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Child care subsidies and child development [PDF]

Economics of Education Review, 2008
Abstract Child care subsidies are an important part of federal and state efforts to move welfare recipients into employment. One of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage parents to purchase high-quality child care.
Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
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Sports and Child Development [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
The role of curricular activities for the formation of education, health and behavioural outcomes has been widely studied. Yet, the role of extra-curricular activities has received little attention. This study analyzes the effect of participation in sports clubs-one of the most popular extra-curricular activities among children.
Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner, Andreas Steinmayr   +2 more
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Decreased grey matter volumes in unaffected mothers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder reflect the broader autism endophenotype

Scientific Reports, 2021
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with an early onset and a strong genetic origin. Unaffected relatives may present similar but subthreshold characteristics of ASD.
Kyung-min An, Takashi Ikeda, Tetsu Hirosawa, Ken Yaoi, Yuko Yoshimura, Chiaki Hasegawa, Sanae Tanaka, Daisuke N. Saito, Mitsuru Kikuchi   +8 more
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Child Drawing Development Optimization Algorithm based on Child’s Cognitive Development [PDF]

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021
Abstract This paper proposes a novel metaheuristic Child Drawing Development Optimization (CDDO) algorithm inspired by the child's learning behaviour and cognitive development using the golden ratio to optimize the beauty behind their art. The golden ratio was first introduced by the famous mathematician Fibonacci.
Sabat Abdulhameed, Tarik A. Rashid
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Avoidance of Hen's Egg Based on IgE Levels Should Be Avoided for Children With Hen's Egg Allergy

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Background: Although hen's egg (HE) allergy was thought to be usually resolved by late childhood, majority of HE allergy patients with a high level of egg white (HEW)-specific IgE could not acquire tolerance for HE by age 8 years.Objective: The aim is to
Yoshitsune Miyagi, Yoshitsune Miyagi, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Hiroya Ogita, Tomoyuki Kiguchi, Yusuke Inuzuka, Kenji Toyokuni, Koji Nishimura, Makoto Irahara, Fumi Ishikawa, Miori Sato, Mayako Saito-Abe, Yumiko Miyaji, Shigenori Kabashima, Tatsuki Fukuie, Ichiro Nomura, Yukihiro Ohya   +16 more
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Child Care Quality and Child Development [PDF]

, 2017
Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers.
María Caridad Araujo, Marta Dormal, Norbert Schady   +2 more
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Paternal retrieval behavior regulated by brain estrogen synthetase (aromatase) in mouse sires that engage in communicative interactions with pairmates

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2015
Parental behaviors involve complex social recognition and memory processes and interactive behavior with children that can greatly facilitate healthy human family life.
Shirin eAkther, Zhiqi eHuang, Mingkun eLiang, Jing eZhong, Azam A Fakhrul, Teruko eYuhi, Olga eLopatina, Alla B. Salmina, Mie eMatsuo, Shigeru eYokoyama, Chiharu eHigashida, Takahiro eTsuji, Haruhiro eHigashida   +12 more
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Alterations of mental defeat and cognitive flexibility during cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with major depressive disorder: a single-arm pilot study

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Mental defeat affects the occurrence and chronicity of depression and cognitive flexibility. This study aimed to examine changes in mental defeat and cognitive flexibility scores after cognitive behavioral therapy including IR.
Tomokazu Murata, Yoichi Hiramatsu, Fuminori Yamada, Yoichi Seki, Shinobu Nagata, Takayuki Shibuya, Mizue Yokoo, Remi Noguchi, Mari Tanaka, Keiko Oshiro, Daisuke Matsuzawa, Yoshiyuki Hirano, Eiji Shimizu   +12 more
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Income and child development

Children and Youth Services Review, 2009
We examine how income is associated with the home environments and the cognitive and behavioral development of pre-school children using data from a birth cohort study of children born at the end of the 20th century. Lower-income 3-year-old children are more likely than wealthier children to live in homes with inadequate physical environments and to ...
Berger, Lawrence M., Paxson, Christina, Waldfogel, Jane   +2 more
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Time course of metabolic status in pregnant women: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2020
Aims/Introduction We aimed to evaluate the metabolic status of pregnant women by assessing metabolic biomarkers of participants in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, a nationwide, multicenter, pregnancy and birth cohort.
Hatoko Sasaki, Naoko Arata, Ai Tomotaki, Kiwako Yamamoto‐Hanada, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mizuho Konishi, Kazue Ishitsuka, Mayako Saito‐Abe, Miori Sato, Minaho Nishizato, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group   +12 more
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