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Looking for an explanation for the excessive male mortality in England and Wales since the end of the 19th century

SSM: Population Health, 2020
Several papers have primarily considered a female disadvantage in mortality as something to explain, considering a male disadvantage to be a “natural condition”.
Valeria Maiolo, Alice M. Reid
doaj   +1 more source

The stellar population structure of the Galactic disk

, 2016
The spatial structure of stellar populations with different chemical abundances in the Milky Way contains a wealth of information on Galactic evolution over cosmic time. We use data on 14,699 red-clump stars from the APOGEE survey, covering 4 kpc
Beers, Timothy C., Bovy, Jo, Holtzman, Jon A., Nidever, David L., Rix, Hans-Walter, Schlafly, Edward F., Shetrone, Matthew   +6 more
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History and structure of the closed pedigreed population of Icelandic Sheepdogs [PDF]

, 2009
Background - Dog breeds lose genetic diversity because of high selection pressure. Breeding policies aim to minimize kinship and therefore maintain genetic diversity.
Pieter A Oliehoek, Piter Bijma, Arie van der Meijden, R Pong-Wong, AK Sonesson, GJ Ubbink, GJ Ubbink, GJ Ubbink, JD Ballou, RK Wayne, AL Nielen, S Bjornerfeldt, GJ Ubbink, EA Ostrander, L Maignel, R Frankham, A Caballero, RC Lacy, RC Lacy, PA Oliehoek, TH Meuwissen, H Eding, PHA Sneath, S Wright, G Leroy, P Oliehoek, I Głażewska, GA Ólafsdóttir   +27 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Pensioners in the American Electorate

Управление, 2017
The article examines fundamental demographic changes in the USA that have been shifting the electorate and as a result - American politics; with wide gaps between the generations on key social, economic, political issues.
L. F. Lebedeva, E. V. Emelianov
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Comparing Genomic Signatures of Selection Between the Abbassa Strain and Eight Wild Populations of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Egypt

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Domestication to captive rearing conditions, along with targeted selective breeding have genetic consequences that vary from those in wild environments.
Maria G. Nayfa, Maria G. Nayfa, David B. Jones, David B. Jones, John A. H. Benzie, John A. H. Benzie, Dean R. Jerry, Dean R. Jerry, Dean R. Jerry, Kyall R. Zenger, Kyall R. Zenger   +10 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Symbolic trephinations and population structure

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
The sample examined consists of 19 skulls with symbolic trephinations and 86 skulls without trepanations dated from the X century. Skulls were all excavated in the Great Hungarian Plain in the Carpathian Basin, which was occupied by the Hungarian ...
László Szathmáry, Antónia Marcsik
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source