Can routinely collected data be used to reliably follow-up participants in large randomised trials? by Harper, C

“…Randomised analyses using SHARP’s pre-adjudicated data found similar results to the adjudicated data (pre-adjudication: RR 0.80, 95% CI 0.72-0.89; adjudicated: RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.74-0.94) and also suggested refuted MAEs were likely to represent atherosclerotic disease (refuted MAEs: RR 0.80, 95% CI 0.65−1.00).…”

The role and development of metallurgy in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age of Greece by McGeehan Liritzis, V, McGeehan Liritzis, Veronica

“…This source was used only by mainland communities and, on present evidence, it is highly likely that it is a local source. The chemical results for the mainland artefacts demonstrated that all the main techniques current in the Aegean were known and practiced on the mainland. …”

The origin and development of American intervention in British Palestinian policy, 1938-1947 by Ilan, A, Ilan, A.

“…The British Cabinet, largely under the influence of Churchill, saw the final phase of the war as providing it a better chance to tackle the problem than the post-war era was likely to be. Before long, it reached the conclusion that the White Paper must be replaced by a partition and accordingly drew up concrete plans.…”

Prevalence, risk factors and transmission of streptococcus agalactiae in the red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis Sp.) by Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal

“…This proved that the bacterial transmission was likely to occur during the fish and water transfer from the hatchery into the farm, while the bacterial probably originated from the environment of the hatchery and nearby irrigation canal. …”
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Subacromial spacers for adults with symptomatic, irreparable rotator cuff tears: the START:REACTS novel group sequential adaptive RCT by Metcalfe Andrew, Arnold Susanne, Parsons Helen, Parsons Nicholas, Bhabra Gev, Brown Jaclyn, Bush Howard, Diokno Michael, Elliott Mark, Fox Josephine, Gates Simon, Gemperlé Mannion Elke, Haque Aminul, Hutchinson Charles, Kearney Rebecca, Khan Iftekhar, Lawrence Tom, Mason James, Rahman Usama, Stallard Nigel, Ul-Rahman Sumayyah, Viswanath Aparna, Wayte Sarah, Drew Stephen, Underwood Martin

“…For WOLLF and FixDT the simulations showed that it was highly likely that these studies would have (correctly) stopped early for futility, both over one year early, saving potential considerable effort and resources. …”
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Specific phobias in children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: SPIRIT, an adaptation and feasibility study by Kylie M Gray, Magdalena M Apanasionok, Emma Scripps, Karen Bunning, Christine Burke, Malwina Filipczuk, Richard P Hastings, Ashley Liew, Rachel McNamara, Atiyya Nisar, Rebecca Playle, Tim Williams, Peter E Langdon

“…Parents told us that they liked being involved in the study and found the treatment helped them to help their children. …”
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Evaluation of venous thromboembolism risk assessment models for hospital inpatients: the VTEAM evidence synthesis by Daniel Edward Horner, Sarah Davis, Abdullah Pandor, Helen Shulver, Steve Goodacre, Daniel Hind, Saleema Rex, Michael Gillett, Matthew Bursnall, Xavier Griffin, Mark Holland, Beverley Jane Hunt, Kerstin de Wit, Shan Bennett, Robin Pierce-Williams

“…Hospitals currently use complex risk assessment models (risk scores, which usually include patient, disease, mobility and intervention factors) to determine the individual risk of blood clots and identify people most likely to benefit from blood-thinning drugs. There are a lot of different risk scores and we do not know which one is best. …”
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A self-efficacy enhancement alcohol reduction intervention for men on-remand in prison: the APPRAISE feasibility pilot RCT by Aisha Holloway, Gillian Waller, Jennifer Ferguson, Victoria Guthrie, Jamie Brian Smith, Joanne Boyd, Sharon Mercado, Jessica Rees, Richard Anthony Parker, Andrew Stoddart, Jeremy W Bray, Simon Coulton, Kate Hunt, Gertraud Stadler, Arun Sondhi, Pam Smith, Rosie Stenhouse, Philip Conaglen, Aziz Sheikh, Dorothy Newbury-Birch

“…Alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) are a secondary prevention activity, aimed at those individuals who are drinking in a pattern that is likely to be harmful to health and/or well-being. …”
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Causes and solutions to workplace psychological ill-health for nurses, midwives and paramedics: the Care Under Pressure 2 realist review by Jill Maben, Cath Taylor, Justin Jagosh, Daniele Carrieri, Simon Briscoe, Naomi Klepacz, Karen Mattick

“…Through this understanding, we will be able to design context-sensitive interventions that are more likely to address the pressing workforce problems faced by the NHS. …”
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Safer and more efficient vital signs monitoring protocols to identify the deteriorating patients in the general hospital ward: an observational study by Jim Briggs, Ina Kostakis, Paul Meredith, Chiara Dall’ora, Julie Darbyshire, Stephen Gerry, Peter Griffiths, Jo Hope, Jeremy Jones, Caroline Kovacs, Rob Lawrence, David Prytherch, Peter Watkinson, Oliver Redfern

