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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... -
Poor reporting of multivariable prediction model studies: towards a targeted ...
Background As complete reporting is essential to judge the validity and applicability of multivariable prediction models, a guideline for the Transparent Reporting of a... -
Perceived conflict of interest in health science partnerships
University scientists conducting research on topics of potential health concern often want to partner with a range of actors, including government entities, non-governmental... -
Validating a scale to measure engineers’ perceived self-efficacy for engineer...
Education outreach in schools has been identified as a critical route to influence children's perceptions and capabilities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics... -
The Researchers’ View of Scientific Rigor—Survey on the Conduct and Reporting...
Reproducibility in animal research is alarmingly low, and a lack of scientific rigor has been proposed as a major cause. Systematic reviews found low reporting rates of measures... -
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... -
Building consensus on interactions between population health researchers and ...
Abstract Key to scientific integrity is ensuring that research findings are considered credible by scientific peers, practitioners, policymakers and the public. Industry... -
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... -
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Introduction:Translational research is central to international health policy, research and funding initiatives. Despite increasing use of the term, the translation of basic... -
Scientific sinkhole: The pernicious price of formatting
Objective To conduct a time-cost analysis of formatting in scientific publishing. Design International, cross-sectional study (one-time survey). Setting Internet-based... -
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... -
Take me where I want to go: Institutional prestige, advisor sponsorship, and ...
Placement in prestigious research institutions for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) PhD recipients is generally considered to be optimal. Yet some... -
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... -
Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A su...
ABSTRACT Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is... -
Voting on Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Citizens More Supportive than Politic...
As the public debate over stem cell research continues, the observable voting behaviour in Switzerland offers a unique opportunity to compare the voting behaviour of politicians... -
Suspected heroin-related overdoses incidents in Cincinnati, Ohio: A spatiotem...
Background Opioid misuse and deaths are increasing in the United States. In 2017, Ohio had the second highest overdose rates in the US, with the city of Cincinnati experiencing... -
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)... -
The impact of caring for children on women’s research output: A retrospective...
We used a retrospective cohort study to measure the impact of caring for children on female Australian researchers. Our aim was to see whether caring for children was associated... -
Operative hysteroscopy versus vacuum aspiration for incomplete spontaneous ab...
Background Incomplete spontaneous abortions are defined by the intrauterine retention of the products of conception after their incomplete or partial expulsion. This condition...
