Conditions associated to the consumption of gluten have emerged as a major health care concern and the treatment consists on a lifelong gluten-free diet. Providing safe food for these individuals includes adapting to safety procedures within the food chain and preventing gluten cross-contamination in gluten-free food. However, a gluten cross-contamination prevention protocol or check-list has n...

The Status of National-Religious Identity in High School Farsi Textbooks Y. Ma'roofi, Ph.D. S. Panaahi Tavaanaa To discover the extent to which the subject of national-religious identity is covered in high school Farsi textbooks in literature, all such textbooks (a total of 8) were content analyzed utilizing a check list of relevant indices. The validity of the instrument was asse...

BACKGROUND Assessing the quality of included trials is a central part of a systematic review. Many check-list type of instruments for doing this exist. Using a trial of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media, Burke et al., BMJ, 1991, as the case study, this paper illustrates some limitations of the check-list approach to trial quality assessment. RESULTS The general verdict from the chec...

Q1 Please confirm that given names and surnames have been identified correctly. Q2 Ref. 20 is cited in the text but not provided in the reference list. Please provide it in the reference list or delete the citation from the text. Q3 Please check the journal title in ref. 1, and correct if necessary. Q4 Please check the abbreviated journal title in ref. 8, and correct if necessary. Q5 Please pro...