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Mirapuri, Dawn. "Discordant tunes : Christina Rossetti's sing-song /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2000. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16358.pdf.
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Joseph, Lavanithum. "The impact of using graphic representations of signs in teaching signs to hearing mothers of deaf children". Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06042009-152153.
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Veenstra, Jan. "Attention in preschool children with and without signs of ADHD". Groningen : [Groningen] : Stichting Kinderstudies ; [University Library Groningen] [Host], 1995. http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/142533661.
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Korotun, O. P. "Clinical signs as indices of community-acquired pneumonia severity in children". Thesis, БДМУ, 2021. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/19145.
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Marusyk, U. I. "The use of hypoallergenic mixtures in children with signs of atopy". Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/48133.
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Question feeding children with clinical manifestations of atopy at impossibility of
breastfeeding from a scientific point of view remains controversial. Evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a hypoallergenic diet therapy (HD) products based on the full or partial hydrolysis of serum protein in cow's milk (CMP) in infants with symptoms of atopic dermatitis (AD).
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Hopkins, Heather Nicole. "SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS ABILITY TO IDENTIFY SIGNS OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/467.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of students in the Master of Social Work (MSW) program to correctly identify signs of autism in children by completing a survey. This research project was conducted in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the MSW program by using MSW students as participants. The study used a survey designed with items that measured the knowledge of participants. The results of this study may be beneficial to the Director of Social Work, future MSW students, and professors to examine how well the current MSW program is preparing students to work with children that have autism. Ultimately, this study may improve the MSW program and curriculum that could benefit future social workers and their competence in the field.
The results of this study found significance between amount of previous work experience with children who have autism and their scores on the survey, as well as their experience with children who have autism from learning about it in a course, personal interaction, or work experience. However, there were not significant findings regarding MSW standing or field of interest and autism scores. This can be determined to mean MSW students have knowledge of autism from previous work experience, but there are no findings that indicate the MSW program at CSUSB is additionally preparing students with an understanding of the nature, primary symptoms of, and treatment of autism. This may also mean students are able to retain more knowledge regarding autism based on their experiences directly working with children who have autism, rather than learning about it in a course. The findings of this study are beneficial to improve upon the CSUSB curriculum for the MSW program to incorporate autism into more courses to increase knowledge of autism symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options, as well as including more fieldwork opportunities with this population.
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Jacobson, Lena. "Visual dysfunction and ocular signs associated with periventricular leukomalacia in children born preterm /". Stockholm, 1998. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1998/91-628-3325-1/.
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Espinoza-Eklund, Nina, e Vanja Palmgren. "Signs of Safety och barns delaktighet i utredningar". Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24753.
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Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie är att undersöka om metoden Signs-of-Safety kan öka barns delaktighet i barnutredningar gjorda av socialsekreterare. Frågeställningar är: - Hur reflekterar socialsekreterare som använder respektive inte använder Signs-of- Safety kring barns delaktighet i utredningar? Samt: - Varierar graden av delaktighet hos barn mellan utredningar där Signs-of-Safety används jämfört med utredningar där metoden inte används? Vi genomförde två stycken fokusgruppintervjuer med totalt tio socialsekreterare som arbetar med utredningar inom socialtjänsten, samt analyserade sju utredningar varav fyra var skrivna i en kommun som använde sig av Sign-of-Safety. De resterande tre utredningarna var skrivna i en kommun där de inte använde Signs-of-Safety. Teoretisk utgångspunkt var socialkonstruktivism. Det fanns en stor enighet bland socialsekreterarna om att det är viktigt att barn görs delaktiga. Analysen av både intervjuer och utredningar gjordes utifrån Harts delaktighetsstege samt socialkontruktivism och visade att metoden Signs-of-Safety inte verkade öka barns delaktighet, men att metoden tydliggjorde delaktigheten.The purpose of this qualitative study was to get an insight in if the method Signs-of- Safety might improve childrens’ participation in investigations concerning themselves. Our research questions were; How do social workers who use or do not use Signs-of- Safety reflect on children's involvement in investigations? and; Is there accordingly to the social workers a variation in the degree of participation among children in investigations where Signs-of-Safety is used compared to investigations where the method is not used? Two focus group interviews in two different municipalities, one where Signs-of-Safety had been used and one where the method not had been used, were performed. The interviews and four written investigations i each work group were analysed by using Hart´s participation ladder and social constructivism. The result showed that all our informants regarded childrens’ participation as important. No differences in the degree of participation of the children could be identified.
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SCOTT, L. BRETT. "WHEN WORDS SING: THE CHORAL MUSIC OF R. MURRAY SCHAFER". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021408652.
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Rathbone, Ingha. "Perceptual-motor development for children who show signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2071.
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Thesis (M Sport Sc (Sport Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The influence of a six-week perceptual-motor and attentional skills programme, combined with teaching strategies, on the motor proficiency and attentional abilities of children diagnosed with ADHD was investigated. The five case study individuals (ranging for Grade 1- 7) took part in a six-week Purposeful Play Programme. Baseline, pre-test and post-test scores were obtained from the Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Test (ADHDT). All five case study individuals showed a significant improvement on their motor proficiency during retention tests as well as improvements on some of the behavioural soft signs of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention.
AFRIKAANDE OPSOMMING: Die invloed van ʼn sesweek perseptueel-motoriese en aandagvaardigheidsprogram, gekombineer met onderrigstrategieë, is op die motoriese vaardighede en aandagvermoëns van kinders gediagnoseer met ATHS, bestudeer. Die vyf gevallestudie individue (tussen Graad 1- 7) het aan „n sesweek Purposeful Play Programme deelgeneem. Die basislyn-, voor- en natoetstellings is verkry vanaf die Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) en Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Test (ADHDT). Al vyf gevallestudie individue het ʼn beduidende verbetering in motoriese vaardigheid getoon tydens retensietoetse asook verbetering in sommige van die gedragstekens van hiperaktiwiteit, impulsiwiteit en afleibaarheid.
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Bodnar, O. G. "Flap-plastic on the nutrition branch for the treatment of pilonidal sinus in children". Thesis, БДМУ, 2021. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/19095.
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Horsman, Jacqueline. "USING GRADUATED GUIDANCE TO TEACH IMITATION OF MANUAL SIGNS TO CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES". UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsrc_etds/57.
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The purpose of this study was to test the effects of graduated guidance procedure on teaching imitation of manual signs to students with moderate to severe disabilities. Sessions began with student initiation and were embedded across already established reinforcement routines across the student’s day. A multiple baseline across participants design was used to evaluate these effects.
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McGuire, Mary Sweatt. "Making the lyrics sing for struggling readers : an insider's view /". ProQuest subscription required:, 2004. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=990276031&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=8813&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Espinós, Solans María. "Symptoms and signs of temporomandibular disorders in children and adolescents, before and after orthodontic treatment". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461773.
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The purpose of this doctoral thesis was to study longitudinally the frequency and evolution of temporomandibular disorders in 95 young patients with moderate to severe malocclusions. All the patients received orthodontic treatment and were examined before and after orthodontic treatment using a tissue specific diagnosis based on manual functional examination. One or more clinical signs of TMD were recorded in a high 54% of the subjects, being the most frequently recorded deflection of the mandible at mouth opening, muscle tenderness, pain on passive compressions on the right temporomandibular joint and laterotrusion to the right and protrusion limitation. The correlations between signs of TMD and different malocclusions or kind of treatment performed were mainly weak. According to patients’ evolution, most of the patients evaluated maintained their previous status in relation to recorded signs of TMD. A certain percentage from them though, showed either improvement or worsening of clinically registered signs after the treatment. A slight increase of the clicking, as well as an increased pain feeling during TJ passive compressions was registered after treatment. However, other TMD signs as muscular tenderness or mandible deflection clearly decreased after treatment. The findings have shown that individual fluctuations in relation to TMD are frequent. Therefore, a conservative treatment approach for these disorders is recommended. Furthermore, orthodontic treatment does not seem to increase the risk factor for TMD in subjects with previous moderate to severe malocclusions.
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Graham, Rosemarie. "Developing musicianship using Kodály's principles in Grade 2 children of an impoverished South African community". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46020.
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Holmer, Emil. "Signs for Developing Reading : Sign Language and Reading Development in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children". Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Handikappvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-128207.
