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Bridging pre-surgical endocrine therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rajiv V Dave, Beatrix Elsberger, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Ashu Gandhi, Cliona C Kirwan, Baek Kim, Elizabeth M Camacho, Charlotte E Coles, Ellen Copson, Alona Courtney, Kieran Horgan, Patricia Fairbrother, Chris Holcombe, Jamie J Kirkham, Daniel R Leff, Stuart A McIntosh, Rachel O'Connell, Ricardo Pardo, Shelley Potter, Tim Rattay, Nisha Sharma, Raghavan Vidya, Ramsey I Cutress, B-MaP-C study collaborative
Apr 17, 2023
PURPOSE: The B-MaP-C study investigated changes to breast cancer care that were necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we present a follow-up analysis of those patients commenced on bridging endocrine therapy (BrET), whilst...
Trust, Risk and Alternative Website Quality in B-Buyer Acceptance of Cross-Border E-Commerce
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) has become an imperative mode for global trade. Research on cross-border e-commerce historically focuses mainly on the customer's behavior intention to purchase on a CBEC platform. However...
Published by: IGI Global
Formal Analysis of Database Trigger Systems Using Event-B
Most modern relational database systems use triggers to implement automatic tasks in response to specific events happening inside or outside a system. A database trigger is a human readable block code without any formal...
Systems & Software Design Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
Efficient Local Cloud-Based Solution for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection
Damage of blood vessels in retina due to diabetes is known as diabetic retinopathy. It is one of the one of the important origins of blindness for adults. Loss of vision can be avoided by detecting damage of retina (leaking...
Published by: IGI Global
A Machine Learning Method with Threshold Based Parallel Feature Fusion and Feature Selection for Automated Gait Recognition
Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Attique, Muhammad Tahir, Mussarat Yasmim, Tanzila Saba, Urcun Tanik
Apr 01, 2020
Gait is a vital biometric process for human identification in the domain of machine learning. In this article, a new method is implemented for human gait recognition based on accurate segmentation and multi-level features...
Published by: IGI Global
The Rumble in the Meson
Abstract
We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
Melissa C. Brunkan
Oct 29, 2013
Previous studies have explored the use of real-time visual spectral feedback with adult and teenage singers. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the perceptions of children (N=54), ages 7 to 13 years...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Native Hawaiian Interdisciplinary Health Program
Michael C. DeMattos
Dec 14, 2019
In Spring of 2012, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, and the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work Baccalaureate Program partnered and created the...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Lean Manufacturing Towards Sustainability
This paper intends to capture the attention of the lean researchers towards a shift of priorities of the various techniques implemented in lean and its journey of 40 years in the global scenario. In particular, the paper focuses...
Published by: IGI Global
Influence of Soil Drought Stress on C, N and P Stoichiometry of Tamarix Chinensis Lour. in Yellow River Delta, China
Qiangqiang Rong, Jingtao Liu, Yanpeng Cai, Zhaohua Lu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Wencong Yue, Jiangbao Xia
Aug 04, 2014
Taking the one-year-old T. chinensis (Tamarix chinensis Lour.) in Yellow River Delta as the study object, the variations of C, N and P stoichiometry in T. chinensis under drought stress was studied using pot experiments. The...
A Model of Semantic-Based Image Retrieval Using C-Tree and Neighbor Graph
The problems of image mining and semantic image retrieval play an important role in many areas of life. In this paper, a semantic-based image retrieval system is proposed that relies on the combination of C-Tree, which was built...
Published by: IGI Global
The Effect of Instructor Postural Changes on the Posture of an Individual Singer
Jeremy Manternach
Oct 29, 2013
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the potential effect of instructor body positioning on individual singer (N=40) posture and vocal production. The instructor/researcher assumed different standing positions while...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Maternal immunisation against Group B Streptococcus
Simon R Procter, Bronner P Gonçalves, Proma Paul, Jaya Chandna, Farah Seedat, Artemis Koukounari, Raymond Hutubessy, Caroline Trotter, Joy E Lawn, Mark Jit
Apr 14, 2023
Background
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) can cause invasive disease (iGBS) in young infants, typically presenting as sepsis or meningitis, and is also associated with stillbirth and preterm birth. GBS vaccines are under...
