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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water performance index for dairy farms in three dimensions: water quantity and quality and manure management

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences
This study proposes a water performance index for dairy farms (WPI-dairy). The WPI-dairy is an indicator-based tool for monitoring the water condition at the dairy farm level in the dimensions of water quantity and quality and manure management. The WPI-
Júlio César Pascale Palhares   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strengthening provider accountability: A scoping review of accountability/monitoring frameworks for quality of RMNCH care.

open access: yesPLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Increasing health providers' accountability is an important element in improving quality of care (QoC) for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health (RMNCH), so as to improve health outcomes of the population in many low- and middle-income ...
Eva Jarawan, Mara Boiangiu, Wu Zeng
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

open access: yesTherapeutic 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   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adjusted indicators of quality and equity for monitoring the education systems over time. Insights on EU15 countries from PISA surveys

open access: yesSocio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2020
Abstract In this work, we investigate how European countries belonging to EU15 are performing in terms of the quality and equity of their educational systems. To do so, we jointly analysed student competencies in mathematics and reading using data collected in four different waves (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015) by the Program for International Student ...
Sulis, Isabella   +2 more
openaire   +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

Low-cost oil quality sensor based on changes in complex permittivity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Real time oil quality monitoring techniques help to protect important industry assets, minimize downtime and reduce maintenance costs. The measurement of a lubricant's complex permittivity is an effective indicator of the oil degradation process and it ...
Torres Perez, Angel; id_orcid   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Respiration-Derived Posture Method Based on Dual-Channel Respiration Impedance Signals

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2017
Sleep posture has been used as a sleep assessment indicator in home health monitoring and clinical monitoring in recent years. Considering comfort and usability, unobtrusive sleep posture detection is needed.
Guanzheng Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The improvement of quality management system in a porcelain factory [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
According to SR EN ISO 9000:2015, quality management system can be considered “a set of Policies, Procedures, Processes and resources used to achieve the organization objectives and desired results, by manages the interacting processes, resources ...
Sârb Adina   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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