Results 81 to 90 of about 18,560,364 (298)

Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early performance testing of distributed software applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Performance characteristics, such as response time, throughput and scalability, are key quality attributes of distributed applications. Current practice, however, rarely applies systematic techniques to evaluate performance characteristics. We argue that
Giovanni Denaro   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The performance of spectral quality measures

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2001
Two different classes of quality measures are discussed and compared: absolute and relative measures. The relative class to which the prediction error belongs has many different approximations and equivalents, like the spectral distortion and the likelihood ratio. This measure is based on time series theory and can be written as a relative error in the
openaire   +4 more sources

Uncovering Inequities: The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and is the leading cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in this population. Growing evidence suggests that social determinants of health (SDOH) influence menstrual bleeding patterns, access to care, and treatment. However, no studies have
Maria Carter‐Febres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trust and information quality: performance gap analysis

open access: yes, 2011
This research considers information quality from the perspective of the dimensions of trust. This paper identifies twelve effective factors of information quality.
Al-Hakim, Latif
core   +1 more source

Classification of Performance and Quality Indicators in Manufacturing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A critical aspect in operations management is to represent the firm goals properly. This is usually done by translating the organisational results and objectives in ‘performance measurements'.
Franceschini, Fiorenzo   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Master's programs’ dropout and graduation clusters in a university system with a multiple enrollment policy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Research Open
Austria (Europe) allows students to enroll in multiple degree programs simultaneously or consecutively. On the master's degree level this may offer advantages for students, such as a chance for graduation instead of dropping out.
Alexander Karl Ferdinand Loder
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

open access: yesTherapeutic 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance

open access: yes, 2016
This paper investigates the effect of supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices on quality performance. Prior research theorizes that both TQM and SCM practices have a positive relationship with organisational performance (e.g.
Rodríguez-Molina, M.   +2 more
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy