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School tracking and development of cognitive skills [PDF]

open access: yes
The Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We estimate the effect of
Kerr, Sari   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Predicting Work-Family and Familywork Conflict from Work and Family Domain: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Studies, 2012
Although work-family conflict studies are available in Malaysia, most rely on cross-sectional design and focus on women. This study uses the longitudinal design on a heterogeneous sample which is aimed to enhance the understanding of the antecedents of ...
Zaiton Hassan, Hana Hamidi
doaj  

The evidence for the benefits from breast milk in the neurodevelopment of premature babies – a review of the recent literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction. The brain in preterm babies is usually not fully developed and therefore early post-term events can have long-lasting neurodevelopment and cognitive outcomes. It is known that cerebral white matter connectivity is important for later intact
Paduraru, Danuta Iulia
core   +1 more source

Quantitative Assessment of Upper Limb Ataxia Using a Virtual Reality‐Based Evaluation System

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebellar ataxia impairs coordination and balance, reducing quality of life. Conventional clinical scales, including the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS), are widely used to assess ataxia but are limited by subjectivity and inter‐rater variability ...
Masayuki Sato   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gastric emphysema and pneumatosis intestinalis in two common marmosets with duodenal dilation syndrome

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research
Background Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are widely used as primate experimental models in biomedical research. Duodenal dilation with chronic vomiting in captive common marmosets is a recently described life-threatening syndrome that is ...
Shinpei Kawarai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact on child developmental status at 12 months of volunteer home-visiting support [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Home-visiting support during pregnancy or soon after the birth of an infant can be advantageous for maternal well being and infant development. The best results have been identified when home-visitors are professionals, especially nurses, and if a ...
Barnes, Jacqueline
core   +2 more sources

CSF Levels of NPTX2 Are Associated With Less Brain Atrophy Over Time in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuronal pentraxin 2 (NPTX2) is a synaptic protein involved in synaptic plasticity and regulation of neuronal excitability. Lower baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NPTX2 levels have been shown to be associated with an earlier onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a pre‐dementia syndrome, even after CSF Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Juan P. Vazquez   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Music\u27s Influence on Cognitive Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Many people have disputed that music affect\u27s brain development. Often, people will challenge the idea that music can lead to an enhancement of higher brain functioning.
Nicolich, Julie
core   +1 more source

Diffusion Tractography Biomarker for Epilepsy Severity in Children With Drug‐Resistant Epilepsy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To develop a novel deep‐learning model of clinical DWI tractography that can accurately predict the general assessment of epilepsy severity (GASE) in pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) and test if it can screen diverse neurocognitive impairments identified through neuropsychological assessments.
Jeong‐Won Jeong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age 5 cognitive development in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Children’s development in the early years has been shown to be related to their success in later life in a range of areas including education, employment and crime. Determining why some children do better than others in the early years is a key issue for
Hansen, Kirstine, Jones, Elizabeth
core   +1 more source

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