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Data reproducibility issues and their potential impact on conclusions from evidence syntheses of randomized controlled trials in sleep medicine
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
In this study, we examined the data reproducibility issues in systematic reviews in sleep medicine. We searched for systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials published in sleep medicine journals. The metadata in ...
The epidemic volatility index, a novel early warning tool for identifying new waves in an epidemic
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
Early warning tools are crucial for the timely application of intervention strategies and the mitigation of the adverse health, social and economic effects associated with outbreaks of epidemic potential such as COVID-19. ...
Determinants of Atrial Fibrillation Development among Patients undergoing Ibrutinib Therapy
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Marshfield Clinic
, 2022 , Article)
Objective: Within the last decade, the use of ibrutinib, a first-generation, non-selective, irreversible Burton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of hematological malignancies has proven highly effective in ...
Prevalence of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Autopsy Studies Over Six Decades: A Meta-Analysis
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
, 2016 , Article)
Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) incidence has been reported to have increased three- to 15-fold in the past few decades. It is unclear whether this represents overdiagnosis or a true increase in incidence. Therefore, ...
Parent and adolescent reports in assessing adolescent sleep problems: results from a large population study
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Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
To compare parent and adolescent reports in exploring adolescent sleep problems and to identify the factors associated with adolescent sleep problem disclosures. Parent (n = 5185) and adolescent reports (n = 5171, age=13.9 ...
Clinical Phenotypes of PCOS: a Cross-Sectional Study
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Springer
, 2023 , Article)
This cross-sectional study examines the Doi-Alshoumer PCOS clinical phenotype classification in relation to measured clinical and biochemical characteristics of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Two cohorts of ...
Data extraction error in pharmaceutical versus non-pharmaceutical interventions for evidence synthesis: Study protocol for a crossover trial
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
BackgroundData extraction is the foundation for research synthesis evidence, while data extraction errors frequently occur in the literature. An interesting phenomenon was observed that data extraction error tend to be ...
Dynamics of Anti-S IgG Antibodies Titers after the Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Manual and Craft Worker Population of Qatar
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2023 , Article)
There is limited seroepidemiological evidence on the magnitude and long-term durability of antibody titers of mRNA and non-mRNA vaccines in the Qatari population. This study was conducted to generate evidence on long-term ...
Use of conditional estimates of effect in cancer epidemiology: An application to lung cancer treatment
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Elsevier
, 2024 , Article)
Background: In oncology clinical trials, there is the assumption that randomization sufficiently balances confounding covariates and therefore average treatment effects are usually reported. This paper explores the wider ...