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Psychological barriers [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Endocrinology, 2004
Type 2 diabetes treatment outcomes ultimately depend on patients and their ability to make long-term behavioural changes that support good self-care and metabolic control. Patients' perceptions about diabetes and diabetes-related complications can have a strong influence on their emotional well-being, as well as day-to-day self-care and the quality of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Important ecosystem function, low redundancy and high vulnerability: The trifecta argument for protecting the Great Barrier Reef's tabular Acropora

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2021
Identifying organisms that play an important role in maintaining ecosystem function is a key aspect of resilience‐based management. For Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR), we found that the recovery ability of shallow exposed fore‐reefs is more than 14
Juan C. Ortiz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Failure Assessment Methodologies for Pressure-Retaining Components under Severe Accident Loading

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2012
During postulated high-pressure core melt accident scenarios, temperature values of more than 800°C can be reached in the reactor coolant line and the surge line of a pressurised water reactor (PWR), before the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel ...
J. Arndt, H. Grebner, J. Sievers
doaj   +1 more source

Gli agenti britannici al servizio dei «Granturisti» a Roma. Una lucrosa attività nel XVIII secolo

open access: yesArcHistoR Architettura Storia Restauro: Architecture History Restoration, 2015
Nel XVIII secolo la Roma degli artisti era intrinseca a quella di una cosmopolita popolazione di visitatori europei impegnati nel loro Grand Tour.
Janine Barrier
doaj   +1 more source

ResnetAge: A Resnet-Based DNA Methylation Age Prediction Method

open access: yesBioengineering, 2023
Aging is a significant contributing factor to degenerative diseases such as cancer. The extent of DNA methylation in human cells indicates the aging process and screening for age-related methylation sites can be used to construct epigenetic clocks ...
Lijuan Shi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building barriers [PDF]

open access: yesTissue Barriers, 2017
Formation of tissue barriers starts in early development where it is critical for normal cell fate selection, differentiation and organogenesis. Barrier maintenance is critical to the ongoing function of organs during adulthood and aging. Dysfunctional tissue barrier formation and function at any stage of the organismal life cycle underlies many ...
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L’évaluation, outil de pilotage

open access: yesRevue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2000
For several years in Guinea, the Ministry of Education has been performing an ongoing evaluation programme for primary education as part of efforts to improve education quality. To date, this programme has focused, not on merely evaluating pupils’ levels,
Émilie Barrier
doaj   +1 more source

Klein tunneling through an oblique barrier in graphene ribbons

open access: yes, 2010
We study a transmission coefficient of graphene nanoribbons with a top gate which acts as an oblique barrier. Using a Green function method based on the Dirac-like equation, scattering among transverse modes due to the oblique barrier is taken into ...
Ahn, D., Oh, J. H.
core   +1 more source

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