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Reading development is supported by strong language skills, not least in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The work in the present thesis investigates reading development in DHH children who use sign language, attend Regional Special Needs Schools (RSNS) in Sweden and are learning to read. The primary aim of the present work was to investigate whether the reading skills of these children can be improved via computerized sign language based literacy training. Another aim was to investigate concurrent and longitudinal associations between skills in reading, sign language, and cognition in this population. The results suggest that sign language based literacy training may support development of word reading. In addition, awareness and manipulation of the sub-lexical structure of sign language seem to assist word reading, and imitation of familiar signs (i.e., vocabulary) may be associated with developing reading comprehension. The associations revealed between sign language skills and reading development support the notion that sign language skills provide a foundation for emerging reading skills in DHH signing children. In addition, the results also suggest that working memory and Theory of Mind (ToM) are related to reading comprehension in this population. Furthermore, the results indicate that sign language experience enhances the establishment of representations of manual gestures, and that progression in ToM seems to be typical, although delayed, in RSNS pupils. Working memory has a central role in integrating environmental stimuli and language-mediated representations, and thereby provides a platform for cross-modal language processing and multimodal language development.En god språklig förmåga bidrar till god läsutveckling, inte minst hos döva och hörselskadade (D/H) barn. Studierna som ingår i avhandlingen undersöker läsutveckling hos D/H elever som går på teckenspråkiga specialskolor och som håller på att lära sig att läsa. Arbetets huvudsakliga syfte var att undersöka om deras läsförmåga kan förbättras via datoriserad teckenspråksbaserad lästräning. Ett annat syfte var att undersöka samtida och longitudinella samband mellan läsförmåga, teckenspråk, och kognition i samma population. Resultaten indikerar att teckenspråksbaserad lästräning kan bidra till ordläsningsutveckling. Vidare pekar resultaten på att medvetenhet om och manipulation av teckenspråkets sublexikala struktur stöttar läsförmågan och dessutom att imitation av kända tecken (i.e., vokabulär) var associerat med utvecklingen av barnens läsförståelse. Dessa fynd visar att teckenspråkskunskaper kan utgöra en grund för läsutveckling hos teckenspråkiga D/H elever. Resultaten indikerade även att arbetsminne och Theory of Mind (ToM) är relaterade till läsförståelse i denna grupp. Vid sidan av resultaten rörande läsutveckling, framkom också att teckenspråkserfarenhet leder till starkare etablering av representationer av manuella gester och vidare att barnens mentaliseringsförmåga (Theory of Mind) uppvisade en förväntad progression, om än försenad. En implikation av detta är att insatser som stöttar utveckling av teckenbaserade representationer och deras användning vid bearbetning av skrivet språk kan främja läsutveckling hos teckenspråkiga D/H elever. Arbetsminne föreslås genom sin roll i integration mellan inkommande stimuli och språkmedierade representationer fungera som en plattform för modalitetsöverskridande språkbearbetning och multimodal språkutveckling.
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Sanders, Wesley. "The Moderating Role of RSA Baseline, Reactivity, and Recovery in the Link between Parental Socialization of Emotion Regulation and Children's Internalizing Symptoms". ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/615.
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In this study I examined the moderating effect of three profiles of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA at baseline, in response to a stressor, and in recovery from a stressor) on the relationship between parental emotion socialization during an emotion-related discussion and parental report of child internalizing symptoms 6 months later. Parents were observed during an emotion discussion task and coded for their use of emotion encouragement and general positive involvement. A total of 65 families with children between the ages of eight and ten years old completed this task while RSA scores were obtained from children during baseline, task, and recovery phases. Regression analyses were conducted to test for main effects of parental emotion socialization and RSA, as well as two-way emotion socialization x RSA interactions, in the development of internalizing symptoms 6 months following the initial interview. Interactions were further examined for the degree they statistically conformed to either a diathesis-stress or biological sensitivity to context framework (BSC). Hypotheses were partially supported: main effects were found for RSA baseline and recovery, whereas RSA reactivity moderated the association between parental emotion encouragement and child internalizing symptoms, such that parents of children exhibiting RSA withdrawal reported greater internalizing symptoms in the context of low emotion encouragement and lesser internalizing symptoms in the context of high emotion encouragement. This study highlights the importance of considering child psychophysiology, particularly reactivity to stress, in the study of the effects of parental emotion socialization on the development of psychopathology during childhood.
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Bowler, Dermot Mary. "An exploration of short term memory for manual signs and spoken words in severely mentally handicapped children". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1986. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019598/.
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Randiuk, R. Yu. "Pain and wound healing duration according to different methods of surgery concerning pilonidal sinus treatment in children". Thesis, БДМУ, 2022. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/19809.
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van, Dam Bianca. "Disney's Fashionable Girls : Signs and symbols in the costume dress of Disney's female characters". Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Centrum för modevetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-105532.
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Disney’s princesses and heroines have long captured the minds and hearts of young girls with their magical dress. This thesis researches the fashion symbols in a chosen set of animated movies and relate this to children’s reception, sexuality and gender issues and narrative identities. A semiotic analysis of the movies and relating them to read literature will shine a new light on this subject.
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Spoel, Martijn van der. "Identifying behavioral, psychological, physical, and spiritual signs or symptoms of children which suggest the possibility of sexual abuse its implications for the church based teacher /". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Klop, Daleen. "The relationship between narrative skills and reading comprehension : when mainstream learners show signs of specific language impairment". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6755.
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Thesis (PhD (General Linguistics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.Bibliography
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The attainment of literacy is crucial for survival in a modern industrialised, knowledge-driven society. Children with poor language skills are at risk for academic failure because of the differences between oral language used in daily interactions and the language skills needed to succeed in a formal school environment. The impact of poorly developed oral language skills on the successful acquisition of reading skills, particularly reading comprehension, is often underestimated in the education of young learners in South Africa. Narrative skills form the bridge between oral language and literacy by providing experience in using the extended and decontextualized discourse units that children will encounter in written language. This study investigated the relationship between narrative skills and reading comprehension skills in young learners who are developing literacy. Specific linguistic markers of literacy in the narratives of a group of Grade 3 learners from communities with low socio-economic status were examined. The main research questions this study attempted to answer were: “How do linguistic deficits of learners with poor reading comprehension and specific reading comprehension deficits manifest in their oral narratives?” and “Are there linguistic markers that decisively distinguish between learners with specific reading comprehension deficits and learners with general poor reading skills as compared to learners with normal reading comprehension?” In a quasi-experimental research design, the Grade 3 participants in this study were assigned to three groups: Readers who are competent at word level and comprehension (good reading comprehension group), readers who are competent at word level but poor at comprehension (specific comprehension disorder group) and readers who are poor at both word level and comprehension (poor reading comprehension group). Measurement protocols were used to assess the linguistic variables of interest, namely vocabulary, narrative micro- and macrostructure structure, cohesion, coherence and other aspects of oral language. The results of this study confirmed the relationships between language skills and reading comprehension. It was found that readers with general poor reading skills performed significantly poorer on a variety of linguistic measures than readers with good reading comprehension. The group identified as readers with specific reading comprehension disorders were, in general, not significantly different from the other two groups. This study therefore did not provide clear evidence that readers with specific reading comprehension disorders presented with linguistic markers that could differentiate them from the other groups. The clinical implications for speech-language therapists and educators with regards to assessment and intervention were highlighted.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die behaling van geletterdheid is noodsaaklik om te oorleef in ‘n moderne, geïndustrialiseerde en kennisgedrewe samelewing. Kinders met swak taalvaardighede loop die risiko om akademies te faal weens die verskille tussen die orale taal wat alledaags gebruik word en die taalvaardighede wat vereis word om sukses in formele skoolomgewings te behaal. Die impak van swak orale taalvaardighede op die suksesvolle aanleer van leesvaardighede, spesifiek leesbegrip, word dikwels onderskat in die onderrig van jong Suid-Afrikaanse leerders. Narratiefvaardighede vorm die oorgang tussen orale taal en geletterdheid omdat narratiewe ondervinding verskaf in die gebruik van uitgebreide en gedekontekstualiseerde diskoerseenhede wat kinders in skryftaal teëkom. Hierdie studie het die verband tussen narratiefvaardighede en leesbegrip in jong kinders wat besig is om gelettedheid te ontwikkel, ondersoek. Spesifieke linguistiese merkers vir geletterdheid in die narratiewe van ‘n groep Graad 3 leerders van lae sosio-ekonomiese status, is ondersoek. Die hoof navorsingsvrae van die studie was: “Hoe manifesteer die linguistiese gebreke van leerders met swak leesbegrip en spesifieke leesbegripsprobleme in hul orale narratiewe?” en “Is daar linguistiese merkers wat afdoende onderskei tussen leerders met spesifieke leesbegripsprobleme en leerders met algemene swak leesvaardighede?” In ‘n kwasieksperimentele ontwerp is die deelnemers aan hierdie studie toegeken aan drie groepe: Lesers wat bevoeg is op woordvlak en begripsvlak (groep met goeie leesbegrip), lesers wat bevoeg is op woordvlak, maar met swak begrip (groep met spesifieke leesbegripsprobleme) en lesers wat onbevoeg is op woordvlak en begripsvlak (groep met algemene swak leesvaardighede). Protokolle is gebruik om die linguistiese veranderlikes, naamlik woordeskat, narratief mikro- en makrostruktuur, kohesie, koherensie en ander aspekte van verbale taal, te meet. Die resultate van hierdie studie het die verband tussen taalvaardighede en leesbegrip bevestig. Daar is gevind dat lesers met algemene swak leesvaardighede, in vergelyking met lesers met goeie leesbegrip, beduidend swakker presteer het op verskeie linguistiese metings. Die groep wat geïdentifiseer is as lesers met spesifieke leesbegripsprobleme het, oor die algemeen, nie beduidend van die ander twee groepe verskil nie. Hierdie studie het dus nie duidelike bewyse gevind dat lesers met spesifieke leesbegripsprobleme linguistiese merkers vertoon het wat hulle van die ander twee groepe kon onderskei nie. Die kliniese implikasies vir spraak-taalterapeute en opvoeders met betrekking tot assessering en intervensie is toegelig.
