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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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Design and Development of a Smart Fidget Toy Using Blockchain Technology to Improve Health Data Control

Sensors
This study explores the integration of blockchain technology in wearable health devices through the design and development of a Smart Fidget Toy. We aimed to investigate design challenges and opportunities of blockchain-based health devices, examine the ...
Polina Bobrova, Paolo Perego, Raffaele Boiano   +2 more
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The evaluation of competitiveness factors of toy industry companies.

, 2016
Toy industry competitiveness nowadays increases with high acceleration. Main factors which increase it are social and technological changes, globalization, international trade unions, abolition of countries borders etc.
Liutkauskaitė, Inga,
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Housing Warmth/Coolness and Quietness Correlate With Whole‐Brain Fractional Anisotropy in Healthy Adults

Brain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Residential environments have been linked to brain structure, particularly in children, older adults, and clinical populations. However, little is known about how different dimensions of the housing environment relate to brain white matter microstructure in healthy adults, or whether specific environmental factors show stronger ...
Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshinori Yamakawa   +3 more
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Home Optical Coherence Tomography Monitoring for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Transformative Technology or Cool Toy?

Ophthalmology and Therapy
The pending introduction of home-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) in managing neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has sparked interesting debates. Advocates assert that home-based OCT will revolutionize care of patients with nAMD,
Ethan T. Willis, Judy E. Kim, Eric W. Schneider   +2 more
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Occupational Context Moderates the Association Between Agreeableness and Brain Structure

Brain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Previous research on associations between personality traits and brain structure has yielded inconsistent findings, suggesting that such relationships may depend on contextual factors. Methods This study examined whether occupational context moderates the association between agreeableness and gray matter volume (GMV). Structural MRI
Keisuke Kokubun, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Yoshinori Yamakawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Telebug : a playful link between child and toy

, 1999
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Redin, Maria S. (Maria Soledad), 1974-
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Engagement in Practice: Toy Adaptation for Children with Disabilities: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach and Toy Donation

, 2019
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, June 16-19, 2019Play is critical in cognitive, physical, and social development in childhood. However, many off-the-shelf toys are inaccessible to a diverse population of users with disabilities ...
Feldner, Heather A., Steele, Katherine M., Mollica, Molly Y., Caspi, Anat, Hendricks, Dianne Grayce, Israel, Shawn, Spomer, Alyssa M., Goodwin, Brianna M.   +7 more
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Building phenotypic character matrices for phylogenetic inference: exploration of 35 years of practice

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent methodological development in phylogenetic inference has focused predominantly on molecular data. However, renewed interest in other data types, particularly morphological data, has followed from the increased recognition of the power of total evidence and tip‐dating approaches, including fossil data, for inference of time‐scaled trees ...
Melanie J. Hopkins, Mark C. Nikolic, James D. Holmes, Daniela S. Monti, Ernesto E. Vargas‐Parra, Russell D.C. Bicknell, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Katherine Jordan‐Burmeister, John R. Paterson, Shravya Srivastava‐Losey   +9 more
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Addressing Young Girls in STEM: Building Inclusion through Dialogicity. The Case of GoldieBlox

Lingue Culture Mediazioni
The number of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is still limited compared to men, and one of the reasons for this is the lack of women’s sense of inclusion and belonging within engineering contexts.
Jessica Jane Nocella
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