Quantitative scaling into percent signal change is helpful to detect and eliminate “bad” results with abnormal extreme values. While cognitive effects give signal changes on the order of 1% (and larger in the visual and auditory cortices), signal variations of over 10% may arise from motion and other artifacts in the data. Thus, a quantitative check on measured effect size can be used to screen...

BACKGROUND The CONSORT Statement provides recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials. We assessed the extent to which leading medical journals that publish reports of randomized trials incorporate the CONSORT recommendations into their journal and editorial processes. METHODS This article reports on two observational studies. Study 1: We examined the online version of 'Instruc...

Background: The CONSORT Statement provides recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials. We assessed the extent to which leading medical journals that publish reports of randomized trials incorporate the CONSORT recommendations into their journal and editorial processes. Methods: This article reports on two observational studies. Study 1: We examined the online version of 'Instruc...

Abstract BACKGROUND Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) provide a better prognosis in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nevertheless, the outcome of leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) remains poor. In addition, due to limited access intracranial tumour tissue, gene alterations associated with from adenocarcinoma (LM-LUAD) are unclear. METHODS Forty-...

To test the expanded definition of acute lung injury (ALI), we prospectively, over a period of 8 months, studied all adult ICU admissions who fitted the definition. Our study consisted of 83 patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and 60 with mild to moderate ALI. Sepsis and trauma were the most common diagnoses on admission. The overall mortality rate was 45 percent for AR...

An investigation was conducted to analyse the physical properties of soils different blocks coastal areas Ganjam district Odisha. For this purpose, soil samples were collected at three depths: 0-15 cm, 15-30 and 30-45 from nine villages areas, a total 27 analysed for their parameter by using standard Laboratory Technique. The result showed that Soil Texture Chatrapur, Rangeilunda, Chikiti block...