"But does it have to be draconian to the point of decimating our industry?" He says that some of the closures are based on poor scientific data.
One population in particular (high tidal range sample from Guanaqueros) was excluded based on poor recovery of data in this sample.
Power calculations are often based on poor-quality data, and tend to be overoptimistic – such as in the recent trial of activated factor VII that hypothesised a 33% relative improvement in outcome for patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage [ 37].
The researchers, basing their conclusions on the post-secondary education data system, or IPEDS data that colleges submit annually to the Department of Education, assert that this loss is based on poor positioning of women's colleges and a failure to articulate the value of women's colleges clearly and frequently.
If an outcome study is reasonably designed and conducted, it should displace anything based on poorer quality or observational data.
The hype around large sporting events and increases in trafficking for prostitution is often based on misinformation, poor data, and a tendency to sensationalise.
If this rule goes forward based on such poor data, we'll basically be playing high-speed Russian roulette on the food safety front, and throwing plant workers to the wolves.
This is based on some data suggesting poorer overall survival in non-anaemic patients receiving epoetin compared with placebo [ 28] and increased risk of thromboembolism [ 29].
Nonetheless, based on existing data on the poor efficacy of cisplatin in pelvic recurrent cervical cancer, we believe that the combined modality approach of weekly hyperthermia plus dose-intensive cisplatin is an attractive regimen, particularly if subsequent salvage surgery is available.
Given the limited access to hospital care in poor countries, however, data based on health facility data are not likely to be representative.