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Ortemenka, Ye P. "Diagnostic value of the clinical signs in the verification of acute community pneumonia in children of different age". Thesis, БДМУ, 2021. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18412.
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Saunders, Vicky. "‘Sins of our fathers’: The lived experiences of children and young people with a parent in prison". Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/879ff343dee7b1932c27173452596254e4e07de3d5b642ca1a4e4dd866ff7325/26068030/Saunders_2018__Sins_of_our_fathers__the_lived.pdf.
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With the rising numbers of prisoners in Australia and the recognition of prisoners as parents across policy and academic domains, an increased interest in children affected by parental incarceration has emerged. Such interest focuses on three areas of inquiry: psychological impacts of parental incarceration on children and young people; links to intergenerational crime; and current responses to children and young people with a parent in prison. Much of this research about children has been undertaken with adults; it is often unclear whether researchers spoke with children and young people about the issues they reported on. Where children and young people have participated in research, it generally focused on data collection from surveys and other measurement tools. Research that explored children and young people’s experiences of parental incarceration, as perceived by them, is limited. A small number of international studies, predominantly from the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (US), have spoken with children directly about this issue; however, there is a considerable gap in research that considers the Australian context, particularly the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). This study aimed to fill this gap. It explores the self-reported experiences of children and young people living in the ACT who have or have had a parent in prison. All participants experienced paternal incarceration; three experienced maternal incarceration. This thesis analyses the results of qualitative interviews with children aged 8–18. Employing a childhood studies framework, this research highlights the voices of children and young people, emphasising their own perspectives and meaning-making. A reference group comprising five young people provided guidance at the commencement of the study. Sixteen children and young people participated in semi-structured interviews. Participants were recruited from a range of services across Canberra, including prison, statutory child protection services, youth work services and other non-government services. Data were analysed using an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. This approach illuminated the complexity of the meanings children and young people placed upon their experience of parental incarceration. This analytical method also ensured that children and young people stayed at the forefront of the findings. The findings highlight that, when a parent commits a crime, the adult criminal justice system institutes a process in which the children of prisoners may, or may not, actively participate. From the point of arrest to the release of their parent, children and young people describe how their everyday lives were influenced by the criminal justice system and how they in turn managed and responded to the challenges that arose. Children and young people spoke about a diverse range of experiences at different points across the criminal justice process, which lasted for different periods of time. Children and young people described how the adult criminal justice system frequently created or exacerbated experiences of instability and uncertainty across specific life domains. They reported challenges with family relationships, housing, caring responsibilities, finances and education. They also described distinct differences in the types of relationships they had with their parent before, during and after incarceration. Consistent with childhood studies, children and young people described how they would meet these challenges and work to change them. Children and young people also experienced a range of emotions. Feelings of loss, stress, disconnection, shame and stigma were present for many participants. The feelings they described were not necessarily associated with the level of involvement they had with their incarcerated parent. In exploring children and young people’s understanding of parental incarceration, this research adds to the emerging body of work about children of prisoners in the Australian context. Children and young people’s participation has allowed their experiences of parental incarceration to be considered beyond the criminological and developmental psychology perspectives that have traditionally dominated much of the research in this field. This thesis provides a theoretical contribution by considering the tensions that exist in how children enact agency and the way they influence and are influenced by the social process and structures around them. In better understanding the experiences of children and young people, this thesis makes an important contribution to the development of sensitive and appropriate policy and practice within social work and more broadly so that children with a parent in prison may be better responded to.
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Rozga, Agata. "Early signs of autism and the broader autism phenotype a longitudinal study of infant siblings of children with autism /". Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1580795681&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Markgraaff, Christine. "A programme to improve gross motor and selected visual perception skills of children who show signs of developmental coordination disorder". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4246.
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Thesis (M Sport Sc (Sport Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of participation in a small group-based perceptual-motor training programme on the gross motor and visual-motor integration skills of children who show signs of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Two physical education teachers selected 22 children for assessment as potential participants for this study. The Movement ABC (M-ABC) was then administered to this group and the eight children who scored the lowest were invited to volunteer for this study. These children all volunteered and then completed the assessment of their visual-motor integration skills as measured by the Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP-2). The study followed an evaluative case study design in which changes in the gross motor and visual-motor integration skills of each participant were reported and interpreted individually. The six-week intervention programme was focused on developing the perceptual-motor link between throwing, catching and balancing skills with challenges to visual skills development, especially eye-hand coordination. A comparison of pre-test, post-test and retention test scores in the M-ABC revealed that the programme had a positive effect on six of the children. The results for the seventh child were inconsistent on each test occasion, leading to the conclusion that he may have a co-morbid disorder related to attention. Improvements in static balance were noted and some children also experienced improvements in their ball skills (aiming and coincident timing) which brings the researcher to the conclusion that the programme was effective for gross motor development. DTVP-2 results showed improvements in eye-hand coordination in five of the seven children. According to the VMI quotient score, only one child improved, one deteriorated and the rest showed no change which brings the researcher to the conclusion that the intervention programme was not effective for visual-motor integration.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie was om die impak te bepaal van deelname in „n klein-groep gebaseerde perseptueel-motoriese oefenprogram op die groot motoriese en visueel-motoriese integrasievaardighede van kinders met tekens van die Ontwikkelingskoördinasie-afwyking (DCD). Twee Lewensoriëntering-onderwysers het 22 kinders geïdentifiseer vir assessering as potensiële deelnemers aan die studie. Hierdie groep het die Beweging-ABC toets (M-ABC) ondergaan en die agt deelnemers met die laagste uitslae is uitgenooi om aan die studie deel te neem. Hierdie agt kinders het ingestem en daarna is die assessering voltooi deur hulle visueel-motoriese integrasievaardighede te meet deur middel van die Ontwikkelingstoets vir Visuele Persepsie (DTVP-2). Die studie het „n evaluerende gevallestudie-ontwerp gevolg waarin die veranderings tussen die groot motoriese en visueel-motoriese integrasievaardighede van elke deelnemer individueel geïnterpreteer en gerapporteer is. Die ses week-intervensieprogram het gefokus op die ontwikkeling van die perseptueel-motoriese skakel tussen gooi-, vang- en balans-vaardighede met uitdagings vir die ontwikkeling van visuele vaardighede, veral oog-hand koördinasie. „n Vergelyking tussen die voor-, na- en opvolgtoetse van die M-ABC se toetstellings het getoon dat die program „n positiewe effek op ses van die kinders se groot motoriese vaardighede gehad het. Die uitslag van die sewende kind was teenstrydig tydens elke toetsgeleentheid en dit het gelei tot die gevolgtrekking dat hy moontlik aan „n addisionele afwyking mag ly wat verband hou met „n aandagprobleem. Verbeterings in statiese balans is waargeneem en sommige kinders het ook „n verbetering in balvaardighede getoon (akkuraatheid en reaksietyd). Volgens die DTVP-2 resultate was daar verbeterings in oog-hand koördinasie by vyf van die sewe kinders. Volgens die VMI-kwosiënttelling het slegs een kind verbeter, een het versleg en die ander vyf het geen verandering getoon nie. Die navorser kom dus tot die gevolgtrekking dat die intervensieprogram nie effektief is vir visueel-motoriese integrasie nie.
