9 final remarks on diagnostic meta analysis techniques

... John Wiley & Sons, 1997 K J Falconer, Fractal Geometry, Mathematical Foundations and Applications,John Wiley & Sons, 1993 50Truong Thi Thuy Duong, Le Xuan Son, Pham Quang Trinh, Vu Hong Thanh A ... local dimension and it is proved similarly as the proof of Proposition 2.3 in [11] and using Lemma 2.7 Remarks on local dimension of fractal measure associated with 41 2.8 Proposition For s ∈ ... References Truong Thuy Duong and Vu Hong Thanh, Singularity of Fractal Measure associated with the (0,1,7)-Problem.Vietnam National university, Hanoi, N0 2(2005), 7-19 K J Falconer, Techniques in...

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... of bone strength in such studies The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta- analysis of animal studies that investigated low-level laser irradiation effects on bone ... papers only five articles met the inclusion criteria and reported on the effects of laser irradiation effect on biomechanical properties of bone during a fracture healing model (Figure 1) One article ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/1 Page of 10 Figure Flow diagram for identification the eligible experimental control animal studies evaluating the effect of low power laser irradiation on bone healing based on...

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... suggest that the only way t hat t ourism can actuall y increase its contri buti on to the economy of Da Nang beyond t he current l evel of nearly 6% is to achi eve success on several fronts First, ... of t ransactions from the provision of i nputs for a pri mary product to primary producti on, transformati on, marketi ng to final consumption and subsequent recycl ing In addition t o being ... environment with Indonesi a Euromonitor’s assessment that Vi etnam has stabl e national poli cies seemingly contradi cts t he Busi ness Monitor vi ew t hat the count ry has a high level of l ong-t...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 06:21

... current meta- analysis were performed in Asian patients and the data cannot be extrapolated to the non- Asian population Conclusions Our meta- analysis showed HCC patients with viral infection had ... Results of the meta- analysis on 5-year disease-free survival All based on a random-effects meta- analysis Zhou et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011, 9:108 http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/108 ... Results of the meta- analysis on 5-year disease-free survival All based on a random-effects metaanalysis Zhou et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011, 9:108 http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/108...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:21

... Therapy Vol No Matteson et al Bongartz T, Sutton AJ, Sweeting MJ, Buchan I, Matteson EL, Montori V: Anti-TNF antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of serious infections and malignancies ... and the risk of serious infections and malignancies Systemic review and meta- analysis of rare harmful effects in randomized controlled trials JAMA 2006, 295:2275-2286 Stern R, Wolfe F: Infliximab ... Rheumatol 2004, 31:1538-1545 Remicade label information [http://www.remicade.com/global/ hcp/hcp_PI.jsp] Lagakos SW: Time-to-event analyses for long-term treatments: The APPROVe trial N Engl J Med...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... duration longer than year has been reported [30] Since the results of our metaanalysis are based on 12 months of follow-up they may not reflect adverse events developing over longer durations of ... Additionally, we performed a meta- analysis of the randomized controlled trial results comparing CYC treatment with control treatments Using a test of interaction, we performed a subgroup analysis ... 12 months in studies using oral administration of CYC versus those studies with intravenous administration Analysis was conducted using Review Manager Version 4.2 (The Cochrane Collaboration®,...

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... 0.09) (Figure 6) Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta- analysis conducted solely on the effects of tight and conventional glycaemic control in patients undergoing ... Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, only nine of these studies met the criteria as being randomised controlled trials In these studies, the definition of “tight” glycaemic control ... control mg/dL Early Mortality n(%) AF p Control Tight Control Tight n (%) Pacing p p Control Tight Mean ± SD Time on Ventilation p Mean ± SD p Control Tight Control Tight Ingels [15] (2006) Post...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... distribution, mean BMI and comorbidity of both condition and control groups The clinical characteristics of the condition group, technical imaging equipment used and outcome measurement techniques ... [13,14,20,22,25,28-31,34-36], one by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [23], one by MRI alone [27], and one by plain film x-ray [21] A factor considered important for this outcome ... [37] Only two studies [21,22] considered diabetes as a specific exclusion criterion for condi- Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2:32 tion...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... scores between intervention and control conditions and change score standard deviation/error This reporting practice prohibits the application of less conservative statistical techniques Statistical ... flexion/extension, inversion/eversion and abduction/adduction in respect to the proximal segment, while resultant motion of the hallux was reported in two dimensions, primarily flexion/extension Wolf and colleagues ... tibio-talar flexion, hindfoot motion relative to the tibia Transverse plane foot motion was measured by foot rotation (complete foot motion relative to the tibia) and foot torsion (forefoot motion relative...

