Measuring visual acuity is not as simple as it seems

[Reducing asthma treatment: is it as simple as it seems?].

El objetivo máximo en el tratamiento del asma es alcanzar el control total de la enfermedad con el menor riesgo de efectos adversos. Las diferentes guías y consensos nacionales e internacionales, comparten un mismo mensaje en relación al tratamiento: controlar el asma con la menor dosis posible y eficaz de fármacos, referido generalmente al uso de corticoides inhalados (CI).1-4 Las distintas es...

Measuring hearing aid outcomes--not as easy as it seems.

Outcomes measurement in audiology has received much attention because of the need to demonstrate efficacy of treatment, provide evidence for third-party payment, carry out cost-benefit analyses, and justify resource allocation. Outcomes measurement shows the benefits obtained from a hearing aid and determines the costs of obtaining those benefits. In this article, we discuss why the seemingly s...

Granuloma annulare: not as simple as it seems.

Data sharing: not as simple as it seems

In recent years there has been a major change on the part of funders, particularly in North America, so that data sharing is now considered to be the norm rather than the exception. We believe that data sharing is a good idea. However, we also believe that it is inappropriate to prescribe exactly when or how researchers should preserve and share data, since these issues are highly specific to e...

ABET Assessment : Is It Really as Difficult as It Seems ?

While EC2000 was developed with the laudable goals of ensuring "program improvement and quality assurance in higher education" [1], from the point of view of the ABET accreditation visitor and the programs being evaluated, the EC2000 criteria can be both more difficult to understand and more difficult to apply than the more specific and straightforward criteria which they replaced. In addition ...