Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study by Khalid Bashir, Zeenat Kausar, S. Muhammad Salim Khan, Mariya Amin Qurieshi, Inaamul Haq

“…Results: Data analysis yielded four overarching themes and twelve subthemes viz:- 1) Attitudes towards online sessions among teachers (2) factors affecting the physical and mental health of children (3) Effectiveness of online classes for individual lines of children’s mental development (4) External and internal factors impacting child development and pedagogy. Conclusion: The study result explicitly showed mental and physical health of children got considerably affected by online teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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Human Development X: Explanation of Macroevolution Top-Down Evolution Materializes Consciousness. The Origin of Metamorphosis by Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Pain in the Locomotor System by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

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Pedagogical strategy for the correction of language disability in preschool children by Elaine Álvarez Martínez, Félix Lázaro Huepp Ramos, Miladis Fornaris Méndez

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Language disability is a disorder that has a negative impact on child development, so its correction from an early age is imperative to ensure comprehensive development. …”
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The effect of screen time on auditory processing and working memory skills in tweens (pre-adolescents) by Saransh Jain, Rakesh Trinesh, Srikar Vijayasarthy, Sanjana S. Singh, Amuna Dangi, Chandni Jain

“…Conclusion The study highlights the need for a balanced approach to screen time, aligning with the broader literature on child development.…”
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Revitalising strong cultural connections and resilience: Co-designing a pilot Elder-led mentorship program for Indigenous mothers in a remote northern community in Alberta, Canada by Stephanie Montesanti, Kayla M. Fitzpatrick, Barbara S.E. Verstraeten, Beverly Tourangeau, Lorraine Albert, Richard T. Oster

“…Connecting with traditional knowledge and culture promotes the well-being of Indigenous parents and creates healthy environments for child development. Community Elders in a remote northern community in Alberta, Canada, collaborated with researchers to design a pilot Elders Mentoring Program. …”
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Bidirectional relationships between phonological processing and basic number knowledge in kindergarten children: a longitudinal study by Xin Chen, Chi Ma, Zihan Yang, Xiujie Yang

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Children Who Experience Unintentional Injuries: Their Functional Profiles by Sara Rosenblum, Tal Nardi-Moses, Helly Goez, Naor Demeter

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Intellectual Disability and Parenthood by Isack Kandel, Mohammed Morad, Gideon Vardi, Joav Merrick

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Seeking Culturally Safe Developmental Evaluation: Supporting the Shift in Services for Indigenous Children by Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Pascale Geoffroy, Luz Luz Marina Hoyos

“…Cultural safety, an ecosystemic view of child development, and social innovation guided the approach to the intervention.  …”
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Review of Prediction Models to Estimate Activity-Related Energy Expenditure in Children and Adolescents by Suzanne M. de Graauw, Janke F. de Groot, Marco van Brussel, Marjolein F. Streur, Tim Takken

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Effects of family socioeconomic status on the self-expectations of children under grandparenting in China by QiXuan Hu

“…IntroductionThe increasing expansion of grandparenting necessitates further study of the effects of grandparenting on child development. This study investigated the relationship between family socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s self-expectations in households involving grandparenting, using data from the “China Family Panel Studies” (CFPS). …”
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Neurosonograms in very preterm neonates: Findings, risk factors, and association with neurodevelopmental outcome: A retrospective study by Shyam Kumar Sasidhara Kurup, Femitha Pournami, Ajai Kumar Prithvi, Arif Abdulsalam Kolisambeevi, Anila V. Panackal, Jyothi Prabhakar, Naveen Jain

“…Follow-up information prospectively recorded by the child development services was analyzed for the association of NSG abnormalities with neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI). …”
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Integrating computational thinking practices into early childhood education in culturally responsive ways: Insights from research–practice partnership by Jeanne Hubelbank, Mia Dubosarsky, Shakhnoza Kayumova, Tiffany Davis, Nea Sann, Shawn Fortin, Gillian Smith

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Physical Fitness and Functional Ability of Children with Intellectual Disability: Effects of a Short-Term Daily Treadmill Intervention by Meir Lotan, Eli Isakov, Shlomo Kessel, Joav Merrick

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Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Brain Health Indicators in Cuban Preschoolers by Yaser Ramírez Benítez, Miriela Díaz Bringas, Rodneys Mauricio Jiménez-Morales, Ijang Bih Ngyah-Etchutambe, Linda S. Pagani

“…The findings indicate that exposure to tobacco smoke at home has a negative association with children’s brain health, affecting both the cognitive (executive and linguistic functions) and non-cognitive aspects (sleep quality) of child development. Continuous exposure (five to seven times per week) and transient exposure (two to three times per week) were found to be more negatively related to sleep quality than in cognitive functions, particularly in children of middle socio-economic status. …”
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Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies One De Novo Variant in the FGD6 Gene in a Thai Family with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Chuphong Thongnak, Areerat Hnoonual, Duangkamol Tangviriyapaiboon, Suchaya Silvilairat, Apichaya Puangpetch, Ekawat Pasomsub, Wasun Chantratita, Pornprot Limprasert, Chonlaphat Sukasem

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Effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Sarah E Lamb, Shona Kirtley, Beth Fordham, Thavapriya Sugavanam, Sally Hopewell, Karla Hemming, Jeremy Howick, Roshan das Nair, Julia Hamer-Hunt

“…The aim of this overview is to map, synthesise and assess the reliability of evidence generated from these systematic reviews of the effectiveness of CBT across all health conditions, patient groups and settings.Methods and analysis We will run our search strategy, to identify systematic reviews of CBT, within the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Child Development and Adolescent Studies, and OpenGrey between January 1992 and 25 April 2018. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: the “New Medicine”, the Multiparadigmatic Physician, and the Medical Record by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

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