The transition to teletherapy in marriage and family therapy training settings during COVID‐19: What do the data tell us?

Mission statements: what do they tell us about family medicine training programs?

OBJECTIVES Family medicine is the second largest medical specialty in the United States; yet, some argue that it is struggling to define itself. This study examined mission, vision, and goal statements of family medicine residency programs as a means of gaining insight into the current definition of the discipline. METHODS Mission statements were obtained from the Internet sites of family med...

What do sales data tell us about implant survival?

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of implant diameter, length and shape on a surrogate parameter of implant survival; i.e. the implant return rate in a big data analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted and the factors influencing the success rates of 69,377 sold implants over a seven-year period were evaluated. The osseointegration progra...

What Do College Ranking Data Tell Us About Student Retention?

WORKING PAPER SERIES Price Convergence to the EU: What Do the 1999 ICP Data Tell Us?

The paper analyses the price convergence in the Czech Republic and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries towards the European Union (EU). Cross-country comparisons based on the International Comparison Project (ICP) 1999 are used. The authors conclude that in a benchmark convergence scenario, the equilibrium real exchange rate appreciation of the Czech koruna (CZK) should reach rou...

Overtraining--what do lactate curves tell us?

In a cyclist, competing at national and international level, submaximal lactate concentrations were initially interpreted as improved endurance capacity. However, 2 weeks later, a test in which maximal lactate was measured showed that maximal lactate was decreased as well. Together with the complaints of deteriorating performance and subjective complaints of irritability and sleep disturbances,...