... of these products are unlikely to be of significant health concern (23). We are aware of one study (24) published after the review cut-off date which suggests that there are higher levels of ... used for the conduct of the review. The protocol was reviewed by an independent review panel. The review panel comprised a subject expert, Dr. Julie Lovegrove (University of Reading), and a public ... external bodies were alerted to the review process and the availability of the review protocol. A draft of the final report was reviewed and approved by the independent review panel. 4.2 Search...
... 711A SystematicReviewof the Research Literature on the Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading and Spelling Carole J. Torgerson * Greg Brooks ** Jill Hall * * University of York ... spelling) Effect size, as calculated by the reviewers (mean of word recognition and word attack measures; also mean of comprehension measures, mean of spelling measures, and synthetic versus ... measures used in calculation of effect sizes by the reviewers: word reading accuracy (reading comprehension; spelling) Effect size, as calculated by the reviewers (mean of word recognition and...
... on the advice of one of the authors (PF), an expertin the field of maternal health and EmOC, the search strat-egy was supplemented by a systematicreviewof the table of contents of specific ... reports on a systematicliteraturereview exploring the importance of human resources in the quality of emergency obstetric care and thus in the reduction of maternaldeaths.Methods: A systematic ... per-ceptions of the quality of care. This is reported in Tanzaniain 2003, where the low rate of utilization of health centresproviding EmOC is partially due to the poor perception of quality of care....
... workforce: a systematicreviewof the literature Nicola Hawthorne and Claire Anderson*Address: Division of Social Research in Medicines and Health, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, ... pharmacists from the workforce.Although the death of pharmacists was not reported to bea problem in any of the literature included in the review, most of the literature was from developed countries withrelatively ... treatment, whathope does the rest of the population have?LimitationsThis reviewofliterature found a significant amount of information detailing the characteristics of the pharmacyworkforce in...
... Report of Three Cases and Reviewof Literature Case report Received: 2004.2.6 Accepted: 2004.3.17 Published:2004.3.20 Shylashree Chikkamuniyappa and Jaishree Jagirdar Department of Pathology, ... accumulation of mutant β-catenin contributes to the development of C-MV of PTC. A handful of sporadic cases have also been documented [6]. Table 1 summarizes all the cases in the literature. ... Cribriform-Morular Variant (C-MV). A handful of cases have been described in the literatureof this entity. They exhibit the morphologic features of a distinctive papillary neoplasm along with...
... is vital. Development of new offers is a time consuming matter that requires involvement of a number of actors, often of those who are usually considered to be outside of the traditional product ... combination of products and services is automatically called a PSS without evaluating their environmental profile. A range of services is labelled as eco-efficient without systematic evaluation of their ... very high levels of customer satisfaction. Examplesof these include the possibility to rent a tool for a longer period of time for the standard rate (service) or the existence of a possibility...
... Systematicreviewof health aspects of air quality in Europe” (WHO systematic review) aims to provide the CAFE programme with a systemat-ic, scientifically independent reviewof the health aspects of ... development: a reviewof the evidence (8)The WHO systematic review is a project to provide input to policy development, in particular for CAFEWHAT IS THE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW? The WHO project Systematic ... and shorter life expectancy. This report highlights some of the main findings of the WHO project Systematic review of health aspects of air pollution in Europe”, which provides essential input...
... contacted for details of additional studies. 13 Lay Health Workers 5. Methods of the review 5.1 SELECTION OF TRIALS Two reviewers assessed independently the potential relevance of all titles ... text copies of the articles identified as poten-tially relevant by either one or both reviewers were retrieved. Assessment of the eligibility of interventions can vary between reviewers. Therefore, ... CONSIDERING STUDIES FOR THIS REVIEW 8 4. SEARCH METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF STUDIES 11 5. METHODS OF THE REVIEW 13 6. DESCRIPTION OF STUDIES 16 7. METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY 20 8. RESULTS 21 9. DISCUSSION...
... association in 2 of 3 studies of GC and in 1 of 2 studies on OC. However, there are a large number of case-control studies presenting results on meat intake and GC and OC. Most of them have found ... association between processed meat intake and GC and OC risk (10 of 14 studies on GC and 8 of 9 studies of OC), which were SS in most of them, particularly regarding OC.Preserved fi sh intakeRegarding ... number of food items usually included in the FFQ and/or lack of portion size information does not permit accurate estimation of nitrosamine and total food intake. The observed range of total...
... half of microfinance’. 25 This is also true of impact studies of microfinance elsewhere in the world (CGAP).40 | A systemAticreviewof evidence from sub-sAhArAn AfricAA systemAticreviewof ... for rigorous systematic reviews of the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the poor. Further, while many of the first institutions offering microfinance were not-for-profit local NGOs ... duplicate, related reviews within the DFID 2009 funding round, which include a reviewof the worldwide evidence of the impacts of microfinance, and a reviewof the impact of formal banking...
... lusionsThere is a proliferation ofliterature on the topic of benchmarking in the last 15years, as revealed in this literature review. Considering the gamut of publications it can be said that ... researchers have a good number of sour ces inthe form of more than 300 articles, to stud y, discuss an d debate over manyaspects of benchmarking.The present reviewofliterature on ben chmarking, ... thereader with state -of- the-art view of benchmarking literature. A summarymatrix developed bybenchmarking subjectmatter experts is usedA cha pter-wisecompreh ensive review of each of the books...
... strengths that many of them are putting to good use in terms of transforming conflict, building peace and ensuring that there is no repetition of past violence. Review ofliterature on republican ... Review ofliterature on republican and loyalist ex-prisoners and ex-combatants Page 1 March 2011 11.. Introduction This literaturereview considers approximately 150 pieces of ... identified by Ritchie (1998) in his study of the Upper Springfield area represent 5.6% of the population of the area, and an estimated 11% of the population of 25 years and over. In his research...
... lack of cross-curricular integration of ICT; • lack of recognition of the potential of ICT in the development of CEG. Final Report – March 2005 40 selected to cover a range of types of institution, ... considers the implications of recent increases in the volume and scope of web-based resources. Use of ICT for CEG 5.2 A Europe-wide survey and reviewof existing software was undertaken in ... the use of ICT as a result of having their own machine. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents perceived that the use of ICT in school impacts substantially on pupils’ own use of ICT...