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HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts

PLoS ONE, 2018
This study examined HIV testing and use, familiarity, and attitudes toward pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in the United States. A national probability sample (N = 470) of three age cohorts (18–25, 34–41, and 52–59
Phillip L. Hammack, I. Meyer, Evan A. Krueger, M. Lightfoot, D. Frost   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health estimate differences between six independent web surveys: different web surveys, different results?

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Most general population web surveys are based on online panels maintained by commercial survey agencies. Many of these panels are based on non-probability samples. However, survey agencies differ in their panel selection and management strategies. Little
Rainer Schnell, Jonas Klingwort
doaj   +1 more source

Analisis Reaksi Pasar dan Risiko Investasi antara Perusahaan Perata Laba dan Buka Perata Laba

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing, 2013
The research aims to: 1) Analyzing is there any difference of market reaction between income smoothers and non income smoothers companies. 2) Analyzing is there any difference of investment risk between the income smoothers and non income smoothers ...
Brahm Ardhi Noviant, Marsono Marsono
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating probability and big non-probability samples data to produce Official Statistics

Statistical Methods & Applications
This paper introduces the pseudo-calibration estimators, a novel method that integrates a non-probability sample of big size with a probability sample, assuming both samples contain relevant information for estimating the population parameter.
N. Golini, Paolo Righi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the determinants of unhealthy dietary habits among a sample of survey participants in Jamaica

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objective. To identify and assess the determinants of unhealthy dietary habits among a sample of survey participants in Jamaica. Methods. Because of resource constraints, this cross-sectional assessment is based on a three-stage non-probability sample of
Althea La Foucade, Samuel Gabriel, Vyjanti Beharry, Christine Laptiste, Charmaine Metivier, T. Alafia Samuels, Karl Theodore, Patricia Edwards-Wescott   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survival for Children Diagnosed With Wilms Tumour (2012–2022) Registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of childhood (IMPORT) is a prospective clinical observational study capturing detailed demographic and outcome data on children and young people diagnosed with renal tumours in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Naomi Ssenyonga, Angela Lopez‐Cortes, Reem Al‐Saadi, Suzanne Tugnait, Kristina Dzhuma, Catriona Duncan, Gordan Vujanic, Tanzina Chowdhury, Claudia Allemani, Michel P. Coleman, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones, the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Renal Tumour Special Interest Group, Hugh Bishop, Anthony McCarthy, Pamela Kearns, Helen Rees, Amos Burke, Meriel Jenney, Jane Pears, Hamish Wallace, Milind Ronghe, Tanzina Chowdhury, Susan Picton, Emma Ross, Lisa Howell, Bernadette Brennan, Gail Halliday, Richard Grundy, Shaun Wilson, Sucheta Vaidya, Daniel Yeomanson, Jessica Bate, Vesna Pavasovic, Jessica Bate, Sabine Irtan, Jesper Brok, Minou Oostveen, Kristina Dzhuma, Mark Weeks, Richard Williams, Mark Powis, Max Pachl, Bruce Okoye, Naima Smeulders, Gordan Vujanic, Oystein Olsen, Tom Watson, Susan Shelmerdine, Dan Saunders, Angela Lopez-Cortes, Taryn Treger, Tom Jackson, Suzanne Tugnait, Lisa Howell, Tanzina Chowdhury, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the phase transition of the 3D random field Ising model [PDF]

, 2014
We present numerical simulations of the random field Ising model in three dimensions at zero temperature. The critical exponents are found to agree with previous results.
Picco, Marco, Sourlas, Nicolas
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF SAVING BEHAVIOR FOR POOR AND NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AL-AHSA GOVERNORATE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, 2018

The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science, 2019
This research was aimed at analyzing the saving behavior of Saudi households in AL-HASA governorate, the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. Data was collected via questionnaire randomly distributed to a sample of 308 Saudi households.
Hadid1 & et al
doaj   +1 more source