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Guidelines for immunization of children following multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
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Visuospatial deficits of dyslexic children
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A measurement system for children endurance tests
PublicationThere are a lot of ethical problems concerning the use of invasive methods for the measurement of a child's body response to physical exercise and physical training. The alternative is are non-invasive methods like ergospirometry or NIRS. The article presents a measurement system dedicated for children endurance tests, composed of a few non-invasive measurement modules, including a temperature measurement module. Temperature is...
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Visual impairment and traits of autism in children
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Applications for investigating therapy progress of autistic children
PublicationThe paper regards supporting behavioral therapy of autistic children with mobile applications, specifically applied for measuring the child’s progress. A family of five applications is presented, that was developed as an investigation tool within the project aimed at automation of therapy progress monitoring. The applications were already tested with children with autism spectrum disorder. Hereby we analyse children’ experience...
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Which digital games are appropriate for our children?
PublicationChapter contains advice on which digital games are accessible for children with diverse impairments. It providess a process for choosing the device, the game and adjusting it. It might be of use for therapists, techers and caregivers.
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Friendly Applications: supporting education of children with autism
PublicationFriendly Applications is a project introducing a family of applications supporting education of children with autism at kindergarten level. The applications were developed as a joint initiative of Gdansk University of Technology and Institute for Child Development, which uses the applications in daily educational activities.
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System supporting behavioral therapy for children with autism
PublicationIn this paper, a system supporting behavioral therapy for autistic children is presented. The system consists of sensors network, base station and a brooch indicating person's emotional states. The system can be used to measure values of physiological parameters that are associated with changes in the emotional state. In the future, it can be useful to inform the autistic child and the therapist about the emotional state of the...
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
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The use of the Warnke Method in dyslexia therapy for children
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Markers of Anemia in Children with Type 1 Diabetes
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Children’s Astronomy. Development of the Shape of the Earth Concept in Polish Children between 5 and 10 Years of Age
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An additional ultrasonographic sign of Hashimoto’s lymphocytic thyroiditis in children
PublicationWe present an additional sonographic sign of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HLT), increasing the specifi city of this method in pediatric populations. Methods: A total of 98 children (mean age 12.7 years, range 7–17 years) were selected from the registry of the endocrinology outpatient department. All subjects met the diagnostic criteria for HLT. All children underwent a prospective thyroid ultrasound examination with special attention...
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Emotional experiences of family caregivers of children with Dravet syndrome
PublicationBackground: Since the psychosocial implications of Dravet syndrome (DS) are much more serious and far-reaching than in other types of epilepsy, caring for a DS child seriously affects the entire family. This study describes the emotional experiences of family caregivers of DS children and evaluates the way caregiving affects their perceived quality of life. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered...
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Stress Detection of Children With ASD Using Physiological Signals
PublicationThis paper proposes a physiological signal-based stress detection approach for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be used in social and assistive robot inter- vention. Electrodermal activity (EDA) and blood volume pulse (BVP) signals are collected with an E4 smart wristband from children with ASD in different countries. The peak count and signal amplitude features are derived from EDA signal and used in order to detect...
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Behaviometrics of Digital Games for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
PublicationTe paper reports current stage of the project Automated Terapy Monitoring for Children with Developmental Disorders of Autism Spectrum (AUTMON), that aims at development of methods and tools to allow for the automatic evaluation of the therapy progress among children with autism. Finding objective measures suitable for evaluating therapy progress would let create a system supporting those who diagnose autism and the therapists...
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Automatic recognition of therapy progress among children with autism
PublicationThe article presents a research study on recognizing therapy progress among children with autism spectrum disorder. The progress is recognized on the basis of behavioural data gathered via five specially designed tablet games. Over 180 distinct parameters are calculated on the basis of raw data delivered via the game flow and tablet sensors - i.e. touch screen, accelerometer and gyroscope. The results obtained confirm the possibility...
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Optimal placement of IMU sensor for the detection of children activity
PublicationIn this paper an investigation to determine the optimal placement of IMU sensors for the purpose of children characteristic activity detection is presented. The article compares four different placement of two IMU sensors on human body. Ten healthy volunteers participated within the study. Data were collected firstly from two wireless 9-axial IMU sensors placed at the left and right wrists, then sensors were placed at lower back...
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Distinct characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in Poland
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Children with Interstitial Lung Disease
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Chromium content in the hair of children and students in Southern Poland
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Emotional experiences of family caregivers of children with Dravet syndrome
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Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning of Children: A Systematic Review
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Factors influencing the development of otitis media with effusion in children
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Potential impact of parents' lifestyle on the occurrence of leukemia in their children
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Expression of galectin-3 in nephrotic syndrome glomerulopaties in children.
