BACKGROUND There is randomised controlled trial (RCT) evidence that neuromuscular training (NMT) programmes can reduce the risk of injury in youth soccer. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of such an NMT prevention strategy compared to a standard of practice warm-up. METHODS A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted alongside a cluster RCT. Injury incidence rates were adjusted for cluster...

The paper deals with relationship between industrial policies and territorial environmental policies in industrial clusters, and proposes an innovative approach to the decision making. Because of the globalisation processes, the European SMEs operating in industrial clusters are showing difficulties in maintaining their market competitiveness and nourishing their capability to achieve economic ...

BACKGROUND E-mental health is a promising medium to keep mental health affordable and accessible. For consumers with severe mental illness the evidence of the effectiveness of e-health is limited. A number of difficulties and barriers have to be addressed concerning e-health for consumers with severe mental illness. One possible solution might be to blend e-health with face-to-face delivery of ...

The majority of embedded applications with real-time constraints monitor and control a technical systems. The correct behavior of such a system typically is described in terms of the technical system. In contrast the embedded hardand software operates on an image of the technical system which is prone to deviations and delays. Therefore a compositional transformation is proposed which maps asse...

The analysis of a program curriculum is traditionally a very subjective task. Perceptions and anecdotes, faculty preferences and content or objectives check-lists are the main sources of information to undergo the revision of the structure of a program. This works proposes a list of simple metrics, that can be easily extracted from readily available academic data that contains the information a...

Genetic divergence is an efficient tool for the selection of parents used in hybridization programme. In the present study, fifty three rice genotypes consisting of high yielding rice varieties/ cultures and IRRI germplasm lines were raised at Rice Research Station, Tirur during Sornavari, 2009 to identify diverse genotypes. They were evaluated for eight yield and yield attributing characters u...

Despite academic scepticism, cluster policies remain popular with policymakers. This paper evaluates the causal impact of a flagship UK technology programme. I build simple framework and identify effects using difference-in-differences synthetic controls on rich microdata. further test for timing, cross-space variation, scaling churn channels. The policy grew densified cluster, but has had more...

Between August 2012 and April 2013 the Career Development Fellowship programme of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (World Health Organization) underwent an external evaluation to assess its past performance and determine recommendations for future programme development and continuous performance improvement. The programme provides a year-long training experie...