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Modeling the purposes of models

open access: yes, 2012
Today, the purpose of a model is often kept implicit. The lack of explicit statements about a model's purpose hinders both its creation and its (re)use. In this paper, we adapt two goal modeling techniques, the Goal-Question-Metric paradigm and KAOS, an intentional modeling language, so that the purpose of a model can be explicitly stated and ...
Jeanneret, Cédric   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Voter Model a Model for Voters? [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review Letters, 2014
The voter model has been studied extensively as a paradigmatic opinion dynamics' model. However, its ability for modeling real opinion dynamics has not been addressed. We introduce a noisy voter model (accounting for social influence) with agents' recurrent mobility (as a proxy for social context), where the spatial and population diversity are taken ...
Fernández-Gracia, Juan   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel efficient strategy to generate liver sinusoidal endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells

open access: yesScientific Reports
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) are highly specialized endothelial cells (ECs) that play an important role in liver development and regeneration. Additionally, it is involved in various pathological processes, including steatosis, inflammation,
Shang-Ping Tian   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Object-translocation induces event coding in the rat hippocampus

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Episodic memory is the ability to recall personally experienced events that are situated within specific spatial contexts. Within a navigation environment, salient objects can function as landmarks, and interactions with them can be encoded as distinct ...
Ya-Li Duan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Formononetin promotes porcine oocytes maturation and improves embryonic development by reducing oxidative stress

open access: yesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Increasing evidence has demonstrated that oxidative stress impairs oocyte maturation and embryonic development. Conventionally, antioxidants have been applied in vitro systems to improve oocyte maturation and blastocyst rates.
Na Wang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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