Different Impact of Beta-Blockers on Long-Term Mortality in Heart Failure Patients with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Satoshi Higuchi, Takashi Kohno, Shun Kohsaka, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Makoto Takei, Ayumi Goda, Satoshi Shoji, Yuji Nagatomo, Tsutomu Yoshikawa

“…This may reflect selection biases in beta-blocker prescription.…”
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The impact of eligibility for maintenance immunotherapy on prognosis in patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma by Kai Ozaki, Shingo Hatakeyama, Toshikazu Tanaka, Daisuke Noro, Noriko Tokui, Hirotaka Horiguchi, Yoshiharu Okuyama, Naoki Fujita, Teppei Okamoto, Akiko Okamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki, Hayato Yamamoto, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Chikara Ohyama

“…Abstract Objectives To investigate the eligibility for maintenance immunotherapy and its impact on the prognosis of advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with first‐line chemotherapy, as the selection biases of the eligible population in the JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial remain unclear. …”
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De-escalation of radiation therapy in patients with stage I, node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer by Jose G. Bazan, Sachin R. Jhawar, Daniel Stover, Ko Un Park, Sasha Beyer, Erin Healy, Julia R. White

“…Radiation omission was associated with a 3.67-fold (95% CI: 2.23–6.02, p < 0.0001) increased risk of death. While other selection biases that influence radiation omission likely persist, these data should give caution to radiation omission in T1N0 HER2+ breast cancer.…”
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Investigating the Lower Mass Gap with Low-mass X-Ray Binary Population Synthesis by Jared C. Siegel, Ilia Kiato, Vicky Kalogera, Christopher P. L. Berry, Thomas J. Maccarone, Katelyn Breivik, Jeff J. Andrews, Simone S. Bavera, Aaron Dotter, Tassos Fragos, Konstantinos Kovlakas, Devina Misra, Kyle A. Rocha, Philipp M. Srivastava, Meng Sun, Zepei Xing, Emmanouil Zapartas

“…We quantitatively study selection biases due to the requirement of transient behavior for BH mass measurements. …”
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A Bias-free Cosmological Analysis with Quasars Alleviating H 0 Tension by Aleksander Łukasz Lenart, Giada Bargiacchi, Maria Giovanna Dainotti, Shigehiro Nagataki, Salvatore Capozziello

“…We consider this relation both in its original form and corrected for selection biases and evolution in redshift through a reliable statistical method also accounting for the circularity problem. …”
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The CloudUPDRS smartphone software in Parkinson’s study: cross-validation against blinded human raters by Ashwani Jha, Elisa Menozzi, Rebecca Oyekan, Anna Latorre, Eoin Mulroy, Sebastian R. Schreglmann, Cosmin Stamate, Ioannis Daskalopoulos, Stefan Kueppers, Marco Luchini, John C. Rothwell, George Roussos, Kailash P. Bhatia

“…Future studies should similarly mitigate against subjective and feature selection biases and assess performance across a range of motor features as part of a broader strategy to avoid overly optimistic performance estimates.…”
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Suppression of top-down influence decreases both behavioral and V1 neuronal response sensitivity to stimulus orientations in cats by Zheng Ye, Jian Ding, Jian Ding, Yanni Tu, Qiuyu Zhang, Shunshun Chen, Hao Yu, Qingyan Sun, Tianmiao Hua

“…Consistently, c-tDCS but not s-tDCS in A7 significantly decreased the response selectivity bias of V1 neurons for stimulus orientations, which effect could recover after withdrawal of the tDCS effect. …”
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Assessment of future climate change impact on water balance components in Central Rift Valley Lakes Basin, Ethiopia by Sisay Kebede Balcha, Adane Abebe Awass, Taye Alemayehu Hulluka, Amare Bantider, Gebiaw T. Ayele

“…HIGHLIGHTS The baseline and future rainfall show increasing and decreasing trends but are statistically not significant.; The selected bias correction methods were significantly improved and add value to the RCMs outputs.; Changes in the climate variables reduce the annual water yield and stream flow under all climate scenarios except RCP 4.5 by 2070…”
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How helping you helps me: a longitudinal analysis of volunteering and pathways to quality of life among older adults in Singapore by Ang, Shannon, Malhotra, Rahul

“…However, less is known about the psychosocial pathways (e.g., personal mastery, social support) through which this occurs, with past studies tending to rely on cross-sectional data, which are susceptible to selection biases. This study, using longitudinal data, investigates how formal and informal volunteering may affect older adults’ quality of life through personal mastery, perceived social support, and received social support. …”
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Inequalities in the psychological well-being of employed, single and partnered mothers: the role of psychosocial work quality and work-family conflict by Muhajarine Nazeem, Janzen Bonnie L, Dziak Ewelina

“…Future research employing a longitudinal design and subject to lower selection biases is required to tease out the interrelationship of these three life strains and to point to the most appropriate economic and social policies to support single mothers in the workforce.…”
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Outcomes of a 12-week ecologically valid observational study of first treatment with methylphenidate in a representative clinical sample of drug naïve children with ADHD. by Kristine Kaalund-Brok, Tine Bodil Houmann, Marie Bang Hebsgaard, Maj-Britt Glenn Lauritsen, Louise Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Helene Grønning, Lise Darling, Susanna Reinert-Petersen, Morten Aagaard Petersen, Jens Richardt Møllegaard Jepsen, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Henrik Berg Rasmussen, Pia Jeppesen, INDICES

