Publications by authors named "S R McFarland"

As part of a participatory project to advance navigational service delivery systems for children with neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) and their families, this paper addresses proceedings from a capacity-building conference in Vancouver, Canada. A total of 29 invited key stakeholders attended the meeting with the following aims: knowledge sharing amongst provincial/territorial regions advancing NDD navigation capacity; sustainable action-oriented knowledge exchange; and operationalizing next steps to build navigation resources across Canadian regions. Regional representation included multiple and inter-sectoral partners (e.

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Long Covid is the continuation or development of symptoms related to a SARSCoV2 infection. Those with Long Covid may face epistemic injustice, where they are unjustifiably viewed as unreliable evaluators of their own illness experiences. Media articles both reflect and influence perception and subsequently how people regard children and young people (CYP) with Long Covid, and may contribute to epistemic injustice.

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  • Researchers developed and studied five new iridium(III) complexes with thienyl groups to improve their performance in photodynamic therapy for cancer.
  • They found that the number of thienyl units affected the complexes' light absorption and emission properties, shifting them to longer wavelengths, which is beneficial for therapy.
  • In tests against melanoma and breast cancer cell lines, one complex showed significant photocytotoxicity when activated by visible light, remaining effective even under low-oxygen (hypoxic) conditions.
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We use Benford's law to examine the non-random elements of health care costs. We find that as health care expenditures increase, the conformity to the expected distribution of naturally occurring numbers worsens, indicating a tendency towards inefficient treatment. Government insurers follow Benford's law better than private insurers indicating more efficient treatment.

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Background And Aims: HCC incidence is increasing worldwide due to the obesity epidemic, which drives metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) that can lead to HCC. However, the molecular pathways driving MASH-HCC are poorly understood. We have previously reported that male mice with haploinsufficiency of hypoxia-associated factor (HAF) ( SART1+/ - ) spontaneously develop MASH-HCC.

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