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ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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Insight into Shiga toxin genes encoded by Escherichia coli O157 from whole genome sequencing [PDF]
The ability of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to cause severe illness in humans is determined by multiple host factors and bacterial characteristics, including Shiga toxin (Stx) subtype.
Asadulghani +21 more
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ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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Application of CF effect, IAR and RAPD methods in evaluation or competitiveness between inoculated and indigenous strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii [PDF]
The paper evaluates the competitive ability of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain T49B1 used as inoculant for Trifolium repens L. (Viola) and indigenous population of rhizobia from chernozem, stagnosol and humic gleysol.
Jošić Dragana +5 more
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Shape sensing is the reconstruction of the displacement field of a structure from some discrete surface strain measurements and is a key technology for structural health monitoring. The aim of this paper is to compare two approaches to shape sensing that
Filippo Valoriani +2 more
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Genetic diversity of african and worldwide strains of Ralstonia solanacearum as determined by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism analysis of the hrp gene region [PDF]
The genetic diversity among a worldwide collection of 120 strains of #Ralstonia solanacearum# was assessed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of amplified fragments from the hrp gene region.
Poussier, Stéphane +2 more
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Risk of acquired drug resistance during short-course directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in an area with high levels of drug resistance. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Data on the performance of standardized short-course directly observed treatment (DOTS) of tuberculosis (TB) in areas with high levels of drug resistance and on the potential impact of DOTS on amplification of resistance are limited ...
Cox +33 more
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The hunt for optimal approaches to assessment of myocardial performance has been longstanding. However, assessment of segmental myocardial function lagged for decades and was largely qualitative and subjective, on the basis of endocardial excursion or wall thickening, not quantitative ...
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek +13 more
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