This study examines five preschool teachers’ narratives about using the outdoor environment as a pedagogical resource for children’s play, learning and experiences in Swedish preschools.
Ester Catucci+2 more
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Cross-Cultural Reactions to Using Computers in the Early Childhood Education Classroom [PDF]
John Castellani, Linda Tsantis
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The Gut Resistome Atlas in Preterm Infants Enables Prediction of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Onset
The gut resistome of preterm infants and its clinical relevance remain poorly understood. This study performs in‐depth integrative analyses of 5,684 gut metagenomes from preterm infants, uncovering distinct features that diverge from term infants. Notably, the gut resistome of preterm infants converges 9 days before necrotizing enterocolitis onset ...
Shuqin Zeng+22 more
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Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education [PDF]
This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market ...
Ruhm, Christopher J., Waldfogel, Jane
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Developmental Education: The Value of High Quality Preschool Investments as Economic Tools [PDF]
This working paper is among a series of papers funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts through its "Advancing Quality Pre-K for All" initiative. The paper finds that early childhood education appears to offer great potential returns and low risks, and should
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Book Reviews: ‘Good Guys Don't Wear Hats’: Children's Talk about the Media, Young Children Learning at Home and at School: Beginning Literacy with Language, Literacies in Early Childhood: Changing Views, Challenging Practices, the Politics of Early Childhood Education [PDF]
Leigh M. O’Brien+3 more
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Nanomaterials Trigger Functional Anti‐Tumoral Responses in Primary Human Immune Cells
Nanoparticles are used to improve immunomodulatory therapies, but the impact of drug‐free nanomaterials on the immune system remains unknown. Screening common biomedical nanoparticles (NPs) reveals that PLGA NPs enhanced NK cell anti‐tumoral activity and transcriptional activation in human NK and pan T cells.
Vincent Mittelheisser+20 more
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Transitioning Children from Early Childhood Education to School: Teacher Beliefs and Transition Practices [PDF]
Helen Timperley+3 more
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This study uses a high‐resolution DNA methylation reference panel for 19 immune cell‐types, as well as transcriptomic, metabolomic, and large population cohort data to show that age‐related epigenetic heterogeneity within monocytes correlates with inflammaging, biological age, and all‐causemortality, and does so more strongly than existing monocyte ...
Xiaolong Guo+17 more
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