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On Friday, 5 May 2023, MDPI and the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) organized a webinar titled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The webinar focused on the pharmacotherapy of newborns.

Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert first introduced the limited size and extensive variability of neonatal clinical pharmacology. Dr. Robert B. Flint and Dr. Nadir Yalcin showed us new emerging tools that may facilitate the improvement of pharmacotherapy, for both pharmacokinetics (model-informed precision dosing) and -dynamics (machine learning to improve drug–drug interaction or adverse drug reaction recognition), and both approaches are subsequently discussed in the webinar to show ways and approaches for future progress.

Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in Children entitled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The deadline is 25 August 2023.

You can watch the recorded webinar at the following link:

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert, ¹Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
• Dr. Robert B. Flint, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Erasmus University Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
• Dr. Nadir Yalcin, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Conference: 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society

Date: 18–22 June 2023

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3Y9

Booth: #T12

MDPI will be attending the 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held from 18 to 22 June 2023 in downtown Niagara Falls, Canada, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. It will cover the major scientific themes of: technology advances; computational metabolomics, statistics, and bioinformatics; metabolomics in health and disease; and metabolomics of plants, food, environment and microbes. A special theme for this conference will focus on mental health, drug addiction and medicinal cannabis. The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, three parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, other networking events and a specially organized parallel session to promote metabolomics research in industry. A strong line-up of both introductory and advanced workshops will take place on Sunday, 18 June, and the morning of Monday, 19 June. To complement the exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, vibrant early career events, a conference dinner and other engaging social activities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Metabolites;
• Agronomy;
• Antioxidants;
• Applied Biosciences;
• BioMed;
• BioMedInformatics;
• Biomolecules;
• Cancers;
• Cells;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Diseases;
• Foods;
• Genes;
• JPM;
• Nutrients;
• Plants.

Please do not hesitate to reach out (metabolites@mdpi.com) if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.metabolomics2023.org/.

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly downloaded papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

5. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

8. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

9. “Lactoferrin as Possible Treatment for Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children with Long COVID: Case Series and Literature Review”
by Rosa Morello, Cristina De Rose, Sara Cardinali, Piero Valentini and Danilo Buonsenso
Children 2022, 9(10), 1446; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1446

10. “Pediatric Clavicle Fractures and Congenital Pseudarthrosis Unraveled”
by Lisa van der Water, Arno A. Macken, Denise Eygendaal and Christiaan J. A. van Bergen
Children 2022, 9(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/49

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly viewed papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Co-Occurring Substance Use among Adolescent Hallucinogen Users—A National Survey Study”
by Saral Desai, Vidisha Jain, Sona Xavier and Wei Du
Children 2022, 9(12), 1906; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121906
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/12/1906

5. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

8. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

9. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

10. “Screen Time of Preschool-Aged Children and Their Mothers, and Children’s Language Development”
by Riikka Mustonen, Ritva Torppa and Suvi Stolt
Children 2022, 9(10), 1577; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101577
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1577

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly cited papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “One-Year Clinical Performance of Activa™ Bioactive-Restorative Composite in Primary Molars”
by Lisa Lardani, Giacomo Derchi, Vincenzo Marchio and Elisabetta Carli
Children 2022, 9(3), 433; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/433

2. “COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines”
by Giuseppina Malcangi, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Fabio Piras, Vito Settanni, Grazia Garofoli, Giulia Palmieri, Sabino Ceci, Assunta Patano, Antonio Mancini et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020249
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/249

3. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

4. “Oralbiotica/Oralbiotics: The Impact of Oral Microbiota on Dental Health and Demineralization: A Systematic Review of the Literature”
by Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Giuseppina Malcangi, Alexandra Semjonova, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Assunta Patano, Giovanni Coloccia, Sabino Ceci, Grazia Marinelli, Chiara Di Pede, Anna Maria Ciocia et al.
Children 2022, 9(7), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1014

5. “Epidemiology, Microbiology and Severity of Bronchiolitis in the First Post-Lockdown Cold Season in Three Different Geographical Areas in Italy: A Prospective, Observational Study”
by Anna Camporesi, Rosa Morello, Valentina Ferro, Luca Pierantoni, Alessandro Rocca, Marcello Lanari, Gian Luca Trobia, Tiziana Sciacca, Agata Giuseppina Bellinvia, Alessandra De Ferrari et al.
Children 2022, 9(4), 491; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/491

6. “Oral Health Preventive Program in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder”
by Elisabetta Carli, Marco Pasini, Francesca Pardossi, Isabella Capotosti, Antonio Narzisi and Lisa Lardani
Children 2022, 9(4), 535; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/535

7. “Evaluation of Children Caries Risk Factors: A Narrative Review of Nutritional Aspects, Oral Hygiene Habits, and Bacterial Alterations”
by Andrea Butera, Carolina Maiorani, Annalaura Morandini, Manuela Simonini, Stefania Morittu, Julia Trombini and Andrea Scribante
Children 2022, 9(2), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020262
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/262

