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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 ...
Persistence of antibodies, boostability, and interchangeability of Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
BackgroundThe burden of Japanese encephalitis (JE) is substantial and is arguably one of the most serious viral encephalitic diseases with high case fatality and no specific treatment. JE vaccines are the only available ...
TPPR: A Trust-Based and Privacy-Preserving Platoon Recommendation Scheme in VANET
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
Vehicle platoon, a novel vehicle driving paradigm that organizes a group of vehicles in the nose-to-tail structure, has been considered as a potential solution to reduce traffic congestion and increase travel comfort. In ...
PPLS: a privacy-preserving location-sharing scheme in mobile online social networks
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Science in China Press
, 2020 , Article)
The recent proliferation of mobile devices has given rise to mobile online social networks (mOSNs), an emerging network paradigm that uses social networks as its main design element. As one of the most critical components ...
Overconfident results with the bivariate random effects model for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies
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Wiley
, 2022 , Other)
Meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy studies are a fundamental component of evidence-based medicine, and they are extensively used in medical imaging and the clinical laboratory. Techniques specifically developed to combine ...
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 ...
Controversy and Debate: Questionable utility of the relative risk in clinical research: Paper 1: A call for change to practice
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Background and Objectives
In clinical trials, the relative risk or risk ratio (RR) is a mainstay of reporting of the effect magnitude for an intervention. The RR is the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an ...