Well-conducted meta-analyses allow for an objective appraisal of the evidence, provide a precise estimate of a treatment effect, and may explain heterogeneity between the results of individual studies.
Altering the scale of response (e.g. to a continuous 0 1 scale) to better emphasise differences in benefits between options may allow more precise quality appraisals.
The proposed approach enables precise and straightforward appraisal of the severity of acute illness and could be useful for comparison of findings within/between study groups.
We believe that the proposed quantitative approach enables a reliable, precise, and straightforward appraisal of the severity of acute TBE in individual patient and thus could be useful for comparison of the severity of acute illness within and between groups of adult patients with TBE.
The precise mechanism underlying this appraisal and its translation into effective stress coping (the regulation of physiological and behavioural responses) are poorly understood.
Efforts to introduce more precise terms may reduce variance in appraisal parameters, but narrower concepts like "headache" or "unaided every time" can still connote different meanings.
Finally the precise linkages between self-evaluation, self-appraisal and insight need to be further addressed in cognitive and neuroimaging studies.
Satellites provide a rapid means of collecting and communicating highly precise information in fire detection, location, and appraisal.
A summary risk appraisal for BPA provided a more precise value [National Toxicology Program (NTP) 2007].
Performance appraisals of operation centers are becoming more precise and effective and are inspiring increasing competition [15].
