Overall, this is a well-executed study that fits the publication objectives of F1000Research.
Data were abstracted on the following items: publication year; objective; diagnostic test; target disorder; search terms (or whether an algorithm was given); databases searched; inclusion criteria (and whether they were made explicit); process of data extraction; method used to assess quality including QUADAS [ 12]; presence of heterogeneity; and responses to the PRISMA statement [ 14].
Data to be extracted from the large quantity of published research literature reviews will include some standard information (such as author, year of publication, study objectives) and additional information to examine tobacco control strategies and target populations.
Data were extracted on the following items: year of publication; study objectives; study design; study population; control group; test method; reference method; and authors' conclusion.
A data collection tool created for this study that included, if available, authors, date of publication, article objectives, methods, design, setting, participants, intervention, results, conclusion, and palliative care domain(s), was used to import information from retrieved references.
This presentation introduces a didactic tool ArAc- Multibook of Architectural Acoustics (an interactive publication) whose main objective is to innovatively fill the gap in technical literature and to increase architects' awareness about the role acoustic comfort plays in the life of human beings.
This temperature measure is used here for the first time after its initial publication as an objective measure of a version of the RHI.
17 Recent publication with the objective of estimating age-, sex-, and region-specific prevalence of chronic HBV infection in the world and calculate the absolute number of persons chronically infected, using an empirical Baysian hierarchical model, showed that from 1990 to 2005 the prevalence of chronic HBV infection decreased in most regions.
In order to address this lack of publication issue, the objective of this study was to describe the seroprevalence of MAP and BLV infections in commercial dairy and beef cattle in northern and northeastern China and clarify risk factors associated with seroprevalence of MAP and BLV in the study regions.
'Off the record', many of those involved with MDA are well aware that there are difficulties with the programme, but fear that the publication of more objective evaluations will lead to the withdrawal of funding and free drugs, rather than a better programme.
