Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, 00014 University of Helsinki, PO Box 41 (Mannerheimintie 172), Finland, Department of Craniofacial Development and Department of Orthodontics, King’s College, Floor 28 Guy’s Tower, London SE1 9RT, UK, Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Developmental Biology Program, Childrens Hospital Los ...

We report on a continuing study into teaching programming to pre-teens school-children, with some as young as seven years old. As part of the study we aim to test childrens’ algorithmic understanding through their ability to solve puzzles and play games; and to turn this understanding into working code. We review a project in which children have programmed (in Java) AI players for the game of N...

Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Department of Microbiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic. 3...

1598. Perceptions among Pediatric Staff Nurses on Their Role and Confidence in Performing Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities Elizabeth Monsees, MSN, MBA, RN, CIC, FAPIC; Mary Anne Jackson, MD, FIDSA; Lori Popejoy, PhD, APRN, GCNS-BC, FAAN; Brian Lee, MPH, PhD and Jennifer Goldman, MD, MS; Patient Care Services Research, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, FPIDS, Pediatrics, Chil...

Themedicalliteratureprovidessomeinsightintothebenefitsofananticipatoryguidance program. Parents are extremely satisfied with the interaction fostered by thisapproach.Additionally,they enjoy thefunctional approach to educationthatdealswith specific events in their own family. It may be this communication about a vitalinterest that makes process so successful. Pediatric dentists have seen dramati...

Atopic Dermatitis is an intermittent severely pruritic eczematous dermatitis with scaly erythematous patches, vesiculation, crusting and fissuring. It a reaction pattern that presents variable clinical histological findings. affects at least 20% of school children 5-10 %of adults. constitutes atopy, condition altered reactivity to common mild environmental stimuli. Mainly the face flexures infa...

In the childrens' book The Phantom Tollboothh by Norton Juster one can nd the following passage: Yes, please,, said Milo. Can you show me the biggest number there is?? I'd be delighted,, the Mathemagician] replied, opening one of the closet doors. We keep it right here. It took four miners just to dig it out.. Inside was the biggest 3 Milo had ever seen. It was fully twice as high as the Mathem...

The literature on human turning preferences is inconsistent. While the few studies with children below 14 years of age uniformly describe an overall left-turning (counterclockwise) tendency, a recent Internet study with more than 1500 adults found a right-sided (clockwise) bias. We set out to investigate spontaneous turning behaviour in children age 5-3 years and, based on neuropsychiatric work...

The purpose of the research was to determine the magnitude of temporal and kinematic changes which occur during the develop­ ment of the running movement pattern in children. Various bio­ mechanical variables of the right running stride were analyzed from sixty-three male subjects, with an age range of six to twelve years old inclusive. The results for the fifteen vari­ ables were analyzed sepa...