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Background As in many health care systems, some Canadian jurisdictions have begun shifting away from global hospital budgets. Payment for episodes of care has begun to be... -
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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... -
Implementation of intermittent theta burst stimulation compared to convention...
Background Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an evidence-based treatment for depression that is increasingly implemented in healthcare systems across the... -
The Impact of a Researcher’s Structural Position on Scientific Performance: A...
This article discusses the nature and structure of scientific collaboration as well as the association between academic collaboration networks and scientific productivity. Based... -
Impact of the anti-aquaporin-4 autoantibody on inner retinal structure, funct...
PurposeAn autoantibody against aquaporin-4 (AQP4 Ab) is highly specific for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and plays a pathogenic role in this disease. The purpose of... -
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus open surgery for surgical treatment of pa...
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and open surgery (OS) for surgical treatment of patients with staghorn stones based on... -
Capturing multi-stage fuzzy uncertainties in hybrid system dynamics and agent...
Background In practical research, it was found that most people made health-related decisions not based on numerical data but on perceptions. Examples include the perceptions... -
Acknowledgements are not just thank you notes: A qualitative analysis of ackn...
Acknowledgements in scientific articles can be described as miscellaneous, their content ranging from pre-formulated financial disclosure statements to personal testimonies of... -
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A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of yoga on glycemic control, lipid profiles, body composition and blood pressure in people in the... -
Identifying animal taxa used to manufacture bone tools during the Middle Ston...
This paper presents the histological characterisation of a selection of worked bone artefacts from Middle Stone Age layers at Sibudu cave, South Africa. Histographic rendering... -
Base-rate expectations modulate the causal illusion.
Previous research revealed that people’s judgments of causality between a target cause and an outcome in null contingency settings can be biased by various factors, leading to... -
The value of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCa) to determine the lymph no...
Background The diagnostic power of CT or MRI on the lymph node status was limited. Supplement measurements were needed to assist the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis. The... -
Research Capacity Strengthening in Low and Middle Income Countries – An Evalu...
Between August 2012 and April 2013 the Career Development Fellowship programme of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (World Health... -
Beware of vested interests: Epistemic vigilance improves reasoning about scie...
In public disputes, stakeholders sometimes misrepresent statistics or other types of scientific evidence to support their claims. One of the reasons this is problematic is that... -
A tailored e-learning gives long-term changes in determinants of GPs’ benzodi...
Objective: Despite guidelines and campaigns, general practitioners (GPs) continue to overprescribe benzodiazepines (BZDs). New approaches to improve prescribing are needed.... -
Ten Simple Rules for Taking Advantage of Git and GitHub.
Bioinformatics is a broad discipline in which one common denominator is the need to produce and/or use software that can be applied to biological data in different contexts. To... -
Correlation among baseline variables yields non-uniformity of p-values.
: A recent paper in Neurology used statistical techniques to investigate the integrity of the randomization in 33 clinical trials conducted by a group of investigators. Without... -
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Essential tremor (ET) is the most common age-related disease leading to abnormal tremulous behaviors in the upper and lower extremities. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS)... -
Stroke survivors’ perceptions of their sedentary behaviours three months afte...
Purpose: Sedentary behaviour is any waking behaviour in sitting, lying or reclining postures with low energy expenditure. High sedentary behaviour levels, common after stroke,... -
Data sharing in PLOS ONE: An analysis of Data Availability Statements
A number of publishers and funders, including PLOS, have recently adopted policies requiring researchers to share the data underlying their results and publications. Such...
