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Common illnesses in tropical Asia and significance of medical volunteering
Open Medicine, 2018 This study was conducted to provide practical information for actual preparation of medical volunteering in tropical Asia, mainly the distribution of common illnesses encountered during mission.
Rim Chai Hong +6 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Percutaneous prosthetic venous valves are fabricated by embedding stents in an electrospun matrix that extends luminally to form leaflets. The design shields leaflets from hyperplastic cells, isolates struts from blood contact, and avoids discrete anchoring points.
Dario Arcuti +6 more
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Retaining Older Volunteers Is Key to Meeting Future Volunteer Needs [PDF]
, 2007 The boomers' impending retirement has spurred interest in tapping their productive energies to benefit society. This study examines older adults' decisions to stop or start formal volunteer work.
Barbara Butrica +2 more
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Metamaterial Antennas Enhance MRI of the Eye and Occipital Brain
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A radiofrequency antenna platform comprising planar and bend configurations is developed, incorporating structurally integrated epsilon‐negative metamaterial unit cells to enhance MRI. These antennas enable high‐resolution in vivo human MRI of the eye, orbit, and occipital brain. Comprehensive validation, including simulations, phantom experiments, SAR,
Nandita Saha +14 more
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A Matter of Survival: Volunteering [PDF]
, 2000 This monograph documents the rich traditions of self-help and civic engagement that are found in America's "tough" communities -- communities most often found in the inner city, where resources are scarce and where it is difficult to live and to raise a ...
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A chromatic‐invariant photothermal fabric is fabricated for outdoor activewear, realizing 4°C–8°C heating within 5 min under 1000 W m−2 illumination via NIR absorption, retaining high visible‐light reflectivity and original fabric functions, and achieving >95.3% sterilization in 20 min.
Jingshuai Zhu +6 more
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Research Journal of Education, Teaching and Curriculum StudiesThe purpose of the study was to assess the role of volunteerism as a parental involvement strategy in the achievement of core competencies among learners in public primary schools in Nandi County, Kenya.
Elizabeth Jeptoo +2 more
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Citizen Soldiers: The North Carolina Volunteers and the War on Poverty [PDF]
, 1999 During the summers of 1964 and 1965, more than 300 college students fanned out across the state of North Carolina in a bold campaign to defeat poverty and, as they saw it, to uplift the poor.
Korstad, Robert R., Leloudis, James L.
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane +4 more
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Volunteering: The Force Multiplier for Community Change [PDF]
, 2014 In May 2014, United Way Worldwide's research team surveyed 74 U.S. and international United Way CEOs. The survey found that:The United Way network has seen a bigger increase in the growth rate of volunteering than the nation as a wholeThere is a gap ...
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