BACKGROUND High-quality reporting of outbreak characteristics is fundamental to understand the behaviour of various strains of influenza virus and the impact of outbreak management strategies. However, few studies have systematically evaluated the quality of outbreak reporting. OBJECTIVES To conduct a systematic analysis and assessment for reporting quality of influenza outbreaks based on a m...

We use changes in the value of a firm’s real estate assets as an exogenous change in a firm’s financing capacity to examine (i) the relation between reporting quality and financing and investment conditional on this change, and (ii) firms’ reporting quality responses to the change in financing capacity. We find that financing and investment by firms with higher reporting quality is less affecte...

I investigate the determinants and economic consequences associated with firms’ financial reporting choices. Recognizing the endogeneity associated with these choices, I find evidence of a positive association between investors’ demands for firm-specific information and financial reporting quality. I also find that higher proprietary costs are associated with a lower quality of financial inform...

PURPOSE To assess the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the primary treatment of brain tumors and to identify significant predictors of quality. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two investigators searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and bibliographies of retrieved articles for RCTs in the primary treatment of brain tumors published between January 1990 and December 2004. We assessed the qu...

Actor-network theory, which is considered as a development of socio-technical structuralism school, observes reservation and stability of networks containing personal and impersonal components such as individuals, organizations, communication software and hardware, and infrastructural standards by examination of socio-technical dimensions concurrently.The goal of this research is studying the i...

Communication of high-quality business and financial information to decision-makers helps get clear insights on the outlook assists them in making timely decisions. Financial reporting acts as a media disseminate various interested parties by providing operating through statements, notes accounts other footnotes narratives Annual Business Report (ABR). Today stakeholders are very keen getting b...

PURPOSE To evaluate methodological and reporting quality of diagnostic accuracy studies of perimetry in glaucoma and to determine whether there had been any improvement since the publication of the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) guidelines. METHODS A systematic review of English language articles published between 1993 and 2013 reporting the diagnostic accuracy of peri...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of reporting in Cochrane musculoskeletal systematic reviews (excluding back and injury reviews). METHODS This study assessed all the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group's systematic reviews from Issue 4, 2002, of the Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed quality. Two assessment tools were used, inclu...

BACKGROUND Standardized reporting systems for diagnostic and screening tests facilitate quality improvement programs and clear communication among health care providers. Although colonoscopy is commonly used for screening, diagnosis, and therapy, no standardized reporting system for this procedure currently exists. The Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable de...