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A girl’s gendered engagement in designing and building robots
Drawing on Bakhtin’s (Discourse in the novel, University of Texas Press, 1981) notions of dialogism and appropriation, this case study explored how a 5-year-old Latina named Lucia negotiated the gender discou...
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Incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in South Korea from 2007 to 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate the trends of the incidence of and mortality from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in South Korea.
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Impact of hospital size on the outcomes of appendectomy in children: an analysis of a comprehensive nationwide pediatric dataset
The purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes after appendectomy in children according to hospital size.
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The Patients with Hirschsprung’s Disease Who Underwent Pull-Through at Age Less than 1 Year: Longitudinal Bowel Function
Frequent stooling immediately after pull-through (PT), fecal soiling, and constipation are chronic complications of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD). This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal outcomes in ter...
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Open AccessRisk factors of meconium-related ileus in very low birth weight infants: patients-control study
Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates experience various problems, including meconium-related ileus (MRI). This study investigated the risk factors of MRI and surgical MRI in VLBW infants. VLBW neonates admitt...
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Non-sequential Learning in a Robotics Class: Insights from the Engagement of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This case study focused on the robotics learning process of Mark (a pseudonym), a Latino-American second grader diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Drawing on Polanyi’s (Personal knowledge: towards a post...
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Predicting Survival of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia on the First Day of Life
This study aimed to determine perinatal risk factors for 30-day mortality of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) patients and develop a prognostic index to predict 30-day mortality of CDH patients. Identifyi...
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Open AccessThe Optimal Timing of Enterostomy Closure in Extremely Low Birth Weight Patients for Acute Abdomen
There are few reports on enterostomy closure (EC) timing for acute abdomen in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) patients. We retrospectively reviewed ELBW patients who underwent enterostomy formation (EF) and ...
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Analysis of Growth, Nutritional Status and Hospital Visitation Scores Associated with Reflux After Nissen Fundoplication in Neurologically Impaired Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux
Neurologically impaired children (NIC) often experience swallowing difficulties and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Although these conditions could place children in a state of poor nutritional status...
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Heterogeneous Associations of Second-Graders’ Learning in Robotics Class
Drawing on Latour’s (Reassembling the social: an introduction to actor–network-theory, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005), this manuscript discusses a study of a robotics class in a public, Title I elementa...
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Use of Spiral Computed Tomography Volumetry for Determining the Operative Approach in Patients with Graves’ Disease
The purposes of the present study were to assess (1) the correlation between the weight of the postoperative thyroid specimen and the spiral computed tomography (CT) volumetry results of the thyroid gland in p...
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Effect of licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch) on amyloid-β-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by neuronal loss and the presence of extracellular senile plaques whose major constituent is amyloid-β peptide (Aβ). In this study, we investigated the effects of a water e...
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Congenital esophageal stenosis associated with esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula: clinical and radiologic features
Congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) can be associated with esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF). Because there are a variety of degrees of obstruction and symptoms of CES, it is frequently di...
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Neuroblastoma: treatment outcome after incomplete resection of primary tumors
For International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stages III or IV neuroblastoma (intermediate or high risk), complete excision of the primary tumor is not always feasible. Most current studies on the trea...
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Clinical Experience with Infantile Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma
Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma (IHHE) is a rare disorder with only a few series reported in the medical literature. We reviewed our treatment experience with IHHE over 17 years.
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Abnormal direct entry of the umbilical vein into the portal vein: report of a case
Abnormalities of the intra-abdominal umbilical venous connections are rare congenital vascular anomalies. We report a case of an aneurismal dilatation of an umbilical vein directly connected to the portal vein...
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The Usefulness of Distal Splenorenal Shunt in Children with Portal Hypertension for the Treatment of Severe Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia
In the current era of transplantation and therapeutic endoscopy, the role of the distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS) for portal hypertension (PH) has diminished. We reviewed the outcome of the use of DSRS in child...
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients with Hepatoblastoma
Hepatoblastoma is a rare pediatric malignancy that frequently appears in an advanced unresectable stage. Improved resectability and survival rate have been reported with the help of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. ...
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Effect of Protease Inhibitor on Ischemia-reperfusion Injury to Rat Liver
Liver failure due to ischemia-reperfusion injury, believed to be closely related to the generation of oxygen-free radicals, is a serious problem during liver surgery. Gabexate mesilate, a synthetic protease i...
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Solid and Papillary Epithelial Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children
