BACKGROUND Comprehensive monitoring of the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) requires complete and accurate reporting and methodology. OBJECTIVE To assess the reporting and methodological quality of SRs/MAs on EUS diagnosis and to explore the potential factors influencing articles' quality. METHODS The quality of the reporting and met...

BACKGROUND Providing efficient and effective aged care services is one of the greatest public policy concerns currently facing governments. Increasing the integration of care services has the potential to provide many benefits including increased access, promoting greater efficiency, and improving care outcomes. There is little research, however, investigating how integrated aged care can be su...

This methodology assesses the accuracy with which remote data characterizes a surface, as a function of Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM). The purpose is to identify the best remote data that improves the characterization of a surface, evaluating the number of bands in the spectral range. The first step creates an accurate dataset of remote simulated data, using in situ hyperspectral reflectanc...

Material and methods We selected 55 pts (34M, 21F; average age:7.4 years). All had fish allergy, characterized by positive clinical history, skin-prick tests and serum specific IgE to several fish and Gad c 1 (UniCap, Thermo-Fisher). Oral food challenge was performed to evaluate fish tolerance acquisition. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prisma version 5.0 (GraphPad Software I...

Patients with advanced sarcoidosis may develop pulmonary hypertension for a variety of reasons [1]. One of the earlier papers noting the incidence and severity of this problem came from the clinic run by Gianfranco Rizzato in Milan [2]. Despite the well documented association noted in that article, there were very few reports of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension (S-APH) until 20 yea...

Several experiments have been performed by CNES during the extended PRISMA mission which started in August 2011. A first session in October 2011 addressed two objectives: (1) demonstrate angles-only navigation to rendezvous with a non cooperative object, (2) exercise transitions between RF based and vision based control during final formation acquisition. A complementary experiment in September...

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are essential to summarize evidence relating to efficacy and safety of health care interventions accurately and reliably. The clarity and transparency of these reports, however, is not optimal. Poor reporting of systematic reviews diminishes their value to clinicians, policy makers, and other users. Since the development of the QUOROM (QUality Of Reporting O...