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Very Early Response Evaluation by PET/MR in Patients with Lung Cancer—Timing and Feasibility

Diagnostics, 2019
Purpose: With the increasing number of therapy options available for patients with lung cancer, early response evaluation is needed. We performed this pilot study to assess the feasibility of early, repeated Positron emission tomography-magnetic ...
Natasha Hemicke Langer, Seppo W. Langer, Helle Hjorth Johannesen, Adam Espe Hansen, Junia Costa, Thomas Levin Klausen, Julie Forman, Anders Olin, Sine Hvid Rasmussen, Jens Benn Sørensen, Johan Löfgren, Andreas Kjær, Barbara Malene Fischer   +12 more
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Intratreatment Tumor Volume Change During Definitive Chemoradiotherapy is Predictive for Treatment Outcome of Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma

Cancer Management and Research, 2020
Ruihong Huang,1 Hong Guo,1 Jianzhou Chen,1,2 Tiantian Zhai,1,3 Junwei Chen,4 Kun Lin,5 Zhijian Chen,6 Derui Li,1 Chuangzhen Chen1 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515031, People ...
Huang R, Guo H, Chen J, Zhai T, Chen J, Lin K, Chen Z, Li D, Chen C   +8 more
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A qualitative process analysis of daily contact testing as an alternative to self-isolation following close contact with a confirmed carrier of SARS-CoV-2

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background In July 2021, a randomised controlled trial was conducted to compare the effect on SARS-CoV-2 transmission of seven days of Daily Contact Testing (DCT) using Lateral Flow Test (LFT) and two Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests as an ...
Sarah Denford, Alex F. Martin, Lauren Towler, Fiona Mowbray, Rosie Essery, Rachael Bloomer, Derren Ready, Nicola Love, Richard Amlôt, Isabel Oliver, G James Rubin, Lucy Yardley   +11 more
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Cognitive pathways to the forms and functions of aggression in adolescence: the role of early maladaptive schemas and social information processing

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionEarly maladaptive schemas (EMSs) have been found to associate to aggressive behavior, though the cognitive pathways underlying that association remain scarcely investigated, particularly considering the different forms and functions of ...
Paula Vagos, Paula Vagos, Matteo Angelo Fabris, Daniel Rijo   +3 more
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Exploring the impact of shielding advice on the wellbeing of individuals identified as clinically extremely vulnerable amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods evaluation

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The national shielding programme was introduced by UK Government at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with individuals identified as clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) offered advice and support to stay at home and avoid all non ...
Gemma Lasseter, Polly Compston, Charlotte Robin, Helen Lambert, Matthew Hickman, Sarah Denford, Rosy Reynolds, Juan Zhang, Shenghan Cai, Tingting Zhang, Louise E. Smith, G James Rubin, Lucy Yardley, Richard Amlôt, Isabel Oliver   +14 more
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Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine coverage in the meningitis belt of Africa from 2010 to 2021: a modelling studyResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: As of the end of 2021, twenty-four countries in the African meningitis belt have rolled out mass campaigns of MenAfriVac®, a meningococcal A conjugate vaccine (MACV) first introduced in 2010.
Rose G. Bender, Jasmine Shen, Aleksandr Aravkin, André Arsène Bita Fouda, Ado M. Bwaka, Natalie C. Galles, Emily Haeuser, Simon I. Hay, Anderson Latt, Jason M. Mwenda, Emma L.B. Rogowski, Alyssa N. Sbarra, Reed J.D. Sorensen, Avina Vongpradith, Claire Wright, Peng Zheng, Jonathan F. Mosser, Hmwe H. Kyu   +17 more
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A Method to Evaluate Response Models

, 2014
We are working towards computational models of mind of virtual characters that act as suspects in interview (interrogation) training of police officers. We implemented a model that calculates the responses of the virtual suspect based on theory and observation. We evaluated it by means of our test, the “Guess who you are talking to?‿ test. We show that
Bruijnes, Merijn, Wapperom, Sjoerd, op den Akker, Hendrikus J.A., Heylen, Dirk K.J.   +3 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
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Immune escape and attenuated severity associated with the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86/JN.1 lineage

Nature Communications
The SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 lineage, and its sublineage JN.1 in particular, achieved widespread transmission in the US during winter 2023–24. However, this surge in infections was not accompanied by COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality commensurate with ...
Joseph A. Lewnard, Parag Mahale, Debbie Malden, Vennis Hong, Bradley K. Ackerson, Bruno J. Lewin, Ruth Link-Gelles, Leora R. Feldstein, Marc Lipsitch, Sara Y. Tartof   +9 more
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The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Armed conflicts are known to have detrimental impact on availability and accessibility of health services. However, little is known on potential impact on utilisation of these services and health seeking behaviour.
Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Yasser Alhaj Ahmad, Hasan Alhaleb, Francesco Checchi   +3 more
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