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ABSTRACTSocial farming integrates agricultural activities with social and rehabilitative functions, offering significant benefits to communities. However, its economic sustainability depends, among other factors, on consumer acceptance and willingness to pay a premium for its products.
Francesca Moino +5 more
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Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives and Their Implications for Policy [PDF]
This paper is a draft of Chapter 8 of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa. This book analyzes early childhood programs’ effects on regional economic development.
Timothy J. Bartik
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Write right! Writing in Swedish syllabi and National Tests from primary to upper secondary education
Abstract This article examines the underlying beliefs about writing and learning to write as reflected in the curricula of the Swedish as L1 and L2 subjects in Swedish compulsory and upper secondary school. It also analyses the National Tests in Swedish at all levels and compares them with the findings from the curriculum analysis and discusses the ...
Sara Silverdal, Erika Sturk
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An adaptation of the Neuman Systems Model to the care of the hospitalized preschool child
This article describes an adaptation of the Neuman Systems Model to the care of the hospitalized preschool child. This was done to unite the physical care of the hospitalized preschool child with other aspects of his development and to describe the ...
J. P. Orr
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Underrecognized Q fever and rickettsial diseases across China
Q fever and rickettsial diseases are underrecognized causes of fever of unknown origin in China, with Coxiella burnetii and Orientia tsutsugamushi predominating. We identify Rickettsia bellii‐like sequences in human clinical specimens and highlight unexpected pediatric detections that warrant further investigation of possible exposure patterns ...
Tian Qin +6 more
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Educating Teachers about the Complex Writing Processes of Preschool Students (Project) [PDF]
Preschool teachers traditionally view young children’s written literacy development as a linear continuum that progresses from making scribbles, to lines, to letter strings, to invented, and finally, conventional spellings on paper. This project seeks to
Barrett, Mary Kathleen
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Adolescent Withdrawn/Depressed Symptoms: A Pathway From Early Adversity to Later Marijuana Use
ABSTRACT Introduction Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are robust predictors of marijuana use, yet the developmental mechanisms remain unclear. Building on prior cross‐sectional studies using broad internalizing composites, this study prospectively distinguishes withdrawn/depressed from anxious/depressed symptoms as candidate mediators across ...
Mahsa P. Yousefkhani +2 more
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Background: Brazil is undergoing nutritional transition and rates of obesity in preschool and school-aged children are increasing. Excess weight in the first years of life could predict excess weight in adulthood, making it essential to study risk ...
Sarah Warkentin +4 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Advanced Theory of Mind (ToM) refers to the ability to quickly appreciate the mental states of an interlocutor, depending on the conversational context, and to rapidly adjust one's own mental representations in response to verbal feedback from that interlocutor. Although these abilities continue to develop during adolescence, they
Clara Grégoire +2 more
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Background Latino preschool children have higher rates of obesity than preschool children from other racial/ethnic groups; however, few effective, culturally appropriate interventions exist targeting this group.
Sharon E. Taverno Ross +3 more
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