Poor implementation of non-invasive sampling in wildlife genetics studies [PDF]
Rethinking Ecology, 2019 The Earth’s biodiversity is currently experiencing immense pressure from habitat loss, overexploitation, global climate change, and invasive species, which escalate the global extinction crisis.
Miriam A. Zemanova
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Similar risk for hemangiomas after amniocentesis and transabdominal chorionic villus sampling [PDF]
, 2012 Aim: In an earlier study we have shown that transcervical chorionic villus sampling in excess of 90 mg increases the risk for hemangiomas of infancy three- to four-fold compared to amniocentesis.
Zeebregts, Clark J. +17 more
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Sample size: how many participants do I need in my research? [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 The importance of estimating sample sizes is rarely understood by researchers, when planning a study. This paper aims to highlight the centrality of sample size estimations in health research.
Jeovany Martínez-Mesa +4 more
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VAMS-Based Blood Capillary Sampling for Mass Spectrometry-Based Human Metabolomics Studies
Metabolites, 2023 Volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) is a recently developed sample collection method that enables single-drop blood collection in a minimally invasive manner.
Chiara Volani +6 more
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A general method to determine sampling windows for nonlinear mixed effects models with an application to population pharmacokinetic studies [PDF]
, 2012 Optimal design methods have been proposed to determine the best sampling times when sparse blood sampling is required in clinical pharmacokinetic studies. However, the optimal blood sampling time points may not be feasible in clinical practice.
Stephen Duffull +5 more
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Simulation Studies for Complex Sampling Designs
Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016 Choosing the appropriate variance estimation method in complex surveys is a difficult task since there exist a variety of techniques which usually cannot be compared mathematically. A relatively easy way to accomplish such a comparison is on the basis of
Helga Wagner, Doris Eckmair
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Sampling: how to select participants in my research study? [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016 : Background: In this paper, the basic elements related to the selection of participants for a health research are discussed. Sample representativeness, sample frame, types of sampling, as well as the impact that non-respondents may have on results of a
Jeovany Martínez-Mesa +4 more
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A review of current ambulatory assessment studies in adolescent samples and practical recommendations [PDF]
, 2019 The use of ambulatory assessment (AA) and related methods (experience sampling, ecological momentary assessment) has greatly increased within the field of adolescent psychology.
Chung, JM +8 more
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Doing Online Surveys: Zum Einsatz in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Raumforschung
Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2015 Empirical social research made use of online surveys since the mid-1990s. However, there is no significant methodological debate about this empirical tool in socio-scientific regional studies.
Robert Nadler +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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