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Homing and Bodies: Arab Queer Encounters [PDF]

, 2022
This article explores issues of homing, nostalgia, and queer Arab bodies by writing through encounters, precisely through encounters with the self and with others.
Lamiae Bouqentar
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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The GPS flight recorder for homing pigeons works : design and first results [PDF]

, 2006
This paper describes a first version of the GPS flight recorder for homing pigeons. The GPS recorder consists of a hybrid GPS board, a patch antenna 19*19 mm, a 3 V Lithium battery as power supply, a DCDC converter, a logging facility and an additional ...
Rüter, Eckhard, Wiltschko, Wolfgang (Prof. Dr.), Hünerbein, Karen von, Hamann, Hans-Joachim   +3 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The homing behavior of red deer: A GPS assisted translocation experiment

, 2023
BackgroundMany animals move back to their home area (i.e., ‘homing’) after translocation to sites further away. Such translocations have traditionally been used in behavioral ecology to understand orientation and migration behavior of animals.
Spießberger, M., Holton, M., Börger, L., Burda, H., Olejarz, A., Ježek, M., Faltusová, M., Váchal, A., Silovský, V., Lagner, O., Landler, L., Malkemper, E. ; https://orcid.org/   +11 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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Survey of Pandemic Behavior: to Stay at Home or Not

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2008
Preparedness plans for pandemic flu are published in many countries. Since the details of pandemic flu are still not clear, mathematical models are widely used for the development of pandemic flu preparedness plans. Obtaining actual numbers for parameters in a mathematic model is very difficult.
SUGAWARA, Tamie, SUGIURA, Masakazu, OHKUSA, Yasushi, TANIGUCHI, Kiyosu, OKABE, Nobuhiko   +4 more
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modular-designed engineered bacteria for precision tumor immunotherapy via spatiotemporal manipulation by magnetic field

Nature Communications, 2023
Micro-nano biorobots based on bacteria have demonstrated great potential for tumor diagnosis and treatment. The bacterial gene expression and drug release should be spatiotemporally controlled to avoid drug release in healthy tissues and undesired ...
Xiaotu Ma, Xiaolong Liang, Yao Li, Qingqing Feng, Keman Cheng, Nana Ma, Fei Zhu, Xinjing Guo, Yale Yue, Guangna Liu, Tianjiao Zhang, Jie Liang, Lei Ren, Xiao Zhao, Guangjun Nie   +14 more
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Short-range homing in camels: displacement experiments

Biology Open, 2021
Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are known to have good navigational abilities and can find their home after displacement to far places; however, there are no studies available on the navigational strategies employed by the camels in homing behavior.
Sofyan H. Alyan
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