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Abstract Eating disorders (ED) are a group of potentially severe mental disorders characterized by abnormal energy balance, cognitive dysfunction, and emotional distress. Cognitive inflexibility is a major challenge to s...

Abstract Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) represents a tremendous societal burden, yet few efficacious therapies are available and widely used. Pre-clinical and human observational data support fibroblast growth fac...

Shenfu Injection (SFI) is a standardized botanical drug derived from two Chinese medicinal herbs Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. and Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux. SFI is historically used for “restoring yang and reversing coll...

Abstract This is the protocol for an evidence and gap map. The objective of this EGM is to identify and map all primary studies (including randomised and cluster randomised trials) and systematic reviews on universal, sc...

Introduction: Macroautophagy is a lysosome-mediated degradation process that controls the quality of cytoplasmic components and organelles, with its regulation depending on autophagy-related proteins (Atg) and with Becli...

Abstract Background Video‐based interventions (VBIs) are an approach that can be used to promote social behavioural skills for autistic children and young people. Despite an abundance of literature in this area, previo...

Guidelines are inconsistent in how they rate the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations. This article explores the advantages of the GRADE system, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations wor...

Materias / palabras clave: Grading (engineering); Quality of evidence; Evidence-based medicine; Quality (philosophy); Evidence-based practice; Systematic review; Medicine; MEDLINE; Actuarial science; Meta-analysis; Alternative medicine; Business

Latin American labor markets feature large informal sectors. In practice, however, the simple duality formal-informal has many different shades: firms tend to comply more with certain legislation than with other. Recent ...

In this paper, an intertemporal model is used to analyze the current account and test whether it accounts for the evolution of the Argentinean current account over the period extending from 1855 to 2002. The intertempora...

Both in science and in practical affairs we reason by combining facts only inconclusively supported by evidence. Building on an abstract understanding of this process of combination, this book constructs a new theory of ...

Evidence from past research and insights from an exploratory investigation are combined in a conceptual model that defines and relates price, perceived quality, and perceived value. Propositions about the concepts and th...

Materias / palabras clave: methods, evidence synthesis, evidence based medicine, evidence based healthcare, medical statistics; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informat...

Materias / palabras clave: evidence-based medicine, medicine, critical thinking, evidence gaps, evidence-based practice, healthcare; Medicine: Medicine (General)

Abstract: The term evidence-based intervention has been increasingly used in educational research. Calls for the use of intervention programs based on supportive empirical evidence rely in the recognition that the likeli...

Abstract Background Pancreatitis in cats, although commonly diagnosed, still presents many diagnostic and management challenges. Objective To summarize the current literature as it relates to etiology, pathogenesis, diag...

Abstract Management of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in dogs and cats is evolving, but there are no evidence‐based guidelines to assist clinicians with treatment decisions. Likewise, the overall goals for treatment of ...

Abstract BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) integrated with point-of-care imaging is a promising approach to expand access in settings with limited specialist availability. However, no systematic review h...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of input subsidies on agricultural productivity, beneficiary incomes and welfare, consumer welfare and wider economic growth. The review summarizes evidence from 15 ex...

To systematically evaluate the measurement properties of current masticatory performance (MP) assessment methods in adult populations. A systematic search was performed in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EBSCOhost data...

BackgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) affects approximately 1.54 billion adults worldwide and is characterized by central obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Chronic low-grade inflammation is cen...

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To evaluate and synthesise the current evidence on the efficacy of laser-activated irrigation in endodontics, with a focus on microbial reduction, postoperative outcomes, and its potential as an ad...

Abstract Background Cold water immersion (CWI) is a common method of post-exercise recovery, but the optimal protocols are not well understood. The lack of exercise-specific guidelines has caused confusion on how CWI sho...

Abstract Background The skin is the largest epithelial organ and a critical barrier. However, in preterm infants, particularly very low birth weight infants (VLBWI,