“…Randomized placebo-controlled trials have reported efficacy of methylphenidate (MPH) for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, selection biases due to strict entry criteria may limit the generalizability of the findings. …”
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Xingnao Kaiqiao needling method for acute ischemic stroke: a meta-analysis of safety and efficacy by Zhi-xin Yang, Jia-hong Xie, Ding-ding Liu

“…However, there was selective bias in this study, and the likelihood of measurement bias is high. …”
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Efficacy of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure with interstitial lung disease: a case control nationwide dataset study in Japan by Yuko Usagawa, Kosaku Komiya, Mari Yamasue, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota

“…Patients’ characteristics and treatment regimens were compared between survivors and non-survivors to identify prognostic factors. To avoid selection biases, patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation were excluded. …”
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Outcomes of a 12-week ecologically valid observational study of first treatment with methylphenidate in a representative clinical sample of drug naïve children with ADHD by Kristine Kaalund-Brok, Tine Bodil Houmann, Marie Bang Hebsgaard, Maj-Britt Glenn Lauritsen, Louise Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Helene Grønning, Lise Darling, Susanna Reinert-Petersen, Morten Aagaard Petersen, Jens Richardt Møllegaard Jepsen, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Henrik Berg Rasmussen, Pia Jeppesen, INDICES

“…Randomized placebo-controlled trials have reported efficacy of methylphenidate (MPH) for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, selection biases due to strict entry criteria may limit the generalizability of the findings. …”
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Indications and diagnostic yield of small-bowel capsule endoscopy in a real-world setting by André Artan Kharazmi, Saeid Aslani, Malene Fey Kristiansen, Eva Efsen Dahl, Mark Berner-Hansen

“…However, guidelines are based mainly on relatively few, small, selection-biased studies at experienced centers, and thus we lack information on indications and diagnostic yield of SB-VCE in the real-world community setting. …”
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X-Ray Properties of SPT-selected Galaxy Clusters at 0.2 by Bulbul, Esra, Chiu, I-Non, Mohr, Joseph J, McDonald, Michael, Benson, Bradford, Bautz, Mark W, Bayliss, Matthew, Bleem, Lindsey, Brodwin, Mark, Bocquet, Sebastian, Capasso, Raffaella, Dietrich, Jörg P, Forman, Bill, Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie, Holzapfel, WL, Khullar, Gourav, Klein, Matthias, Kraft, Ralph, Miller, Eric D, Reichardt, Christian, Saro, Alex, Sharon, Keren, Stalder, Brian, Schrabback, Tim, Stanford, Adam

“…Employing SZE-based masses in this sample enables us to constrain these scaling relations for massive galaxy clusters (M 500 ≥ 3 × 10 14 M o ) to the highest redshifts where these clusters exist without concern for X-ray selection biases. We find that the mass trends are steeper than self-similarity in all cases, and with ≥2.5σ significance in the case of L X and M ICM . …”
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X-Ray Properties of SPT-selected Galaxy Clusters at 0.2 by Bulbul, Esra, Chiu, I-Non, Mohr, Joseph J, McDonald, Michael A., Benson, Bradford, Bautz, Mark W., Bayliss, Matthew B, Bleem, Lindsey, Brodwin, Mark, Bocquet, Sebastian, Capasso, Raffaella, Dietrich, Jörg P, Forman, Bill, Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie, Holzapfel, WL, Khullar, Gourav, Klein, Matthias, Kraft, Ralph, Miller, Eric D, Reichardt, Christian, Saro, Alex, Sharon, Keren, Stalder, Brian, Schrabback, Tim, Stanford, Adam

“…Employing SZE-based masses in this sample enables us to constrain these scaling relations for massive galaxy clusters (M 500 ≥ 3 × 10 14 M o ) to the highest redshifts where these clusters exist without concern for X-ray selection biases. We find that the mass trends are steeper than self-similarity in all cases, and with ≥2.5σ significance in the case of L X and M ICM . …”
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The TESS-Keck Survey. VIII. Confirmation of a Transiting Giant Planet on an Eccentric 261 Day Orbit with the Automated Planet Finder Telescope* by Vanderburg, Andrew, Seager, Sara

“…Single-transit discoveries like TOI-2180 b highlight the exciting potential of the TESS mission to find planets with long orbital periods and low irradiation fluxes despite the selection biases associated with the transit method.</jats:p>…”
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Micro-econometric studies of how government programs affect labor supply and saving in Mexico by Aportela, Fernando (Aportela Rodríguez), 1971-

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Inferring the effects of cancer treatment: divergent results from early breast cancer trialists' collaborative group meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational data from... by Henson, K, Jagsi, R, Cutter, D, McGale, P, Taylor, C, Darby, S

“…Detailed adjustment of the observational data for potential confounders did not reduce the divergence from the randomized data.This study of mortality after radiotherapy for breast cancer found strikingly divergent results between the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group meta-analyses of randomized data and the SEER observational data, even when efforts had been made to remove confounding and selection biases. Nonrandomized comparisons are liable to provide misleading estimates of treatment effects. …”