 Conflict of interest GRADEpro supports COI management based on four different forms that are developed by different organisations: ICMJE [4], WHO [5], NHF (McMaster-NHF Guideline Panel conflict of interest form), and MSPSC [6]. The moderator can choose only one type of form for each guideline under development and send notification to the team members to fill the COI form. The moderator can a...

Modern digital communication systems utilize OFDM and DS-CDMA signals because of their superior spectral efficiency and multiple access properties respectively. Examples of such systems include digital television (DVB-T), digital radio (DAB) and 3 Generation mobile (WCDMA). A downside to using these signals however is the need to accommodate their very high Crest Factor, also known as Peak-to-A...

Despite the clinical-epidemiological features of plague, numerous suspected cases in Brazilian outbreaks have been discarded because of negative results from the hemagglutination test for antibodies against the Yersinia pestis F1 antigen. The transcendence of plague justifies studying whether such results are due to unresponsiveness to F1, and whether other Y. pestis proteins might be recognize...

enclose a photograph of two posters which, for the last month, have been displayed by courtesy of the clergy and wardens of St. Paul's Church, immediately facing one of the busiest thoroughfares in this city. The poster was designed by Mr. A. A. Black, of Messrs. Arthur A. Black, Ltd. (hon. director of our Publicity Service). The space and the posting were provided without cost for the hospital...

Introduction A key question in the assessment of programmes and projects is that of attribution: to what extent are observed results due to programme activities rather than other factors? What we want to know is whether or not the programme has made a difference—whether or not it has added value. Experimental or quasi-experimental designs that might answer these questions are often not feasible...

Cardiologists and most physicians believe that aging is an independent risk factor for human atherosclerosis, whereas atherosclerosis is thought to be a characteristic feature of aging in humans by many gerontologists. Because atherosclerosis is among the age-associated changes that almost always escape the influence of natural selection in humans, it might be reasonable to regard atheroscleros...

Cascade is a static program analysis tool developed at New York University. It uses bounded model checking to generate verification conditions and checks them using an SMT solver which either produces a proof of correctness or gives a concrete trace showing how an assertion can fail. It supports the majority of standard C features except for floating point. A distinguishing feature of Cascade i...

The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Recommendations for Pancreatic and Biliary Cytology Douglas Adler, M.D., C. Max Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., Mohammad Al-Haddad, M.D., James S. Barthel, M.D., Britt-Marie Ljung, M.D., Nipun B. Merchant, M.D., Joseph Romagnuolo, M.D., Akram M. Shaaban, M.D., Diane Simeone, M.D., Martha Bishop Pitman, M.D., Andrew Field, M.D. and Lester J. Layf...

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