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Azizi, Asal, e Zainab Hasan. "Presence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Children with Clinical Signs of Periodontitis, Living in the Västerbotten County, Sweden". Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för odontologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-131215.
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This study has examined the presence of A. actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis, in 10 children and adolescents in Västerbotten County, who had been referred to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry due to suspected periodontal disease. Based on previous studies we hypothesized that the majority of the enrolled subjects would be hosts for A. actinomycetemcomitans. A second hypothesis was that a relationship between periodontal disease and heredity would be found. The aim was to study to which extent the enrolled patients were infected with A. actinomycetemcomitans and to enhance the general knowledge of the bacterial composition in children/adolescents with clinical signs of periodontal disease. Another aim was to examine the nature of the disease in relation to heredity, oral habits and ethnicity. A third aim was to compare PCR and cultivations for detection of pathogens. Sampling was made from pathological periodontal pockets by a dentist or a dental hygienist. Samples were sent to a laboratory for analysis by two different methods: cultivation and PCR. Our results showed that the majority of the participants had non-European ethnicity, were positive for A. actinomycetemcomitans and 3 of 7 A. actinomycetemcomitans-positive subjects exhibited high leukotoxicity. No subject harbored the JP2 leukotoxin promoter genotype. Serotypes a-d and f, but not e, were detected. We concluded that the majority of the patients were infected with A. actinomycetemcomitans, some of them had high leukotoxicity but none of them had the JP2-genotype. The culture based analysis was similar in terms of detecting A. actinomycetemcomitans compared to the PCR method.
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Visser, Naomi. "The ability of four-year-old children to recognise basic emotions represented by graphic symbols". Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11162007-164230.
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Burns, Rachel Dauer. "Signing to Maintain Joint Attention with Children with Down Syndrome". TopSCHOLAR®, 2017. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1974.
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The current study examined the role of two different methods of sign presentation on signed and spoken language acquisition of toddlers aged two to four years with Down syndrome (DS). The aim of this study was to determine if a method commonly used by native signers/Deaf mothers (referred to in this study as signing to maintain joint attention (SMJA)) was more effective than the method commonly used by hearing mothers and speech-language pathologists (referred to in this study as the triangular method of signing). Both methods were compared in a within-subject design for effects on the participants’ total number of words signed and/or spoken, unique words signed and/or spoken, and parent report of novel word acquisition. Although the sample size was small, clear trends were seen suggesting SMJA may result in greater increases in early language acquisition for toddlers with DS. These results are consistent with considerations regarding the DS phenotype. The use of signing takes advantage of strengths in gesture and visual-spatial short-term memory. More specifically, the use of SMJA addresses weaknesses in attentional capacity by allowing the child to attend to the object and referent without disruption, thereby maintaining joint attention and supporting language acquisition.
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Hatzopoulou, Marianna. "Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language : From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs". Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Sign Language Section, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8293.
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Haley-Garrett, Kerri. "The Acquisition of Functional Sign Language by Non-Hearing Impaired Infants". Scholar Commons, 2006. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3863.
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Research shows that young children, typically developing with no developmental delays, hearing impairments or visual impairments, can acquire sign language to communicate their wants or needs prior to their ability to communicate through spoken language. However, much of the research reviewed focused on whether it was normative for young children to use signs or symbolic gestures to represent objects, make requests, or to express other wants or needs. In addition, many of the studies reviewed lacked scientific rigor and were primarily anecdotal in that much of the data relied on parent reports of his/her child's production of signs or symbolic gestures. The present study expanded upon the procedures of Thompson, McKerchar, and Dancho (2004) by teaching more complex signing repertoires using different training procedures. This study examined the acquisition of functional sign language by typically developing infants, ranging in age from 10 months to 14 months, using a training program which consisted of three components. The three components of intervention included a 30 minute group class once per week, an intensive or "booster" 1:1 session twice per week, and parent led training in the participant's home environment. During intervention a variety of concept items such as toys, pictures, books, and real objects were presented to represent the signs were utilized. A multiple baseline design across pairs of behaviors was employed to assess experimental changes in signing repertoires during the intervention conditions. All participants demonstrated zero rates of signing during baseline and showed an increase in their signing repertoires during intervention phases.
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Ip, Ping Lam. "From purification of "sins" to negotiation of boundaries: exploring assimilation of children of Mainland new arrivals in Hong Kong secondary school context". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/442.
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This study aims to enrich existing local sociological literatures on Mainland new arrivals by exploring the assimilation of their children, including 1.5 generation born in Mainland China and second generation born in Hong Kong. In particular, it focuses on the everyday schooling experiences of children of Mainland new arrivals, such as their learning experiences, their relationship with school or teachers, and their everyday communication with peers. Combining Michele Lamont's concept of boundary and Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of field and capitals with contemporary assimilation theories in the U.S., this study conceptualizes assimilation as a multidimensional process through which migrants and their subsequent generations use different available strategies and capitals to adopt, negotiate, and draw boundaries in various social fields in order to be recognized members of the host community they are living in. Drawing on 11 in-depth interviews with children of Mainland new arrivals studying in secondary school, this study finds that, contrary to the oppressive experiences of first generation Mainland new arrivals especially mothers, second / 1.5 generations have more room or structurally enabled agency to negotiate rather than simply adopt boundaries defining "us" and "other" in the school context. This can be seen, for example, when second and 1.5 generation students alike actively use and modify social meanings represented in cultural products such as electronic games and TV programs to draw boundaries to build and sustain peer relationship in school.
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Andersson, Moa. "Lika, olika och unika : Ett mångfaldsarbete med fokus på barnlitteratur i förskolan". Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-85636.
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I detta arbete används ett normkritiskt perspektiv för att undersöka mångfalden som presenteras ur ett urval bilderböcker publicerade mellan år 2016-2021. Arbetet kommer fokusera på några av de normer som bilderboken presenterar gällande bland annat genus, funktionsvariationer och kultur. Vidare kommer bilderbokens multimodala kommunikationssätt att analyseras utifrån metodansatsen semiotisk modalitet och vidare granskas genom kvantitativa och kvalitativa analysmetoder. Detta för att belysa textens och illustrationens likvärdighet i den multimodala kommunikationen. I min process har ett urval på nio böcker tagits fram och kritiskt granskats utifrån normkritiska kriterier och genom både konventionella och ikoniska tecken för att på så sätt skapa en så heltäckande analys som möjligt. Som avslutning presenteras resultatet av denna undersökning där också normer och/eller teman som återkommer, eller inte uppmärksammas, i flera av böckerna tas upp. Vidare belyses vikten av förskolepedagogens förståelse för bilderboken, normkritik och inkludering. Vikt läggs vid att pedagogen själv skall förstå varför regelbundna reflektioner och analyser av materialet förskolan erbjuder barnen bör göras.This thesis uses a norm-critical perspective to highlight the diversity presented from a selection of picture books published by swedish authors between the years 2016-2021. The work will focus on some of the norms that the picture book presents regarding, among other things, gender, functional variations and culture Furthermore, the picture book's multimodal communication method will be analyzed on the basis of the method approach semiotic modality and further examined through quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. This is to highlight the importance of the text and the equivalence of the illustration in the multimodal communication. In my process, a selection of nine books has been selected and critically examined on the basis of norm-critical criteria and through both conventional and iconic signs in order to create as comprehensive an analysis as possible. In conclusion the results of this study are presented where norms and/or themes that recur, or are not noticed, are also addressed in several of the books. Furthermore, the importance of the preschool educator's understanding of the picture book, norm criticism and inclusion is highlighted. Emphasis is placed on the educators understanding why regular reflections and analyzes of the material the preschool offers the children should be made.
