The Challenges of Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Summary of a Summit on Patient and Healthcare Provider Perspectives by Judith Bray, Aida Fernandes, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Anthony R. Otley, Joan Heatherington, Jennifer Stretton, Natasha Bollegala, Eric I. Benchimol

“…Through personal vignettes, patients articulated a pressing need to increase understanding of the challenges faced by people suffering from IBD among both health care professionals and the general public, develop best practices for navigating life transitions and addressing the unique challenges faced by children with IBD, and provide equitable access to appropriate, effective, and affordable treatments. …”
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Enhancing glioblastoma therapy: unveiling synergistic anticancer effects of Onalespib - radiotherapy combination therapy by Julia Uffenorde, Mehran Hariri, Eleftherios Papalanis, Annika Staffas, Josefine Berg, Bo Stenerlöw, Hanna Berglund, Christer Malmberg, Diana Spiegelberg, Diana Spiegelberg

“…Therefore, there is a pressing need for new therapeutic strategies to improve survival and reduce treatment side effects. …”
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Evaluation of physical fitness parameters of hearing impaired adolescents who are active and non-active in sports by A. Uludag, Erkan Calıskan, Ozge Caglar, Tulin Sepetcı

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Territorial obstacles causing early school dropout in Morocco: Multivariate spatial analysis by Aomar Ibourk, Soukaina Raoui

“…Indeed, there is thus a pressing need to investigate the factors contributing to the phenomenon. …”
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Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale by Tsz Ying Wong, Syeda Ishra Azim, Christa Lam-Cassettari, Ping-I. Lin, Ping-I. Lin, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Alicia Montgomery, Anne Masi, Kylie-Ann Mallitt, Kylie-Ann Mallitt, Andrew Whitehouse, Mark R. Dadds, Valsamma Eapen

“…There is also no evidence-based, standardized transdiagnostic approach currently available to provide a full clinical picture of individuals with NDDs. The pressing need for transdiagnostic assessment led to the development of the Neurodevelopment Assessment Scale (NAS).MethodsThis paper describes the co-design process used in the development of NAS prototype with stakeholders including individuals with NDDs, parents of children with NDDs, and health professionals.Results and discussionResults indicated stakeholder consensus that NAS would be useful for NDD assessment, and included recommendations for fine-tuning the way some questions were asked (e.g., child's diagnoses), question flow (e.g., branching logic), and the language and presentation of the prototype (e.g., readability). …”
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On drug resistance and metronomic chemotherapy: A mathematical modeling and optimal control approach by Urszula Ledzewicz, Shuo Wang, Heinz Schättler, Nicolas André, Marie Amélie Heng, Eddy Pasquier

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Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO2 by Ling Guo, Ling Guo, Yang Fang, Songhu Wang, Yao Xiao, Yanqiang Ding, Yanling Jin, Xueping Tian, Anping Du, Zhihua Liao, Kaize He, Shuang Chen, Yonggui Zhao, Li Tan, Zhuolin Yi, Yuqing Che, Lanchai Chen, Jinmeng Li, Leyi Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhengbiao Gu, Fangyuan Zhang, Yan Hong, Qing Zhang, Hai Zhao

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El niño y lo melodramático. Tres hipótesis aplicadas al cine argentino de la postdictadura by Sophie Dufays

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