Background Several scales, checklists and domain-based tools for assessing risk of
reporting biases exist, but it is unclear how much they vary in content and guidance. We …

Objective Risk-of-bias assessment is a central component of systematic reviews but little
conclusive empirical evidence exists on the validity of such assessments. In the context of …

Praise for the First Edition"... the book is a valuable addition to the literature in the field,
serving as a much-needed guide for both clinicians and advanced students."—Zentralblatt …

This fascinating work provides state-of-the-art information on phenolic compounds in fruits.
Written in a concise format, it covers qualitative aspects by demonstrating the diversity of …

More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published,
but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the …

Background Systematic reviews (SRs) have become increasingly popular to a wide range of
stakeholders. We set out to capture a representative cross-sectional sample of published …

Objectives Risk-of-bias assessment is a central component of systematic reviews, but little
conclusive empirical evidence exists on the validity of such assessments. In the context of …

Background: Studies with methodologic shortcomings can overestimate the accuracy of a
medical test. We sought to determine and compare the direction and magnitude of the …

PURPOSE: To perform a meta-analysis comparing ultrasonography (US), US guided fine
needle aspiration cytology (USgFNAC), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic …

This chapter summarises the vast literature on the composition* of green coffee beans
paying particular attention to those components which are peculiar to coffee. The …