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Animal‐Assisted Activities With Therapy Dogs in Pediatric Oncology: A Multicenter Survey of the Current Status, Implementation, and Challenges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Birgit Burkhardt, Christof M. Kramm, Kira Ostermann, Sarah C. Goretzki, Uta Dirksen, Nico Kurpiers, Michael M. Schündeln   +7 more
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On Hierarchical Composite Endpoints in Pediatric Cancer Supportive Care: Illustrative Examples From Two Multi‐Center Phase‐III Randomized Clinical Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Mark Zobeck, Adam J. Esbenshade, Christopher C. Dvorak, Lillian Sung, David Freyer, Sarah Alexander, Etan Orgel, Nicole J. Ullrich, Zach Prudowsky, Brian Fisher, Caitlin W. Elgarten   +11 more
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A Population‐Based Study on Childhood Aplastic Anemia—Incidence, Outcomes, and Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Riitta Niinimäki, Tytti Pokka, Anu Huurre, Liisa Järvelä, Sauli Palmu, Tuuli Pöyhönen, Pauliina Utriainen, Henri Aarnivala   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using lexical variables to predict picture-naming errors in jargon aphasia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Introduction Individuals with jargon aphasia produce fluent output which often comprises high proportions of non-word errors (e.g., maf for dog). Research has been devoted to identifying the underlying mechanisms behind such output.
Catherine Godbold
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Determining Parental Factors for Clinical Trial Attrition in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
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, Jakob Q. Weiss, Kellee N. Parker, Cathy Lee‐Miller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Covariate random effects on the CD4 count variation during HIV disease progression in women

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2019
Partson Tinarwo, Temesgen Zewotir, Delia NorthSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaPurpose: To investigate the variation in CD4 count between HIV positive patients due to clinical ...
Tinarwo P, Zewotir T, North D
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EM-REML estimation of covariance parameters in Gaussian mixed models for longitudinal data analysis

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2000
This paper presents procedures for implementing the EM algorithm to compute REML estimates of variance covariance components in Gaussian mixed models for longitudinal data analysis.
Robert-Granié Christèle, Jaffrézic Florence, Foulley Jean-Louis   +2 more
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Nephrogenic Rests/Nephroblastomatosis in Patients With Unilateral Wilms Tumor Are Not Associated With an Increased Risk of Relapse: An Analysis of Patients Treated on the SIOP‐WT‐2001 Protocol in the SIOP‐UK‐CCLG and SIOP‐GPOH Studies (2001–2022)

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Nephrogenic rests (NRs) and nephroblastomatosis (NBM) are precursor lesions for development of Wilms tumor (WT). Their association with the risk of relapse has not been properly assessed, partly due to misunderstanding of their diagnostic criteria and terminology.
Gordan M. Vujanić, Rhoikos Furtwängler, Tanzina Chowdhury, Christian Vokuhl, Jenny Wegert, Norbert Graf   +5 more
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Unraveling the genetic potential of Indian rice germplasm for reproductive stage drought tolerance

Frontiers in Plant Science
Climate change poses a serious threat to future food security on a global scale. Drought is the most challenging abiotic stress, limiting rice production in rainfed rice ecosystems. Therefore, an experiment was designed under three distinct environments,
Santhiya Subramanian, Pushpam Ramamoorthy, Subramanian Alagesan, John Joel Amalraj, Raveendran Muthurajan, Senthil Alagarsamy, Muthuramu Sengalan, Suresh Ramalingam, Pravin Kumar Kathiresan, Parthiban Thathapalli Prakash   +9 more
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Selection indexes in the simultaneous increment of yield components in topcross hybrids of green maize [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
: The objective of this work was to define the most suitable selective strategy for the simultaneous increment of yield components of green maize, by comparing three selection indexes weighted by economic weights and by the REML/BLUP method, in the ...
Willame dos Santos Candido, Caique Machado e Silva, Maraiza Lima Costa, Bruna Elaine de Almeida Silva, Beatriz Lima de Miranda, Jefferson Fernando Naves Pinto, Edésio Fialho dos Reis   +6 more
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