9 pg/mL (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stage 2), 445.9 ± 90.6 pg/mL (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stages 2 and 3), and 370.9 ± 142.4 pg/mL (p < 0.05 vs. controls and CKD stages 2 and 3). (3) In the stage 3–4 CKD/HD patients, the mean elastase-to-neutrophil and lactoferrin-to-neutrophil ratios were significantly lower than in the controls and the stage 2 CKD patients. (4) Our multivariate linear regression analyses showed that age, pulse pressure, mean arterial pressure, PTH, and FGF-23 were independently associated with ba-PWV values. Conclusions: Circulating FGF-23 and angiogenin concentrations gradually increased as CKD advanced, whereas neutrophil activation markers were significantly lower in the stage 3–4 CKD/HD patients than in the controls and stage 2 CKD patients. FGF-23 was weakly associated with ba-PWV values in patients with CKD/HD and no previous cardiovascular disease.

A 16-year-old male presented with pain in the right posterior mandible on chewing that had lasted for several months. The radiographic features of the lesion included a radiolucent-radiopaque mixed-density mass with a radiolucent rim attached to the root of the mandibular right first molar. The preliminary radiographic diagnosis was benign cementoblastoma, which was confirmed by histopathological examination following surgical excision. The lesion recurred 3 years after treatment; radiographically, it consisted of 3 round foci with mixed radiopacity, each with a radiolucent rim near the root of the mandibular right second premolar and the edentulous postoperative region. The lesion was diagnosed as recurrent benign cementoblastoma and a second surgery was scheduled. This report presented an unusual case of recurrent benign cementoblastoma following surgical excision and extraction of the involved tooth, along with a literature review on reported cases of recurrent benign cementoblastoma with a focus on its clinical features and the best treatment options.