Sensory seeking and its influence on sustained attention performance in adult males with Autism Spectrum Condition by Takashi Itahashi, Ryuta Aoki, Motoaki Nakamura, Haruhisa Ohta, Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto

“…A gradual-onset continuous performance task and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile were employed to assess sustained attention performance and sensory profiles, respectively. …”
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Construction of a Complex System Based on Big Data for the Intelligent Service System of Youth Physical Health by Xinwen Li, Chao Song, Christine A. Rochester, Chaobing Yan

“…From the experimental data, the improved particle swarm algorithm in this paper increases the effectiveness of the system in adolescent health data mining from 80.5% to 92.19%, which undoubtedly optimizes the system. …”
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Co-Creating Snacks: A Cross-Cultural Study with Mediterranean Children Within the DELICIOUS Project by Elena Romeo-Arroyo, María Mora, Olatz Urkiaga, Nahuel Pazos, Noha El-Gyar, Raquel Gaspar, Sara Pistolese, Angelique Beaino, Giuseppe Grosso, Pablo Busó, Juancho Pons, Laura Vázquez-Araújo

“…Mediterranean diet adherence has been decreasing during the last few decades, and non-appropriate snacking habits have also been identified among Mediterranean children and adolescents. To co-create new snacks and to explore children’s interests and preferences, a multi-method approach was used in the present study, including some qualitative and quantitative research phases. …”
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Analysis of Pedagogical-Digital Competence in Teacher Educators: Practices and Perceptions by Lorena Berríos-Barra, Margarita Calderón-López

“…The guidelines for didactic-digital competence highlight the importance of promoting and integrating these skills into teaching practices as an essential requirement to improve the conditions of children and adolescents facing the uncertainty of the 21st century.…”
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Psychometric analysis of a simplified version of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in Mexican adults: The ERQ-CA-9 by Pablo D. Valencia, Anabel De la Rosa-Gómez

“…Objective: We aimed to examine the psychometric properties of a simplified version of the ERQ, initially designed for children and adolescents: the ERQ-CA. Method: A sample of 397 Mexican adults was studied (77.3% women, 22.7% men; mean age = 22.84). …”
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Insulin Therapy with Personal Insulin Pumps and Early Angiopathy in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Joanna Tołwińska, Barbara Głowińska-Olszewska, Artur Bossowski

“…During 6 months of CSII, FMD increased and IMT decreased. Retinopathic adolescents had significantly thicker IMT and lower FMD compared to baseline results of the pump group. …”
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No Contribution of GAD-65 and IA-2 Autoantibodies around Time of Diagnosis to the Increasing Incidence of Juvenile Type 1 Diabetes: A 9-Year Nationwide Danish Study by Steffen U. Thorsen, Christian B. Pipper, Henrik B. Mortensen, Flemming Pociot, Jesper Johannesen, Jannet Svensson

“…Nine hundred children and adolescents had complete records and were included in the analysis. …”
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The relationship between social support and interpersonal self-efficacy among higher vocational college students: parallel mediation effects of anxiety and loneliness by Chunmei Chen, Yujie Zhu, Yanyan Sun, Mingkun Que

“…Method To explore the effect of social support on the interpersonal self-efficacy of higher vocational college students and the parallel mediating role of anxiety and loneliness in it, a questionnaire survey and empirical analysis was conducted on 4,270 Chinese higher vocational college students by using the Social Support Scale for Adolescents, Interpersonal Communication Self-efficacy Scale for College Student, Self-rating Anxiety Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale. …”
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The impact of emotional abuse on Internet addiction in Chinese children: the sequential mediation roles of emotional dysregulation and regulatory emotional self-efficacy by Wang Liu, Wang Liu, Jie Huang, Jie Huang, Yu-Ling Li, Yu-Ling Li, Xiang Gao, Xiang Gao, Zi-Yi Xu, Zi-Yi Xu, Yong-Hui Li, Yong-Hui Li

“…Previous research has identified childhood emotional abuse as a major risk factor for Internet addiction in both adolescents and adults. However, the immediate impact of emotional abuse on children’s Internet addiction within Chinese culture remains unclear.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the impact of emotional abuse on Internet addiction through emotional dysregulation and regulatory emotional self-efficacy in Chinese children.MethodsA sample of 556 fourth to sixth grade primary school students (girls, 46.6%) with an average age of 10.30 ± 0.93 years were recruited from a central province in China. …”
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A Systematic Review of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa by Amina Abubakar, Derrick Ssewanyana, Charles R. Newton

“…We have systematically searched four databases, namely, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Child Development & Adolescent Studies, through EBSCO and identified studies from across SSA. …”
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Engineered macrophage nanoparticles enhance microwave ablation efficacy in osteosarcoma via targeting the CD47-SIRPα Axis: A novel Biomimetic immunotherapeutic approach by Xiongfa Ji, Xin Qian, Guowen Luo, Wenjie Yang, Wenhan Huang, Zehua Lei, Jiaqi Zhou, Guoqing Zhong, Jielong Zhou, Nan Liu, Limin Ma, Mei Li, Xiangmei Liu, Shuilin Wu, Yu Zhang

