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The influence of delayed graft function [PDF]
We study the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) in a group of 3365 renal transplant recipient patients from various Spanish centres, its clinical consequences, and the evolution in time (transplants performed in 1990, 1994 and 1998) of the factors that determine its presence.
Ricard, Sola +3 more
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ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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Approximating Special Social Influence Maximization Problems
Social Influence Maximization Problems (SIMPs) deal with selecting k seeds in a given Online Social Network (OSN) to maximize the number of eventually-influenced users.
Jie Wu, Ning Wang
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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 +4 more
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Acute hypoglycemia impairs executive cognitive function in adults with and without type 1 diabetes [PDF]
OBJECTIVE Acute hypoglycemia impairs cognitive function in several domains. Executive cognitive function governs organization of thoughts, prioritization of tasks, and time management.
Graveling, Alex J. +2 more
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Genomic influences on platelet function [PDF]
PhDThe study of platelet messenger and micro-RNAs is of increasing interest owing to the fact that platelets contain the machinery to splice and translate mRNA into proteins in response to inhibitory or activating signals.
Hayman, Melissa Anne
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On Minimum Bregman Divergence Inference
The density power divergence (DPD) is a well-studied member of the Bregman divergence family and forms the basis of widely used minimum divergence estimators that balance efficiency and robustness. In this paper, we introduce and study a new sub-class of
Soumik Purkayastha, Ayanendranath Basu
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ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk +10 more
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Variance estimation for sensitivity analysis of poverty and inequality measures
Estimates of poverty and inequality are often based on application of a single equivalence scale, despite the fact that a large number of different equivalence scales can be found in the literature.
Christian Dudel
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin +17 more
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