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Data quality in telephone surveys and the effect of questionnaire length: a cross-national experiment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Respondents in long telephone survey interviews may adopt satisficing strategies as they approach the end of the questionnaire (Holbrook, Green and Krosnick, 2003).
Allum, Nick   +3 more
core   +1 more source

OSA Endotyping as Targets for Treatment. How Far Have We Come?

open access: yesRespirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is highly prevalent and is associated with significant impairments in quality of life and comorbidity. The most common treatment employed is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), especially in moderate and severe cases.
Walter T. McNicholas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preserving Logical Relations while Estimating Missing Values [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Română de Statistică, 2017
Item-nonresponse is often treated by means of an imputation technique. In some cases, the data have to satisfy certain constraints, which are frequently referred to as edits.
Ton de Waal, Wieger Coutinho
doaj  

Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Association of Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease (PD) is substantial, but heterogeneity in methodology and lack of categorization according to the type of exposure and pesticide classes in previous meta‐analyses impair the interpretation of data. This study aims to update evidence of the association between pesticide exposure
Pedro Henrique Passos da Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of harms and burdens in clinical practice guidelines: Lessons learned from the American Psychological Association's guideline development

open access: yesClinical Psychology: Science and Practice, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Growing evidence supports the efficacy of various psychosocial interventions yet provides very little information about the potential harms and burdens of treatment. Lacking such information makes it difficult to make truly informed decisions about treatment options.
Raquel W. Halfond   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editing and multiply imputing German establishment panel data to estimate stochastic production frontier models [PDF]

open access: yes
"This paper illustrates the effects of item-nonresponse in surveys on the results of multivariate statistical analysis when estimation of productivity is the task.
Kölling, Arnd, Rässler, Susanne
core  

Enhancement of immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy by DHX58+ SELL+ T cells in advanced gastric cancer

open access: yesVIEW, EarlyView.
We created a coculture system using patient‐derived organoids (PDOs) and tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) that mimics important interactions between PDOs and TILs in the presence of various ICIs. Our findings reveal that CD62L+ T cells, activated by CD44+ cancer stem cells (CSCs), facilitate tumor regression in samples sensitive to ICIs, which is ...
Jie Chen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilevel modelling of refusal and noncontact nonresponse in household surveys: evidence from six UK government surveys

open access: yes, 2007
This paper analyses household unit nonresponse and interviewer effects in six major UK government surveys using a multilevel multinomial modelling approach. The models are guided by current conceptual frameworks and theories of survey participation.
Durrant, Gabriele B., Steele, Fiona
core  

Long‐Term Results of UPPP and Coblation Channeling of the Tongue for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the long‐term surgical outcomes of combined uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) and coblation channeling of the tongue (CCT) for moderate‐to‐severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods The study enrolled patients with moderate‐to‐severe OSA who underwent treatment with UPPP plus CCT and had a minimal follow‐up of 2 years ...
Ren‐Hui Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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