Results 71 to 80 of about 131,260 (329)

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

Distracted by pleasure: effects of positive versus negative valence on emotional capture under load [PDF]

, 2016
We report 3 experiments examining the effects of positive versus negative valence and perceptual load in determining attention capture by irrelevant emotional distractors. Participants performed a letter search task searching for 1 of 2 target letters (X
Gupta, R, Hur, YJ, Lavie, N
core   +1 more source

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Extra Load Index as a method for comparing the relative economy of load carriage systems [PDF]

, 2010
The Extra Load Index (ELI) has been proposed as a suitable method of assessing the relative economy of load carriage systems. The purpose of this study was to determine, based on empirical evidence, that the ELI can accommodate variations in both body ...
Cooke, Carlton, Davies, Simeon, Hind, Karen, Lloyd, Ray, Parr, Bridget   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Predicting and Comparing the Subjective Health Experience of Older Cancer Survivors and Non‐Cancer Survivors: A Modeling Approach

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This study underscores the significant influence of frailty and vitality on the subjective health experience of older cancer survivors with acceptance and control emerging as salient mediators. These findings affirm the conceptual and empirical robustness of the model highlighting its potential utility in shaping future interventions for older cancer ...
Damien S. E. Broekharst, Sjaak Bloem, Eline J. Mertens, Nathascha Hanzen, Michel van Agthoven   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploration of the Effects of Cross-Modal Tasks on Selective Attention

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
Successful performance of a task relies on selectively attending to the target, while ignoring distractions. Studies on perceptual load theory (PLT), conducted involving independent tasks with visual and auditory modalities, have shown that if a task is ...
Krithika Nambiar, Pranesh Bhargava
doaj   +1 more source

On the Design of Perceptual MPEG-Video Encryption Algorithms [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, some existing perceptual encryption algorithms of MPEG videos are reviewed and some problems, especially security defects of two recently proposed MPEG-video perceptual encryption schemes, are pointed out.
Bhargava, Bharat, Chen, Guanrong, Cheung, Albert, Li, Shujun, Lo, Kwok-Tung   +4 more
core   +6 more sources

Decreased Serum 5‐HT: Clinical Correlates and Regulatory Role in NMJ of MG

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although 5‐Hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) indirectly stimulates muscle contraction and participates in regulating Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) cluster homeostasis in cellular, animal, and clinical studies, evidence regarding its potential to modulate muscle contraction in myasthenia gravis (MG) remains limited.
Xinru Shen, Jing Zhang, Xinyue Zhou, Xiaoxiao Yu, Haodong Shang, Shufan Chen, Lulu Zhen, Jinru Wu, Guanlian Hu, Xiaoyan Zhu, Zhan Sun, Yiren Wang, Jiahui Wang, Jie Lv, Xue Zhao, Yingna Zhang, Wei Guo, Ying Peng, Feng Gao   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of dynamic stimuli on attention under different perceptual loads

Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Background Perceptual load is a major determinant of visual attentional selection patterns, and dynamic stimuli are salient bottom-up distractors. The present study investigated how dynamic stimuli, presented under different perceptual loads, impact the ...
Yuanli Li, Yoshihiro Shimomura
doaj   +1 more source