8. “Three-Dimensional Printing Technology in Orthodontics for Dental Models: A Systematic Review”
by Ioannis A. Tsolakis, Sotiria Gizani, Nearchos Panayi, Georgios Antonopoulos and Apostolos I. Tsolakis
Children 2022, 9(8), 1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081106
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1106

9. “Illness Characteristics of COVID-19 in Children Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant”
by Erika Molteni, Carole H. Sudre, Liane Dos Santos Canas, Sunil S. Bhopal, Robert C. Hughes, Liyuan Chen, Jie Deng, Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Michela Antonelli et al.
Children 2022, 9(5), 652; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050652
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/652

10. “The Effect of Age, Biological Maturation and Birth Quartile in the Kinanthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences between Male and Female Adolescent Volleyball Players”
by Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Juan Alfonso García-Roca and Francisco Esparza-Ros
Children 2022, 9(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/58

On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, MDPI and the journals International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN: 1660-4601) and Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) organized the webinar entitled "Sleep(-Related) Phenotypes: Future Directions for Insomnia, ADHD, Restless Sleep Disorders in Childhood". The webinar focused on the current findings in children presenting insomnia and restless sleep. 

Insomnia, defined as difficulties falling asleep, difficulties maintaining sleep, or early awakenings, is a very common complaint. Presentations in this webinar demonstrate comprehensively that insomnia complaints are a transdiagnostic issue in (a)typically developing children. Therefore, careful assessment and diagnosis, as presented in these talks, are crucial steps toward successful treatment. The detrimental impact on families' sleep cannot be ignored, that is, at least one parent will have poor sleep when struggling each night with a poor-sleeping child. Thus, increased awareness across healthcare professionals is the priority of our pediatric sleep field, and this should resonate across our society. 

Please note that this webinar is associated with the Topical Collection in both IJERPH and Children: "Sleep in Children".  

Webinar Chair and Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karen Spruyt, Université de Paris, INSERM –Neuro Diderot, Academic Hospital Robert Debré, France;
• Prof. Dr. Oliviero Bruni, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy;
• Prof. Dr. Silvia Miano, ¹Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland; ²Sleep Medicine Unit, Ospedale Civico, Switzerland;
• Prof. Dr. Lourdes M. DelRosso, Department of Medicine, University of California, USA.

Conference: ATS (American Thoracic Society) Conference 2023
Date: 21–23 May 2023
Location: Washington DC, USA

MDPI will be attending ATS 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference has been organized by the American Thoracic Society, and it will showcase the latest advances and discoveries in respiratory science, patient care and global respiratory health. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research and its applications to clinical, basic, and translational science in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• JCM;
• Medicina;
• Clinics and Practice;
• JPM;
• Cancers;
• Medicines;
• Healthcare;
• Metabolites;
• Children;
• Brain Sciences.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to talk with us online. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #2606, and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://conference.thoracic.org/.

Conference: 20th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP 2023)
Date: 29 June–1 July 2023
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

MDPI will be attending ESCAP 2023 as an exhibitor; we welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas with us.

This conference is organized by the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The theme of the conference is “Mental health of children and adolescents”. At the conference, specialists will share and discuss the latest research and applications of environmental and chemical substances in relation to society.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Children;
• Behavioral Sciences;
• JCM;
• JPM;
• Medicina;
• Adolescents;
• Disabilities.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.escap2023.eu/.

We are pleased to announce that the EURLYAID International Early Childhood Intervention Conference has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Conference: EURLYAID International Early Childhood Intervention Conference
Date: 15–16 May 2023
Place: Prague, Czech Republic

The aim of the conference, titled "Building bridges together in early childhood intervention", is to connect specialized fields and create multidisciplinary teams and comprehensive support for families caring for children with special needs. We include parents in the role of experts, as they know their children's needs best and are therefore equal partners with early childhood intervention (ECI) consultants and other specialists.

Top experts on ECI from all over the world, and other leading professionals from the Czech Republic and abroad will participate in the conference. Contributions will be made by speakers from the field of ECI as well as many other collaborating professions.

Visit the conference website for more information at www.eciprague.com. Registration is open until 26 April 2023.

Children Editorial Office

Pharmacotherapy is a very powerful intervention to improve outcome, and this is also true in neonates. The prescription of a given drug should result in a safe and effective intervention to treat or prevent a specific disease or risk in an individual patient or population while avoiding disproportional side effects. Clinical pharmacology supports these aims in predicting drug-related (side) effects driven by pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD). The dynamic changes related to maturation and growth in newborns result in a unique setting with extensive variability. Non-maturational changes (such as disease characteristics, drug–drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, and lactation-related exposure) further add to this variability.

This is a growing and active field of clinical research, with several reports on PK, PD, pharmacovigilance and -safety, and pharmaco-epidemiology having been published. This clinical field is further supported by novelties in the methods that are currently available (low-volume sample analysis, population PK analysis, physiology-based PK).

Date: 5 May 2023, at 11:00 a.m. CEST | 5:00 a.m. EST | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
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Chair and Speakers

Program:

Relevant SI

Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert, Dr. Nadir Yalcin, Dr. Robert B. Flint and Dr. Sinno H.P. Simons
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2023

This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.

Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.