Update in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

• Author(s): Soumen Khatua, Natasha Pillay Smiley

• Categories: Electronic books

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2019
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• Publisher: Unknown

This Special Issue of Bioengineering explores topics in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology ranging from preclinical modeling to translational research and neurocognitive outcomes. The topics are as below. Radiotherapy advances in pediatric brain tumors; Neurofibromatosis 1 and brain tumors in children; Molecular biology of pediatric gliomas and therapeutic insights; Embryonal tumors of the central nervous system in children-era of targeted therapeutics; Preclinical models in pediatric brain tumors-clinical relevance; Molecular neuroimaging of brain tumors; Palliative care for children with central nervous system malignancies; Neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes following pediatric brain tumors.

The Prodigy Slave

• Author(s): Londyn Skye

• Categories: African American women

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2017-08
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• Publisher: Unknown

At the age of ten, Lily is forcefully torn from her mother's arms and sold at a Negro auction by her master, a man that Lily learns that day is her very own father. Seeking solace from such devastation, Lily secretly begins teaching herself to play her new master's piano: an instrument that she is forbidden from touching. Lily becomes an extraordinary pianist and gets away with secretly playing for fourteen years until the master's son, James, discovers her deceit. The "punishment" that James gives Lily starts her on an unprecedented journey that dramatically alters her life and influences the lives of thousands, including a man with great power. Lily's groundbreaking journey also unveils the secret altruistic love of a particular man who has been forbidden from expressing his love to her for years. But the question remains whether or not the strength of his love will be powerful enough to free Lily from the shackles of slavery and protect her dreams and her life while on her turbulent Journey to Winter Garden.

The Private Worlds of Dying Children

• Author(s): Myra Bluebond-Langner

• Categories: Social Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2020-05-05
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• Publisher: Princeton University Press

Winner of the Margaret Mead Award A classic, moving study of terminally ill children that emphasizes their agency and shows how we can relate to dying children more honestly “The death of a child,” writes Myra Bluebond-Langner, “poignantly underlines the impact of social and cultural factors on the way that we die and the way that we permit others to die.” In a moving drama constructed from her observations of leukemic children, aged three to nine, in a hospital ward, she shows how the children come to know they are dying, how and why they attempt to conceal this knowledge from their parents and the medical staff, and how these adults in turn try to conceal from the children their aw...

Future-proof Your Child

• Author(s): Graeme Codrington

• Categories: Family & Relationships

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2012-10-19
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• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

This world has changed. The future has changed. Childhood is changing. Raising children has never been more challenging - or potentially rewarding. It is becoming increasingly obvious that the world into which our young children will enter as adults, somewhere between 2020 and 2030, will be nothing like the world their parents grew up in, or even the world we currently inhabit. We need a better understanding of the world of the future in order to prepare our children and to 'future-proof' them. Future-proof Your Child is a very different kind of parenting book. It contains many useful, practical hints and tips but also focuses on the context for parenting and child development today. It convinces 21st-century parents of the need to change their approach to parenting future generations and is relevant, accessible, practical and inspirational. Future-proof Your Child highlights the critical importance of making choices, having conversations and consciously connecting with tomorrow's children today.

Genetic Models and Molecular Pathways Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Categories: Medical

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2018-11-14
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• Publisher: Academic Press

Genetic Models and Molecular Pathways Underlying Autism Spectrum Disorders, Volume 241 provides the most recent information on the animal model systems that are available to study different forms of autism spectrum disorders. In addition to genetically engineered animals that uniquely model genetic forms of ASD, this volume also provides detailed chapters on a variety of specific topics, including An overview of genetic models of ASDs, Phenotypic modeling of ASD symptoms, Molecular mechanisms of NF1 model of ASD symptoms, Ube3a gene dosage disorders: molecular and circuit mechanisms of ASD, Circuit dysfunctions in ASD models, ERK signaling in genetic models of ASD, and more. - Presents a timely, comprehensive assessment of the field - Includes helpful summaries on current knowledge, gaps and future directions in autism research