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T2* Magnetic Resonance Imaging Uncovers Hemosiderin Burden in Pediatric Hemophilia: A Call for Sensitive Imaging Biomarkers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hemophilic arthropathy remains the leading morbidity in hemophilia despite modern prophylaxis, and early joint damage may be missed by routine exams. This study explored T2* MRI as a noninvasive biomarker of hemosiderin deposition in pediatric hemophilia.
Jessica Garcia, Tarique Hussain, Jeanne Dillenbeck, Matthew Hammer, Annette von Drygalski, Guy Young, Ayesha Zia   +6 more
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PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING USING UTILITY BASED TAGUCHI METHOD [PDF]

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2015
The present work deals the application of Taguchi method with utility concept to optimize the machining parameters with multiple characteristics in electrochemical machining (ECM) of Al/B4C composites. L27 orthogonal array was chosen for the experiments.
SADINENI RAMA RAO, G. PADMANABHAN
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Evaluation of tuna fishing zones in the eastern Pacific using a multicriteria method

Ciencias Marinas, 2007
A multicriteria assessment of fishing zones was carried out using the utility function (U) technique, considering three management objectives (maximizing tuna yield, minimizing dolphin mortality, and minimizing bycatch) and seven different weights among
JG Vaca-Rodríguez, R Carrara-Rosales, G Montaño-Moctezuma, E Almanza-Heredia   +3 more
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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric 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, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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Opioid utility function: methods and implications

Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2020
Opioids are complex drugs that produce profit (most importantly analgesia) as well as a myriad of adverse effects including gastrointestinal motility disturbances, abuse and addiction, sedation and potentially lethal respiratory depression (RD). Consequently, opioid treatment requires careful evaluation in terms of benefit on the one hand and harm on ...
Dam, C.J. van, Algera, M.H., Olofsen, E., Aarts, L., Smith, T., Velzen, M. van, Sarton, E., Niesters, M., Dahan, A.   +8 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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Fuzzy-based composite indicator development methodology for evaluating overall project performance

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2015
Construction companies develop and use composite indicators to evaluate their overall project performance. However, the conventional methodology of composite indicator development causes “the indiscrimination problem”, a low degree of performance ...
Jung-Ho Yu, Me-Yeon Jeon, Tae Wan Kim
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real Time Investments with Adequate Portfolio Theory

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
The objective of this paper is to identify investment decision makingschemes using the adequate portfolio model. This approach can be employed to project investment in stocks, using the opportunities offered by the markets and investor intelligence.
Alina Kvietkauskienė
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