We investigate the construct validity, test re-test reliability, and responsiveness of the Wrist Position Sense Test (WPST) for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

This essay examines wages and the gender wage gap between 1993 and 2008 in Vietnam ...

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• 2018
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Towards the goal of malaria elimination on Hispaniola, the National Malaria Control Program of Haiti and its international partner organisations are conducting a campaign of interventions targeted to high-risk communities prioritised through evidence-based planning. Here we present a key piece of this planning: an up-to-date, fine-scale endemicity map and seasonality profile for Haiti informed by monthly case counts. ...

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• 2021
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death globally. Several preventive measures are employed to prevent TB, yet there is a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the most effective interventions for reducing TB incidence. ...

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• 2023
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Chronic, low-intensity air pollution exposure has been consistently associated with reduced lung function throughout childhood. However, there is limited research regarding the implications of acute, high-intensity air pollution exposure. We aimed to determine whether there were any associations between early life exposure to such an episode and lung growth trajectories. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Research focused on Down syndrome has increased in the last several years to advance understanding of the consequences of trisomy 21 (T21) on molecular and cellular processes and, ultimately, on individuals with Down syndrome. The Trisomy 21 Research Society (T21RS) is the premier scientific organization for researchers and clinicians studying Down syndrome. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia of Down syndrome (DS-AMKL) is a model of clonal evolution from a preleukemic transient myeloproliferative disorder requiring both a trisomy 21 (T21) and a GATA1s mutation to a leukemia driven by additional driver mutations. ...

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This paper is an introduction to a series of articles about improved measurement of lung function in patients with chronic lung disease. ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

Haematological malignancies, although a broad range of specific disease types, continue to show considerable overlap in classification, and patients are... ...

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• 2015
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Lung function measures in a health, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old children in a South African birth cohort study ...

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• 2016
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In this article, the Group Chairs of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) highlight some of the most interesting abstracts presented at the 2016 ERS International Congress, which was held in London. ...

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• 2017
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Rachel Graham Foong Hall RF GL BSc (hons), PhD, MBiostat BAppSci PhD CRFS FANZSRS FThorSoc FERS Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1626 Rachel.Foong@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Associate Dr ...

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