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Analyzing the effects of the choice of model in the context of marginal chang...
Abstract Literature on the choice of model for deriving an input–output table (IOT) from a pair of supply–use tables (SUTs) has focused on the consequences for the IOT and the... -
Efficacy of a training programme to support the application of the guideline ...
Abstract Background The evidence-based guideline entitled guideline evidence-based health information emerged from the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM) and was... -
A virtual clinic for the management of diabetes-type 1: study protocol for a ...
Abstract Background Diabetes is a serious chronic disease. Medical treatment and good psychosocial support are needed to cope with acute and long-term effects of diabetes.... -
A data infrastructure for the assessment of health care performance: lessons ...
Abstract The integration of different administrative data sources from a number of European countries has been shown useful in the assessment of unwarranted variations in health... -
Improving enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS): ERAS APPtimize study protoc...
Abstract Background Perioperative care in colorectal surgery is systematically defined in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol. The ERAS protocol improves... -
Intervention components, mediators, and mechanisms of change of Internet- and...
Abstract Background While Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) might possess the potential to increase access to evidence-based therapies for post-traumatic stress... -
Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: How much longer without a viab...
Abstract The current approach of morbidity control of schistosomiasis, a helminth disease of poverty with considerable public health and socioeconomic impact, is based on... -
A measure of the impact of CV incompleteness on prediction error estimation w...
Abstract Background In applications of supervised statistical learning in the biomedical field it is necessary to assess the prediction error of the respective prediction rules.... -
Applicability of RNA standards for evaluating RT-qPCR assays and platforms
Abstract The availability of diverse RT-qPCR assay formats and technologies hinder comparability of data between platforms. Reference standards to facilitate platform evaluation... -
High-speed three-dimensional profilometry for multiple objects with complex s...
This paper describes an easy-to-implement three-dimensional (3-D) real-time shape measurement technique using our newly developed high-speed 3-D vision system. It employs only... -
Use of the self-organising map network (SOMNet) as a decision support system ...
Abstract Background Decision-making in mental health systems should be supported by the evidence-informed knowledge transfer of data. Since mental health systems are inherently... -
Pseudonymization for research data collection: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Abstract Background The collection of data and biospecimens which characterize patients and probands in-depth is a core element of modern biomedical research. Relevant data must... -
Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce: the first comprehensive workforc...
Abstract Background Emerging evidence of psychosocial problems in CKD patients has led to an acceptance that a focus on the emotional wellbeing of the patient should be included... -
A qualitative analysis of virtual patient descriptions in healthcare educatio...
Abstract Background Virtual Patients (VPs) have been in the focus of research in healthcare education for many years. The aim of our study was to analyze how virtual patients... -
Contributions of information and communications technology to future health s...
Abstract Background Demographic changes in the pattern of disease burden, escalating health expenditures and inequitable access to healthcare are global challenges. Irrespective... -
Changing the Antibiotic Prescribing of general practice registrars: the ChAP ...
Abstract Background Australian General Practitioners (GPs) are generous prescribers of antibiotics, prompting concerns including increasing antimicrobial resistance in the... -
Simulation-based education for teaching aggression management skills to healt...
Abstract Background Clinical aggression episodes, that is aggression and externalising behaviours that create risk, in acute care hospitals are increasing. Acute care staff are... -
On-demand virtual optical network access using 100 Gb/s Ethernet
Our Terabit LAN initiatives attempt to enhance the scalability and utilization of lambda resources. This paper describes bandwidth-on-demand virtualized 100GE access to WDM... -
Sparse generalized linear model with L 0 approximation f...
Abstract Background Feature selection and prediction are the most important tasks for big data mining. The common strategies for feature selection in big data mining are L 1,... -
Estimating the nationwide transmission risk of measles in US schools and impa...
Abstract Background The spread of airborne infectious diseases such as measles is a critical public health concern. The U.S. was certified measles-free in 2000, but the number...
