Euphorbia tirucalli L.: Review on morphology, medicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities by Prashant Y. Mali, Shital S. Panchal

“…The wood is used for rafters, toys and veneering purposes. It is also useful against leprosy and foot paralysis subsequent to childbirth. …”
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AutomaTiles : tangible cellular automata for playful engagement with systems thinking by Bobrow, Jonathan

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Changing minds: Children's inferences about third party belief revision by Magid, Rachel, Yan, Phyllis L., Siegel, Max Harmon, Tenenbaum, Joshua B, Schulz, Laura E

“…We introduce an agent who has prior beliefs about the location of a population of toys and then observes evidence that, from an ideal observer perspective, either does, or does not justify revising those beliefs. …”
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Linking Language and Events: Spatiotemporal Cues Drive Children’s Expectations About the Meanings of Novel Transitive Verbs by Kline, Melissa, Snedeker, Jesse, Schulz, Laura E

“…Children saw scenes with puppets that approached a toy in a distinctive manner, and toys that lit up or played a sound. …”
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Design of a precise, affordable braille label maker for the blind by Johnson, Hilary Anna

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Complex system analysis through discrete event simulation by Faranca, Anthony G. (Anthony Gilbert), 1971-

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An analysis of buckling in spherical shells and its design implications for hopper poppers by Greenhut, Andrew David

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When memories return in fragments: an exploration into a "sense of place" through sensory memory stimulation by Shay, Steiner Claudia Ting Ru

“…These buried memories resurge when I receive sensory cues like familiar sounds or touch distinctive textures like the stuffed toys. These experiences with sensory memories set the premise of my thesis’ central exploration. …”
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VARIABEL-VARIABEL PSIKOSOSIAL YANG MEMPENGARUHI PILIHAN PERAN GENDER ANAK by , Arundati Shinta, Dra.,MA., , Prof. T. Dicky Hastjarjo, PhD

“…Childrenâ��s choice on gender role was measured through the toy scale, leisure activity scale, and career aspiration scale. …”

Effectiveness of pretend medical play in improving children's health outcomes and well-being: a systematic review by Abdul Rashid, Aneesa, Cheong, Ai Theng, Hisham, Ranita, Shamsuddin, Nurainul Hana, Roslan, Dalila

“…In this role-playing game, children bring their soft toys and act as parents to the 'sick' teddies in a pretend hospital or clinic play setting. …”
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Mobile augmented reality for mobile robot assembly manual by Koh, Ye Sheng

“…However, several researchers highlighted their studies may not accurately represent actual assembly scenarios in terms of complexity as they use toys such as LEGO or puzzles or short assembly durations which may not show the effects of AR on the participant for longer assembly processes. …”
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Owl-like plaques of the Copper Age and the involvement of children by Juan J. Negro, Guillermo Blanco, Eduardo Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Víctor M. Díaz Núñez de Arenas

“…The frontier among play and ritual is diffuse in liminal societies and there is no contradiction in playing with animal-like toys and, at some point, using them as offerings as part of community rituals related, for instance, to the colossal megalithic tombs so characteristic of the Copper Age.…”
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Management of oesophageal foreign bodies in children: a 10-year retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center by Guo Xu, Yong-chao Chen, Jing Chen, De-sheng Jia, Ze-bin Wu, Lan Li

“…The types of foreign bodies included coins and blunt objects (812,59.9%), bones and sharp objects (278,20.5%), button batteries (86,6.3%), food impactions (84,6.2%), toys (51,3.8%) and plastic objects (44,3.2%). A total of 720 of 812 cases impacted by coins and blunt subjects were successfully treated with a Foley catheter without any complications. …”
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Early stressful experiences are associated with reduced neural responses to naturalistic emotional and social content in children by Anne T. Park, Hilary Richardson, Ursula A. Tooley, Cassidy L. McDermott, Austin L. Boroshok, Adrian Ke, Julia A. Leonard, M. Dylan Tisdall, Kirby Deater-Deckard, J. Christopher Edgar, Allyson P. Mackey

