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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
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Visible Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Soil Organic Matter Prediction Based on Combinatorial Modeling

Agronomy
Non-destructive, fast, and accurate prediction of soil organic matter content in farmland is of great significance for soil fertility assessment and rational fertilization.
Xiuquan Zhang, Dequan Liu, Junwei Ma, Xiaolei Wang, Zhiwei Li, Decong Zheng   +5 more
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Predicting active school travel : the role of planned behavior and habit strength [PDF]

, 2012
Despite strong support for predictive validity of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) substantial variance in both intention and behavior is unaccounted for by the model's predictors.
Elliott, Mark, McMinn, David, Murtagh, Shemane, Nelson, Norah, Rowe, David   +4 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Validity of Comprehensive Basic Science Examination for Medical Students’ Academic Performance in Birjand University of Medical Sciences [PDF]

مجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی, 2014
Introduction: Basic science materials are important for medical students considering the understanding of clinical subjects and evaluation of academic performance in subsequent levels.
Bita Bijari, Ali Abassi
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Validade preditiva do movement assessment of infants para crianças pré-termo brasileiras Predictive validity of the Movement Assessment of Infants (MAI) for Brazilian preterm children

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2004
A validade preditiva da Avaliação do Movimento do Bebê (Movement Assessment of Infants - MAI), para detecção precoce de paralisia cerebral, foi analisada em 89 crianças brasileiras nascidas com idade gestacional < 32 semanas e peso < 1500g.
Ana Amélia Cardoso, Lívia C. Magalhães, Regina Helena C. Amorim, Maria Lúcia Paixão, Marisa C. Mancini, Luciana D.F. Rossi   +5 more
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Validation of a Behavior Test for Predicting Puppies’ Suitability as Detection Dogs

Animals, 2021
Behavioral characteristics are the most influential factor in the success of a working dog. The need for highly capable detection dogs continues to rise; but reliable methods for early selection are lacking.
Lucia Lazarowski, Bart Rogers, Sarah Krichbaum, Pamela Haney, Jordan G. Smith, Paul Waggoner   +5 more
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Disentangling the predictive validity of high school grades for academic success in university

, 2018
To refine selective admission models, we investigate which measure of prior achievement has the best predictive validity for academic success in university.
J. Vulperhorst, Christel Lutz, Renske A. M. de Kleijn, J. van Tartwijk   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between scores obtained by medical students in various educational courses and Basic Sciences and Pre-internship Comprehensive Exams

Development Strategies in Medical Education, 2016
Introduction: Predictive validity is one of important characteristics of a test; it means that what extent a test predicts scores of criterion test. This type of validity can be obtained through determining correlation between scores of two tests.
Akbar Pirzadeh, Shabnam Ahangar Davoodi, Bita Shahbazzadegan, Firooz Amani, Kazem Akharbin   +4 more
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