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Energy hardship programmes: a systematic cross-country policy analysis of initiatives addressing equity and low-carbon energy services

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society
Background Energy hardship can be broadly understood as a situation in which individuals or households are unable to afford basic energy services necessary for sustaining their wellbeing. Despite conceptual challenges and overlaps with similar narratives
Sea Rotmann, Kira Ashby, Luis Mundaca
doaj   +1 more source

Users Empowered in Smart Grid Development? Assumptions and Up-To-Date Knowledge

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
Active involvement of users in smart grids is often seen as key to beneficial development of smart grids. In this paper, we investigate the diverse assumptions about how and why users should be active and to what extent these assumptions are supported by
Barbara van Mierlo
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenario-Driven Synthetic Data Generation Framework for Visual Perception Evaluation Under Adverse Driving Conditions

open access: yesSensors
Developing and evaluating visual perception systems for autonomous vehicles requires data across diverse and adverse driving conditions, yet collecting and annotating such real-world data is costly and often impractical.
Wei Xu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A major stakeholder in the lobbying efforts: the role of people who use drugs in the past and the current opioid crisis

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Mass media campaigns have been effectively used in the past to shape public opinion on health. As the synthetic opioid epidemic sadly continues to take the lives of people across the globe, there is little information available on the power of
Ehsan Jozaghi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

open access: yesJournal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2020
Although tunnels provide roads with numerous advantages, they also include significant risks. Especially, fire accidents are the biggest threats. Nowadays, risk assessment has the predominant role for managing tunnel fire safety and users are in the ...
Panagiotis Ntzeremes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

User-Interface Modelling for Blind Users [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The design of a user interface usable by blind people sets specific usability requirements that are unnecessary for sighted users. These requirements focus on task adequacy, dimensional trade-off, behaviour equivalence, semantic loss avoidance and device-independency.
Alonso Amo, Fernando   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Referral Patterns and Diagnostic Timeliness in Pediatric Cancer: A Hospital‐Based Study in Indonesia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Timely diagnosis and treatment are critical for improving survival among children with cancer. In low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), delays are common and may be influenced by fragmented referral pathways and diagnostic limitations.
Nur Melani Sari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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