“…For a sub-sample (n = 30), parenting behaviors were measured during a parent-child interaction, consisting of a picture book, a challenging puzzle, and free play with novel toys. We characterized positive parenting behaviors (e.g., warmth, praise) and negative parenting behaviors (e.g., harsh tone, physical control). …”
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Environmental enrichment promotes adaptive responding during tests of behavioral regulation in male heterogeneous stock rats by Keita Ishiwari, Christopher P. King, Connor D. Martin, Jordan A. Tripi, Anthony M. George, Alexander C. Lamparelli, Apurva S. Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, Jerry B. Richards, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Amy M. Gancarz, Abraham A. Palmer, David M. Dietz, Suzanne H. Mitchell, Paul J. Meyer

“…Subjects were reared from late adolescence onwards either in pairs in standard housing with minimal enrichment (n = 200) or in groups of 16 in a highly enriched environment consisting of a large multi-level cage filled with toys, running wheels, and shelters (n = 64). Rats were subjected to a battery of tests, including: (i) locomotor response to novelty, (ii) light reinforcement, (iii) social reinforcement, (iv) reaction time, (v) a patch-depletion foraging test, (vi) Pavlovian conditioned approach, (vii) conditioned reinforcement, and (viii) cocaine conditioned cue preference. …”
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Mass Spectrometry Imaging Reveals Lipid Changes Associated with the Cell Proliferation of Liver Tumor Spheroids Treated with Triclosan by CHEN Jing1,2, XIE Pei-si1,2, CAI Zong-wei1,2

“…Although it is banned from using in soap products in 2016 by the USA Food and Drug Administration, it still can be used in many other products such as cosmetics, toys, mouthwash and toothpaste. Because of its ubiquitous characteristics, there is a growing concern over the impact of TCS on human health. …”
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An insight into bisphenol A, food exposure and its adverse effects on health: A review by Muhammad Faisal Manzoor, Muhammad Faisal Manzoor, Tayyaba Tariq, Birjees Fatima, Amna Sahar, Farwa Tariq, Seemal Munir, Sipper Khan, Muhammad Modassar Ali Nawaz Ranjha, Aysha Sameen, Xin-An Zeng, Xin-An Zeng, Salam A. Ibrahim

“…BPA is abundant in the environment, i.e., in food containers, water bottles, thermal papers, toys, medical devices, etc., and is incorporated into soil/water through leaching. …”
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The Effect of Care Package on Motor Development among 12-Month-Old Infants in Saqqez-Iran: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study by Jamile Ahmadi, Mahboubeh Ahmadi Doulabi, Firoozeh Sajedi, Malihe Nasiri

“…These teachings for gross motor, included walking, pulling and pushing the toys, swinging, playing with ball, crawling, etc. and for fine motor skills included building towers, painting, filling a box with household items and emptying it, giving children books, stringing, etc. …”
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Persistent luminescent nanophosphors for applications in cancer theranostics, biomedical, imaging and security by Umer Mushtaq, Irfan Ayoub, Vijay Kumar, Vishal Sharma, Hendrik C. Swart, Elham Chamanehpour, Horst-Günter Rubahn, Yogendra Kumar Mishra

“…Apart from this, due to their extraordinary properties they have also found their place in the fields of anti-counterfeiting, latent fingerprinting (LPF), luminescent markings, photocatalysis, solid-state lighting devices, glow-in-dark toys, etc. Over the past few years, persistent luminescent nanoparticles (PLNPs) have been extensively used for targeted drug delivery, bio-imaging guided photodynamic and photo-thermal therapy, biosensing for cancer detection and subsequent treatment, latent fingerprinting, and anti-counterfeiting owing to their enhanced charge storage ability, in-vitro excitation, increased duration of time between excitation and emission, low tissue absorption, high signal-to-noise ratio, etc. …”
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THE EXPERIENCE OF PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL CORNEAL OPACITIES by A. V. Pleskova, E. V. Mazanova

“…The functional outcome was assessed roughly: according to the tracking toys by children looking at a certain distance and using the method of the preferred gaze.Results. …”
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