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Dissemination of novel biostatistics methods: Impact of programming code avai...
Background As statisticians develop new methodological approaches, there are many factors that influence whether others will utilize their work. This paper is a bibliometric... -
Facilitating healthcare decisions by assessing the certainty in the evidence ...
Laboratory animal studies are used in a wide range of human health related research areas, such as basic biomedical research, drug research, experimental surgery and... -
Prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies in Behçet's disease: A systematic r...
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multifactorial systemic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology characterised by several clinical manifestations including vascular involvements... -
Give science and peace a chance: Speeches by Nobel laureates in the sciences,...
The paper presents the results of a quantitative analysis of speeches by Nobel laureates in the sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine) at the Prize gala dinner throughout the... -
Evaluation of the Pint of Science festival in Thailand
Background The Pint of Science festival is the biggest annual international science festival. In May 2017, we coordinated the first Pint of Science festival in Thailand and... -
Ranking of Business Process Simulation Software Tools with DEX/QQ Hierarchica...
The omnipresent need for optimisation requires constant improvements of companies’ business processes (BPs). Minimising the risk of inappropriate BP being implemented is usually... -
A Meta-Analysis of Self-Reported Achievement Goals and Nonself-Report Perform...
During the past three decades, the achievement goal approach to achievement motivation has emerged as an influential area of research, and is dedicated to understanding the... -
An improved collaborative filtering method based on similarity
The recommender system is widely used in the field of e-commerce and plays an important role in guiding customers to make smart decisions. Although many algorithms are available... -
Sequential organ failure assessment in predicting mortality after paraquat po...
Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is commonly used to determine disease severity and predict prognosis in critically ill patients. However, the prognostic value... -
Systematic review and meta-analysis comparing Adjustable Transobturator Male ...
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence is one of the most serious complications of prostate cancer treatment. The objective of this study was to assess efficacy and safety... -
Capillary networks and follicular marginal zones in human spleens. Three-dime...
: We have reconstructed small parts of capillary networks in the human splenic white pulp using serial sections immunostained for CD34 alone or for CD34 and CD271. The... -
Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism on hypertension in...
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is dramatically increasing in Africa with evidence of increased severity and resistance to treatment. Although angiotensin converting enzyme gene... -
Analysis of elite soccer players’ performance before and after signing a new ...
The aim of the current study was to analyse performance differences of football players 2-years prior and the year after signing a new contract (the following year) while taking... -
Meta-analysis of gemcitabine in brief versus prolonged low-dose infusion for ...
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gemcitabine (GEM) at 30 min standard-dose infusion (30 min-SDI) compared with prolonged low-dose infusion (P-LDI) in patients... -
Diagnostic significance of circulating miRNAs in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Background In recent years, many studies focused on the association between the microRNAs (miRNAs) and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially miRNA-21... -
Reporting Quality of Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses of Acupuncture
Background The QUOROM and PRISMA statements were published in 1999 and 2009, respectively, to improve the consistency of reporting systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analyses (MAs)... -
What is the optimum time for initiation of early mobilization in mechanically...
Early mobilization has been proven to be an effective and safe intervention for preventing complications in mechanically ventilated patients; however, there is currently no... -
The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences.
In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes... -
Therapeutic effects of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on survival in pat...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a method widely used for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); nevertheless, its effect on survival remains unclear.... -
The feasibility of using citizens to segment anatomy from medical images: Acc...
: The development of automatic methods for segmenting anatomy from medical images is an important goal for many medical and healthcare research areas. Datasets that can be used...
