Reviewers by Bill Boyd

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Methodologies and MR Parameters in Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Neurography: A Scoping Review Protocol by Fabian Balsiger, Benedikt Wagner, Johann M. E. Jende, Benjamin Marty, Martin Bendszus, Olivier Scheidegger, Felix T. Kurz

“…Potential studies will then be screened in full against the inclusion criteria by two or more independent reviewers. From all eligible studies, data will be extracted by two or more independent reviewers and presented in a diagrammatic or tabular form, separated by MR parameter and accompanied by a narrative summary. …”
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High intensity focused ultrasound vs. cryotherapy as primary treatment for prostate cancer by Pratyush Ranjan, Gyan Saurabh, Rahul Bansal, Amit Gupta

“…From 81 titles or abstracts, two independent reviewers identified 50 as potentially relevant. …”
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2020 Award for Best Article in NAMES by I. M. Nick

“…To select the publication to receive this prestigious honor, each of the members of the Editorial Board independently reviewed all of the articles that had been published in 2020. …”
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Does conflict of interest affect the reported fusion rates of bone graft substitutes and extenders? by Garwin Chin, Yu-Po Lee, Joshua Lee, Noah Zhang, Michael Oh, Charles Rosen, Nitin Bhatia

“…The average fusion rate of studies that employed an independent reviewer to evaluate the fusion was 82.61% versus 85.63% for studies with no independent reviewer. …”
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Assessment of the Utilization of Validated Diagnostic Predictive Tools and D-Dimer in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study from a Public... by Amrin Kharawala, Jiyoung Seo, Diego Barzallo, Gabriel Hernandez Romero, Yunus Emre Demirhan, Gustavo J. Duarte, Charan Thej Reddy Vegivinti, Manuel Hache-Marliere, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Heitor Tavares Santos, Sanjana Nagraj, Majd Al Deen Alhuarrat, Dimitrios Karamanis, Dimitrios Varrias, Leonidas Palaiodimos

“…The clinical probability of PE was considered low by both independent reviewers in 563 (61.4%), 487 (55%), and 184 (20.1%) patients based on Well’s score, the YEARS algorithm, and the revised Geneva score, respectively. …”
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Evaluating the food safety and risk assessment evidence-base of polyethylene terephthalate oligomers: Protocol for a systematic evidence map by Verena N. Schreier, Christian Appenzeller-Herzog, Beat J. Brüschweiler, Birgit Geueke, Martin F. Wilks, Thomas J. Simat, Benoit Schilter, Martin Smieško, Jane Muncke, Alex Odermatt, Nicolas Roth

“…Selected studies will be screened in full-text by two independent reviewers. Gray literature will be screened by two independent reviewers for inclusion and exclusion. …”
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Robotic beyond total mesorectal excision (TME) for locally advanced or recurrent rectal cancer: a systematic review protocol by Graham A Mills, Ioanna Georgiou Panagiotopoulou, Anna Przedlacka, Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, Mick Harper, Jim S Khan

“…The screening process, study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and analysis will be performed by two independent reviewers. Discrepancies will be resolved by consensus with a third independent reviewer. …”
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Large scale and big data : processing and management / by Sakr, Sherif, 1979- editor, Gaber, Mohamed Medhat, editor

“…This book presents chapters written by leading researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field, all of which have been reviewed by independent reviewers. The book covers the latest research discoveries and applications. …”

Association between fear of falling and falls following acute and chronic stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Tamis W. Pin, Stanley J. Winser, Wayne L.S. Chan, Bolton Chau, Shamay Ng, Thomson Wong, Margaret Mak, Marco Pang

“…Articles were screened by 2 independent reviewers. Data were extracted by an independent reviewer. …”
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Anxiety and the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa: protocol for a systematic review by E. Caitlin Lloyd, Anne M. Haase, Bas Verplanken

“…References of eligible articles will be searched to ensure the identification of all relevant studies. Two independent reviewers will complete the title and abstract, and full-text, screening, with a third independent reviewer resolving any conflicts at each stage. …”
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The effect of an antibacterial mixture and non-instrumentation endodontic treatment in primary teeth: A systematic review and meta-analyses by Nabras Alrayes, Yara Almaimouni, Abrar Tounsi, Khalid Tarabzouni, Faisal Alonaizan, Maria Salem Ibrahim

“…Well-defined search strategies developed for four electronic databases, Web of Science, OVID, PubMed, and Scopus, were used in this study. Two independent reviewers selected relevant articles from 3,232 studies by screening titles and abstracts. …”
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Anesthetic protocol for right ventricular dysfunction management in heart transplantation: systematic review, development and validation by Lucas Nepomuceno Barros, Ricardo Barreira Uchoa, Juan Alberto Cosquillo Mejia, Rogean Rodrigues Nunes, Denise Araujo Silva Nepomuceno Barros, Filadelfo Rodrigues Filho

“…The articles screening for the systematic review were done two independent reviewers, in case of discrepancy, we consulted a third independent reviewer. …”
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Vasectomy surgical techniques: a systematic review by St-Hilaire Karine, Barone Mark A, Dufresne Caroline, Labrecque Michel

“…From 2,058 titles or abstracts, two independent reviewers identified 224 as potentially relevant. …”
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Women’s experiences of severe postnatal psychiatric illness: a systematic review protocol by Harpreet Kaur Sihre, Anne-Marie Simons, Paramjit Gill, Antje Lindenmeyer, Qulsom Fazil

“…Discrepancies will be resolved via consultation with a third independent reviewer. The final list of included studies for review will be methodologically appraised by two independent reviewers using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. …”
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Healthcare workers’ infection risk perceptions of aerosol-generating procedures and affective response by Lauren E. Benishek, Lewis J. Radonovich, Brie H. Blackley, David N. Weissman

“…To reduce bias, titles and abstracts were screened for eligibility by 2 independent reviewers. Also, 2 independent reviewers extracted data from each eligible record. …”
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A protocol for a scoping review to map the assessment approaches in optometry education programmes globally by Diane van Staden, Verusia Chetty, Alvin Jeffrey Munsamy

“…The search strings using keywords such as “Optometry students and staff”, “Assessments” and “Optometry education” will be conducted using Boolean logic. An independent reviewer will conduct all title screening, two independent reviewers will conduct abstract and full article screening, followed by data extraction. …”
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Exercise and Musculoskeletal Health in Men With Low Bone Mineral Density: A Systematic Review by Katherine Hu, MD, Maree Cassimatis, BAppSc(ExPhys), Christian Girgis, MD

“…Study quality was assessed by 2 independent reviewers using the Tool for assEssment of Study qualiTy and reporting in Exercise (TESTEX). …”
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Retinal layer parcellation of optical coherence tomography images: Data resource for multiple sclerosis and healthy controls by Yufan He, Aaron Carass, Sharon D. Solomon, Shiv Saidha, Peter A. Calabresi, Jerry L. Prince

“…The provided data includes manually delineation of eight retina layers, which were independently reviewed and edited. The data presented in this article was used to validate automatic segmentation algorithms (Lang et al., 2013).…”
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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in people with psychiatric disorders: an umbrella review protocol by N. Lindekilde, S. Scheuer, F. Rutters, J. E. Henriksen, K. H. Rubin, M. Lasgaard, G. S. Andersen, F. Pouwer

“…Retrieved papers will be screened for eligibility by two independent reviewers. Furthermore, the reference lists of all included publications will be screened. …”
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