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Children [PDF]

, 2020
Images of suffering children capture the moral imperative of humanitarian action. As a quintessential embodiment o victimhood, decontextualized images of childhood vulnerability articulate specific aesthetics, emotions, and politics that trigger feelings of compassion, mobilize donors’ solidarity, and persuade public opinion of the need for immediate ...
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A cross-sectional study of blood selenium concentration and cognitive function in elderly Americans: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background Cognitive decline can develop into mild cognitive impairment, a high-risk factor in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The antioxidant micronutrient selenium may have some effect on preventing cognitive decline, but the association ...
Xiumin Yan, Kailiang Liu, Xiuhong Sun, Shuang Qin, Min Wu, Li Qin, Yao Wang, Zhongyi Li, Xingming Zhong, Xiangcai Wei   +9 more
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A systematic study on the prevention and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in China

BMC Ophthalmology, 2018
Background To identify the prevention situation, the main factors influencing prevention effects and to develop control measures over retinopathy of prematurity in China. Methods Using stratified random sampling method, we randomly selected 23 provincial
Shuman Xu, Zhijiang Liang, Qiyun Du, Zhankui Li, Guangming Tan, Chuan Nie, Yang Yang, Xuzai Lv, Chunyi Zhang, Xianqiong Luo   +9 more
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Tools for measuring gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) indicators in humanitarian settings

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Effective measurement of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) is challenging in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and even more so in humanitarian settings.
Céline M. Goulart, Amber Purewal, Humaira Nakhuda, Anita Ampadu, Amanda Giancola, Jean-Luc Kortenaar, Diego G. Bassani   +6 more
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The Development of the Evidence-Informed “OI Splint Kit” for Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Their Families

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background: Children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) live in fear of fracturing a bone. As fractures are unpredictable, there is a need for tools and knowledge to immobilize a fracture during emergencies.
Sofia Addab, Stephanie Thierry, Marie-Elaine Lafrance, Sunny Jeong, Jennifer Brown, Carter Brown, Sylvie-Anne Plourde, Angela Gugliotti, Kelly Thorstad, Reggie Hamdy, Frank Rauch, Argerie Tsimicalis   +11 more
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Philosophy with children : helping designers cooperate with children [PDF]

, 2016
Engaging children in design through in-depth interviews is coming to prominence in the IDC community, which increasingly engages with issues about understanding the children's world.
Matthew L., Read J.C., Reynolds T.J., Reynolds T.J.   +3 more
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The Children’s Perspectives Protocol: A participatory approach to studying child work issues [PDF]

, 1998
This is the summary of a research protocol constructed as part of the Radda Barnen project "Children’s perspectives on their working lives", originally published in 1998.
Woodhead, Martin
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Cyclic nucleotide signaling as a drug target in retinitis pigmentosa

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Disruptions in cGMP and cAMP signaling can contribute to retinal dysfunction and photoreceptor loss in retinitis pigmentosa. This perspective examines the mechanisms and evaluates emerging evidence on targeting these pathways as a potential therapeutic strategy to slow or prevent retinal degeneration.
Katri Vainionpää, Ahmed B. Montaser, Henri Leinonen   +2 more
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The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu, Huseyn Babayev, Ismail Ogulur, Sena Ardicli, Yagiz Pat, Duygu Yazici, Bingjie Zhao, Lihong Chang, Xiaoqing Liu, Paolo D'Avino, Manru Li, Ceren Biçer, Fatma Hacer Kurtoğlu Babayev, Raja Dhir, Kari C. Nadeau, Marie‐Charlotte Brüggen, Mubeccel Akdis, Cezmi A. Akdis   +17 more
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Incidence of diarrhea caused by rotavirus infections in rural Zhengding, China: prospective, population-based surveillance.

, 2005
Rotavirus is the pathogen most commonly associated with severe gastroenteritis in young children in the People's Republic of China, yet there are few population-based data on the incidence of rotavirus infection. The present study investigated the burden
Wang, Xuan-Yi, Xu, Zhi-Yi, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Zhang, Ying-Lin, Zhao, Shou-Jun, Hao, Zhi-Yong, Han, Oak Pil, Kilgore, Paul, Xing, Zhan-Chun, Han, Chang-Quan, Ma, Jing-Chen, Chen, Ji-Chao, Clemens, John   +12 more
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