COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Patients.

Vaccine hesitancy among immunocompromised patients is complex and not well understood. This study aimed to determine the rate of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients and to understand associated factors. : Parents of patients (≤18 years) with cancer or post-BMT completed the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines Survey.

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Adherence to guidelines for natriuretic peptide testing in heart failure: a nationwide survey of healthcare professionals in Vietnam.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine doctors' level of adherence to the natriuretic peptide testing guideline and to identify the factors influencing their adherence.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Web-based survey.

Factors influencing the quality of life among women with cancer in Vietnam.

Background: Cancer and its treatments significantly affect the quality of life (QoL) of patients. This remains understudied among Vietnamese women with cancer.

Objectives: This study explored the QoL of Vietnamese women with cancer and identified key influencing factors.

Rational side-by-side self-assembly of gold nanorods with short and medium aspect ratios the self-evaporation method to boost their potential as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) represents a compelling detection methodology centered on the electromagnetic fields, commonly termed "hot spots", generated around noble nanoparticles. Nonetheless, the efficacy of electromagnetic field (EMF) amplification is constrained when utilizing individual nanoparticles. There has been a notable lack of experimental and theoretically simulated studies regarding the increase of the electromagnetic field when gold nanorods with different aspect ratios undergo self-assembly in either perpendicular or parallel orientations to substrates.