BACKGROUND Health-evidence.ca is an online registry of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions. Extensive searching of bibliographic databases is required to keep the registry up to date. However, search filters have been developed to assist in searching the extensive amount of published literature indexed. Search filters can be designed to find literature...

In this paper we present a hybrid search algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction and optimization problems. This algorithm combines ideas of two basic approaches: complete and incomplete algorithms which also known as systematic search and local search algorithms. Different characteristics of systematic search and local search methods are complementary. Therefore we have tried to get the ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of methodological filters in search strategies for diagnostic studies in systematic reviews. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING We made an inventory of existing methodological search filters for diagnostic accuracy studies and applied them in PubMed to a reference set derived from 27 published systematic reviews in a broad range of clinical fields. Outcome measures...

Searching The databases searched included CINAHL, MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, Current

In this paper we present a practical framework that can support the decision on test methods and test intervals for safety critical valves in situations where limited relevant historical data is available. The framework is based upon a systematic review of the valve functions and associated failure modes, as well as properties of the environment that the valve is located in, and evaluation of t...

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This paper presents a systematic review of empirical studies in Requirements Engineering, specifically, concerning the usefulness of stakeholder identification methods, and the sub sequential empirical evidence gathered from those studies. The objective of this review is to plot the landscape of current reported knowledge in terms of motivating requirements engineers into producing high-quality...

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Background: Regarding the widespread prevalence of chronic diseases, nurses need to understand the choices, priorities, and abilities of patients in reality, their communication, and the social context in order to play their professional role and responsibility. This review study was conducted with two purposes: determining the effect of partnership-care-model (PCM) on the outcomes of chronic d...