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Lifetime healthcare expenditures across socioeconomic groups
Background A socioeconomic gradient affects healthcare expenditures and longevity in opposite directions as less affluent individuals have higher current healthcare expenditures but simultaneously enjoy shorter lives.
Malene Kallestrup-Lamb +1 more
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Transistorized circuit clamps voltage with 0.1 percent error [PDF]
Transistorized clamping circuit clamps either of two voltage levels to input of digital-to-analog resistive matrix with 0.1 percent error.
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ABSTRACT Background L‐asparaginase is a critical component in treatment protocols for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Acute pancreatitis reactions can necessitate delays and, in some cases, discontinuation of L‐asparaginase, which compromises outcomes.
Edward J. Raack +39 more
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Beyond Five Percent: The New Foundation Payout Menu [PDF]
Looks at thirteen foundations and examines the ways in which their non-standard structures -- whether in the areas of lifespan, payout, or methods -- arise from their missions. Foundations can have an impact when they choose to increase their payout rate
Heidi Waleson
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Medicaid's Soaring Cost: Time to Step on the Brakes [PDF]
Current trends and policies imply unsustainable growth in federal Medicaid outlays. In the year 2006, federal Medicaid spending was 11.9 percent of federal general revenues and 1.5 percent of GDP.
Jagadeesh Gokhale
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MYCN Amplification in RB1‐Inactivated Retinoblastoma: Association With High‐Risk Features
ABSTRACT Background MYCN amplification occurs in a subset of retinoblastoma cases, both with and without RB1 inactivation. It has been suggested that retinoblastomas with MYCN amplification represent a distinct entity with more aggressive clinical behavior.
Kyriaki Papaioannou +9 more
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Influence of 2.75 to 11 moles sucrose as an exogenous osmoprotectant on salt stressed (7.8-9.1 and 18.2 ms/cm) and temperature stressed (42.36C) Azolla (A. filiculoides Lam.) was studied.
M. Asfia; A. Ghalavand; H. Heidari; Sh. Nezami; Gh. Normohammadi
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TWO PERCENT OF GDP FOR DEFENSE
First, advantages and disadvantages connected with measuring military expenditures as a share of national GDP are being discussed. Subsequently, the article analyzes development of defense burden in NATO nations during the past decade in the context of ...
Vladan Holcner
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Tilting Rightward: C-SPAN's Coverage of Think Tanks [PDF]
This study's main finding is that C-SPAN coverage of think tanks overwhelmingly favors conservative think tanks while left-of-center think tanks are under-represented. In 2006, conservative think tanks received 43.76 percent of total think tank coverage.
Juan Antonio Montecino, Mark Weisbrot
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Pancreas, Muscle, and Subcutaneous Fat Atrophy in Patients Undergoing Radiation for Neuroblastoma
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Radiation therapy (RT) is part of standard‐of‐care therapy in high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NBL) but can significantly affect nearby tissue. The objectives of this study were (1) to characterize changes in pancreas volume after RT and (2) to characterize changes in body composition, including body weight percentile ...
Pradipta Debnath +10 more
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