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Estimating interactions in individual participant data meta-analysis: a comparison of methods in practice

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2022
Medical interventions may be more effective in some types of individuals than others and identifying characteristics that modify the effectiveness of an intervention is a cornerstone of precision or stratified medicine.
Ruth Walker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploiting Burstiness in Reviews for Review Spammer Detection

open access: yesInternational Conference on Web and Social Media, 2021
Online product reviews have become an important source of user opinions. Due to profit or fame, imposters have been writing deceptive or fake reviews to promote and/or to demote some target products or services.
Geli Fei   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating progestogens for prevention of preterm birth international collaborative (EPPPIC) individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis: protocol

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2017
Background Preterm birth is the most common cause of death and harm to newborn babies. Babies that are born early may have difficulties at birth and experience health problems during early childhood.
Lesley A. Stewart   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

occumb: An R package for site occupancy modeling of eDNA metabarcoding data

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study introduces a new R package, occumb, for the convenient application of site occupancy modeling using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding data. We outline a data analysis workflow, including data setup, model fitting, model assessment, and comparison of potential study settings based on model predictions, all of which can be performed using
Keiichi Fukaya, Yuta Hasebe
wiley   +1 more source

Health effects of climate change: an overview of systematic reviews

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives We aimed to develop a systematic synthesis of systematic reviews of health impacts of climate change, by synthesising studies’ characteristics, climate impacts, health outcomes and key findings.
Rhéa Rocque   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Between Droughts and Floods: The Seasonal Response of Freshwater Snails in Artificial Reservoirs in the Brazilian Semiarid Region

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
We investigate the seasonal dynamics of two freshwater snails, Biomphalaria straminea and Melanoides tuberculata, in artificial reservoirs of the Brazilian semiarid region. Despite regulated hydrology, B. straminea exhibited strong seasonal fluctuations associated with dry periods, while M. tuberculata maintained stable populations throughout the year,
Lucas Henrique Sousa da Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reviewing the reviewers [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2014
Anna Kaatz was working on a Ph.D. in comparative literature, studying old medical texts and public health codes, when her major professor was jailed and fired for sending sexually explicit material to a detective posing as a minor.
openaire   +3 more sources

Lenvatinib and sorafenib for differentiated thyroid cancer after radioactive iodine: a systematic review and economic evaluation

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Thyroid cancer is a rare cancer, accounting for only 1% of all malignancies in England and Wales. Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) accounts for ≈94% of all thyroid cancers. Patients with DTC often require treatment with radioactive iodine.
Nigel Fleeman   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a theoretical framework

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
BackgroundIt is increasingly acknowledged that ‘acceptability’ should be considered when designing, evaluating and implementing healthcare interventions.
Mandeep Sekhon   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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