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Interoperable services based on activity monitoring in ambient assisted living environments [PDF]

, 2014
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is considered as the main technological solution that will enable the aged and people in recovery to maintain their independence and a consequent high quality of life for a longer period of time than would otherwise be the ...
Acampora, G, Appiah, K, Hunter, A, Vitiello, A   +3 more
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The Impact of Reading Instructional Time in the Classroom

Sisyphus, 2021
Reading is without doubt a highly complex cognitive process and hence it is a difficult task to formulate policies for its' improvement. An effective reading time allocation is particularly important for the improvement of early grade reading. DeStefano (
Atique ur Rehman
doaj   +1 more source

Semi-automated detection of surface degradation on bridges based on a level set method [PDF]

, 2015
Due to the effect of climate factors, natural phenomena and human usage, buildings and infrastructures are subject of progressive degradation. The deterioration of these structures has to be monitored in order to avoid hazards for human beings and for ...
Guarnieri, Alberto, Masiero, Andrea, Pirotti, Francesco, Vettore, Antonio   +3 more
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Survival for Children Diagnosed With Wilms Tumour (2012–2022) Registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of childhood (IMPORT) is a prospective clinical observational study capturing detailed demographic and outcome data on children and young people diagnosed with renal tumours in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Naomi Ssenyonga, Angela Lopez‐Cortes, Reem Al‐Saadi, Suzanne Tugnait, Kristina Dzhuma, Catriona Duncan, Gordan Vujanic, Tanzina Chowdhury, Claudia Allemani, Michel P. Coleman, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Renal Tumour Special Interest Group, Hugh Bishop, Anthony McCarthy, Pamela Kearns, Helen Rees, Amos Burke, Meriel Jenney, Jane Pears, Hamish Wallace, Milind Ronghe, Tanzina Chowdhury, Susan Picton, Emma Ross, Lisa Howell, Bernadette Brennan, Gail Halliday, Richard Grundy, Shaun Wilson, Sucheta Vaidya, Daniel Yeomanson, Jessica Bate, Vesna Pavasovic, Jessica Bate, Sabine Irtan, Jesper Brok, Minou Oostveen, Kristina Dzhuma, Mark Weeks, Richard Williams, Mark Powis, Max Pachl, Bruce Okoye, Naima Smeulders, Gordan Vujanic, Oystein Olsen, Tom Watson, Susan Shelmerdine, Dan Saunders, Angela Lopez-Cortes, Taryn Treger, Tom Jackson, Suzanne Tugnait, Lisa Howell, Tanzina Chowdhury, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Rights Accountability Through Treaty Bodies: Examining Human Rights Treaty Monitoring for Water and Sanitation [PDF]

, 2015
Framing scholarship on human rights accountability through treaty bodies, this article examines the water and sanitation content of state human rights reporting to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Kim, Yuna, Meier, Benjamin Mason
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In vivo imaging enables high resolution preclinical trials on patients' leukemia cells growing in mice. [PDF]

, 2012
Xenograft mouse models represent helpful tools for preclinical studies on human tumors. For modeling the complexity of the human disease, primary tumor cells are by far superior to established cell lines.
Brentjens, Renier J., Castro Alves, Catarina, Ehrhardt, Harald, Farkasova, Katarina, Groiss, Volker, Horstmann, Martin, Jeremias, Irmela, Ogris, Manfred, Quintanilla-Martinez, Leticia, Schneider, Katja, Terziyska, Nadia, Wagner, Ernst, zur Stadt, Udo   +12 more
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The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Bridging the gap between policy and science in assessing the health status of marine ecosystems [PDF]

, 2016
Human activities,both established and emerging, increasingly affect the provision of marine ecosystem services that deliver societal and economic benefits.
Austen, Melanie, Berg, Torsten, Borja, Angel, Carstensen, Jacob, Cochrane, Sabine, Danovaro, Roberto, Elliott, Mike, Greenstreet, Simon, Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina, Lynam, Christop, Snelgrove, Paul   +10 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

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, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in prevalence and number of cases of diagnosed type 2 diabetes in Germany: Projections until 2050 [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring
Background: In order to assess the prevention and care needs for type 2 diabetes in the coming decades from a public health perspective, forecasts on the trends in prevalence and case numbers are essential.
Jens Baumert, Lukas Reitzle, Ralph Brinks, Ronny Kuhnert, Christin Heidemann   +4 more
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