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Scott, Samantha L. "Is Selective Mutism an Emotion Regulation Strategy for Children with Social Phobia? A Single Case Design Investigation". Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5489.
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To determine whether children with selective mutism (SM) withhold speech to regulate their emotional arousal and decrease automatic distress, the current study examines the behavioral and physiological responses of children with SM in comparison to children with social phobia (SP) and children with no psychiatric disorder (TD) as they participate in two social situations. A single case design strategy is used to compare behavioral and physiological responses both within and across groups. Examining the temporal sequencing of behaviors and physiology provides a direct test of the utility of emotion regulation theory as it pertains to children with social phobia/selective mutism. The results indicate that children with SM show elevated arousal and emotional reactivity across all interaction segments relative to other children. Unique affective, behavioral and physiological responses occur between and within groups in relation to situational demands. The temporal sequencing of behavioral and physiological responses suggests that behavioral deficits may be related to underutilized and/or deficient physiological response systems and that not speaking represents a primitive avoidance strategy by children with SM to regulate extreme physiological arousal.ID: 031001331; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Adviser: Deborah C. Beidel.; Title from PDF title page (viewed April 9, 2013).; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-90).
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Basson, Hester Magdalena. "The iconicity and learnability of selected picture communication symbols a study on Afrikaans-speaking children /". Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10042005-155306.
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Reilly-Sanders, Erin F. "Drawing Outside the Bounds: Tradition and Innovation in Depictions of the House in Children's Picturebooks". The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1398851009.
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Boland-Shepherd, Susan. "The Role of School Nurses in the Early Identification, Referral and Provision of Services for Students with Early Signs of Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Dissertation". eScholarship@UMMS, 2012. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/25.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore school nurses’ (SN) perceptions of factors influencing their ability to identify, refer, and provide mental health services to students with early signs of mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) needs. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine have urged a preventive public health approach to decrease adverse outcomes of unidentified and untreated MEB needs among children (O’Connell, 2009). Historically and theoretically based in public health, SN have daily contact with students and are in an optimal location for early identification, referral and provision of services, yet little empirical research describing their role is available.
Five focus groups with 29 SN were conducted and four themes emerged through analysis of data: Frequent flyers : student visits to SN offices, the observations that alert SN to potential MEB needs; Digging to get the whole picture : the process SN frequently used to collect information necessary to confirm MEB needs; Road to referral : the resources used and barriers encountered within the referral process; and, Safety zone : the important role SN play in the provision of services to students with early signs of MEB needs. Within the provision of services was a collective subtheme across all five focus groups: What we need to better help our kids. In this category SN identified their educational limitations and learning needs, as well as potential strategies to improve provision of services for students with MEB needs.
The findings of this study provide a lens into the complex and little explored are of early identification, referral and intervention processes used by SN to care for students with MEB needs. Understanding the role of the SN is a critical first step towards improving outcomes.
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Martins, Mónica Filipa da Silva. "A influência dos hábitos parafuncionais nos sinais e sintomas da articulação temporomandibular em crianças e jovens adultos". Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/7621.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em FisioterapiaObjetivo: Verificar quais os hábitos parafuncionais presentes enquanto criança e, analisar de que forma estes hábitos influenciam o funcionamento da articulação temporomandibular e estruturas adjacentes de crianças e jovens em idade escolar, através da análise dos seus sinais e sintomas. Métodos: Neste estudo participaram 101 crianças e jovens adultos dos 3 aos 22 anos das escolas Externato O Meu Lar, Escola de Música Santa Cecília e Escola Profissional Perpétuo Socorro. Os encarregados de educação/representante legal responderam a um inquérito constituído por 17 perguntas acerca dos hábitos parafuncionais e dos sinais e sintomas de DTM’s. Recorreu-se à análise coeficiente de correlação Spearman, assim como da regressão logística. Resultados: Verificou-se que existia uma clara relação entre os hábitos parafuncionais em criança e os sinais e sintomas na ATM, sendo o uso da chupeta o hábito mais presente (73,3%), apresentando ser um fator protetivo em relação aos sinais e sintomas, enquanto que, a sucção digital, morder lábio e o hábito de ranger apresentaram ser fatores de risco. Conclusão: Desta forma, foi possível, concluir que os hábitos parafuncionais aparentam influenciar a prevalência de sinais e sintomas de disfunção temporomandibular de uma forma significativa.
Objetive: To determine which are the parafunctional habits present as a child, and analyze how these habits influence the function of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) and adjacent structures from children and young people in school age, through the analysis of their signs and symptoms. Methods: In this study participated 101 children and young adults from 3 to 22 years of “Externato O Meu Lar”, “Escola de Música Santa Cecília” and “Escola Profissional Perpétuo Socorro”. Caregivers / legal representative answered to a questionarie that consisted of 17 questions about parafunctional habits and the signs and symptoms of TMD's. We used the Spearman correlation analysis, and logistic regression. Results: It was found that there was a clear relationship between the parafunctional habits in children and the signs and symptoms in the TMJ, being the use of a pacifier the most commum habit (73.3%) and the largest protective factor for signs and symptoms, however sucking finger, biting lips and clenching were seen as risk factors. Conclusion: Thus, it was possible to conclude that the parafunctional habits seem to influence the prevalence of signs and symptoms of TMJ disorders in a significative way.
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Barros, Carolina Valério. "Estudo de sensibilidade do IRDI-Questionário para TEA (transtorno do espectro de autismo): possibilidades de utilização para detecção de sinais iniciais e para rastreamento". Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47131/tde-20102016-154844/.
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Este estudo originou-se do interesse em investigar a sensibilidade do IRDI-Questionário, adaptação do instrumento IRDI, para detecção de sinais iniciais de TEA (Transtorno de espectro de autismo). O autismo ou TEA caracteriza-se por severos déficits na interação social recíproca, na comunicação e na atividade imaginativa, assim como por padrões repetitivos e limitados de interesses e de comportamentos. Nesse sentido, deve-se ressaltar a indefinição de sua etiologia, pois, se trata de um distúrbio complexo e heterogêneo com graus variados de severidade, resultado provável de uma combinação de fatores ambientais e genéticos. Soma-se à ausência de um marcador biológico a acentuada heterogeneidade das manifestações clínicas do transtorno, daí o conceito de espectro que lhe foi atribuído. Tais condições terão como consequências dificuldades no próprio processo diagnóstico. Isso significa que o diagnóstico do autismo e as condições associadas ainda estão baseados em observações de confluência de anormalidades comportamentais nos campos social, de comunicação, do jogo e da imaginação. É importante pensar que a heterogeneidade do quadro implica que os sintomas podem não se expressar do mesmo modo em todas as crianças, apesar de apresentarem certa regularidade que permite a construção de um diagnóstico. Além disso, algumas crianças vão apresentar sinais de risco desde os primeiros meses de vida e, outras, apresentarão sintomas mais tardios. Nesse contexto, os instrumentos de avaliação são importantes ferramentas de auxílio na avaliação clínica da criança com TEA, sendo que vários pesquisadores ressaltam a importância de se realizarem triagens de crianças de até três anos de idade a fim de propiciar o diagnóstico e a intervenção ainda nos primeiros meses de vida. Com o intuito de instrumentalizar a detecção de sinais iniciais de TEA, diversos pesquisadores têm formulado protocolos com foco em diferentes formas de expressão de tais sinais e os instrumentos especializados para fins de rastreamento/ triagem têm se mostrado eficientes na detecção de sinais iniciais de TEA, além disso, são de fácil e rápida aplicação. Esta pesquisa, portanto, se propôs a investigar a sensibilidade de um instrumento para sinais iniciais de TEA, sendo que, para a investigação, participaram 72 pais de crianças/crianças divididos em 2 (dois) grupos: grupo pesquisa-TEA (32 pais) e grupo controle-típico (40 pais). Para ambos os grupos, foram utilizados o IRDI-Questionário e a CARS-BR, os quais tiverem seus resultados comparados. Utilizou-se o teste de inteligência não verbal SON-R 2½-7 no grupo pesquisa-TEA para controlar a variável DI (deficiência intelectual). Os dados foram submetidos a tratamento estatístico e as análises estatísticas demonstraram que as médias descritas pelo IRDI-Questionário foram diferentes, sendo que os IRDI do grupo TEA (85,09) são, em média, menores que os IRDI do grupo típico (129,32). Os grupos juntos mostraram alta correlação negativa entre os valores do IRDI-Questionário e da CARS-BR. Para o estudo de sensibilidade foi realizada uma análise através da curva ROC, que definiu um ponto de corte do escore gerado pelo instrumento IRDI-Questionário. A sensibilidade do IRDI-Questionário para sinais iniciais de TEA foi de 96,9%, resultado este que também indicou que o instrumento pode ser