“…To work out how often patients should be monitored, we needed to know how likely it is for patients to become more unwell between observations. …”
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Exercise therapy for tendinopathy: a mixed-methods evidence synthesis exploring feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness by Kay Cooper, Lyndsay Alexander, David Brandie, Victoria Tzortziou Brown, Leon Greig, Isabelle Harrison, Colin MacLean, Laura Mitchell, Dylan Morrissey, Rachel Ann Moss, Eva Parkinson, Anastasia Vladimirovna Pavlova, Joanna Shim, Paul Alan Swinton

“…Given the loading protocols commonly used, it is likely that standard resistance exercise practices that combine concentric and eccentric exercise will be superior to eccentric-only and easier to implement in practice. …”
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Effect of fluoridated water on invasive NHS dental treatments for adults: the LOTUS retrospective cohort study and economic evaluation by Deborah Moore, Blessing Nyakutsikwa, Thomas Allen, Emily Lam, Stephen Birch, Martin Tickle, Iain A Pretty, Tanya Walsh

“…Adolescents were included in the study cohort because they are likely to have all of their permanent, adult teeth. …”
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Cervical ripening at home or in hospital during induction of labour: the CHOICE prospective cohort study, process evaluation and economic analysis by Mairead Black, Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Sayem Ahmed, Linda Williams, Kathleen A Boyd, Maggie Reid, Amar Bhide, Neelam Heera, Jane Huddleston, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Gordon C S Smith, Rosemary Townsend, Helen Cheyne, Christine McCourt, Sarah Stock

“…Home cervical ripening with balloon is likely to be cost saving. Impacts on workload, service user and staff experiences were complex. …”
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Lessons for the UK on implementation and evaluation of breastfeeding support: evidence syntheses and stakeholder engagement by Anna Gavine, Albert Farre, Fiona Lynn, Shona Shinwell, Phyllis Buchanan, Joyce Marshall, Sara Cumming, Louise Wallace, Angie Wade, Elayne Ahern, Laura Hay, Marianne Cranwell, Alison McFadden

“…However, each study failed to meet one or more applicability criteria, which is likely to change the conclusions about cost-effectiveness. …”
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Ablative and non-surgical therapies for early and very early hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Ros Wade, Emily South, Sumayya Anwer, Sahar Sharif-Hurst, Melissa Harden, Helen Fulbright, Robert Hodgson, Sofia Dias, Mark Simmonds, Ian Rowe, Patricia Thornton, Alison Eastwood

“…However, owing to the small number of such patients who would be eligible for both treatment arms within a trial, along with the marginal benefit of novel treatments compared with the existing standard of care, it is likely to be difficult to recruit sufficient numbers of patients. …”
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School-based interventions TO Prevent Dating and Relationship Violence and Gender-Based Violence: STOP-DRV-GBV systematic review by GJ Melendez-Torres, Noreen Orr, Caroline Farmer, Naomi Shaw, Annah Chollet, Andrew J Rizzo, Fraizer Kiff, Emma Rigby, Ann Hagell, Sidnei R Priolo Filho, Bruce Taylor, Honor Young, Chris Bonell, Vashti Berry

“…We also theorise that the individual-level basic safety mechanisms are more likely to effect change in DRV than in GBV perpetration because of the more dyadic, private nature of DRV. …”
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Physicochemical Evolution of Hydrothermal Fluids in the Kuh-e-Esfand porphyry Copper System, South of Jiroft, Kerman Province by Afsaneh Soltani, Alireza Zarasvandi, Nader Taghipour, Mohsen Rezaei, Adel Saki, Morteza Sajjadiyan, Ghazal Zarasvandi

“…Due to pressure variations from lithostatic to hydrostatic conditions, substantial copper mineralization likely occurred during the main mineralization stage, with comparatively lesser molybdenum mineralization observed in quartz-pyrite-chalcopyrite and quartz-pyrite-chalcopyrite-molybdenite veins. …”
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Research frontiers in speleogenesis. Dominant processes, hydrogeological conditions and resulting cave patterns by Philippe Audra, Arthur N. Palmer

“…In the vadose zone, “smoking” shafts evolve under the influence of geothermal gradients producing air convectionand condensation-corrosion. Likely future directions for research will probably involve analytical and modeling methods, especially using isotopes, dating, chemical simulations, and field investigations focused on the relationships between processes and resulting morphologies. …”
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技術型高中設計相關類科學生應用「印刷設計課程」行動學習app之研究：以自我調整學習與學習自我效能為探究因素 Application of a Printing Design Course Mobile Learning app in a Design Course at a Vocational High School: Influence on Self-... by 廖信 Shin Liao, 羅偉誠 Wei-Cheng Lo, 林庭卉 Ting-Hui Lin, 楊翠竹 Chui-Chu Yang

“…Research has demonstrated that students with greater SRL are more likely to proactively facilitate their own learning (behavioral intention); however, the results of our study do not support this finding. …”
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Frequency, Risk Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Nosocomial Infections Caused by Gram Positive Bacteria During 2014-2020 in Mustafa Khomeini Hospital, Iran by Mohammad Vaseie, Maryam Amini, Taha Kashani

“…SUGGESTIONS Conducting similar studies in a multi-centered manner can most likely determine the pattern of antibiotic resistance at a higher level and based on that, it is possible to plan for the appropriate treatment of patients. …”
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