Publications by authors named "Meng-Meng Yao"

Background: Language delay affects near- and long-term social communication and learning in toddlers, and, an increasing number of experts pay attention to it. The development of prosody discrimination is one of the earliest stages of language development in which key skills for later stages are mastered. Therefore, analyzing the relationship between brain discrimination of speech prosody and language abilities may provide an objective basis for the diagnosis and intervention of language delay.

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Objectives: To study the impact of the home literacy environment on children's emotional regulation skills and the mediating role of the parent-child relationship between them.

Methods: A stratified cluster sampling approach was employed to select 1 626 preschool children from five kindergartens in Nanjing. Questionnaires were used to collect detailed information on the home literacy environment, children's emotional regulation skills, and the parent-child relationship.

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  • - Thirty new dioxolane ring compounds were created and analyzed using methods like H NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction, confirming their chemical structures.
  • - These compounds showed strong fungicidal effects against various fungi and herbicidal activity against plants like lettuce and duckweed, with specific compounds demonstrating broad-spectrum effectiveness.
  • - The research indicated that these compounds target brassinosteroid biosynthesis in plants, and molecular docking studies revealed their potential to inhibit a key enzyme in fungal ergosterol production, providing insights for future compound design.
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