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Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
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The in-betweens: Contesting the Secular and the Religious Hegemonies

Universal Journal of History and Culture
This article explores the interplay of religious and secular hegemonies experienced by young secular individuals in contemporary Türkiye. We elucidate this condition as in-betweenness through the resistance to conforming to exclusive or extreme ...
Nalan Turna, Büşra Kırkpınar
doaj   +1 more source

LEXTALE_CH: A quick, character-based proficiency test for Mandarin Chinese [PDF]

, 2018
Research in second language acquisition suggests that objective performance-based assessments may provide more reliable and valid measures of second language proficiency than subjective self-ratings. To measure proficiency in English as a second language,
Chan, I. Lei, Chang, Charles B.
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MYCN Amplification in RB1‐Inactivated Retinoblastoma: Association With High‐Risk Features

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background MYCN amplification occurs in a subset of retinoblastoma cases, both with and without RB1 inactivation. It has been suggested that retinoblastomas with MYCN amplification represent a distinct entity with more aggressive clinical behavior.
Kyriaki Papaioannou, Regina Kubica, Karen Fischhuber, Jasmin Beygo, Madlen Reschke, Petra Ritter‐Sovinz, Eva Biewald, Petra Ketteler, Dietmar Lohmann, Deniz Kanber   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of foreign language anxiety and task complexity on fluency in German learners of Dutch

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics
This study investigated which aspects of fluency are related to foreign language anxiety and proficiency, and how this interacts with task complexity during a non-exam situation.
Foekje Reitsma, Esther Ruigendijk
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies of Teaching English as A Second Language: Findings from A Mixed-Method Research [PDF]

Journal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
The study aimed at examining the strategies of teaching English as a second language in Grade 4 in selected schools of the Amathole District of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Emmanuel Tobi Adegoriolu, Tshepang Jacob Moloi , Bunmi Isaiah Omodan   +2 more
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Pancreas, Muscle, and Subcutaneous Fat Atrophy in Patients Undergoing Radiation for Neuroblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Radiation therapy (RT) is part of standard‐of‐care therapy in high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NBL) but can significantly affect nearby tissue. The objectives of this study were (1) to characterize changes in pancreas volume after RT and (2) to characterize changes in body composition, including body weight percentile ...
Pradipta Debnath, Marissa Ray, Luke Pater, Alexandra O. Glenn, Stephen Hartman, Elanchezhian Somasundaram, Todd Jenkins, Juan P. Gurria, Katherine Somers, Andrew T. Trout, Meera Kotagal   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language learning bridge: how translation and interpreting training impacts bilingual proficiency in heritage and L2 learners

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionTranslation and interpreting training offers a promising context for advancing bilingual proficiency, integrating skill development while bridging second language acquisition and translation studies.
Cristina Lozano-Argüelles, Aída Martínez-Gómez   +1 more
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A Preliminary Study on Why Second Language Learners Accept Ungrammatical Sentences: Its Theoretical Implications [PDF]

, 2018
Why do second language learners sometimes accept ungrammatical sentences in the target language? In the present study, we focus on Japanese-speaking learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and investigate whether such “grammatical illusion ...
YAMADA, Toshiyuki
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Intraoperative Collection of Ascitic Fluid With Intra‐ or Postoperative Reinfusion in Ovarian Cancer: Safety and Feasibility of a Roller Pumping Method

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with ovarian cancer often present with massive ascites, leading to significant protein loss during surgical procedures. Although cell‐free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART) is used in palliative settings to mitigate protein loss, its application in intraoperative settings remains unexplored.
Yutaka Yoneoka, Tsukuru Amano, Akimasa Takahashi, Mari Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Tanaka, Shunichiro Tsuji, Takashi Murakami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source