Methods: This prospective descriptive study has been performed on 1568 newborns with jaundice as their chief complaint, in a seven-year period at Ghaem hospital in Mashhad, Iran. 795 neonates were included in our study (237 infants with hemolytic jaundice and 558 infants with idiopathic jaundice). Complete physical examinations and laboratory tests were performed and data were recorded. Statist...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Medical research needs statistical analyses to understand the reality of variable phenomena. There are numerous studies showing poor statistical reporting in many journals with different rankings, in different countries. Our aim was to assess the reporting of statistical analyses in original papers published in Clujul Medical journal in the year 2014. METHODS All original a...

the frequency response analysis (fra) test has been recognized as one of the sensitive tools available for detecting electrical and mechanical faults inside power transformers. however, there is still no universally systematic interpretation technique for these tests. many research efforts have employed different statistical criteria in order to aid the interpretative capability of the fra, but...

For food scientists and industrials, descriptive profiling is an essential tool that involves the evaluation of both the qualitative and quantitative sensory characteristics of a product by a panel. Recently, in response to industrial demands to develop faster and more cost-effective methods of descriptive analysis, several methods have been offered as alternatives to conventional profiling. Th...