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Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tackling low educational achievement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report examines the factors underlying low achievement in British education. It is important to find out why tens of thousands of young people leave school with no or very few qualifications. Low achievement at age 16 is associated with disadvantage
Cassen, Robert, Kingdon, Geeta
core  

Confronting The Difference: Ethnicity And Patterns Of Achievement In Initial Teacher Education For The Further Education And Skills Sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In Higher Education (HE), an ongoing and incompletely understood achievement gap in degree classification has been identified between white and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students.
Noel, Penny, Waugh, Gill
core   +2 more sources

Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating uncertainty: the impact of the sampling and assessment design on statistical inference in the context of ILSA

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education
This paper informs users of data collected in international large-scale assessments (ILSA), by presenting arguments underlining the importance of considering two design features employed in these studies.
Diego Cortes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Differential Plant Responses to Drought, Heat, and Combined Drought + Heat Stress

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Molecular Biology
Global warming increases the frequency with which drought and heat stress occur simultaneously, especially in semi-arid regions. Such combined stress imposes a non-additive and more severe impact on plant growth, yield, and quality than either stress ...
Nankai Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relation among Parental Factors and Achievement of African American Urban Youth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Research has repeatedly suggested that SES is a major factor in diminishing academic achievement of African American urban youth; however, there are other factors also influencing children’s achievement.
Wilson, Clancie
core   +1 more source

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Secondary school students’ attitudes of tolerance towards minorities

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education
Continued migration flows are inevitable, and research into favorable conditions for educating students in pluralistic societies is timely. This study attempts to address the operationalization of favorable conditions when educating children in diverse ...
Clara Beyer, Falk Brese
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

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