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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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A Simple and Robust Model Predictive Current Control of Induction Machine Using Stator Current Predictor and Target-Oriented Cost Function

IEEE Access, 2021
Model predictive current control, which inherits from vector control framework, is expected to become a promising control strategy to improve the dynamic performance of servo system because of its simple structure and fast dynamic response.
Zhihua Peng
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Application of Covariance Matrix Adaptation-Evolution Strategy to Optimal Portfolio [PDF]

International Journal of Industrial Electronics, Control and Optimization, 2019
Capital portfolio management is considered an important issue in the field of economics and its main subject is about the scientific management of combination choice of assets that meet the specific investment objectives.
S. Amir Ghoreishi, Hamid Khaloozadeh
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Varieties of Cost Functions.

, 2016
Les fonctions régulières de coût ont été introduites comme généralisation quantitative des langages réguliers, dont elles conservent plusieurs caractérisations équivalentes et propriétés de décidabilité. Par exemple, les monoïdes de stabilisation jouent le même rôle pour les fonctions de coûts que les monoïdes pour les langages réguliers. Le but de cet
Daviaud, Laure, Kuperberg, Denis, Pin, Jean-Eric   +2 more
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Cost Optimisation of Supply Chains in the Food Industry: Cost Function Modelling [PDF]

Amfiteatru Economic
The food industry faces complex challenges in managing supply chains, significantly affecting operational performance and costs. This paper explores the critical factors influencing the efficiency of food supply chains, such as product perishability ...
Ion Popa, Sorina-Geanina Stănescu, Anișoara Duică, Elisabeta Ilona Molnar , Mircea Constantin Duică   +4 more
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Economic Dispatch with Transmission Losses in a Distributed Generation Network of Bahawalpur

Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering, 2021
In an electrical power system, the ultimate aim is to generate and deliver electrical energy to consumer side with minimum cost involved. Thus, least fuel cost, effective unit commitment and minimum transmission losses are desirous to achieve economic ...
Khan Ahmad, Rashid Zeeshan, Umer Farhana, Yousaf Abdur Rehman, Saeed Arif   +4 more
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Determining Parental Factors for Clinical Trial Attrition in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Despite high enrollment rates on Children's Oncology Group (COG) protocols, attrition after initial consent is challenging, introducing bias and prolonging trial completion. While adult oncology literature has identified predictors of withdrawal, little is known about caregiver decision‐making for child participation in ...
Kimberly L. Stathas, Jakob Q. Weiss, Kellee N. Parker, Cathy Lee‐Miller   +3 more
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Modelling of cost-functions under risk and uncertainty

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2009
In economics, a cost curve is a graph of the costs of production as a function of total quantity produced. In a free market economy, these curves are used by the entities to find the optimal point of production, where they make the highest profits. There
Michaela Beranová, Dana Martinovičová
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