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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is transport modelling ‘a bit of a racket’? On the role of transport planning support systems in England

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
As transport planning support systems (TPSS) such as models, frameworks and dashboards grow in prevalence among devolved, combined and regional authorities, it is essential to understand how these systems are being applied, and the institutional ...
Claude E.H. Lynch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land use–transport interaction modeling: A review of the literature and future research directions

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2015
The aim of this review paper is to provide comprehensive and up-to-date material for both researchers and practitioners interested in land-use-transport interaction (LUTI) modeling.
Ransford Antwi Acheampong   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial ability, urban wayfinding and location-based services:a review and first results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Location-Based Services (LBS) are a new industry at the core of which are GISand spatial databases. With increasing mobility of individuals, the anticipatedavailability of broadband communications for mobile devices and growingvolumes of location ...
Li, C
core  

The Application of WebGIS Tools for Visualizing Coastal Flooding Vulnerability and Planning for Resiliency: The New Jersey Experience

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2014
While sea level rise is a world-wide phenomenon, mitigating its impacts is a local decision-making challenge that is going to require site-specific remedies.
Richard Lathrop   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Role of Optimized Land Use/Land Cover Components in Mitigating Summertime Intra-Surface Urban Heat Island Effect: A Study on Downtown Shanghai, China

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
In this study, 167 land parcels of downtown Shanghai, China, were used to investigate the relationship between parcel-level land use/land cover (LULC) components and associated summertime intra-surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect, and further analyze
Yan-jun Guo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Killer Cells in Paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paediatric soft tissue sarcomas (pSTS) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignant tumours arising in tissues of mesenchymal origin. The role of natural killer (NK) cells in pSTS remains poorly understood, with evidence fragmented across small preclinical studies and early‐phase clinical trials.
Raya Dean   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial data infrastructure for emergency response in netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
During the crisis management, several organizations coordinate their emergency work based not only on well-defined policies and procedures (product of careful preparation) but also on the outcomes of the decision-making process.
Scholten, Henk   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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