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COVID-19 Lockdown Impacts Among Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: An Italian Regional Reference Centre Experience

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2022
Background: Coronavirus pandemic has influenced our society with social distancing and management of chronic disease such as cystic fibrosis (CF). During the Italian lockdown from March to May 2020, CF patients reduced the number of outpatient visits ...
Alessandra Boni, Manuel Murciano, Francesca De Luca, Valentina Rizzo, Carlo Cappelli, Viviana D'Alù, Patrizia Troiani, Raffaella Nenna, Giuseppe Cimino, Fabio Midulla   +9 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Smoking status and endothelial function in Japanese men

Scientific Reports, 2021
It is established that smoking is a major risk factor of atherosclerosis. Endothelial dysfunction occurs in the initial step in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and plays a critical role in the development of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study
Haruki Hashimoto, Tatsuya Maruhashi, Takayuki Yamaji, Takahiro Harada, Yiming Han, Yuji Takaeko, Yasuki Kihara, Kazuaki Chayama, Chikara Goto, Yoshiki Aibara, Farina Mohamad Yusoff, Shinji Kishimoto, Masato Kajikawa, Ayumu Nakashima, Yukihito Higashi   +14 more
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Improved Early Referral in Long‐Term Survivor Care With Institutional Standardized Practice Among Childhood Leukemia Survivors#

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2018, the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center Leukemia Program implemented a practice standard to support the transition from treatment to survivorship that includes shared, alternating care between leukemia and survivorship clinicians and a reminder to refer survivors to the long‐term survivor clinic (LTSC) 2 years after ...
Ji Yun Tark, Kayla L. Foster, Omar Shakeel, Mary C. Shapiro, Shawki L. Qasim, ZoAnn Dreyer, Eric S. Schafer, Ashley M. Butler, Austin L. Brown, Maria Monica Gramatges   +9 more
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Critique of Telic Power

Journal of Social Ontology
Åsa Burman has recently introduced the important notion of telic power and differentiated it from deontic power in an attempt to build a bridge between ideal and non-ideal social ontology.
Sandro Guli, Luca Moretti
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Renal function and nutritional status in patients with arterial hypertension

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2020
Arterial hypertension is the main preventable cause of cardiovascular disease and all causes of death worldwide, and also ranks second among the most important causes of chronic kidney disease after diabetes.
V.V. Rodionova, O.O. Boiko
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The Role of “Adult‐Onset” Cancer Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer: A Comprehensive Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current literature estimates that 10% of pediatric cancers are caused by pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) germline variants in cancer predisposition genes (CPGs). Variants in CPGs thought to increase cancer risk exclusively during adulthood are referred to as “adult‐onset” CPGs (aoCPGs).
Maria Rozo, Miriam A. Bornhorst, Angela J. Waanders, Sara Zarnegar‐Lumley, Ashwin Lakshman Koppayi, Lucy A. Godley   +5 more
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Against Guala and Hindriks’ Functionalist Theory of Institutions

Journal of Social Ontology
What explains the existence and persistence of institutions? This article centres on Guala and Hindriks’ functionalist theory of institutions, which explains their existence and persistence by their overall beneficial consequences, where these ...
Louis Larue
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Status of AKK fragmentation functions [PDF]

Proceedings of the XVI International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics, 2008
We summarize the improvements to the previous AKK extraction of fragmentation functions for pi^{+-}, K^{+-}, p/p-bar, K_S^0 and Lambda/Lambda-bar hadrons at next-to-leading order implemented in the AKK08 sets.
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge, Maite E. Houwing, Rowena L. Grohssteiner, Ferdows Atiq, Sonja A. M. C. Teuben, Mirjam P. Fransen, Marjon H. Cnossen   +6 more
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