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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques +5 more
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The Economic Threshold for Grasshopper Control on Public Rangelands
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1992 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for controlling grasshopper populations on public rangelands.
Robert M. Davis +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling +2 more
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Inbound Open Innovation in Financial Services
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2015 In the existing literature on innovation, financial services firms are attributed with a dependence on external knowledge inputs. Meanwhile, relative importance of sources of knowledge for innovation, modes of knowledge inflow, cooperation partners ...
Andrey Martovoy +2 more
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Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Specialization [PDF]
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2011 In this work, we study behavioral specialization in a swarm of autonomous robots. In the studied swarm, robots have to carry out tasks of different types that appear stochastically in time and space in a given environment. We consider a setting in which a robot working repeatedly on tasks of the same type improves its performance on them due to ...
Arne Brutschy +7 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye +33 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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Self-employment and marriage: Costs and benefits
South African Journal of Business Management, 1996 This article highlights the effect of self-employment in a marriage by examining both the costs and possible benefits that are brought to bear when the breadwinner is in self-employment.
Cathy M. Haselau, Madhubala I. Kasiram
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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Benefits and costs of improving pumping efficiency
California Agriculture, 1988 Pump repair or replacement can substantially improve performance, but energy savings will depend on management of the irrigation ...
B Hanson
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