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Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

MSF-VMDNet for multi class segmentation of skin cancer whole slide images using a multi frequency dual encoder network

Scientific Reports
Skin cancer has become a global public health issue. Dermoscopy is a routine diagnostic method; however, to improve accuracy, it is often combined with skin punch biopsy and stained histological slides for microscopic observation. The manual segmentation
Jiangliang Zhang, Qiumei Pu, Jinglong Tian, Junhao Wang, Jieyao Wei, Menghan Yang, Lina Zhao   +6 more
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AMFEF-DETR: An End-to-End Adaptive Multi-Scale Feature Extraction and Fusion Object Detection Network Based on UAV Aerial Images

Drones
To address the challenge of low detection accuracy and slow detection speed in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial images target detection tasks, caused by factors such as complex ground environments, varying UAV flight altitudes and angles, and changes
Sen Wang, Huiping Jiang, Jixiang Yang, Xuan Ma, Jiamin Chen   +4 more
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On some fundamental methodological aspects in foresight processes

European Journal of Futures Research, 2018
The question whether foresight processes are scientific procedures at all is still under lively discussion. In this article, we shall try to give an answer by creating a generic model of such processes and compare it to a widely accepted set of ...
Michael Lauster, Stephanie Hansen-Casteel   +1 more
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Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques, Mariana dos Santos Murra, Welinton Hirai, Ana Laura Balduino do Nascimento, Karla Emilia de Sá Rodrigues, Wilson Elias de Oliveira Junior   +5 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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Investigating the differences in influencing factors on burglaries in migrant communities, local communities, and mixed communities: a case study of ZG City

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Burglaries have detrimental effects on urban residents’ life quality and property safety. Prior research has overlooked the heterogeneity of factors influencing the spatial distribution of burglaries across different types of urban communities.
Jingxi Liu, Xiaoxue Li, Jinying Long, Guangwen Song   +3 more
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Transformer-Based Time Series Forecasting for Credit Limit Utilization and Risk Profiling in Retail Lending

Applied Artificial Intelligence
This paper proposes a hybrid framework for credit risk assessment and forecasting of credit-limit utilization in a retail lending portfolio. In contrast to traditional binary credit-scoring models that estimate only the probability of default, the ...
Viktor Danchuk, Oleksandr Linskyi
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Attitudes of cancer patients toward ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This mixed‐methods study explored cancer patients' experiences, knowledge, and preferences regarding ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up. Awareness of ctDNA was low and recall of previous liquid biopsy was imperfect, yet acceptance was high.
Siddharth Chhajlani, Laura Mariën, Caro De Weerdt, Sanne Wouters, Laure‐Anne Teuwen, Hans Prenen, Katleen Janssens, Timon Vandamme   +7 more
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Changing Homeland Security: What is Homeland Security? [PDF]

, 2008
This article appeared in Homeland Security Affairs (June 2008), v.4 no.2This report published in the June 2008 edition of the Homeland Security Affairs Journal, attempts to address the question of what exactly is Homeland Security and what exactly do ...
Bellavita, Christopher
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