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Mapping Childhood Cancer Care Services in Oceania: Methodological Lessons From the SIOP Global Mapping Programme

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The International Paediatric Oncology Society Global Mapping Programme aims to collect data on global paediatric oncology services by continent, with Africa and Latin America completed. This study reports on the methodology and lessons learned for Oceania, a unique continent with resource disparity across countries, multiple small island ...
Trisha Soosay Raj, Christy Noble, Amy Gray, Daniel C. Moreira, Jennifer Lowe, Maite Gorostegui, Gwenda Anga, Andrew Soma, Milena Lay Dos Santos, Siobhan Cross, Erin Luttrell, Michael Sullivan, Julie Cayrol, Julia Challinor, Neil Ranasinghe, Jordana McLoone, Claire E. Wakefield   +16 more
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Development and Implementation of a Disease‐Targeted Storybook as a Clinical Tool for Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin, Usanarat Anurathapan, Rawiwan Roongpraiwan, Potchanee Dandamrongrak, Siriporn Nakhonchai, Pawin Numthavaj, Vilawan Chirdkiatgumchai   +6 more
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Smart water for sustainable agriculture through climate resilient assessment and integrated soil water crop management

Discover Water
Irrigation water quality is a cornerstone of agricultural sustainability, yet conventional assessments remain constrained by narrow hydrochemical indices that rarely capture the complex interactions among soils, crops, and climate.
Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman
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Singing strategies are linked to perch use on foraging territories in heart‐nosed bats

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Acoustic communication allows animals to coordinate and optimize resource utilization in space. Cardioderma cor, the heart‐nosed bat, is one of the few species of bats known to sing during nighttime foraging. Previous research found that heart‐nosed bats
Grace C. Smarsh, Ashley M. Long, Michael Smotherman   +2 more
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Articulatory oral space measures using the modified a-space.

, 2007
The X-ray microbeam method for measurement of articulatory dynamics has been used to acquire large amounts of data, with reduced X-ray dosage, resulting in one of the most widely used freely available speech production databases. The X-ray Microbeam Speech Production Database (XRMB-SPD), developed at Wisconsin University, USA, includes a vast amount of
Jesus, Luís M. T., Araújo, André, Costa, Isabel. M.   +2 more
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Animal‐Assisted Activities With Therapy Dogs in Pediatric Oncology: A Multicenter Survey of the Current Status, Implementation, and Challenges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Animal‐assisted activities (AAAs) with therapy dogs have shown positive effects on patient well‐being and quality of life in various areas of medicine, including pediatric oncology. However, research on this topic is limited. The aim of this study is to present the current status of AAA in pediatric oncology in Germany, Austria, and
Jan‐Marius Wedig, Birgit Burkhardt, Christof M. Kramm, Kira Ostermann, Sarah C. Goretzki, Uta Dirksen, Nico Kurpiers, Michael M. Schündeln   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing nesting rate and space use between extant and translocated eastern wild turkeys

Wildlife Society Bulletin
Translocations are commonly used in conservation but can often lead to behavioral changes in relocated individuals, which may affect the success of translocation efforts.
Chad M. Argabright, Rusty L. Wood, Jason B. Hardin, Nicholas W. Bakner, Michael J. Chamberlain, Bret A. Collier   +5 more
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Determining Parental Factors for Clinical Trial Attrition in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Despite high enrollment rates on Children's Oncology Group (COG) protocols, attrition after initial consent is challenging, introducing bias and prolonging trial completion. While adult oncology literature has identified predictors of withdrawal, little is known about caregiver decision‐making for child participation in ...
Kimberly L. Stathas, Jakob Q. Weiss, Kellee N. Parker, Cathy Lee‐Miller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Space Use: Effect of Outdoor Comfort on Human Behaviours

Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2019
Urban geometry and the characteristic of built environment play an important role in outdoor comfort, they affected microclimate: air temperature, solar radiation, and wind speed, thus human behaviors and exactly people’s use pattern will be directly ...
Hadjira Sakhri, Yassine Bada
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
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