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Discursive framework for a multi-disease digital health passport in Africa: a perspective

Globalization and Health
Africa’s dual burden of rising incidence of infectious diseases and increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, demands innovative approaches to disease surveillance, response, and cross-border
Gideon Towett, R Sterling Snead, Julia Marczika, Isaac Prada   +3 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curiosity-Driven Exploration by Self-Supervised Prediction [PDF]

2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2017
In many real-world scenarios, rewards extrinsic to the agent are extremely sparse, or absent altogether. In such cases, curiosity can serve as an intrinsic reward signal to enable the agent to explore its environment and learn skills that might be useful
Deepak Pathak, Pulkit Agrawal, Alexei A. Efros, Trevor Darrell   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-cleaning of hydrophobic rough surfaces by coalescence-induced wetting transition

, 2018
The superhydrophobic leaves of a lotus plant and other natural surfaces with self-cleaning function have been studied intensively for the development of artificial biomimetic surfaces.
Chen, Shuo, Karniadakis, George Em, Li, Zhen, Maxey, Martin, Zhang, Kaixuan   +4 more
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Patient‐Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher, Jennifer L. Bernstein, Katia M. Crisler, Julia K. Herriott, Kimberly L. Klages, Robin E. Norris, Mariann L. Strenk, Sarah E. Bills, Meghan E. McGrady   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collective self-caging of active filaments in virtual confinement

Nature Communications
Motility coupled to responsive behavior is essential for many microorganisms to seek and establish appropriate habitats. One of the simplest possible responses, reversing the direction of motion, is believed to enable filamentous cyanobacteria to form ...
Maximilian Kurjahn, Leila Abbaspour, Franziska Papenfuß, Philip Bittihn, Ramin Golestanian, Benoît Mahault, Stefan Karpitschka   +6 more
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Pathophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Psychosocial Influences on Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome: Impacts on Recovery and Symptom Persistence

Biomedicines
Although the impact of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) on patients and public health is undeniably significant, its etiology remains largely unclear. Much research has been conducted on the pathophysiology, shedding light on various aspects; however,
Alex Malioukis, R Sterling Snead, Julia Marczika, Radha Ambalavanan   +3 more
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Experience and severity of menopause symptoms and effects on health-seeking behaviours: a cross-sectional online survey of community dwelling adults in the United Kingdom

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background Almost all women will experience menopause, and the symptoms can have a severely detrimental impact on their quality of life. However, there is limited research exploring health-seeking behaviours and alternative service design or consultation
David Roy Huang, Abigail Goodship, Iman Webber, Aos Alaa, Eva Riboli Sasco, Benedict Hayhoe, Austen El-Osta   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A monocular, unconscious form of visual attention [PDF]

, 2010
Sudden changes in our visual field capture our attention so that we are faster and more accurate in our responses to that region of space. The underlying mechanisms by which these behavioral improvements occur are unknown.
Roelfsema, P.R., Self, M.W.
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