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Teleconnections that link climate processes at widely separated spatial locations form a key component of the climate system. Their analysis has traditionally been based on means, climatologies, correlations, or spectral properties, which cannot always ...
Xavier-Andoni Tibau +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine +17 more
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Preventive Behaviors of COVID-19 in the Iranian Adult Population during the Pandemic: The Integrated Effect of the Health Belief Model and the Planned Behavior Intention Using Causal Path Analysis [PDF]
Background: This study aimed to investigate the integration of the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of intention to plan preventive behavior for COVID-19 during the pandemic. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a sample of 480 adult participants
Erfaneh Hajian-Tilaki +2 more
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ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben +4 more
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Implementing Causal Inference in Ecology Through the Structural Causal Model (SCM) Framework
Ecologists are often interested in understanding causal relationships from ecological data. However, developed methods for causal inference, particularly for observational-based studies are often not taught or applied in ecology.
Arif, Suchinta
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ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk +10 more
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Causal Responsibility and Counterfactuals. [PDF]
How do people attribute responsibility in situations where the contributions of multiple agents combine to produce a joint outcome? The prevalence of over-determination in such cases makes this a difficult problem for counterfactual theories of causal ...
Lagnado, DA, Zultan, R, Gerstenberg, T
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Three analytical frameworks of causal inference and their applications
Causality is a generic relationship between an effect and a cause that produces it. The causal relationship among things has been a research hotspot; however, the complexity of causality is sometimes far beyond our imagination.
Zhong-gui MA, Xiao-han XU, Xue-er LIU
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ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann +8 more
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