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Research for better aid: an evaluation of DFAT’s investments [PDF]

, 2015
Assesses the degree to which the investment by the Australian aid program into research has been appropriate, effective and efficient, and provides recommendations for improving DFAT’s future management of research investment.
John Young, Louise Shaxson, Stephen Sherlock, Thomas Davis, Tiina Pasanen   +4 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minimum Representative Size in Comparing Research Performance of Universities: the Case of Medicine Faculties in Romania

Journal of Data and Information Science, 2018
The main goal of this study is to provide reliable comparison of performance in higher education. In this respect, we use scientometric measures associated with faculties of medicine in the six health studies universities in Romania.
Liu Xiaoling, Păunescu Mihai, Proteasa Viorel, Wu Jinshan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study on evaluation of International Science and Technology Cooperation Project (ISTCP) in China [PDF]

, 2006
This paper presents an overview of evaluation of ISTCP in China. We discuss briefly the history of evaluation and the strengths and weaknesses of different assessment systems.
Cheng, Su, Hong, Guo, Yuntao, Pan, Zheng, Ma, Zhenglu, Yu   +4 more
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Intravitreal GD2‐Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‐Cell Therapy for Refractory Retinoblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective treatments for advanced, treatment‐resistant retinoblastoma (RB) remain limited. GD2‐specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells show potent antitumor activity with minimal toxicity but have not previously been evaluated in RB.
Subongkoch Subhadhirasakul, Jatuporn Sujjitjoon, Pa‐thai Yenchitsomanus, Kridtin Jarutatsanangkoon, Ng Wei Loon, Kleebsabai Sanpakit, Jassada Buaboonnam, Chayamon Takpradit, Pornpimon Yuti, Nunghathai Sawasdee, Piriya Luangwattananun, Siripakorn Sangkitporn, Arnan Limmahachai, La‐ongsri Atchaneeyasakul   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Opportunities Provided by Altmetrics and Citation Analysis for Research Evaluation

Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management, 2018
The present study atempts to explain the strengths of altmetrics and compare them with those of citation-based indicators, and thereby reveal opportunities provided by social web in research evaluation. Applying a qualitative thematic analysis method, it
Hajar, Masoumeh, Mahdieh Mirzabegi
doaj  

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Social Media in Assessing the Impact of Research (Case Study: The Field of Scientometrics)

Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of scientific social media in evaluating the impact of research in the field of scientometrics. This study is an applied research using the altmetrics method (social web metrics).
Mehri Sedighi
doaj  

Exploring why global health needs are unmet by research efforts: the potential influences of geography, industry and publication incentives

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background It has been well established that research is not addressing health needs in a balanced way — much more research is conducted on diseases with more burden in high-income countries than on those with more burden in lower-income countries.
Alfredo Yegros-Yegros, Wouter van de Klippe, Maria Francisca Abad-Garcia, Ismael Rafols   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source