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Acknowledgment to Reviewers of Methods and Protocols in 2021

Methods and Protocols, 2022
Rigorous peer-reviews are the basis of high-quality academic publishing [...]
Methods and Protocols Editorial Office
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Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Methods and Protocols in 2022

Methods and Protocols, 2023
High-quality academic publishing is built on rigorous peer review [...]
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ERCP for bile duct stones across a national service, demonstrating a high requirement for repeat procedures

Endoscopy International Open, 2023
Background and study aims Bile duct stones (BDS) represent approximately 50 % of the requirement for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) within most services.
Harry Martin, Richard Sturgess, Neil Mason, Adam Ceney, Jodi Carter, Lilith Barca, James Holland, Simon Swift, George J. Webster   +8 more
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In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2022
Hospitals continue to face challenges in reducing incorrect antibiotic use due to social and cultural factors at the level of the health system, the care facility, the provider, and the patient.
Rosa Stalteri Mastrangelo, Anisa Hajizadeh, Thomas Piggott, Mark Loeb, Michael Wilson, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Yetiani Roldan, Hussein El-Khechen, Anna Miroshnychenko, Priya Thomas, Holger J. Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat   +11 more
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Methods to support evidence-informed decision-making in the midst of COVID-19: creation and evolution of a rapid review service from the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background The COVID-19 public health crisis has produced an immense and quickly evolving body of evidence. This research speed and volume, along with variability in quality, could overwhelm public health decision-makers striving to make timely decisions
Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Emily Belita, Robyn L. Traynor, Emily Clark, Leah Hagerman, Maureen Dobbins   +5 more
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The role of higher education in spatial mobility

Applied Network Science, 2021
The role of higher education in social and spatial mobility has attracted considerable attention. However, there are very few countrywide databases that follow the career paths of graduates from their place of birth, through their enrollment in ...
Zsolt Tibor Kosztyán, Vivien Valéria Csányi, Zsuzsanna Banász, Ákos Jakobi, Ildikó Neumanné-Virág, András Telcs   +5 more
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Health outcomes, health services utilization, and costs consequences of medicare uninsurance among migrants in Canada: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Medically uninsured groups, many of them migrants, reportedly delay using healthcare services due to costs and often face preventable health consequences. This systematic review sought to assess quantitative evidence on health outcomes, health
Sophiya Garasia, Valerie Bishop, Stephanie Clayton, Genevieve Pinnington, Chika Arinze, Ezza Jalil   +5 more
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Reporting of heterogeneity of treatment effect in cohort studies: a review of the literature

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018
Background This article corresponds to a literature review and analyze how heterogeneity of treatment (HTE) is reported and addressed in cohort studies and to evaluate the use of the different measures to HTE analysis. Methods prospective cohort studies,
Meryl Dahan, Caroline Scemama, Raphael Porcher, David J. Biau   +3 more
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A model for election night forecasting applied to the 2004 South African elections

ORiON, 2006
A novel model has been developed to predict elections on the basis of early results. The electorate is clustered according to their behaviour in previous elections.
JM Greben, C Elphinstone, J Holloway
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Operations research at CSIR: A brief history through cases

ORiON, 2007
Apart from work in the mining industry during the 1950s, the first real Operations Research (OR) group in South Africa was established at CSIR in the early 1960s.
HW Ittmann, FE van Dyk, IA Meyer, SJJ van Rensburg   +3 more
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