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Decision-making for climate change adaptation: A systems thinking approach [PDF]

, 2013
The impacts of climate change are exacerbated by inefficient adaptation and mitigation decision making, due to the complexity of the decision-making environment. As a consequence, there is no single approach to planning and decision making.
Kambiz Maani, Maani, Kambiz
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Incubating service systems thinking: New frames for collaborating on a pattern language for service systems [PDF]

, 2014
“Service systems thinking” is proffered as a label for an emerging body of work that: (i) builds on social systems thinking (i.e. socio-psychological, socio-technical and socio-ecological systems perspectives) to advance a transdisciplinary appreciation ...
Ing, David
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Identifying a Systems Thinker: Matching a Candidate’s Systems Thinking Abilities with the Job

Applied System Innovation, 2022
Systems thinking is an evolving field, and there is growing demand to integrate systems thinking into many fields. The goal of the present study was to develop a new tool for identifying systems thinkers. The study was conducted in two stages. The first,
Anat Nissel Miller, Sigal Kordova, Tal Grinshpoun, Shraga Shoval   +3 more
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Counterfactual Thinking and the Episodic System [PDF]

Behavioural Neurology, 2010
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium1. IntroductionWhen something bad happens, we often think howthings could have turned out differently (e.g., “If I hadset my alarm, I would not have missed my appoint-ment.”). Imagining an alternative reality, which couldhave replaced the actual one, is called counterfactualthinking.
Van Hoeck, Nicole, Ma, Ning, Van Overwalle, Frank, Vandekerckhove, Marie   +3 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Structural Complexity of Induced Travel Demand in Decision-Making: A System Dynamics Approach

Organizacija, 2016
Background and purpose: Induced travel demand (ITD) is a phenomenon where road construction increases vehicles’ kilometers traveled. It has been approached with econometric models that use elasticities as measure to estimate how much travel demand can be
Angarita-Zapata Juan S., Parra-Valencia Jorge A., Andrade-Sosa Hugo H.   +2 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systems practice in engineering: reflections on doctoral level systems supervision [PDF]

, 2011
The Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) in Systems, a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of Bath, offers an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Systems Programme which is aimed at high-calibre engineers from graduate level to ...
Yearworth, M, Yearworth, Mike
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Undergraduate Medical Education: Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Explore Interests in Curriculum Composition

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Objectives Several stakeholders are formally recognised when designing undergraduate medical curricula, but past studies have failed to identify them with sufficient breadth, to explore their understanding of the system, or examine their views on ...
Alexander P Royston
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