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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed +5 more
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Unusual First Names: A Positive Outlook
Names, 1983 After discussing some problems with the tendency to generalize from the literature on the psychological effects of unusual first names, this article summarizes a series of studies that have been performed.
Richard L. Zweigenhaft
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor +12 more
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The “Name Game”: Affective and Hiring Reactions to First Names [PDF]
, 2008 Purpose – The paper seeks to examine how the uniqueness and ethnicity of first names influence affective reactions to those names and their potential for hire.
Cotton, John +2 more
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Predicting Rising Follower Counts on Twitter Using Profile Information
, 2017 When evaluating the cause of one's popularity on Twitter, one thing is considered to be the main driver: Many tweets. There is debate about the kind of tweet one should publish, but little beyond tweets. Of particular interest is the information provided
Bandari Roja +8 more
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Hybrid type theory: a quartet in four movements [PDF]
, 2011 This paper sings a song -a song created by bringing together the work of four great names in the history of logic: Hans Reichenbach, Arthur Prior, Richard Montague, and Leon Henkin.
Areces, Carlos +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura +5 more
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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination: The Gender Difference [PDF]
Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter,
Arai, Mahmood, Bursell, Moa, Nekby, Lena
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Foreign given names in Spanish youth: evidence of a globalized society [PDF]
Linguistica Pragensia, 2015 This paper provides evidence of the impact of the Anglo-American culture on Spanish language and society. Societal phenomena such as globalization, migration and the media are observable in every area of Spanish people’s daily life.
Carmen Luján-García
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Psychological Factors Affecting Preferences for First Names
Names, 1980 Anecdotal and anthropological evidence suggests that personal names are of considerable psychological significance, but they have not received much attention from psychologists.
Andrew M. Colman +2 more
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