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Costs of Inaction on Maternal Mortality: Qualitative Evidence of the Impacts of Maternal Deaths on Living Children in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Little is known about the interconnectedness of maternal deaths and impacts on children, beyond infants, or the mechanisms through which this interconnectedness is established.
Boulanger, Vanessa M   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Directed evolution of enzymes at the crossroads of tradition and innovation

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An iterative cycle of data‐driven enzyme optimization comprising four stages: genetic diversification of a template enzyme, expression of protein variants, high‐throughput evaluation, and machine‐learning‐guided redesign of the next variant library.
Maria Tomkova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indicators of the quality of the foster care

open access: yesINFAD, 2014
One of the difficulties in choosing the families who come to foster care is related to the lack of studies that indicate the features needed to support optimal integrated development of children in foster care and also help in the process both the family
Rosa J. Molero Mañes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emancipated Foster Youth Returning to Birth Parents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Although foster youth should only emancipate from care if reunification or adoption is not possible by the time the youth must age out, some youth still return to the same families from whom they were ...

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Criteria for the selection of foster families and monitoring of placements.: Comparative study of the application of the Casey Foster Applicant Inventory-Applicant Version (CFAI-A) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Based on a literature review, this article frames different stages of the foster care process, identifying a set of standardized measures in the American and Portuguese contexts which, if implemented, could contribute towards higher levels of foster ...
Delgado, Paulo, Pinto, Vânia S.
core   +1 more source

Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Microgliopathy Colony‐Stimulating Factor‐1 Receptor‐Related Disorders

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to identify both fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers for CSF1R‐RD that can inform the optimal timing of treatment administration to maximize therapeutic benefit, while also providing sensitive quantitative measurements to monitor disease progression.
Tomasz Chmiela   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONCEPT, ESSENCE AND FEATURES FOSTER FAMILIES IN MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2015
The article discusses the priority direction on development of the family device for orphan children and children without parental support, namely development of institute of a foster fa-mily in the Russian Federation.
Flura Bulatovna Burhanova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The attitude of adolescent biological children to foster or adopted children

open access: yesПсихология и Психотерапия Семьи, 2020
The paper presents the results of a study, revealing the peculiarities of the attitude of biological adolescents from a foster/adoptive families to foster/adopted children in comparison with (to) adolescents who have no experience of living together with
Alexandra Samoilovskaya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions About Family Foster Care and Intention of Becoming a Foster Family: A Short Report

open access: yesChild Abuse Review
ABSTRACT Family foster care (FFC) is associated with positive developmental outcomes for children. However, the recruitment and retention of foster families prepared to respond to children's needs are a cross‐cutting challenge worldwide and require a better understanding of which factors may influence it.
Stephanie Alves   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Court-Ordered Foster Family Care Reform: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
The authors examine the implications of G. L. v. Zumwalt, a case that resulted in a far-reaching consent decree that mandates specific reforms in policy and practice to be implemented by a public social welfare agency in its delivery of services to ...
Mushlin, Michael B.
core   +1 more source

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