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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying prognostic indicators for electrical treeing in solid insulation through pulse sequence analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Predictive maintenance attempts to evaluate the condition of equipment and predict the future trend of the equipment's aging, in order to reduce costs when compared to the two traditional approaches: corrective and preventive maintenance. This prediction
Aziz, Nur Hakimah   +2 more
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Goal Content for the practice of physical activity and the impact on subjective well-being in older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main goal of this study consisted in an analysis of the impact that the goal content that leads to the practice of physical activity in the elderly population can play on the variables that constitute subjective well-being, as well as to analyze the ...
Antunes, Raul   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical stability, thermal behavior, and shelf life assessment of extruded modified double-base propellants

open access: yesDefence Technology, 2018
Double base propellant suffers from lack of chemical stability; this could result in self ignition during storing. Modified double base (MDB) propellant based on stoichiometric binary mixture of oxidizer-metal fuel (Ammonium perchlorate/Aluminum), and ...
Sherif Elbasuney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying characteristics of frailty in female mice using a phenotype assessment tool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Preclinical studies are important in identifying the underlying mechanisms contributing to frailty. Frailty studies have mainly focused on male rodents with little directed at female rodents.
Baumann, Cory W.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aging Attitudes Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Disabilities: Gender Differences and Predictors

open access: yesGeriatrics
Background/Objectives: Research suggests that attitudes toward aging significantly impact health and well-being outcomes in older adults and are influenced by various factors.
Muna Bhattarai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting life satisfaction in Angolan elderly: The moderating effect of gender [PDF]

open access: yesPsychosocial Intervention, 2014
A considerable amount of research has been done to explain life satisfaction in the elderly, and there is growing empirical evidence on the best predictors of life satisfaction.
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction : II. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on circulating hormone levels, glucose homeostasis and oxidative stress in male C57BL/6 mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This work was supported by BBSRC BB009953/1 awarded to JRS and SEM. PK and CD were funded by the Erasmus exchange programme. JRS, SEM, DD, CG, LC, JJDH, YW, DELP, DL and AD are members of the BBSRC China Partnership Award, BB/J020028/1.Peer ...
Chen, Luonan   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

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