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THE USE OF COMICS IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2023
Objective: To learn about children's participation in nursing care through a playful intervention in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Method: Qualitative study carried out between October 2022 and February 2023 in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ...
Nayara Araujo Sousa, Jeanine Porto Brondani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal models in molecular biology research: Challenges, ethical imperatives, and the path to human‐relevant translation

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract shows how molecular biology research has shifted from using traditional animal models toward using methods that are more relevant to humans. It points out the main problems, differences between species, difficulty in reproducing results, moral issues, and lack of infrastructure that make translational accuracy harder to achieve ...
Md. Shajid Hossain Rafi, Md. Taslim Sarker, Ferdous‐Ul‐Haque Joy, Shahriar Mohd Shams, Tahmina Foyez, Md. Abdul Mazid, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toys as Tools for Skill-building and Creativity in Adult Life

Seminar.net, 2015
Previous understandings of adult use of toys are connected with ideas of collecting and hobbying, not playing. This study aims to address toys as play objects employed in imaginative scenarios and as learning devices.
Katriina Heljakka
doaj  

Adaptation of the Test of Playfulness for Iranian Children (3-6 Years): Face and Content Validity of the Persian Version [PDF]

Function and Disability Journal, 2022
Background and Objectives: The term “playfulness” is a new word in Persian and one of the intervention areas in pediatric occupational therapy/psychology.
Ali Tavoosi, Saeed Akbari-Zardkhaneh, Samaneh Karamali Esmaili *, Ali Ostadzadeh   +3 more
doaj  

Long‐Range Interactions in Topological Superconducting Systems: A Mini Review

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
Long‐range interacting quantum systems are surveyed in this review, with an emphasis on the long‐range topological superconductor and its variants. Long‐range interactions decaying in a power‐law manner can lead to exotic phenomena that finds no analogue in short‐range regimes.
Juntong Ren, Haifeng Lü
wiley   +1 more source

Play in the care practices of licensed practical nurses with hospitalized children [PDF]

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: to understand the use of play in the care practices of licensed practical nurses with hospitalized children. Method: this is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, based on the Symbolic Interactionism theoretical-methodological ...
Gabriele Petruccelli, Monika Wernet, Aline Oliveira Silveira, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spook and the Jewel Thief & The Polyvalent Plaything : Three Forms of Play in 20th and 21st Century Poetry [PDF]

, 2015
This thesis identifies and explores three forms of play in poetry: specifically, the ‘interred’ (or etymological) pun, the hypogram, and the manipulation of what Johnson terms discordia concors, or harmonious discord. The precise mechanics of each are scrutinized with close readings of the work of Geoffrey Hill, Paul Muldoon and Jen Hadfield ...
openaire   +1 more source

The Playful Affordances of Picture Book Apps for Children

Eludamos, 2021
The tradition of children’s literature has evolved side by side with the market of children’s entertainment, games, and toys. The selection of contemporary print products includes a wide variety of materially or technologically enhanced picture books ...
Hanna Järvenpää
doaj   +1 more source

Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a growing body of studies on increasing the quality of infant–toddler education and care. Yet little attention has been directed towards how to bring toddlers' agency and perspective to their personally meaningful learning in collective play.
Liang Li
wiley   +1 more source