Long-term mental health of war-refugees: a systematic literature review

M Bogic, A Njoku, S Priebe - BMC international health and human rights, 2015 - Springer
Background There are several million war-refugees worldwide, majority of whom stay in the
recipient countries for years. However, little is known about their long-term mental health …

Predicting breast cancer 5-year survival using machine learning: A systematic review

J Li, Z Zhou, J Dong, Y Fu, Y Li, Z Luan, X Peng - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Accurately predicting the survival rate of breast cancer patients is a major issue
for cancer researchers. Machine learning (ML) has attracted much attention with the hope …

Indicators of retention in remote digital health studies: a cross-study evaluation of 100,000 participants

A Pratap, EC Neto, P Snyder, C Stepnowsky… - NPJ digital …, 2020 - nature.com
Digital technologies such as smartphones are transforming the way scientists conduct
biomedical research. Several remotely conducted studies have recruited thousands of …

Effect of pirfenidone on mortality: pooled analyses and meta-analyses of clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

SD Nathan, C Albera, WZ Bradford… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background In clinical trials of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, rates of all-cause mortality are
low. Thus prospective mortality trials are logistically very challenging, justifying the use of …

Get real in individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis: a review of the methodology

TPA Debray, KGM Moons… - Research synthesis …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis is an increasingly used approach for
synthesizing and investigating treatment effect estimates. Over the past few years, numerous …

Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting

DF Stroup, JA Berlin, SC Morton, I Olkin… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ObjectiveBecause of the pressure for timely, informed decisions in public health and clinical
practice and the explosion of information in the scientific literature, research results must be …

Researcher bias: The use of machine learning in software defect prediction

M Shepperd, D Bowes, T Hall - IEEE Transactions on Software …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background. The ability to predict defect-prone software components would be valuable.
Consequently, there have been many empirical studies to evaluate the performance of …

Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MW Lorenz, HS Markus, ML Bots, M Rosvall, M Sitzer - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increasingly used as a surrogate
marker for atherosclerosis. Its use relies on its ability to predict future clinical cardiovascular …

Flexible working and performance: A systematic review of the evidence for a business case

LM De Menezes, C Kelliher - International Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in the outcomes of flexible working arrangements (FWAs) dates from the mid‐1970s,
when researchers attempted to assess the impact of flexitime on worker performance. This …

Prevalence of headache and migraine in children and adolescents: A systematic review of population‐based studies

I ABU‐ARAFEH, S Razak, B Sivaraman… - … Medicine & Child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to review systematically the prevalence of headache and
migraine in children and adolescents and to study the influence of sex, age, and region of …