interessante para um instrumento para o rastreamento da condição estudada. Além do estudo de sensibilidade, apresentou-se, ainda, um breve estudo sobre o conceito de Intersubjetividade e suas rupturas, assim como algumas pesquisas atuais a ele referentes, relacionando-o aos indicadores IRDI e ao TEA. O conceito de intersubjetividade tem sido investigado por vários campos de conhecimento. A Psicologia do desenvolvimento é um desses campos, sendo que diversos autores nos apresentam diferentes interpretações sobre o conceito. Neste trabalho, destacou-se a importância de apresentar o conceito, pois, este guarda uma estreita relação com o autismoThis study originated from the interest in investigating the sensitivity of the IRDI - Questionnaire, adaptation of the IRDI instrument to detect early signs of ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Autism or ASD is characterized by severe deficits in reciprocal social interaction, communication and imaginative activity, as well as repetitive and restricted patterns of interest and behavior. His early appearance, profile and chronicity of symptoms are strong arguments for a biological causality, however, not defined a biological indicator present in all cases. In this sense, it should be noted the vagueness of its etiology, because it is a complex and heterogeneous disorder with varying degrees of severity, likely the result of a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Added to the absence of a biomarker a marked heterogeneity of clinical manifestations of the disorder, hence the concept of spectrum allocated to it. Such conditions will have as consequences difficulties in itself diagnostic process. This means that the diagnosis of autism and associated conditions are still based on observations of confluence of behavioral abnormalities in the social, communication, play and imagination. It is important to think that the heterogeneity of the picture implies that the symptoms can not express themselves in the same way in all children, despite having certain regularity that allows the construction of a diagnosis. In addition, some children will show signs of risk in the first months of life, and others, will present the later symptoms. In this context, the assessment tools are important aid tools in the clinical evaluation of children with ASD, and several researchers emphasize the importance of conducting trials of children under three years of age in order to provide diagnosis and intervention still in first months of life. In order to manipulate the detection of initial signs of TEA, many researchers have made agreements with focus on different ways of expressing such signals and specialized tools for tracking / sorting have been shown to be effective in detecting early signs of TEA, moreover, they are quick and easy application. This research therefore aims to investigate the sensitivity of an instrument for early signs of ASD, and for research, participated 72 parents of children / children divided into two (2) groups: research - TEA group ( 32 parents ) and control group - typical (40 parents). For both groups, we used the IRDI - Questionnaire and the CARS-BR, which have their results compared. We used the non-verbal intelligence test SON- R 2½ -7 in the search -TEA group to control the variable DI (intellectual disability). The data were subjected to statistical analysis and statistical analyzes showed that the average described by IRDI - Questionnaire were different, and the IRDI TEA group (85.09) are on average smaller than the typical group IRDI (129, 32). Groups together showed high negative correlation between the values of the IRDI - Questionnaire and the CARS- BR. For the sensitivity study was carried out through an analysis of the ROC curve, it defined a cutoff score generated by IRDI - Questionnaire tool. The sensitivity of the IRDI - Questionnaire for early signs of ASD was 96.9 %, a result which also indicated that the instrument may be interesting to a tool for tracking the condition studied. In addition to the sensitivity analysis presented is also a brief study on the concept of Intersubjectivity and their breaks, as well as some current research relating thereto, relating it to IRDI indicators and TEA. The concept of intersubjectivity has been investigated by several fields of knowledge. Developmental Psychology is one of those fields, and several authors present us with different interpretations of the concept. In this work, we stressed the importance of presenting the concept, because this is closely related to autism
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Dias, Carolina Frizzera. "Fatores associados à transmissão vertical da infecção pelo HIV e manifestações clínicas em crianças notificadas no Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória, 2005-2008". Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2011. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/5943.
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Previous issue date: 2011-06-28Introduction: The main indicator of monitoring the reduction on HIV infection in children is the incidence rate of AIDS incidence in children under five years ols. Objectives: Describe the profile of children exposed to HIV attending the reference center for AIDS in chldren at The Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória (HINSG) and determine the vertical transmission rate and clinical signs and simptoms among the infected ones. Methods: Descriptive study in children exposed to HIV infection by vertical transmission attending a pediatric public hospital in Vitoria (ES) from January 2005 to December 2008. A questionnaire including epidemiological and clinical data of mother and child was applyed. Associations between HIV positive and negative cases were tested using chi-square test. Odds Ratio and confidence intervals were calculated and multivariate logistic regression was used. Results: Two hundred and twenty-one children (97.8%) were exposed to HIV during pregnancy or childbirth. A total of 47 (21.3%) children were diagnosed with AIDS; 25 (53.2%) have already entered service with the diagnosis and 22 (44.8%) became positive during follow-up. A frequencia de infecção de HIV foi de 21,3% (IC 95% 15,9%-26,7%). One hundred and ninety-three (87.3%) children were admitted in the hospital in their first year of life, 51.1% vs. 97.1% (p <0.001), when comparing AIDS cases with those with negative serology. The frequency of HIV infection was 21.3% (IC 95% 15.9%-26.7%). Regarding children s mothers included in the study, diagnosis of HIV infection was performed before pregnancy in 97 (43.3%) cases, in 56 (25.0%) during the prenatal period, and in 59 (26,4%) at birth or after delivery. In 12 cases (5.4%), mode of maternal diagnosis was unknown. Among factors independently associated with vertical transmission of HIV: having entered the service before the first year of life [OR = 0.08 (0.17 to 0.37)], be alive [OR = 0.12 (0, 31 to 0.47)] and have received complet prophylaxis [OR = 0.29 (0.09 to 0.97)] were protective factors while being born by vaginal delivery [OR = 4.45 (1.47 - 13.47)] was a risk factor for HIV infection. Regarding clinical symptms in children, the most common was anemia for more than 30 days (65.9%), followed by wasting syndrome (59.6%) and bacterial meningitis, pneumonia or sepsis (57.4%). Sixteen children (32% of cases) were classified in category C3, the most serious of all. Conclusions: The results showed high frequency of HIV in children. Received the omplet prophylaxis and joining the service less than one year of life were protectors factors. Being born through vaginal delivery was risk factor for transmission. Most children had moderate to severe manifestations of AIDS, demonstrating importance of constant monitoring of prophylactic measures for mother and child for controling HIV among children
Introdução: O principal indicador de monitoramento da redução da infecção pelo HIV em crianças é a taxa de incidência de AIDS em menores de cinco anos de idade. Objetivos: Descrever o perfil das crianças atendidas do SAE de AIDS pediátrico do Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória (HINSG) em relação à infecção pelo HIV nas crianças e as manifestações clínicas diagnosticadas. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo realizado com crianças expostas à infecção pelo HIV por via vertical acompanhadas no Serviço de Assistência Especializado em AIDS Pediátrica de um hospital público em Vitória (ES), no período de janeiro de 2005 a dezembro de 2008. O questionário utilizado continha perguntas sobre dados clínicos da mãe e da criança. As comparações entre os casos positivos de HIV e os casos que negativaram foram testadas através de testes de qui-quadrado. Odds Ratio e intervalos de confiança foram calculados e análise multivariada de regressão logística foram utilizados. Resultados: Duzentas e vinte e uma crianças (97,8%) foram expostas ao HIV durante a gestação ou parto. Um total de 47 (21,3%) crianças foi diagnosticado como doente de AIDS, sendo que 28 (56%) já entraram no serviço com o diagnóstico e 22 (44%) soroconverteram no período de seguimento. A frequência de infecção de HIV foi de 21,3% (IC 95% 15,9%-26,7%). Um total de 193 (87,3%) crianças deram entrada no serviço no primeiro ano de vida, 51,1% vs. 97,1% (p<0,001), quando comparamos os casos de AIDS com aqueles com sorologia negativa. Em relação às mães das crianças incluídas no estudo, o diagnóstico da infecção pelo HIV foi feito antes da gravidez em 97 (43,9%) casos e em 56 (25,3%) durante o pré-natal. Entre os fatores independentemente associados com a transmissão vertical do HIV: ter entrado no serviço antes do primeiro ano de vida [OR=0,08 (0,17 0,37)], estar vivo [OR=0,12 (0,31 0,47)] e ter feito a profilaxia completa [OR=0,29 (0,09-0,97)] foram fatores protetores, enquanto que ter nascido de parto vaginal [OR=4,45 (1,47 13,47)] foi fator de risco para a infecção pelo HIV. Em relação às manifestações clínicas nas crianças, a mais frequente foi ter anemia por mais de 30 dias (65,9%), seguida pela síndrome de emaciação (59,6%) e meningite bacteriana, pneumonia ou sepse (57,4%). Dezesseis crianças (32%) foram classificadas como da categoria C3, a mais grave de todas. Conclusão: Os resultados mostraram uma alta frequência de infecção pelo HIV entre as crianças. Fazer a profilaxia completa e ter idade de entrada no serviço menor que 1 ano foram fatores de proteção e ter nascido de parto por via vaginal foi fator de risco para a infecção. Grande parte das crianças infectadas apresentaram manifestações moderadas e graves da AIDS, demonstrando a importância do monitoramento constante das medidas profiláticas para a mãe e a criança para o controle da aids em crianças
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Du, Preez Anna Elizabeth. "The translucency values of Blissymbols as rated by typically developing Setswana learners". Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10232007-115133.
