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Building a Life Table for Lebanon: Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Future

Risks
Lebanon does not have a national mortality table that reflects its demographic and health conditions. Despite ongoing changes in mortality patterns driven by economic crises, political instability, and social changes, outdated foreign tables such as AM80
Natalia Bou Sakr, Stéphane Loisel, Gihane Mansour, Yahia Salhi   +3 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Construction of Mortality Table for Credit Life Insurance using Whittaker-Henderson Graduation Method

JTAM (Jurnal Teori dan Aplikasi Matematika)
Indonesian Mortality Table III (2011) and Indonesian Mortality Table IV (2019) are still used as a reference for determining life insurance premiums, one of which is determining Credit Life Insurance premium rates.
Fajar Eko Prasetyo, Hyuk-Sung Kwon
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Survival probability and predictors for woman experience childhood death in Nigeria: “analysis of north–south differentials”

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Childhood mortality rate is high in Nigeria. There is dearth of information on the comparison of childhood mortality probability and its causal factors in the Northern and Southern Nigeria. This study was designed to fill these gaps.
Adebowale Ayo S, Yusuf Bidemi O, Fagbamigbe Adeniyi F   +2 more
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Population Demographic Characteristics of Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A. Mey.) Bunge ex Fenzl in Gobi Desert of Mongolia

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020
We measured the basal diameter, height and crown size of saxaul trees, and used survival curve and static life table in defining population structure and dynamics of H. ammodendron. The static life-table proved that population size in the first three age
Tsedensodnom Enkhchimeg, Byambadorj Ser-Oddamba, Altantugs Oyuntugs, Sainbuyan Zoljargal, Dulamsuren Narantugs, Nyam-Osor Batkhuu   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oregon's Kitchen Table - community engagement on Oregon's integrated water resources strategy. Ukrainian

, 2023
This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government ...

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Entropy of the Gompertz-Makeham mortality model

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: Life table entropy is a quantity frequently used in demography; e.g., as a measure ofheterogeneity in age at death, or as the elasticity of life expectancy with regards to proportional changes in age-specific mortality.
Tomasz Wrycza
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source