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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Тhe Content of the Term “Social Protection”: a Categorial Analysis

open access: yesBanber Erevani Hamalsarani. Sots'iologia, 2016
Some terms related to “social protection” are discussed in the article the clear and precise definition of which is very important for defining the content of the term “social protection”.
Marine Yarmaloyan
doaj   +1 more source

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The windfall elimination provision (WEP) reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security.
Scott, Christine
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Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loneliness, social provision and health among older men and women with chronic physical diseases – a mixed methods study

open access: yesCogent Public Health
The purpose of the study was to explore loneliness, social provision and perceived health from a gender perspective among older persons with chronic diseases. Loneliness has become one of the main challenges facing an ageing society.
Heidi Bjørge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water service provision and social equity in a South African rural district municipality

open access: yesAfrica’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2022
Background: Equitable water governance is at the centre of sustainable development. Nevertheless, achieving this goal requires the application of social equity lenses with a focus directed to all dimensions of social equity.
Clarity Hutete, Modeni M. Sibanda
doaj   +1 more source

Happiness, taxes and social provision: A note

open access: yesEconomics Letters, 2015
AbstractThis paper has analyzed the effects of the ratio between taxes and social provision on population well-being for ten European countries. The linkages between what citizens would expect in return of the taxes paid and their well-being have clearly become stronger after the crisis and it should be taken into account in the debate on public ...
Albanese, Marina   +3 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private provision of public goods and information diffusion in social groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We describe a model of fundraising in social groups, where private information about quality of provision is transmitted by social proximity. Individuals engage in voluntary provision of a pure collective good that is consumed by both neighbours and non ...
Scharf, Kimberly A.
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Personalizing the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Adapting Training for the Next Generation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pediatric hematology‐oncology fellowship training curriculum has not substantially changed since its inception. The first year of training is clinically focused, and the second and third years are devoted to scholarship. However, this current structure leaves many fellows less competitive in the current job market, resulting in ...
Scott C. Borinstein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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