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How did South Africans with disabilities experience COVID-19? Results of an online survey

African Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: People with disabilities are a large, disadvantaged minority, comprising approximately 12% of the population. The South African government has ratified international and regional disability treaties but deals with disability rights within ...
Mary Wickenden, Tim G.B. Hart, Stephen J. Thompson, Yul D. Davids, Mercy Ngungu   +4 more
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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
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Sign language students in hearing fieldwork practice: experiences from a Norwegian bachelor program in learning disability nursing

Frontiers in Education
PurposeThis study explores the experiences of sign language students during fieldwork practice in learning disability nurse education within predominantly hearing clinical settings.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with five sign language ...
Shahram Moradi, Steinar Vikholt, Christian Møller-Skau, Maiken Sudmann Strøm, Lise Ellingsen Langemyhr, Tore Norendal Braathen   +5 more
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Two decades of disability research in Norway – 1990–2010

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2013
The aim of this article is to outline the main trends in Norwegian disability research over the last two decades. Prior to 1990, the research area was dominated by medical perspectives and was mainly research on impairments.
Jan Tøssebro
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Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
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Sociology of Dalit women: a micro-level study of self-help groups in India

Discover Global Society
This study explores the neoliberal perspective on the social inclusion of women, highlighting the shift from mandatory benefits to the voluntary use of resources.
Harinath Silveru, Laxman Rao Sankineni
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The Legal Genealogy of Whistleblowing in Hungarian and Anglo-Saxon Traditions

Belügyi Szemle
Aim: Whistleblowing – the disclosure of wrongdoing in the public interest – has evolved from a moral duty into a formalized element of compliance and integrity management.
Nándor Makkos
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Efficacy of care manager-led support for family caregivers of people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background A prolonged COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate the risk of infection and undesirable effects associated with infection control measures of older people with dementia (PWD), and the care burden of families.
Kana Kazawa, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Hiroki Ohge, Shinya Ishii   +3 more
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
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Indigenous Peoples, Land, and Conflict in Mindanao, Philippines

Asian Development Review
This paper explores the links between conflict, land, and indigenous peoples on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The analysis takes advantage of the unprecedented concurrence of data from the 2020 census, an independent conflict data ...
LUCIA MADRIGAL, JOSE CUESTA, SERGIO SOMERVILLE   +2 more
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