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Criterion‐Related Validity of the Neuropsychological Quick Assessment for Screening Cognitive, Motor, and Behavioral Impairments in Patients With Pediatric Brain Tumors: An Observational Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuropsychological complications may impair the qualitative prognosis of patients with pediatric brain tumors. However, multifaceted evaluations cannot be conducted in all patients because they are time consuming and burdensome for patients.
Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Tsukasa Ueno, Katsutsugu Umeda, Kentaro Ueno, Kanade Tanaka, Noyuri Nishida, Rie Yamawaki, Megumi Nukui, Yoshiki Arakawa   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Pediatric 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, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing biobanks in developing countries.

Journal of global health, 2011
We call for the development of human biobanks in developing countries and describe several examples from low income countries which are already building their own biobanks. Developing human biobanks in developing countries requires strengthening of the research capacity to use the new technologies, as well as a shift in research investment priorities ...
Igor Rudan, Ana Marušic´, Harry Campbell   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Ethical approval in developing countries is not optional [PDF]

, 2012
When conducting health and medical research it is not only important to do the research ethically, but also to apply for prior ethical approval from the relevant authorities.
Simkhada, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin
core   +1 more source

Intraoperative Collection of Ascitic Fluid With Intra‐ or Postoperative Reinfusion in Ovarian Cancer: Safety and Feasibility of a Roller Pumping Method

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with ovarian cancer often present with massive ascites, leading to significant protein loss during surgical procedures. Although cell‐free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART) is used in palliative settings to mitigate protein loss, its application in intraoperative settings remains unexplored.
Yutaka Yoneoka, Tsukuru Amano, Akimasa Takahashi, Mari Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Tanaka, Shunichiro Tsuji, Takashi Murakami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drinking water quality assessment and corrosion mitigation in the hospital water supply system of Chacas Village (Peru)

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2014
Rural hospitals in developing countries often lack appropriate water treatments to assure their water needs. In these facilities, due to water different uses and its use with medical equipment, water quality problems can cause very hazardous situations ...
Riccardo Bigoni, Sabrina Sorlini, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Paolo Berbenni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trade and income inequality in developing countries [PDF]

, 2009
We use a dynamic specification to estimate the impact of trade on within-country income inequality in a sample of 65 developing countries (DCs) over the 1980-1999 period.
Abramovitz, Acemoglu, Aghion, Alarcón, Alvarez, Arbache, Arellano, Atkinson, Attanasio, Autor, Barro, Barro, Barro, Berman, Berman, Berman, Blalock, Blundell, Bourguignon, Bruno, Bun, Calderón, Chamarbagwala, Cline, Coe, Coe, Cornia, Cornia, Cragg, Deininger, Dollar, Easterly, Edwards, Elena Meschi, Feenstra, Feenstra, Feliciano, Galbraith, Galbraith, Gourdon, Grossman, Hanson, Hanushek, Judson, Kiviet, Krugman, Kuznets, Lall, Leamer, Leamer, Lee, Li, Lundberg, Machin, Marco Vivarelli, Melitz, Montobbio, Oxfam, Perkins, Ravallion, Robbins, Rodrik, Schiff, Stiglitz, Verbeek, Vivarelli, Wood, Wood, Xu, Yeaple, Zhu   +70 more
core   +2 more sources

Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero, Ane Martinez‐Larrinaga, Joaquim Grego‐Bessa, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Hielke van Splunder, Ianire Astobiza, Amaia Ercilla, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Isabel Mendizabal, Pilar Villacampa, Arkaitz Carracedo, Mariona Graupera   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does socioeconomic status of farmers determine the adoption of forest landscape restoration practices? Evidence from Central Togo

Sustainable Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) has gained significant attention as a global initiative to address forest and land degradation. While most studies emphasize the diverse benefits of FLR, very few have investigated the extensive nature of its adoption ...
Hamza Moluh Njoya, Kossi Hounkpati, Kossi Adjonou, Kouami Kokou, Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling freshwater snail habitat suitability and areas of potential snail-borne disease transmission in Uganda

Geospatial Health, 2006
Geographic information system (GIS)-based modeling of an intermediate host snail species’ environmental requirements using known occurrence records can provide estimates of its spatial distribution.
A.S. Stensgaard, A. Jørgensen, N.B. Kabatereine, C. Rahbek, T.K. Kristensen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source