Gifts, Surveillance, and Frustrated Imagined Communities: Global Christian Aid and Local Inequalities in Child Sponsorship in the Ecuadorian Highlands by María Moreno Parra

“…In this paper I examine how an indigenous development organization that works with an international evangelica0l funding agency participates in the ‘government of populations’ through the system of child sponsorship. …”
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Fostering unsustainability? An analysis of 4-year-olds' dietary impacts in Sweden by Maria Jacobsen, Lotta Moraeus, Emma Patterson, Anna Karin Lindroos, Mattias Eriksson, Elin Röös

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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…The idea that children are not fully human has resulted in a plethora of abuses, including the denial of children’s rights, voices, and agency both in biblical texts and in contemporary society. …”
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Linking obesity-associated genotype to child language development: the role of early-life neurology-related proteomics and brain myelinationResearch in context by Jian Huang, Jinyi Che, Michelle Z.L. Kee, Ai Peng Tan, Evelyn C. Law, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Irina Pokhvisneva, Sachin Patel, Keith M. Godfrey, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Kok Hian Tan, Yap Seng Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Dennis Wang, Jonathan Yinhao Huang

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Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey by Jessica Evans, Robert Skomro, Helen Driver, Brian Graham, Irvin Mayers, Louise McRae, Joseph Reisman, Corneliu Rusu, Teresa To, John Fleetham

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An Outbreak of Human Coronavirus OC43 Infection and Serological Cross-Reactivity with SARS Coronavirus by David M Patrick, Martin Petric, Danuta M Skowronski, Roland Guasparini, Timothy F Booth, Mel Krajden, Patrick McGeer, Nathalie Bastien, Larry Gustafson, Janet Dubord, Diane MacDonald, Samara T David, Leila F Srour, Robert Parker, Anton Andonov, Judith Isaac-Renton, Nadine Loewen, Gail McNabb, Alan McNabb, Swee-Han Goh, Scott Henwick, Caroline Astell, Jian Ping Guo, Michael Drebot, Raymond Tellier, Francis Plummer, Robert C Brunham

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Parental Roles and Challenges in Managing Pediatric Obesity: Insights from Focus Group Interviews in Korea by Jieun Ju, Jahye Jung, Yong Hee Hong, Minsoo Shin, Yoon Lee, Ah-Ram Sul

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Life stage impact on the human skin ecosystem: lipids and the microbial community by Martin P. Pagac, Bala Davient, Luca Antonio Plado, Hilbert Yuen In Lam, Shi Mun Lee, Aarthi Ravikrishnan, Wee Ling Esther Chua, Sneha Muralidharan, Aishwarya Sridharan, Antony S. Irudayaswamy, Ramasamy Srinivas, Stephen Wearne, Ahmad Nazri Mohamed Naim, Eliza Xin Pei Ho, H. Q. Amanda Ng, Junmei Samantha Kwah, Eileen Png, Anne K. Bendt, Markus R. Wenk, Federico Torta, Niranjan Nagarajan, John Common, Yap Seng Chong, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, John Chambers, Yik Weng Yew, Marie Loh, Thomas L. Dawson

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Application of indigenous zinc-solubilizing bacteria in biofertilizers to enhance zinc nutrition of rice grains in inceptisols paddy fields by E. Pratiwi, P. Lestari, Y. Nugraha, W. Hartatik, Z. Susanti, I.G.M. Subiksa, A. Kasno, T.A. Adriany, Y.S. Fatma, A.F. Nababan, A.A. Rivaie

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Bringing culture into the school Summary by Brandy Nothstine

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What Do We Know of Childhood Exposures to Metals (Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury) in Emerging Market Countries? by Lindsey M. Horton, Mary E. Mortensen, Yulia Iossifova, Marlena M. Wald, Paula Burgess

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New Antibacterials? by Kevin B Laupland, David N Fisman

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A Review of the Effects of Major Atmospheric Pollutants on Pollen Grains, Pollen Content, and Allergenicity by Hélène Sénéchal, Nicolas Visez, Denis Charpin, Youcef Shahali, Gabriel Peltre, Jean-Philippe Biolley, Franck Lhuissier, Rémy Couderc, Ohri Yamada, Audrey Malrat-Domenge, Nhân Pham-Thi, Pascal Poncet, Jean-Pierre Sutra

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Digitala läspraktiker i förskolan by Malin Nilsen

“…The study is grounded in a sociocultural perspective, employing the concepts of remediation, joint attention, scaffolding, and agency as central analytical tools. The empirical data consists of video observations of seven reading activities involving 26 children and eight educators. …”
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Diagnostic ability of myxovirus resistance-A in pediatric cases of viral-acute respiratory tract infections with vitamin A and zinc deficiencies by Dian Kesumapramudya Nurputra, Amalia Setyati, Nur Arfian, Endy Paryanto Prawirohartono, Zulvikar Syambani Ulhaq

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Guest Editorial Vol5 no2 by Deirdre Watson

“…Some young people have a positive care journey with reasonable outcomes as evidenced in Extraordinary Lives: creating a positive future for looked-after children and young people in Scotland (Social Work Inspection Agency, 2006). …”

Selective Digestive Tract Decontamination: A Tough Pill to Swallow by Kevin B Laupland, David N Fisman

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National Thalassemia Registry: a 30 year journey of implementing carrier screening in Singapore by Stella Zhang, Guek Peng Tan, Soh Lan Peh, Swee Lim Ang, Sylvia Kam, Weng Khong Lim, Teck Wah Ting, Angeline Lai, Ee Shien Tan, Saumya Shekhar Jamuar, Hai Yang Law, Ivy Ng

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The Sounds of Silence: Public Goods, Externalities, and the Value of Infectious Disease Control Programs by David N Fisman, Kevin B Laupland

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Characterisation of pregnancy-induced alterations in apolipoproteins and their associations with maternal metabolic risk factors and offspring birth outcomes: a preconception and l... by Li Chen, Karen Mei-Ling Tan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Kok Hian Tan, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Johan G. Eriksson, Markus R. Wenk, Sartaj Ahmad Mir

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