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Measuring reading performance

Vision Research, 2013
Despite significant changes in the treatment of common eye conditions like cataract and age-related macular degeneration, reading difficulty remains the most common complaint of patients referred for low vision services. Clinical reading tests have been widely used since Jaeger introduced his test types in 1854. A brief review of the major developments
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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Sensory Measurements: Coordination and Standardization [PDF]

, 2015
Do sensory measurements deserve the label of “measurement”? We argue that they do. They fit with an epistemological view of measurement held in current philosophy of science, and they face the same kinds of epistemological challenges as physical ...
A Ferguson, A Keller, A Majid, A Sorowska, A-S Barwich, Ann-Sophie Barwich, BAAS, C Bushdid, C Darwin, C Sell, CH Hawkes, DA Baylor, DA Deems, DD Stettler, DT Jones, E Barkai, E Tal, E Wnuk, EAM Gamble, FF Chen, GM Shepherd, GM Shepherd, H Chang, H Chang, Hasok Chang, I Tourbier, IJ Deary, J Canales, J Lötsch, J Michell, JH Cho, JY Lettvin, KC Elliott, LB Buck, M Jones-Gotman, M Meister, M Spehr, NE Bowman, PB Sklar, PM Wise, R Axel, RA Frank, RC Gerkin, RL Doty, RL Doty, S Firestein, S Firestein, S Hecht, S Pinker, SA Klein, SS Stevens, SS Stevens, T Hummel, T Hummel, U Pace, W Bechtel, Y Oka   +56 more
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Performance Measurement Review

, 2011
This paper describes shortly overview of the area of performance measurement. It describes the definitions, concepts and relationships between performance management and performance measurement. The improvement of the business company is based on a performance measurement system that is at the core of the performance management and is essential for its
Katić, Dragan, Majstorović, Vlado, Čolak, Ivo   +2 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
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Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Anis Rabbani Nourani, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Dima Ezmigna, Tarig Ali‐Dinar   +4 more
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Calculating animal performance from limited liveweight measurements of the population [PDF]

, 2003
We consider the problem of estimating the distribution of carcass weights in a flock of animals from estimates made on a truncated sample. This arises when a farmer chooses the heaviest lambs for slaughter and then measurements are made by the meat ...
Pleasants, A.B., Wake, G.C.
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
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Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Simulation of the Thermal Performance of a Green Roof

Applied Sciences, 2020
In the building sector, both passive and active systems are essential for achieving a high-energy performance. Considering passive solutions, green roofs represent a sustainable answer, allowing buildings to reach energy savings, and also reducing the ...
Claudia Guattari, Luca Evangelisti, Francesco Asdrubali, Roberto De Lieto Vollaro   +3 more
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Kalman Filtering With Relays Over Wireless Fading Channels

, 2015
This note studies the use of relays to improve the performance of Kalman filtering over packet dropping links. Packet reception probabilities are governed by time-varying fading channel gains, and the sensor and relay transmit powers.
Leong, Alex S., Quevedo, Daniel E.
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