The rapid development of science and technology has been accompanied by an exponential growth in peer-reviewed scientific publications. At the same time, review each paper is a laborious process that must be carried out subject matter experts. Thus, providing high-quality reviews this growing number papers significant challenge. In work, we ask question “can automate reviewing? ”, discussing po...

OBJECTIVE Reviewing the available literature regarding prognosis for first psychotic episode for developing schizophrenia. METHOD A systematic review of studies which have evaluated prognostic determinants for the first psychotic episode and its relationship to schizophrenia was made. RESULTS 161 articles were reviewed which fulfilled the search criteria and which were adjusted to the purpo...

This theoretical essay purports to explore the conceptual significance of amae for Japanese communication research. The essay first reconsiders the interrelationship of amae with the enryo-sasshi interaction style by reviewing the pertinent literature within and outside the discipline of communication. Second, the essay reconceptualizes amae as two types of human communication needs (i.e., mess...

The peer-review process is an invaluable service provided by the professional community, and it provides the critical foundation for the advancement of science. However, there is remarkably little systematic guidance for individuals who wish to become part of this process. This paper, written from the perspective of reviewers and editors with varying levels of experience, provides general guide...

Educators have recognized the need to apply evidence-based approaches to medical training. To do so, medical educators must have access to reliable evidence on the impact of educational interventions. This paper describes 5 methodologic challenges to performing systematic reviews of educational interventions for health care professionals: finding reports of medical education interventions, asse...

Some problems with the quality of controlled clinical trials can be addressed by following these procedures: registering all trials at inception; using systematic reviews to inform the design of new studies; posting and obtaining feedback on preprints; reporting all well conducted trials, regardless of their results; reducing biased and inefficient assessment of reports submitted for publicatio...

The Internet of Things (IoT) gets real. Already today, there are more connected devices than humans. In order to leverage this trend platforms are required to enable building and operating of applications. In contrary, there is hardly any systematic research available that evaluates the capabilities of existing IoT platforms. This paper contributes to the understanding of the current IoT platfo...

This article provides a systematic empirical study of how differences in regulatory review processes across the fifty US states affect the level of regulation. We examine whether rules for regulatory review matter in terms of lowering the overall level of regulation in states. Our findings suggest that sunset provisions are the most effective means of reducing state regulatory levels. Requireme...

Systematic reviews require researchers to identify the entire body of relevant literature. Algorithms that filter the list for manual scanning with nearly perfect recall can significantly decrease the workload. This paper presents a novel stopping criterion that estimates the score-distribution of relevant articles from relevance feedback of random articles (S-D Minimal Sampling). Using 20 trai...

Congenital malformations of spine and spinal cord are collectively termed as spinal dysraphism. It includes a heterogeneous group of anomalies which result from faulty closure of midline structures during development. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now considered the imaging modality of choice for diagnosing these conditions. The purpose of this article is to review the normal development ...