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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
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Reference dependence and market competition [PDF]

, 2008
This paper studies the implications of consumer reference dependence for market competition. If consumers take some product (e.g., the first product they consider) as the reference point when evaluating others and exhibit loss aversion, then the more ...
Zhou, J., Zhou, Jidong
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An Evaluation Model for Property-Purchasing Plans Based on a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model

Mathematics, 2020
Purchasing a property entails making rankings, comparisons, and trade-offs among various housing characteristics. When trying to sell a house, real estate brokers take on an important role as a middle-person between the seller and buyer.
Jun-Kun Lin, Hung-Lung Lin, William Yu Chung Wang, Ching-Hui Chang, Chin-Tsai Lin   +4 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
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Aging, Probability Weighting, and Reference Point Adoption: An Experimental Study [PDF]

We examine generational differences in risk-taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary incentives. We estimate the parameterized models in the framework of cumulative prospect theory and examine the risk aversion, probability ...
Ayako Suzuki, Koichi Kume
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Dynamic Hybrid Multi-Attribute Group Decision-Making with Two Reference Points for Electricity Sales Package Recommendation

Applied Sciences
Given that existing electricity sales package recommendation methods mainly consider scenarios where customers are familiar with all the attributes of the packages, they tend to overlook the mixed nature of quantitative and qualitative attributes ...
Yanji Chen, Yuanqian Ma
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Psychosocial Functioning After Pediatric Bone Sarcoma: Generic and Survivor‐Specific Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors may experience psychosocial challenges related to childhood cancer after their intensive, body‐altering treatment. This cross‐sectional study aimed to evaluate generic and survivor‐specific psychosocial outcomes in a national cohort of pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors, and ...
Hinke van der Hoek, Heleen Maurice‐Stam, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff‐Lentink, Alied M. van der Aa‐van Delden, Anne Westerweel, Marloes van Gorp, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Lianne M. Haveman, W. Peter Bekkering, Leonie G. Tigelaar, Johannes H. M. Merks, Martha A. Grootenhuis   +14 more
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Setting of reference plane and reference point on STL data. [PDF]

, 2016
Setting of reference plane and reference point on STL data.
Hitoshi Ajioka (3195702), Takuya Kobayashi (257450), Hisatomo Kondo (3195705), Hidemichi Kihara (3195699), Chikayuki Odaira (3195696)   +4 more
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Reference point detection for improved fingerprint matching [PDF]

, 2006
One of the important stages of fingerprint recognition is the registration of the fingerprints with respect to the original template. This is not a straightforward task as fingerprint images may have been subject to rotations and translations.
Kalker, A.A.C.M., Ignatenko, T., Delp, E.J., Wong, P.W., Veen, van der, M., Bazen, A.   +5 more
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Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Selena Russo, Giulia Rampoldi, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Andrea Biondi, Marco Spinelli   +7 more
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