BACKGROUND The criteria for stopping Delphi studies are often subjective. This study aimed to examine whether consensus and stability in the Delphi process can be ascertained by descriptive evaluation of trends in participants' views. METHODS A three round email-based Delphi required participants (n = 12) to verify their level of agreement with 8 statements, write comments on each if they con...

Title: A Decade of Road Traffic Fatalities among the Elderly in North-West Iran Authors: Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani ([email protected]) Bahram Samadirad ([email protected]) Farnaz Moslemi ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 05 Nov 2016 Author’s response to reviews: Thanks for the comments. Following are responses. 1. Please add a statement in the manuscript indicat...

I thank B.C. Creagh-Brown and C. Shee for their complimentary comments. Furthermore, I completely agree with the principles described in their letter regarding the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in selected patients who have chosen to forego, or are not offered, endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation. In fact, I had the privilege of co-authoring a recent statement pub...

BACKGROUND UK Hospital Trusts are charged with increasing patients' research awareness and willingness to take part in research. This includes implementing strategies to encourage patient-initiated enquiries about participation. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of a research statement inserted in outpatient letters in one clinical service, and to derive suggestions on potential steps towards...

A defamatory statement is a false or untrue that harms the reputation of living person. In digital environment, content can be easily shared and may remain available online for very long period. At first, anonymous Internet communication was predominantly seen as value in itself – mechanism advances public debate, protects political dissension, furthers due process. However, rapid growth social...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes changes to the existing rules of practice to implement the inventor’s oath or declaration provisions of the LeahySmith America Invents Act. The Office proposes to revise and clarify the rules of practice relating to the inventor’s oath or declaration, including reissue oaths or declarations, assignments containing oath or declarati...

it is a great pleasure to receive two valuable comments about our article regarding sudden cardiac death (scd) in young athletes from two well known experts working in the field of preparticipation evaluation and prevention of sports injuries. we, as authors, generally agree with both authors' comments. however, some considerations should be re-emphasized here. .....

1 Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. © Copyright 2012, Canadian Psychiatric Association. This document may not be reproduced without written permission of the CPA. Members’ comments are welcome. Please address all comments and feedbac...