No Solid Evidence Base

No solid empirical evidence for the SOLID (serial order learning impairment) hypothesis of dyslexia.

This article reports on 2 studies that attempted to replicate the findings of a study by Szmalec, Loncke, Page, and Duyck (2011) on Hebb repetition learning in dyslexic individuals, from which these authors concluded that dyslexics suffer from a deficit in long-term learning of serial order information. In 2 experiments, 1 on adolescents (N = 59) and 1 on children (N = 57), no empirical evidenc...

A solid base for decisions

To gain insight into the use of the VSNU research quality evaluations (since 1993) in the practice of research and of institutional management in Dutch universities, interviews were held in eight cases evaluated in the first year of this procedure. The main conclusions are that use of these research evaluations is universal, both ‘instrumentally’ (in decisions directly based on the judgements) ...

EVIDENCE BASE UPDATE Evidence Base Update for Autism Spectrum Disorder

A solid base to build on.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust senior matron Mark Hill is responsible for professional standards. The trust is signed up to Nursing Standard's Care campaign and Mr Hill is determined to implement the campaign's aims, and work with patients and staff to improve patients' experience.

Dietary fat guidelines have no evidence base: where next for public health nutritional advice?

INTRODUCTION National dietary guidelines were introduced in 1977 and 1983, by the US and UK governments, with the aim of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality. The 2 specific dietary fat recommendations were to reduce total fat and saturated fat consumption to 30% and 10% of total energy intake, respectively. METHODS 4 systematic reviews (3 with meta-analysis) were undertaken to exa...