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Franco, Lidiane Helena Reinaldo. "Língua Brasileira de Sinais: uma ponte de amor entre pais ouvintes e filhos surdos". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17744.
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Previous issue date: 2015-05-29Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
The deaf community in Brazil, according to the Census of the IBGE 2010 presents 344,2 thousand deaf people, our country recognized the Brazilian Language of Signs in April of 2002, from this period we are having new legal directives specific to the population that needs accessibility and social integration through the language of signs. We present the history of the language of signs and the current situation of the familiar arrangements, to articulate in specific way with children s parents with deficiency in the area of the deafness. We have described the impact that takes place and wraps the parents at the moment of the discovery of the deafness, all suffering that is brought near to a sort of mourning. Consequently it causes initially a distancing of the parents caused by the deafness in their-self like an escape behavior presented by many people. That does so that the deaf child is damaged in his process of formation bio-psycho-social from his early childhood, which compromises the child s life. Our subject refers to the basic necessity of the knowledge of the language of signs like the form of communication between parents listeners and children with deafness. Looking forward that these families could have access and knowledge on the Brazilian Language of Signs and the importance of the apprenticeship of the language of signs like mediation of the development of the communication between the family and in the society. Strengthening the formation of the identity of the deaf person, and his social composition, aiming at his process of preparation and formation for an adult life with the Brazilian Language of Signs. Working as bridge between the individual and the global formation like a social being. We registered the deep paper of the Social Service professionals and other areas that act in contact with the society creating the opportunity to acquire knowledge and demystify prejudice and bring the opportunity with current technicians who could have positive differentials for intervention in the interdisciplinary teams.The realization of the research happened at two moments while checking the research carried out in 2010 with parents in adult age and from the interviews carried out in 2014 with two mothers listeners with deaf adult children. The analysis of the contents presents points of reflection of as we can intervene in an efficient form for professionals' formation with sights in the inclusion. We are interested in looking for new ramifications and partnerships for discussions. And last but not least, we hope it can provide for those who have son/daughter to emerge for the overcoming of hamper ways of the communication. Also the wakening of professionals and of the academic community for a theme that wraps the whole society
A comunidade surda no Brasil, segundo o Censo do IBGE 2010 apresenta 344,2 mil pessoas surdas, nosso país reconheceu a Língua Brasileira de Sinais em abril de 2002, desde este período estamos tendo novos direcionamentos legais específicos à população que necessita de acessibilidade e integração social por meio da língua de sinais. Apresentamos a história da língua de sinais e os atuais engendramento dos arranjos familiares, para articular de maneira específica com aquelas que possuem filhos com deficiência na área da surdez. Buscamos descrever o impacto que ocorre e envolve os pais no momento da descoberta da surdez, todo sofrimento que se aproxima a uma espécie de enlutamento, em via de regra, causa inicialmente um distanciamento dos pais, seja causada pela surdez em si, seja pela fuga acometida por muitos. Isso faz com que a criança surda seja prejudicada em seu processo de formação biopsicossocial desde a sua primeira infância, que acaba por comprometer toda sua vida. Nosso tema se refere à necessidade fundamental do conhecimento da língua de sinais como forma de comunicação entre pais ouvintes e filhos com surdez, visando que essas famílias possam ter acesso e conhecimento sobre a Língua Brasileira de Sinais e a importância do aprendizado da língua de sinais como mediação do desenvolvimento da comunicação entre a família, na sociedade, como fortalecimento da formação de identidade do sujeito surdo, de sua composição social, visando seu processo de individuação e formação para vida adulta e a Língua Brasileira de Sinais, faz uma ponte entre o individuo e sua formação global como um ser social. Registramos o papel fundamental de formação dos profissionais do Serviço Social e outras áreas que atuam em contato com a sociedade, oportunizando o conhecimento, a desmitificação do preconceito e a oportunidade de termos na atualidade técnicos que possam ter diferenciais para intervenção nas equipes interdisciplinares. A realização da pesquisa deu-se em dois momentos ao contemplar resultados da pesquisa realizada em 2010 com pais ouvintes e filhos surdos em idade adulta e das entrevistas realizadas em 2014 com duas mães ouvintes com filhos surdos adultos. A análise dos conteúdos apresenta pontos de reflexão de como podemos intervir de forma eficaz para formação de profissionais com vistas a inclusão. Estamos interessados em buscar novos desdobramentos e parcerias para discussões. Por fim esperamos fornecer àqueles que possuem filho(a) surdo(a), caminhos para a superação dos entraves da comunicação e o despertamento de profissionais e da comunidade acadêmica para uma temática que envolve toda a sociedade
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Ash, Kelly Grant. "Increasing Speed Limit Compliance in Reduced-Speed School Zones". Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1271.pdf.
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Moreddu, Éric. "La ventilation nasale du nouveau-né : études cliniques d'anomalies congénitales, modélisations numériques de l'écoulement et du réchauffement de l'air". Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0734/document.
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La ventilation nasale est vitale pour le nouveau-né, respirateur nasal exclusif. Le tiers antérieur des fosses nasales peut être modifié par une sténose congénitale de l’orifice piriforme, tandis leur partie postérieure peut être fermée par une atrésie choanale uni ou bilatérale ou par des lésions du nasopharynx.Les simulations numériques permettent d’analyser l’écoulement et le conditionnement de l’air en contournant les limites techniques et éthiques rencontrées in vivo. Devant la rareté des données dans la littérature, une étude de faisabilité a été nécessaire et concluante : les modèles numériques sont qualitativement proches de la réalité. Un travail sur les conditions physiologiques chez le nouveau-né a ensuite été réalisé, avec une méthodologie retravaillée. La reconstruction tridimensionnelle des fosses nasales est possible dès la naissance. La création d’une sphère centrée sur la pointe du nez, éloignant le domaine d’entrée de la zone d’intérêt, a permis d’analyser le rôle du tiers antérieur des fosses nasales.La valve nasale joue un rôle majeur en inspiration : perte de charge, accélération, guidage des flux et réchauffement de l’air. Les trois quarts du réchauffement ont lieu en amont du cornet inférieur. Une obstruction nasale entraîne une réduction des vitesses et une augmentation des températures de l'air. La simulation de l’inspiration d’air à 0°C a permis de constater que les fosses nasales permettent d’amortir les effets du refroidissement de l’air extérieur.Ce travail constitue une première approche de la physiologie de la ventilation nasale du nouveau-né par modélisation numérique, indispensable à la compréhension de la pathologie nasale néonataleNasal breathing is essential for the newborn, exclusive nasal breather. The anterior third of the nasal fossae may be modified by a congenital stenosis of the pyriform aperture, while their posterior part may be closed by unilateral or bilateral choanal atresia.Numerical simulations are a good means to analyze airflow and air-conditioning: they circumvent the technical and ethical limits encountered in vivo. Given the rarity of available data in the literature, a feasibility study was necessary and was conclusive: numerical models are qualitatively close to reality. A work on the physiological conditions in newborns was conducted, using refined methodology. The three-dimensional reconstruction of the nasal fossae is possible from birth. The creation of a sphere centered on the tip of the nose, moving the boundary conditions away from the area of interest, made it possible to analyze the role of the anterior third od the nasal fossae.The nasal valve plays a major in inspiration: it is a zone of pressure loss, acceleration, flow guidance and air warming. Three-fourths of the warming takes place upstream the inferior turbinate. A partial nasal obstruction modifies these results with lower velocities and higher temperature of the air. The simulation of the inspiration of cold air (0°C) has shown that the nasal fossae can dampen, without canceling, the effects of air cooling. This work is a first approach to the physiology of nasal ventilation of the newborn by numerical modeling, which is essential to the understanding of neonatal nasal pathology
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Meddour, Sabrina. "L’enfant et la liberté religieuse à la lumière du droit international, européen et français". Thesis, Lyon 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011LYO30102.
