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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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The changing role of management accounting: assessment of the impact of financial and non-financial performance measures usage on organizational performance in Jordan [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis investigated the use of the performance measurement system (PMS) within Jordanian industrial companies. Jordan was selected as an exemplar of a Middle Eastern developing nation.
Al Sawalqa, Fawzi Ata Hamdan
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Core Measure Set for Patient Safety in Perioperative Care: A Clinical Practice-Oriented Consensus Study

International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesTo develop a consensus-based EU-wide Core Measure Set (CMS), including patient-reported measures, for evaluating perioperative patient safety in routine adult care.MethodsA four-phase approach was applied: 1) identification of candidate ...
Ana Beatriz Nunes, José Pedro Teixeira, Andreia Leite, Andreia Leite, Willemijn Schäfer, Claudia Valli, Claudia Valli, Ismael Martínez-Nicolas, Ismael Martínez-Nicolas, Margarida Paixão, Ayshe Seyfulayeva, Daniel Treviño Abelenda, Anna Rodríguez, Anna Rodríguez, Pedro Casaca Carvalho, Anita Heideveld-Chevalking, Yvette Emond, Kaja Põlluste, Hiske Calsbeek, Daniel Arnal-Velasco, Daniel Arnal-Velasco, Adam Žaludek, Adam Žaludek, Pascal Garel, Cordula Wagner, Cordula Wagner, Oliver Groene, Oliver Groene, Carola Orrego, Carola Orrego, Carola Orrego, Paulo Sousa, SAFEST Scientific Advisory Group, SAFEST Scientific Executive Group, SAFEST Consortium   +34 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
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Introduction of a web portal for an Individual Health Management and observational health data sciences

Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2018
Dieter Melchart,1,2 Axel Eustachi,1 Stephan Gronwald,3 Erich Wühr,3 Kristina Wifling,1 Beatrice E Bachmeier1,4 1Competence Centre for Complementary Medicine and Naturopathy, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich,
Melchart D, Eustachi A, Gronwald S, Wühr E, Wifling K, Bachmeier BE   +5 more
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Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi, Rie Tanaka, Reona Kawahira, Shingo Nabeta, Kouhei Naoi, Kazuhito Kitajima, Akira Wada, Tomonari Takagi, Norihiko Ohura, Akira Miyamoto   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study to determine performance measures in high performance service organizations [PDF]

, 2004
Plan BThe competitive situation facing independents in the textile rental services industry is both challenging and exciting with competitive cost advantages, limited financial resources and in some respects a business mindset that the industry giants ...
Benjamin, Tim
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Comparison at Scale of Traffic Signal Cycle Split Failure Identification from High-Resolution Controller and Connected Vehicle Trajectory Data

Future Transportation
Split failures have been a conventional method to estimate overcapacity at signalized intersections. Currently, split failures are estimated from high-resolution (HR) traffic signal controller event data by evaluating occupancy at the stop bar. Recently,
Enrique D. Saldivar-Carranza, Saumabha Gayen, Howell Li, Darcy M. Bullock   +3 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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A review of performance evaluation measures for hierarchical classifiers [PDF]

, 2007
Criteria for evaluating the performance of a classifier are an important part in its design. They allow to estimate the behavior of the generated classifier on unseen data and can be also used to compare its performance against the performance of ...
Costa, Eduardo P., Carvalho, André C.P.L.F., Lorena, Ana C., Freitas, Alex A.   +3 more
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