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Risk of Hospitalizations for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Native and Migrant Populations of the Lombardy Region

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Introduction. Migrant populations mainly move from low- and middle-income countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Compared to host populations, they show different patterns in the prevalence of infectious and chronic diseases that ...
Alessandro Avellone , Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso , Paolo Berta , Paola Maddalena Chiodini , Dario Pescini , Stefania M.L. Rimoldi , Silvana Romio , Silvana Romio , Nadia Solaro , Antonella Zambon , MIGHTY group   +10 more
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Lean Startup and Lean Canvas Using for Innovative Product Development [PDF]

Acta Informatica Pragensia, 2016
Recently, new approaches to product development have emerged that focus on idea generation techniques and customer itself. One of them is the Lean Startup method that is described in this article along with the Lean Canvas method.
Alena Buchalcevová, Tomáš Mysliveček
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Loss portfolio transfer treaties within Solvency II capital system: a reinsurer’s point of view [PDF]

Insurance Markets and Companies, 2020
Loss portfolio transfer (LPT) is a reinsurance treaty in which an insurer cedes the policies that have already incurred losses to a reinsurer. This operation can be carried out by an insurance company in order to reduce reserving risk and consequently ...
Nicolino Ettore D’Ortona, Gabriella Marcarelli, Giuseppe Melisi   +2 more
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Co-production in health policy and management: a comprehensive bibliometric review

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Due to an increasingly elderly population, a higher incidence of chronic diseases and higher expectations regarding public service provision, healthcare services are under increasing strain to cut costs while maintaining quality.
Floriana Fusco, Marta Marsilio, Chiara Guglielmetti   +2 more
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Quality improvement of childbirth care (Adequate Birth Project) and the assessment of women’s birth experience in Brazil: a structural equation modelling of a cross-sectional research

Reproductive Health, 2022
Background Brazil’s maternity care is highly medicalized, and obstetric interventions in labour and birth are high, mainly in private health system. The Adequate Birth Project (PPA—Projeto Parto Adequado) is quality improvement project designed to reduce
Mariza Miranda Theme Filha, Tatiana Henriques Leite, Marcia Leonardi Baldisserotto, Ana Paula Esteves-Pereira, Maria do Carmo Leal   +4 more
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Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning

Information, 2021
The risk of COVID-19 in higher education has affected all its degrees and forms of training. To assess the impact of the pandemic on the learning of university students, a new reference framework for educational data processing was proposed.
Galina Ilieva, Tania Yankova, Stanislava Klisarova-Belcheva, Svetlana Ivanova   +3 more
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Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (“Standards”) are evidence‐based guidelines for psychosocial care in pediatric oncology. Care related to the three “Asking and Monitoring” Standards—Assessment of Psychosocial Needs, Assessment of Financial Needs, and Monitoring Neurocognitive Problems ...
Julia B. Tager, Natalie Koskela‐Staples, Emily M. Pariseau, Michele Scialla, Kimberly Buff, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi Brown, Anne E. Kazak, Kimberly S. Canter   +8 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
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Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source