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Methodological assessment of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on COVID-19: A meta-epidemiological study
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
Rationale, aims, and objectives: COVID-19 has caused an ongoing public health crisis. Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been performed to synthesize evidence for better understanding this new disease. However, ...
Comparison of immunogenicity and safety of licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
IntroductionAnnually more than 100,000 Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases and 25,000 deaths worldwide are caused by JE virus infection. More than 15 JE vaccines are currently in use worldwide. It is unknown whether any of ...
Methodological quality for systematic reviews of adverse events with surgical interventions: a cross-sectional survey.
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BMC
, 2021 , Article)
An increasing number of systematic reviews assessed the safety of surgical interventions over time. How well these systematic reviews were designed and conducted determines the reliability of evidence. In this study, we ...
Immunogenicity after pre- and post-exposure rabies vaccination: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
There are a myriad of vaccine schedules for rabies pre- (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) that differ in the number and timedoses, number of visits, length of schedule, and route of administration. The objective ...
SDN Controllers: A Comprehensive Analysis and Performance Evaluation Study
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Association for Computing Machinery
, 2021 , Book Review)
Software-defined networks offer flexible and intelligent network operations by splitting a traditional network into a centralized control plane and a programmable data plane. The controller in the control plane is the ...
Double-zero-event studies matter: A re-evaluation of physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection for preventing person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 and its policy impact
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Other)
In a recent timely systematic review, Chu et al. [1] assessed the effectiveness of face masks, eye protection, and physical distancing for preventing COVID-19. Because the sample sizes are not large, especially in some ...
Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals.
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
There is a paucity of evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for symptomatic infection among children. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its risk factors in children and ...
Information on harm outcomes was insufficiently reported in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of individual participant data
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
, 2021 , Other)
Meta-analysis is an important tool for summarizing findings from scientific research. But for harm outcomes,issues may arise due to the distribution problems, zero-events problems, as well as low statistical power. Individual ...