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Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Verified email at northwestern.edu
Cited by 17855

Concepts and definitions for “supportive care,”“best supportive care,”“palliative care,” and “hospice care” in the published literature, dictionaries, and textbooks

D Hui, M De La Cruz, M Mori, HA Parsons… - Supportive Care in …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Commonly used terms such as “supportive care,” “best supportive care,” “palliative
care,” and “hospice care” were rarely and inconsistently defined in the palliative oncology …

[HTML][HTML] Concepts and definitions for “actively dying,”“end of life,”“terminally ill,”“terminal care,” and “transition of care”: a systematic review

…, N Didwaniya, R Dev, M De La Cruz… - Journal of pain and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panelDavid Hui MD, MSc a , Zohra Nooruddin MD a , Neha
Didwaniya MD a , Rony Dev MD a , Maxine De La Cruz MD a , Sun Hyun Kim MD c , Jung Hye …

[HTML][HTML] Uterine fibroids: diagnosis and treatment

MSD De La Cruz, EM Buchanan - American family physician, 2017 - aafp.org
Uterine fibroids are common benign neoplasms, with a higher prevalence in older women
and in those of African descent. Many are discovered incidentally on clinical examination or …

[HTML][HTML] Meconium microbiome analysis identifies bacteria correlated with premature birth

AN Ardissone, DM de la Cruz, AG Davis-Richardson… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Preterm birth is the second leading cause of death in children under the age of
five years worldwide, but the etiology of many cases remains enigmatic. The dogma that the …

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

…, R Bitton, JR Mantei, C Aparicio, MO De La Cruz… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Aggregates of charged amphiphilic molecules have been found to access a structure at
elevated temperature that templates alignment of supramolecular fibrils over macroscopic scales…

Integrative structure and functional anatomy of a nuclear pore complex

…, CH Greenberg, EY Jacobs, Z Yu, MJ de La Cruz… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Nuclear pore complexes play central roles as gatekeepers of RNA and protein transport
between the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. However, their large size and dynamic nature have …

Availability and integration of palliative care at US cancer centers

D Hui, A Elsayem, M De La Cruz, A Berger… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context The current state of palliative care in cancer centers is not known. Objectives To
determine the availability and degree of integration of palliative care services and to compare …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation of DNA by polyamines: a polyelectrolyte behavior

E Raspaud, MO De La Cruz, JL Sikorav, F Livolant - Biophysical journal, 1998 - cell.com
M. Olvera de la Cruz … , highly charged polyelectrolyte chains (HCPCs) are chains with a
distance b such that ξ > 1/|z i z m |, where z i and z m are the valences of the ions in the solution …

DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization into Wulff polyhedra

…, AJ Senesi, AL Schmucker, BC Pals, MO de La Cruz… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Crystallization is a fundamental and ubiquitous process much studied over the centuries. But
although the crystallization of atoms is fairly well understood 1 , 2 , it remains challenging to …

Integrated methodology for project risk management

A Del Cano, MP de la Cruz - Journal of construction engineering …, 2002 - ascelibrary.org
This article presents a generic project risk management process that has been particularized
for construction projects from the point of view of the owner and the consultant who may be …