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Dedicated to biology, health sciences, and medical research, this category highlights advancements in understanding life processes and improving healthcare

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TRANSCEND a new Translational Medicine hub at the east edge of European Union.
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.5.1.376

TRANSCEND a new Translational Medicine hub at the east edge of European Union.

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Eugen Carasevici

TRANSCEND (Center of Fundamental Research and Experimental Development in Translational Medicine), Regional Institute of Oncology in Iasi

The functional concept of TRANSCEND is equally in favor of independent continuation and subsistence of each unit through dedicated projects and financial capital as well as comprehensive projects that fit…

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Photography and the Visual Brain
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.6.369

Photography and the Visual Brain

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Chiara Salabé

Photography has the aim to provide knowledge about the world we live in seizing from the continually changing information one unique moment which expresses the reality (of the artist). Also…

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Urinary Tract Infection As A Predictor Of Poor Prognosis In Pediatric Patients With Severe Febrile Neutropenia Related To Chemotherapy
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.5.352

Urinary Tract Infection As A Predictor Of Poor Prognosis In Pediatric Patients With Severe Febrile Neutropenia Related To Chemotherapy

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Maria Paula Gonzalez Galvis, Luis Alfonso Díaz-Martínez, Luis Miguel Sosa Ávila

Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Industrial de Santander. Bucaramanga

The diminished inflammatory response in patients with febrile neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy makes it hard to discard a urinary tract infection based solely on the physical evaluation of the patient…

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Between the Lines: The Language and Art of Death
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.3.311

Between the Lines: The Language and Art of Death

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Stephanie Lim, Jeremiah de Leon

Department of Medical Oncology, Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre

This short paper reflects on the attitudes that modern society has towards death, which affect and form the language that we use to describe death. The key domains of concern…

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Derivation of a Shortened Research Instrument for Measuring Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Attitudes in a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Training Program
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.2.290

Derivation of a Shortened Research Instrument for Measuring Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Attitudes in a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Training Program

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Arvind Venkat, Arnie Aldridge, Shannon Kearney, John Radack, Sherry Rickard-Aasen, Kim Grasso, Jaime Fawcett, Janice Pringle

The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire (AAPPQ) is a survey for evaluating the attitudes of clinicians towards patients with alcohol use disorders. A locally-developed research instrument for a Screening,…

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Understanding Cancer by Whole Genome Studies
Medicine
| DOI: 10.17160/josha.3.6.248

Understanding Cancer by Whole Genome Studies

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Christof von Kalle

The National Center for Tumor Diseases – NCT Heidelberg was founded as an exceptional alliance between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg University Hospital (UKL-HD), the Heidelberg Medical Faculty,…

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