rently, there are about 57,500 CAM trials from all over the world registered in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and about 690 systematic CAM reviews in the Cochrane Database. Berman presented a few examples of systematic CAM reviews before concluding with future challenges, such as conducting reliable subgroup analyses (e.g., individual patient data meta-analysis or network m...

This paper aimed to analyzed the factors influencing knowledge sharing. An integrative literature review was employed as a tool in analyzing step. Total twenty academic papers which concerned with knowledge sharing were chosen. Thirty five factors were mentioned in those literatures. As a result, five factors which were most mentioned in earlier literatures were chosen as a key success factors ...

Investigator Award Introduction According to the Wessel criteria, infantile colic is defined as excessive crying for more than 3 hours a day at least 3 days a week for 3 weeks or more in an otherwise healthy baby. (1) As many as 26% of infants are diagnosed with colic, (2) making the condition one of the most common reasons for infant visits to primary care practitioners today. Colic is a self-...

Background. Evidence rankings do not consider equally internal (IV), external (EV), and model validity (MV) for clinical studies including complementary and alternative medicine/integrative medicine (CAM/IM) research. This paper describe this model and offers an EV assessment tool (EVAT©) for weighing studies according to EV and MV in addition to IV. Methods. An abbreviated systematic review me...

The prospect of using psychotherapy integration to enhance therapeutic efficacy increases as clinical discussion and empirical inquiry mount. The authors review briefly the historical origins of integrative thought, discuss the new receptivity with which it is being met, and examine the clinical use of an integrative framework, using progress in the treatment of panic disorder as an example of ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic review is to reevaluate and update the Integrative Model of Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress (PMTS; Kazak et al., 2006), which provides a conceptual framework for traumatic stress responses across pediatric illnesses and injuries. METHODS Using established systematic review guidelines, we searched PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied He...

In the cerebral cortex of awake animals, neurons are subject to a tremendous fluctuating activity mostly of synaptic origin and termed “synaptic noise”. Synaptic noise is the dominant source of membrane potential fluctuations in neurons and can have a strong influence on their integrative properties. We review here the experimental measurements of synaptic noise, and its modeling by conductance...