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Representations of 'family' in residential care: perspectives from residential care staff in Zimbabwe

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2019
There has been an increasing emphasis on the provision of family-style residential care for children in alternative care globally, the aim of which is to create a family environment for children without parental care.
Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The origins of residential child care in Scotland [PDF]

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2022
This paper describes the origins of residential care services for children and young people in Scotland. It focuses on the early history of orphanages, children's homes, industrial schools, and reformatory schools. Starting with the establishment of Heriot's Hospital for orphan children in Edinburgh in 1659, a small number of orphanages opened across ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The human gut microbiome across the life course

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The X factor: reflections on containment

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2013
The X factor (Oxforddictionaries.com, n.d.) noun 1. a noteworthy special talent or quality: 'There are plenty of luxury cars around, but the S-Type has that special X factor.' 2.
Alastair Reid
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of Music Therapy to the emotional wellbeing of children in residential child care

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2009
I was recently surprised to discover that there is only a small handful of music therapists employed within Scottish residential child care. There also appears to be a significant gap in the international literature with regard to music therapy in ...
Aby Vuliamy
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Book review: Residential child and youth care in a developing world Volumes 1-4 By Tuhinul Islam and Leon Fulcher [Editors]

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2023
Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World (2016 – 2020) is a unique insight into global residential child and youth care practice, which emphasises that the usually negative Western literature perspective that many of us read about is not ...
Jennifer Brooker
doaj   +1 more source

Hold on: physical restraint in residential child care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people in residential child care. Children in residential care can exhibit disturbed and violent behaviour which can result in them being aggressive to themselves ...
Steckley, L., Kendrick, A.
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Golgi enzymes are retrieved from the plasma membrane to the trans‐Golgi network

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Golgi enzymes are traditionally considered resident proteins retained within the Golgi apparatus. Here, we demonstrate that a subset transiently reaches the cell surface and is subsequently retrieved to the trans‐Golgi network via retrograde transport. Using a nanobody‐based toolkit, we uncover a dynamic trafficking cycle of several Golgi enzymes.
Dominik P. Buser, Tina Junne
wiley   +1 more source

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