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ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin +6 more
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Smoothing with Mixed Model Software [PDF]
Smoothing methods that use basis functions with penalization can be formulated as fits in a mixed model framework. One of the major benefits is that software for mixed model analysis can be used for smoothing.
Matthew P. Wand, Long Ngo
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ABSTRACT Background Animal‐assisted activities (AAAs) with therapy dogs have shown positive effects on patient well‐being and quality of life in various areas of medicine, including pediatric oncology. However, research on this topic is limited. The aim of this study is to present the current status of AAA in pediatric oncology in Germany, Austria, and
Jan‐Marius Wedig +7 more
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Sequencing mixed-model assembly lines in just-in-time production systems [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis proposes a new simulated annealing approach to solve multiple objective sequencing problems in mixed-model assembly lines.
Mohammadi-Khashouie, Ghorbanali
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ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier +11 more
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The Influence of Soil Deformability on the Seismic Response of 3D Mixed R/C–Steel Buildings
Following effective seismic codes, common buildings are considered to be made of the same material throughout the story distribution and based on an ideal rigid soil. However, in daily construction practice, there are often cases of buildings formed by a
Paraskevi K. Askouni
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ABSTRACT Background Childhood aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare disease, and both the disease itself and its treatment cause significant morbidity. We aimed to determine the contemporary incidence of childhood AA in Finland, to compare the clinical characteristics of AA against inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) and refractory cytopenia of ...
Lauri‐Matti Kulmala +8 more
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Determining Parental Factors for Clinical Trial Attrition in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Despite high enrollment rates on Children's Oncology Group (COG) protocols, attrition after initial consent is challenging, introducing bias and prolonging trial completion. While adult oncology literature has identified predictors of withdrawal, little is known about caregiver decision‐making for child participation in ...
Kimberly L. Stathas +3 more
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Use of REML/BLUP for the selection of sugarcane families specialized in biomass production
One hundred and fourteen full-sib families were evaluated at two sites in Minas Gerais in experiments in augmented blocks and the data analyzed by the REML/BLUP method.
Marcio Henrique Pereira Barbosa +6 more
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Calculation method for natural vibration frequency of stern cabin in oceanographic research vessel
Vibration prediction for stern cabins is an important part of research into the global vibration of ships. To address the need to improve precision and efficiency, a study is carried out on the proportion of a mixed model and the length of a 3D stern ...
LIU Xi'an, WU Guangming, LI Weijie
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