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Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 09:21

... Study selection and data extraction The inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials in patients requiring mechanical ventilation We excluded open label, non-comparative, and non-randomized ... identified 1,251 potential relevant citations Of these, we considered seven citations for possible inclusion in the meta- analysis [9-12,17-19] These seven publications were identified through Medline ... administration of the oral antiseptic agent chlorhexidine Of the four trials that were selected for inclusion in the meta- analysis, only one trial showed a statistically significant reduction in the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... current meta- analysis appears to demonstrate that the timing of the first administration influences the risk of reintubation The current meta- analysis suggests an effect of administration timing on ... Figure 6) Discussion The present meta- analysis documents that steroid administration before a planned extubation decreases the risk of postextubation stridor and reintubation both in high-risk ... mechanical ventilation for anaesthesia); trials that studied steroid administration for the prevention of pulmonary fibrosis (for example, excessive fibroproliferation or bronchopulmonary dysplasia);...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... 338:791-797 Sutton AJ, Abrams KR, Jones DR, Sheldon TA, Song F: Methods for MetaAnalysis in Medical Research Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; 2000 DerSimonian R, Laird N: Meta- analysis in ... colonization, VAP, and late-onset pneumonia relative to H RA The analysis demonstrated that equivalent incidence rates were observed between the two groups with regard to early-onset pneumonia ... http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/R194 Page 10 of 10 29 Eddleston JM, Vohra A, Scott P, Tooth JA, Pearson RC, McCloy RF, Morton AK, Doran BH: A comparison of the frequency of stress ulceration and secondary pneumonia...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... complications related to prone positioning The prone Figure Cumulative meta- analysis of prone ventilation on intensive care unit mortality The first row shows the effect based on one study, the second ... of prone positioning on intensive care unit (ICU) mortality Along with a global meta- analysis, a subgroup meta- analysis is performed on the group of studies that restricted inclusion to only ... meta- analysis of studies that restricted inclusion to only ARDS This meta- analysis shows that prone ventilation significantly reduces ICU mortality in ARDS patients and suggests that long prone...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... Pseudo-stationary phase partition-based techniques 1.5.3 Online electrophoretic pre-concentration techniques 1.5.3.1 On- line pre-concentration based on electric field enhancement 1.5.3.2 On- line pre-concentration ... ONLINE PRECONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES IN CE 1.5.1 On- line preconcentration using physical barrier 1.5.2 On- line chromatographic preconcentration techniques 1.5.2.1 On- line solid phase extraction 1.5.2.2 ... solution as sample matrix 6.3.3 Method Validation 6.3.4 Sample analysis 115 115 116 116 121 124 125 6.4 CONCLUSION 126 CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUDING REMARKS 128 REFERENCES 132 iv Publications and Conference...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 15:55

... population stratification was well controlled (Figure S1) A total of 433,781 imputed and genotyped SNPs passed our stringent criteria for the meta- analysis Test statistic inflation at the meta- analysis ... genes for other common behavioral traits, including caffeine consumption To comprehensively examine the influence of common genetic variation on habitual caffeine consumption behavior we undertook ... by a square, with confidence intervals indicated by horizontal lines The contributing weight of each study to the metaanalysis is indicated by the size of the square The meta- analysis estimate...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2015, 14:47

... de personas esta condición fue superior al 55% Se incluyeron estudios en los que más del 55% de la muestra provenía de centros de ingreso prolongado Se consideraron centros de ingreso prolongado ... de caídas tuvieron como consecuencia una lesión (64 intervención vs 81 control), 10 de ellas fueron fracturas (4 intervención vs control), fracturas fueron de cadera (todas en control) Resultadosa ... publicó o mostró en la monografía Desenlaces ◦ ◦ N de caídas; Lesiones; Coste de las lesiones 100 L González-Román et al / Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2016;51(2):96–111 Tabla (continuación) ˜ Autor,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:43

... person (Levinson in Horn/Ward 2006: 112) The two semantic features of speaker inclusion (S) and addressee inclusion (A) capture the traditional person paradigm: first person (+S), second person ... person deixis used in John Kerry’s Remarks on Climate Change Kinds of person deixis Person Deixis First person singular Second person First person plural Third person plural Occurrence Frequency ... divided into second person singular and second person plural Second person points at the addressee who the speaker is talking to In this speech, second person deixis is deployed on the form of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2016, 09:29

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Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2012, 13:51

... truyền số liệu mà ta phải nhập vào Chương trình: %%Tap tin khao sat on dinh he thong %%PHAM QUOC TRUONG - DT: 9230774 function ondinh() promptstr={'Nhap tu so num:','Nhap mau so den:'}; inistr={'',''}; ... TRUONG - MSSV: 97102589 %%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%% DT: 9230774 %%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% function Hurwitz() % % * Cong dung: Xet tinh on dinh cua he thong ... CHUONG TRINH TAO HAM ROUTH Cho biet so bac cao nhat cua he: Cho biet he so a(0) = Cho biet he so a(1) = Cho biet he so a(2) = Cho biet he so a(3) = Cho biet he so a(4) = - HE THONG KHONG ON DINH...

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