After conducting the search in all databases and de-duplication, as a first step, titles and abstracts of identified studies were screened for relevance to the topic and studies considered being not relevant excluded.
Experts were consulted, and reference lists of included articles as well as relevant excluded articles were searched.
Representing each HLA locus molecule, we trained a neural network ensemble using all available data for the relevant locus, excluding all data specific for the HLA allele in question.
Where relevant, analyses excluding arable fields were repeated.
Through this process, 16,549 relevant articles (excluding duplicates) were identified within the initial group.
Therefore, they can be good candidates for cochlear implantation and their age alone should not be a relevant or excluding factor when choosing candidates for cochlear implantation.
Still, as shown in our results, it is clear that age should not be a relevant or excluding factor when choosing candidates for cochlear implant surgery.
Initial review of titles from both databases identified 2007 articles as potentially relevant while 3429 were deemed not relevant and excluded.
Relevant cultural, healthcare structure or cost differences were documented and, where relevant, were excluded or amended from country specific CRFs/Diaries.
Alex Bailin QC, the lawyer acting for the Guardian, will argue that "the public and media are faced with a situation where a public inquest into a death … may have large amounts of highly relevant evidence excluded from consideration by the inquest.