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Mobile Activity Plan Applications for Behavioral Therapy of Autistic Children
PublicationThis paper concerns technological support for behavioral therapy of autistic children. A family of tools dedicated for mobile devices is presented, that allows to design and perform an activity schedule in behavioral therapy. The paper describes the main challenges, that were encountered, especially in meeting the non-functional requirements of the application: simplicity, repeatability, robustness, personalization, re-usability...
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Graphical interface adaption for children to explain astronomy proportions and distances
PublicationMobile Science Center is a Polish project that seeks to bring astronomy knowledge to wider social groups through various applications. In its development it is necessary to design a graphical interface that explains a concept that is difficult to assimilate such as spatial proportions and distances. This paper develops a framework to create graphical representations that explain this learning to the target audience of children....
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Automatic Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism: A Systematic Literature Review
PublicationThe automatic emotion recognition domain brings new methods and technologies that might be used to enhance therapy of children with autism. The paper aims at the exploration of methods and tools used to recognize emotions in children. It presents a literature review study that was performed using a systematic approach and PRISMA methodology for reporting quantitative and qualitative results. Diverse observation channels and modalities...
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Composition of fatty acids in selected sorts of biscuits, offered for children
PublicationThe fatty acid (FA) composition, especially total trans-fatty acids (TFA) content in 12 assortments of biscuits offered for children, produced by four different companies, were determined by gas chromatography. Total fat content of the biscuit samples ranged from 2.2 to 22.8 g/100 g of product. The major FAs were palmitic C16:0, oleic C18:1, and linoleic C18:2 acids. Depending on the biscuit type, the total saturated fatty acids...
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A Comparability of Renal Length and Volume Measurements in MRI and Ultrasound in Children
PublicationIntroduction: Despite the significant increase in use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children, there is still a lack of normal reference values of renal size in this method and reference values are being interpolated from the ultrasound (US) studies. The study provides comparative analysis of agreement in renal length and volume measurements between MRI and ultrasound. Materials and Methods: Ninety-three children with a...
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Fever and Diarrhea as the Only Symptoms of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
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Comparison of propofol-ketamine versuspropofol-remifentanil in children anaesthetized for gastroscopy
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Off-label medications in the treatment of hospitalized children with atopic dermatitis
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Neurotrophin serum concentrations and polymorphisms of neurotrophins and their receptors in children with asthma
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LANGUAGE AS A MODERATOR OF MEMORY-RELATED PROCESSES IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA
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Oxidatively Damaged DNA/Oxidative Stress in Children with Celiac Disease
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Circulating suPAR as a biomarker of disease severity in children with proteinuric glomerulonephritis
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SOCS3 is epigenetically up-regulated in steroid resistant nephrotic children.
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The microbiome and its impact on food allergy and atopic dermatitis in children
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Radial Nerve Palsy Associated with Humeral Shaft Fractures in Children
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ATP4A autoimmunity andHelicobacter pyloriinfection in children with type 1 diabetes
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Insulin resistance and hypertension: lessons learned from studies in children
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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of propofol in children undergoing different types of surgeries
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Population pharmacokinetics of hydroxyurea for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
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Quality monitoring of therapeutic processes in small treatment center for children
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono specyfikę oraz opis zasad nadzorowania procesów terapeutycznych w ramach systemu zarzadzania jakością w małej placówce służby zdrowia.
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Caring for Children with Dravet Syndrome: Exploring the Daily Challenges of Family Caregivers
PublicationWhile Polish studies focus on the symptoms, causes and treatment of people suffering from Dravet syndrome (DS), much less is known about the situation of the family caregivers of DS children. This study was designed to explore the experiences, daily challenges and needs related to caring for DS children. An anonymous self-administered online questionnaire was developed. Thesurvey was completed by 75 family caregivers affiliated...
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Robot Eye Perspective in Perceiving Facial Expressions in Interaction with Children with Autism
PublicationThe paper concerns automatic facial expression analysis applied in a study of natural “in the wild” interaction between children with autism and a social robot. The paper reports a study that analyzed the recordings captured via a camera located in the eye of a robot. Children with autism exhibit a diverse level of deficits, including ones in social interaction and emotional expression. The aim of the study was to explore the possibility...
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Caring for Children with Dravet Syndrome: Exploring the Daily Challenges of Family Caregivers
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Poland: Quality Monitoring of Therapeutic Processes in a Small Treatment Center for Children
PublicationThis article presents the case of the first ISO 9001:2000-certified small healthcare organization (the Center for Therapy and Rehabilitation) providing therapeutic and rehabilitation services for disabled children in Northern Poland. Elements of the process-oriented healthcare quality system implementation, initial benefits, and the organization's quality system structure and process descriptions are described. Particular attention...