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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Does Compactness Matter? Comparative Study of Medium‐Sized Shrinking Cities’ Compactness in Germany and Poland

Urban Planning
Urban shrinkage is an increasingly pressing phenomenon in Europe, affecting medium‐sized cities that are vital to regional stability. However, large‐scale, longitudinal research on the relationship between urban form characteristics and shrinkage remains
Ewa Szymczyk, Mateusz Bukowski, Andrzej Tomski   +2 more
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Cyclists' noise exposure in a Brazilian medium-sized city.

Ciencia & saude coletiva, 2020
This study aimed to assess cyclists' exposure to noise in a medium-sized Brazilian city. Mobile sensors were used to conduct noise measurements in streets with and without dedicated cycling infrastructures. The method can be summarized in the following procedures: i) characterization of the study area; ii) data collection and validation; iii ...
Ramos, Thiago da Cunha, Rodrigues da Silva, Antonio Nelson, Lucas de Souza, Lea Cristina, Dekoninck, Luc, Botteldooren, Dick, Teixeira, Inaian Pignatti   +5 more
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Occurrence of Extramedullary Relapses in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia After Treatment With Blinatumomab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report a retrospective single‐center analysis of pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory B‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia focusing on relapses outside of the typical locations, bone marrow, central nervous system, or testes.
Johanna Kunz, Martin Ebinger, Michaela Döring, Markus Mezger, Ursula Holzer, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Manon Queudeville   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

REDEFINIÇÃO DA CENTRALIDADE URBANA EM CIDADES MÉDIAS / Redefinition of the urban centrality in medium-sized cities [PDF]

Sociedade & Natureza, 2008
The presented article realizes one effort reflective whose main objective is to analyze the processes ofdecentralization and recentralization in medium-sized cities that, conjugated, result in new centralitiesand the redefinition of the urban centrality ...
Gilberto Alves de Oliveira Júnior
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Wired Cities — Opportunities for small and medium sized cities on the Information Highway [PDF]

, 1996
Certainly one of the most fascinating developments in a world economy whose basic productive infrastructure is made up of information flows and communication media, are cities and regions becoming the “critical agents” of the economic development. Since regions and cities are more flexible in adapting to changing conditions of markets, technologies and
Strauß, Ralf E., Schoder, Detlef, Müller, Günter   +2 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
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of ride‐hailing services on public transit usage in China's small‐ and medium‐sized cities: A synthetic control method analysis

IET Smart Cities
With the recent advances in smartphones and Internet technologies, ride‐hailing services (such as Uber and Didi) have emerged and changed the travel modes that residents use.
Jun Zhong, Huan Zhou, Yan Lin, Fangxiao Ren   +3 more
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Urban Poverty: The Case of Medium Sized City in Pakistan [PDF]

The Pakistan Development Review, 2015
The process of urbanisation has dual impact on the development process of an economy. Initially, it encourages the workers to switch from low productive sector i.e. agriculture to high productive sectors like services and manufacturing [Becker, et al. (1994)].
Masood Sarwar Awan, Nasir Iqbal
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