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This paper presents the state of the art regarding the use of tangible user interfaces for internet of artefacts (IoA) targeting health applications, with a focus on speech and language therapy and related areas, targeting home-based interventions ...
Joaquim Santos +3 more
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Text Messaging Based Obesity Prevention Program for Parents of Pre-Adolescent African American Girls
African American girls are at a greater risk of obesity than their nonminority peers. Parents have the primary control over the home environment and play an important role in the child obesity prevention.
Chishinga Callender, Deborah Thompson
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This paper focuses on Japanese heritage language (JHL) learners in an Australian context. The paper reports on a research project in a hoshuu-koo institution, a Japanese supplementary school, and explores the experiences of a group of Year 7 students ...
Mizue Aiko
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Young children's cognitive achievement: home learning environment, language and ethnic background [PDF]
For decades, research has shown differences in cognitive assessment scores between White and minority ethnic group(s) learners as well as differences across different minority ethnic groups.
Beals DE +17 more
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Youth Academic Success:It Starts in the Home [PDF]
Academic Success of youth is critical for their future success as well as for the economic and social health of their communities. Using a mixed methods approach (the 2008-2013 “Social Capital and Children’s Development” survey and commentaries of eight ...
Ybarra, Veronica Fay
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The impact on child developmental status at 12 months of volunteer home-visiting support [PDF]
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
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Introduction Certain foods and beverages are associated with smoking craving. However, only few studies have explored the relationship between food or beverage-related and taste-associated smoking craving. In this study, we aimed to identify the types of
Kiho Miyoshi +3 more
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Meeting People’s Needs in a Fully Interoperable Domotic Environment
The key idea underlying many Ambient Intelligence (AmI) projects and applications is context awareness, which is based mainly on their capacity to identify users and their locations.
Vittorio Miori +2 more
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A healthy home environment? [PDF]
Over the past seven years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five risks to public health. One of the most dangerous indoor air pollutants is carbon monoxide (CO). CO can be lethal, but perhaps more important, many people suffer ill health from chronic, often undetected exposure to low ...
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Maternal Emotional Intelligence and the Provision of Child Motor Affordances
Background: Mothers are not only the axis of an ecological subsystem for their children but are also capable of creating a significant emotional and psychological environment through constant and direct interaction.
Saeed Valadi +3 more
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