Results 31 to 40 of about 8,443,323 (284)

Evidence-based medicine and progress in the medical sciences [PDF]

, 2011
The question what scientific progress means for a particular domain such as medicine seems importantly different from the question what scientific progress is in general. While the latter question received ample treatment in the philosophical literature,
Ayob, Bird, Borgerson, Gupta, Kincaid, Le Fanu, Maier, Mittra, Naylor, Nordin, Padrino, Pearce, Sackett, Swales, Tanenbaum, van der Wilt   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Determination of sample size for various study designs in medical research: A practical primer

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Formulating a research question and selecting an appropriate study design for answering that question are crucial initial steps in the research process.
Reena Bhardwaj, Usha Agrawal, Praveen Vashist, Souvik Manna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Formulating Well-Written Clinical Practice Questions and Research Questions

Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal, 2021
Implementation of evidence-based practices is an expectation in healthcare and nursing, requiring knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice (EBP) and research.
Natalie Bermudez
doaj  

Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi, Paula D. Robinson, Shana Jacobs, L. Lee Dupuis, the International Pediatric Dexamethasone Panel, Sameer Bakhshi, Tiene Bauters, Eva Brack, Simone Cesaro, Claire Fosbrook, Jason Freedman, Tamara MacDonald, Eloise Neumann, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Rod Rassekh, Florian Slimano, Johnathan Soggee, Joel Thompson, Marianne van de Wetering, Milena Villarroel, Jasper Wong   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Same Question, Different World: Replicating an Open Access Research Impact Study [PDF]

, 2019
To examine changes in the open access landscape over time, this study partially replicated Kristin Antelman’s 2004 study of open access citation advantage. Results indicated open access articles still have a citation advantage.
Arendt, Julie, Miller, Hillary, Peacemaker, Bettina   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Library Research Instruction for Doctor of Ministry Students: Outcomes of Instruction Provided by a Theological Librarian and by a Program Faculty Member

, 2014
At some seminaries the question of who is more effective teaching library research is an open question. There are two camps of thought: (1) that the program faculty member is more effective in providing library research instruction as he or she is ...
Birch, Rodney, Kamilos, Charles D
core   +2 more sources

The management of absence: why it matters : an analysis of absence management issues, with a case study based in a UK academic library [PDF]

, 2008
This paper seeks to give an overview of some ongoing research into absence management practices in a UK university library.
Maclean, Alison D.
core   +1 more source

Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Examination of the Question of Personhood in Stem Cell Research [PDF]

, 2016
Stem cell research programme has been celebrated world over as the most promising medical research in the 21st century. However, the method of stem cell research involves the use and unavoidable destruction of human embryo.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
core