Humans Streptococcus Agalactiae Streptococcal Infections premature birth vaccines Immunization Vaccination Bayes Theorem Pregnancy Quality of life Infant Infant Newborn Cost-Benefit Analysis Female Stillbirth
Published by: PLoS Medicine
A randomised study of rituximab and belimumab sequential therapy in PR3 ANCA-associated vasculitis (COMBIVAS)
Mark E McClure, Seerapani Gopaluni, James Wason, Robert B Henderson, Andre van Maurik, Caroline C O Savage, Charles D Pusey, Alan D Salama, Paul A Lyons, Jacinta Lee, Kim Mynard, David R Jayne, Rachel B Jones
Apr 11, 2023
Background
Sequential B cell-targeted immunotherapy with BAFF antagonism (belimumab) and B cell depletion (rituximab) may enhance B cell targeting in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) through several...
Vasculitis Rituximab belimumab ANCA Humans Immunosuppressive Agents Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Treatment Outcome Proteomics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Published by: Trials
Revised Weighted Fuzzy C-Means and Fortified Weiszfeld Hybrid Method for Uncapacitated Multi-Facility Location Problems
In this article, a hybrid method is proposed to solve the uncapacitated planar multi-facility location problems. The new hybrid method consists of a combination of the Revised Weighted Fuzzy C-Means (RWFCM) algorithm proposed by...
Published by: IGI Global
Applying a Structured Industry Model Development Process to Support Digital Transformation Efforts
While business models transformed how we describe organizations, the authors apply equivalent modeling to describe industries. Specifically, the authors propose and implement a structured industry model development process...
Published by: IGI Global
Skepticism Toward Online Advertising
Despite the enormous spending on digital advertising, consumers are skeptical toward online advertising (STA). We integrated advertising value and stimulus-organism- response (SOR) frameworks to develop a model of STA's causes...
Published by: IGI Global
Extending the Task-Technology Fit Model in an E-Collaborative English Learning Context
Superstar Learning System is a popular e-collaborative learning app especially in English reading learning. This study randomly selected 2061 out of around 2500 students in a public university. Through a large-scale...
Published by: IGI Global
Brain Tumour Segmentation in FLAIR MRI Using Sliding Window Texture Feature Extraction Followed by Fuzzy C-Means Clustering
In this paper, a hybrid approach using sliding window mechanism followed by fuzzy c means clustering is proposed for the automated brain tumour extraction. The proposed method consists three phases. The first phase is used for...
Published by: IGI Global
Move and Construal Examined
Michiya Kawai
Aug 01, 2013
This paper studies Hornstein's (2001) proposal that construal in natural language involves movement (construal-as-movement [CAM]), by examining the CAM analysis of tough constructions. The CAM analysis suffers because (a)...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Public Sector Cloud Service Procurement in Sweden
This paper investigates the use of cloud services in the public sector and management of information security challenges in the procurement of such services. The findings are based on an exploratory approach that included a...
Published by: IGI Global
Extended Single-Iteration Fuzzy C-Means, and Gustafson-Kessel Algorithms for Medium-Sized (106) Multisource Weber Problem
An uncapacitated multisource Weber problem involves finding facility locations for known customers. When this problem is restated as finding locations for additional new facilities, while keeping the current facilities, a new...
Published by: IGI Global
Systematic Review of Outdoor Science Learning Activities with the Integration of Mobile Devices
The purpose of this systematic study review was to describe how researchers integrated mobile devices into outdoor science learning, assessment of those activities, and alignment of purpose, integration, and assessment. From...
Published by: IGI Global
Detection of Change in Body Motion With Background Construction and Silhouette Orientation
Background subtraction techniques have been widely implemented and improvised to obtain a stable background model. The novelty of the proposed work is to generate a stable background model under dynamic changes in the...
Published by: IGI Global
Factors Affect the Sorption and Degradation of and Rostenedione in Three Typical Agricultural Soils From Different Regions
Androstenedione is a natural steroid hormone and endocrine disruptor. Batch and laboratory microcosm experiments and studies were conducted to investigate its adsorption and degradation in three soils. The Freundlichparameter Kf...
Published by: IGI Global
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