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Le droit à la liberté de pensée, de conscience et de religion expressément reconnu à l’enfant par l’article 14 de la Convention internationale de New York adoptée en 1989 soulève de nombreuses questions. En raison de l’état de dépendance de l’enfant et de sa vulnérabilité, l’exercice de cette liberté apparaît particulièrement fragilisée. Les droits de l’enfant sont en effet menacés de toute part, tant par l’autorité publique, que par sa famille, ou par des tiers, voire par l’enfant lui-même. Les parents tout en étant les premiers protecteurs et les premiers « guides spirituels » de l’enfant pourront parallèlement représenter les premiers obstacles à l’exercice de sa liberté religieuse pleine et entière suscitant un conflit entre droits parentaux et droits de l’enfant. L’État s’érige d’ailleurs en protecteur lorsque ses parents lui font courir un risque au nom même de leurs convictions religieuses. Le juge pourra aussi connaître de conflits familiaux provoqués par un désaccord religieux. Garant de l’ordre public, l’État sera parfois amené à limiter la liberté religieuse de l’enfant et de ses parents en mettant en avant la primauté d’un intérêt social tel la sauvegarde du principe de laïcité. Il apparaît donc nécessaire de considérer la question de la liberté religieuse de l’enfant à la fois dans la sphère familiale et plus largement dans la société en nous interrogeant notamment quant à l’effectivité réelle du droit de liberté religieuse de l’enfant. Comme pour tout sujet touchant aux droits de l’enfant, la recherche de l’équilibre entre liberté et protection s’inscrit sur un chemin difficile dont témoigne l’étude du droit de l’enfant à la liberté religieuseThe right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion expressly granted to the child under article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted in 1989 raises many questions. Regarding his particular dependence and vulnerability, the exercise of this liberty by the child appears particularly weaken. Children’s rights are indeed threatened from all quarters, so much by public authority as by their family or by third parties, if not by the child himself. Parents, while being his first protectors and first “spiritual guides”, can also represent the first obstacle to the full exercise of the child’s freedom of religion, therefore raising a conflict between parental and children’s rights. It is to be noticed that the State establishes itselfs as the protector of the child whenever parents endanger him even in the name of religious beliefs. The judge might also intervene within family conflicts resulting from religious disagreements. Ensuring public order as well, the State will in some cases subject child’s and parents’ freedom of religion to limitations deemed necessary in regard to the primacy of a particular social interest such as the protection of secularism. It seems therefore essential to consider the question of the child’s religious freedom within the family sphere as well as, to a larger extent, within society, while questioning the effectivity of the right of the child to religious freedom. As for any subject relating to children’s rights, the search for balance between freedom and protection is engaged on a difficult path as evidenced by this study on the right of the child to religious freedom
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Rottman, Joshua. "Sins sans suffering: children's moralization of victimless actions". Thesis, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16182.
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Many traditional accounts of moral development posit that children actively construct moral beliefs by reasoning about the distress they directly perceive in the aftermath of harmful or unjust actions. However, these accounts cannot straightforwardly explain the development of moral beliefs about harmless but tabooed actions. For cases such as these, when no negative behavioral consequences are apparent, top-down socialization processes (e.g., verbal instruction or "testimony" from adults) may instead influence moral development, as well as emotional reactions such as disgust. The present research consists of four studies that empirically examine the mechanisms leading to the formation of moral values involving victimless actions. Seven-year-old children were recruited as participants in this research. They were shown pictures of anthropomorphic aliens engaged in novel body-focused or environment-focused actions, all of which were harmless. After being exposed to one of various experimental manipulations, children were asked to judge whether the depicted actions were "wrong" or "OK". It was hypothesized that participants would readily acquire new moral beliefs upon being exposed to each of the experimental manipulations that were employed, even though none invoked suffering or harm. Study 1 (N = 64) found that information about unnaturalness and the invocation of disgust each elevated moralization, and that their independent effects were compounded when these manipulations were presented jointly. Study 2 (N = 90) demonstrated that verbally presented testimony about disgust, but not the induced emotional experience of disgust, was an effective mechanism for moralization, particularly for children who were more disgust sensitive. Study 3 (N = 30) found that children responded to testimony about anger with similar patterns of moralization as when given testimony about disgust, but that anger-based testimony was especially effective for children who were more highly prone to anger. Study 4 (N = 28) found that children's moral beliefs were retained after a prolonged time delay. In sum, across four studies, children were found to rapidly form new moral beliefs about victimless actions, particularly upon exposure to emotionally laden testimony. Overall, this research demonstrates that children are susceptible to swiftly acquiring moral beliefs even in the absence of obvious adverse outcomes.
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Lee, Yin-Wen, e 李尹文. "The Study of Young Children's Learning Experience of Baby Signs and Emotional Expressions". Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01484632457204362988.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between young children’s emotional expressions and Baby Sign learning experiences. In addition, the other background factors, such as children’s sex, age, temperament, and the ranking of siblings were examined. To observe young children’s emotional expressions in happy and scary situations, 40 mothers and their children who live in the Taipei area, participated in this study. A total of 19 participants had learned about Baby Signs, and 21 had none. Toddler Temperament Scale was used to understand young children’s temperament characteristics, and Bayley Scale of Infant Development was used to assess children’s MDI. The results showed as following: (1)59% of young children used “sound-gesture,” and 36% of them used “gesture-language” to express their initial emotion in happy situation. In scary situation, 69% of young children used “gesture-language” to express their initial emotion and 81.25% of young children used less than two kinds of strategy to comfort their scare. (2)There were 42.9% of young children who had learned the Baby Signs, used three kinds of comfort strategies while none was found in those who had never learned the Baby Signs. In same scary situation, 61.1% of those who had no experience of Baby Signs only used one strategy, while 21.4% were found in those who had learned the Baby Signs. (3)Young children who had learned about Baby Signs used more different kinds of strategies to accommodate their scare, and it was significantly on those who had no older siblings, in a young aged, girls, boys and with stubborn temperament. Keywords: baby signs, emotional express, young children
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A, Geetha Sudharsanan, e Uliana Ivanivna Marusyk. "The use of hypoallergenic mixtures in children with signs of atopy". Thesis, 2017. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12990.
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Marusyk, Uliana Ivanovna. "The use of hypoallergenic mixtures in children with signs of atopy". Thesis, 2016. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11356.
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JOCHMANNOVÁ, Lucie. "Significance, Influence and Signs of Consumerism Among Czech Children and Adolescents". Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-174934.
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My master's thesis deals with the issue of consumerism and consumer behaviour focusing on children and youth. The thesis is divided into two main parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes development of consumer behaviour and factors influencing it, such as social groups or advertising. It also deals with children's perception of brands and their impact on children's consumer behaviour. It describes the significance of consumer education in the context of the education system in the Czech Republic. It also deals with the consumer education systems and possibilities in the broader context of the European Union and other organizations. The practical part contains a lesson plan on consumer education and a pilot case study on consumer behaviour of a selected group of Czech children. The pilot case study asked two research questions: What do brands mean for the children? Do the children show signs of consumerism through their preferences and consumer behaviour? The results of the pilot case study are described in this section as well.