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High Stakes, Serious Noticing [PDF]

AMA Journal of Ethics, 2020
Behind the immediate pathophysiology of a medical condition often lies the emotional turmoil of an uncertain patient. As a result, many patients suffer from distressing thoughts and emotions, and their caregivers play an important role in comforting them.
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Impact of Initial Treatment Setting on Survival in Relapsed Pediatric and AYA Bone Sarcomas: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Clinical Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outcomes in relapsed or refractory pediatric and AYA bone sarcomas remain poor, and the impact of early referral to specialized sarcoma centers on survival is unclear. Early centralization of care may improve local and systemic treatment quality, but evidence in this population is limited.
Justyna Antoniuk‐Majchrzak, Katarzyna Bilska, Tomasz Koziński, Jadwiga Węcławek‐Tompol, Dorota Sega‐Pondel, Radosław Chaber, Wanda Badowska, Katarzyna Rosłan, Hanna Koseła‐Paterczyk, Anna Raciborska   +9 more
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Power of the policy: how the announcement of high-stakes clinical examination altered OSCE implementation at institutional level

BMC Medical Education, 2013
Background The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been widely applied as a high-stakes examination for assessing physicians’ clinical competency.
Lin Chi-Wei, Tsai Tsuen-Chiuan, Sun Cheuk-Kwan, Chen Der-Fang, Liu Keh-Min   +4 more
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Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

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, Mariana dos Santos Murra, Welinton Hirai, Ana Laura Balduino do Nascimento, Karla Emilia de Sá Rodrigues, Wilson Elias de Oliveira Junior   +5 more
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Developmental programmes drive cellular plasticity, disease progression and therapy resistance in lung adenocarcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study shows that lung adenocarcinomas exploit developmental branching morphogenesis to acquire a therapy resistant basal‐like tumour cell state. This process was found to be regulated by combined TP53 loss‐of‐function and type‐I interferon signalling, identifying a novel axis for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery.
Kamila J Bienkowska, Stephany Gallardo, Nur S. Zainal, Leena Arora, Matthew Ellis, Maria‐Antoinette Lopez, Judith Austine, Sai Pittla, Serena J Chee, Aiman Alzetani, Emily C Shaw, Christian H Ottensmeier, Gareth J Thomas, Christopher J Hanley   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forty Years of Public Opinion on Standardized Testing

Nonpartisan Education Review, 2006
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Richard P. Phelps
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Validation of the Principal’s High Stakes Testing Survey

Georgia Educational Researcher, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the soundness of the psychometric characteristics of the Principal’s High Stakes Testing Survey. The 48-item instrument is comprised of six hypothesized subscales (i.e., curriculum, teaching, work satisfaction ...
Lantry Brockmeier, James Pate, Don Leech
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The impact of high stakes testing: the Australian story [PDF]

, 2011
High stakes testing in Australia was introduced in 2008 by way of the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Currently, every year all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on the same days using national tests in Reading ...
Klenowski, Val, Wyatt-Smith, Claire, Klenowski, Valentina   +2 more
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Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park, Kyongman An, Gyeonghwa Kim, Soo‐Nyun Choi, Hong‐Ki Lee, Keun Hur, Kyu‐Shik Jeong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The High Stakes of High-Stakes Testing

, 2000
The question for policymakers is not whether to use high-stakes testing -- the trend toward increased reliance on such testing will not and should not disappear any time soon.
Stanley N. Rabinowitz, Sri Ananda
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