Aim To synthesize and interpret qualitative research findings focusing on parental experiences of skin-to-skin care (SSC) for newborn infants. Background SSC induces many benefits for newborn infants and their parents. Three meta-analyses have been conducted on physiological outcomes, but no previous qualitative meta-synthesis on parental experiences of SSC has been identified. Design The prese...

Decision Support System (DSS) aims to provide effective support for solving unstructured, ill-structured or wicked problems as its initial emergence in the late 1960s. The ever-lasting complexity which exists in social world brings a great deal of uncertainties in human activities, mainly for decision makers who are in morass of overwhelming flow of data, information and knowledge but still lac...

ObjectiveIn evidence synthesis practice, researchers often face the problem of how to deal with zero-events. Inappropriately dealing zero-events studies may lead research waste and mislead healthcare practice. We propose a framework guide better in meta-analysis.Study design settingWe used two dimensions, one respect total events count across all comparative arms meta-analysis, second whether i...

Extensions to VHDL have been deened in order to produce a compiler that allows for system design with synthesizable and non-synthesizable multi-chip subsystems. The compiler has been completed and this paper presents a case study that has been made to evaluate the merits and limitations of this approach. Finally, a brief discussion is made of the error generation capability that results from th...

in the moSt general terms, meta-analysis is one method of research synthesis. Research synthesis may be defined as a review of primary research on a given topic with the purpose of integrating the findings (e.g., for creating generalizations or resolving conflicts). Research synthesis is central to the scientific enterprise. Without it, the evidence for various alternative hypotheses cannot be ...

OBJECTIVES To propose methods for mixed treatment comparisons (MTC) based on pooled summaries of the type produced in overviews of reviews. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Overviews of reviews (umbrella reviews) summarize the results of multiple systematic reviews into a single document. They report the summary estimates from the original pairwise meta-analyses and discuss them in narrative form, wi...

BACKGROUND Most hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in the United States occur following non-sterile injection drug use. However, the majority of people who inject drugs (PWID) with chronic HCV are not currently receiving care. OBJECTIVE This paper presents our protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis of data on the natural history of HCV among PWID and will inform modeling of the ...

Background and objectives: Although nutrition is important to bone health, the impact of different dietary patterns on density fracture unclear. The aim this study was synthesise conflicting evidence from observational studies determine associations empirically derived with in healthy adults. Method: A systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42017071676) meta-analysis where possible (for hip fractur...