Clinical trials: proposal for an international coding system (ICS).

Methodological aspects of clinical trials in tinnitus: a proposal for an international standard.

Chronic tinnitus is a common condition with a high burden of disease. While many different treatments are used in clinical practice, the evidence for the efficacy of these treatments is low and the variance of treatment response between individuals is high. This is most likely due to the great heterogeneity of tinnitus with respect to clinical features as well as underlying pathophysiological m...

A Proposal for Phased Clinical Trials

There is an urgent need for the staged, controlled, introduction of new technology and new procedures to surgery. A classification system in four stages is proposed, which would allow for prospective assessment ofnew devices or methods before they are released for use by the surgical community. The proposal recognises the unique nature of a surgical operation and its learning curve. The issues ...

ICS: An Interactive Classification System

Interactive data mining focuses on efficient and effective humancomputer interactions for data analysis purposes. An interactive system is an integration of a human user and a computer machine. ICS, an interactive classification system, is implemented to demonstrate the power of interactive data mining. The interaction is mutually beneficial to users and machines. This article describes the arc...

A proposal for an international accreditation process.

The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart

1 Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach CA, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Cambridge Quaternary, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK. E-mail: [email protected] 4 State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology & Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology & Pa...