“…Osteosarcoma (OS) is a lethal bone tumor that primarily affects adolescents. OS is characterized by a high incidence of recurrence following surgical intervention, which is attributed to the presence of residual microscopic disease. …”
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Comparing apples and oranges in youth depression treatments? A quantitative critique of the evidence base and guidelines by Samuele Cortese, Glyn Lewis, Argyris Stringaris, Georgina Krebs, Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Lucy Foulkes, Carmen Moreno, Charlotte Burman, Raphaelle Delpech, Rudolph Uher, Dayna Bhudia, Despoina Miliou, Ioannis-Marios Rokas

“…In this paper, we test the factors across modalities that may influence comparability between medication and psychotherapy trials.Methods We included 92 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of psychotherapy and medication for child and adolescent depression (mean age 4–18 years). Using meta-analyses, we compared (a) participant characteristics and (b) trial characteristics in medication and psychotherapy trials. …”
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Evaluating waist-to-hip ratio in youth using frequency-modulated continuous wave radar and machine learning by Jun Byung Park, Jinjoo Choi, Jae Yoon Na, Seung Hyun Kim, Hyun-Kyung Park, Seung Yang, Sung Ho Cho

“…Abstract Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an essential predictor of cardiometabolic diseases, but traditional tape-based WHR measurements in children and adolescents can cause discomfort due to direct contact and are prone to measurer variation. …”
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Study protocol for a multi-center stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to explore the usability and outcomes among young people living with HIV in Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties o... by Eric Nturibi, Jared Mecha, Elizabeth Kubo, Albert Orwa, Florence Kaara, Faith Musau, Christine Wamuyu, Justus Kilonzi, Randeep Gill, Sanne Roels

“…While the incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is decreasing in most age groups worldwide, it is rising among adolescents and young adults, who also face a higher rate of HIV-related deaths. …”
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Pediatric patients clinical-epidemiological characterization with suicide attempt at the Holguín Provincial Pediatric Hospital by Nilda Ramona Sarmiento Ardebol, Jorge Antonio Fernández Carballo, Dayana María Fernández Sarmiento, Frank Miguel Hernández Velázquez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the studied variables behave in a similar way to that described in other populations and contexts, in which adolescents from urban origin who ingested psychoactive drugs also predominated.…”
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Ill Effects of Smoking: Baseline Knowledge among School Children and Implementation of the “AntE Tobacco” Project by Salim Surani, Raghu Reddy, Amy E. Houlihan, Brenda Parrish, Gina L. Evans-Hudnall, Kalpalatha Guntupalli

“…Each day >3,000 children and adolescents become regular smokers. This paper details a new antitobacco educational program titled “AntE Tobacco” Method. …”
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Clinical effectiveness and implementation outcomes of pMDI-to-DPI switch in children between 5 and 12 years of age: a scoping review protocol by Nick Sevdalis, Nick Watts, Amanda Zain, Alston Z Y Ng, Inez Yeo

“…Introduction Inhalers are critical in asthma treatment, and inappropriate inhaler use leads to poor asthma outcomes. In adults and adolescents, dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are safe and effective alternatives to mainstay pressurised metered dose inhalers and could bridge the asthma care gap while also reducing the environmental burden of asthma care. …”
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Yaws in Africa: Past, Present and Future by Ezekiel K. Vicar, Shirley V. Simpson, Gloria I. Mensah, Kennedy K. Addo, Eric S. Donkor

“…<b>Background:</b> Yaws is an infectious, neglected tropical disease that affects the skin of many children and adolescents who live in poor, rural, low-income communities in humid, tropical areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. …”
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Epidemiology of pediatric dengue virus infection, Scenario from a tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh by Kinkar Ghosh, Selim Reza Tony, Khaleda Islam, Reaz Mobarak, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md. Kamruzzaman, Sumaira Alam, Muhammad Talha, Abdullah Al Faisal, Nahidul Islam, Md Mobarok Hossain, Mst. Noorjahan Begum, Mustafizur Rahman

“…Globally, children, adolescents, and young adults bear the largest burden of Dengue; the infection rate is highest among infants. …”
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Intramammary Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma, a Rare EWSR1 Rearranged Mesenchymal Neoplasm in a Previously Unreported Anatomic Location with Review of the Cleveland Clinic Experie... by F. K. Bruehl, K. L. Cooper, S. E. Kilpatrick, M. D. Weindel, M. Ganea, C. Astbury, E. P. Downs-Kelly, C. D. Sturgis

“…Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma (AFH) is a rare soft tissue tumor that is most commonly reported to arise in the subcutaneous tissues of the upper extremities in adolescents and young adults. At present, the WHO classifies this neoplasm as a tumor of uncertain differentiation. …”
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