Book review: Autobiography of my dead brother. Walter Dean Myers (author) and Christopher Myers (illustrator). by Angus Norquay

“…As Jesse matures into another anonymous black teenager, he finds his life divided. Childhood friendships, traditional family values and church on the one hand, clash with the demands of 'being in the 'hood', gang warfare, guns and drugs on the other. …”

Self-Perceived Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study by Ole Stoeter, Nikolaus C.S. Mezger, Tamara Koenig, Eric Chokunonga, Girum Tessema, Adugna Fekadu Damise, Alda Stevy Makouanzi, Esther Majaliwa, Mahine Ivanga, Bakarou Kamate, Franck Gnahatin, Sarah Nambooze, Ima-Obong A. Ekanem, Toralf Bernig, Biying Liu, Sumit Gupta, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

“…PURPOSEThe number of patients with childhood cancer (CC) in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to rise over the coming years. …”
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Determinants of Parental Attitudes towards Children’s Vaccination in Lithuania: An Online Survey by Kamilė Čeponytė, Eglė Narkevičiūtė, Aušra Beržanskytė, Sigita Burokienė

“…However, in the pro-vaxx group, only 0.7% of parents were unvaccinated during childhood. 50.8% of vaccine sceptics were not fully informed by healthcare professionals about the benefits and risks of vaccination, while only 31.6% of vaccine supporters were not informed. …”
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Tracking of Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents in Germany in the Context of Risk Factors for Hypertension by Giselle Sarganas, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Claudia Niessner, Alexander Woll, Hannelore K. Neuhauser

“…Blood pressure (BP) tracking from childhood to adulthood has two aspects: the ranking stability relative to others over time and the prediction of future values. …”
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Case report: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis masquerading as adult ADHD in psychiatric practice by Jongtae Kim, Yun Jeong Hong, Si Baek Lee, Seong Hoon Kim, Myung Ah Lee, Eunbuel Ko, Jeong Wook Park

“…However, the absence of an ADHD history in childhood, coupled with progressive neurological symptoms and tendon xanthomas, led to further investigation. …”
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Countries' progress towards Global Health Security (GHS) increased health systems resilience during the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic: A difference-in-difference study... by Tyler Y Headley, Sooyoung Kim, Yesim Tozan

“…While countries with overall GHSI scores of 57 and above prevented declines in childhood immunization coverage rates from 2020-2022 (coef: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.41-1.41), this safeguarding effect was strongest in 2021 (coef: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.05-2.41). …”
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Healthcare outcomes and special education eligibility in children with congenital CMV. by Ryan Rochat, Elizabeth Goodman, Jerry Miller, Wei Wang, Gail J Demmler-Harrison

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Congenital cytomegalovirus disease (cCMV) can have significant sensory and neurodevelopmental sequelae throughout childhood. Many of these sequalae are consistent with special education eligibility, but the special education needs of affected children have not been systematically studied.…”
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A Case of Carbamazepine-Induced Aggravation of Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes Epilepsy and Valproate-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy in a Child with Heteroz... by Imalke Kankananarachchi, Eresha Jasinge, Gemunu Hewawitharana

“…Sodium valproate (VPA) and carbamazepine (CBZ) are widely used medications in childhood epilepsy. Hyperammonemia has been described as a known side effect of valproate therapy. …”
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Recurrent Painful Ophthalmoplegic Neuropathy and Oculomotor Nerve Schwannoma: A Pediatric Case Report with Long-Term MRI Follow-Up and Literature Review by Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Mariella Margari, Flora Furente, Maria Carmela Costanza, Anna Rosi Legrottaglie, Franca Dicuonzo, Lucia Margari

“…The age of presentation is most often during childhood or adolescence. MRI has a central role in the assessment of the RPON, especially to distinguish orbital, parasellar, or posterior fossa lesions that mimic symptoms of RPON. …”
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The Example of Herta Müller, A Nobel Literature Prize Author, in The Relationship of Tourism and Literature by Yüksel Gürsoy

“…Müller does not well remembers his childhood years at all and describes them as sad young years. …”
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Candida albicans mannans mediate Streptococcus mutans exoenzyme GtfB binding to modulate cross-kingdom biofilm development in vivo. by Geelsu Hwang, Yuan Liu, Dongyeop Kim, Yong Li, Damian J Krysan, Hyun Koo

“…Candida albicans is frequently detected with heavy infection by Streptococcus mutans in plaque-biofilms from children with early-childhood caries (ECC). This cross-kingdom biofilm contains an extensive matrix of extracellular α-glucans that is produced by an exoenzyme (GtfB) secreted by S. mutans. …”
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GENDER CONFLICTS OF STUDENTS by H. F. Moskalyk, M. O. Bulach

“…While in our society there are gender stereotypes that influence the formation of the consciousness of people from childhood and are promoted by all available sources of information, such a phenomenon as gender inequality cannot be considered overcome.…”
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The influence of school location and their children's nutritional model on the risk of obesity in Poland- pilot study by Łukasz Długoński, Anna Platta, Magdalena Skotnicka

“…Problems with overweight and obesity during childhood and adolescence are associated with negative health effects that can impact a lifetime. …”
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ADHD: EVIDENCE ON DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIENT AND DURABLE NEUROCOGNITIVE EFFECTS, AND APPLICATIONS by María Enid Santiago Rodriguez, Jared Donald Ramer, Guilherme M. Balbim, Tara Gisela Mehta, Stacy Lynn Frazier

“…PA interventions that challenge cognition and fundamental movement skills in childhood provide benefits to children with ADHD. …”
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Depression in adolescence and young adulthood: the difficulty to integrate motivational/emotional systems by Teodosio Giacolini, Antonio Alcaro, David Conversi, Lorenzo Tarsitani

“…Therefore, neoteny makes the transition from childhood to sexual maturity more dramatic, making the integration of the SEPARATION (PANIC/GRIEF) system with the dynamics of social competition and dominance more stressful and a source of depression. …”
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Excess Early Postnatal Weight Gain Leads to Increased Abdominal Fat in Young Children by Annemieke M. V. Evelein, Frank L. J. Visseren, Cornelis K. van der Ent, Diederick E. Grobbee, Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal

“…Background. Increased childhood weight gain has been associated with later adiposity. …”
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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

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To Evaluate the Relationship between Overweight/Obesity Status, Sugar Consumption, and Dental Caries among 12–15-year-old School Children of Moradabad City by Supurna Pandit, Pradeep Tangade, Jeevan Josh, Sanchit Pradhan, Mohnish Muchhal, Aditya Veer Singh

“…Background: Childhood is alluring phase of everybody’s life. Sugar intake play an key role in dental caries. …”
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Development of Postural Control in Healthy Children: A Functional Approach by Christine Assaiante, Sophie Mallau, Sébastien Viel, Marianne Jover, Christina Schmitz

“…From a set of experimental studies showing how intersegmental coordination develops during childhood in various posturokinetic tasks, we have established a repertoire of equilibrium strategies in the course of ontogenesis. …”
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Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in children in Ethnic Minority Communities of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A qualitative study by Maidul Alam Chaklader

“…Results and Discussion: The study findings indicate that EMs for childhood ARI varied within and across ethnic groups. …”
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