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Rating versus ranking in a Delphi survey: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe Delphi technique has steeply grown in popularity in health research as a structured approach to group communication process. Rating and...
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Accurate breast cancer diagnosis using a stable feature ranking algorithm
BackgroundBreast cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers among women. Since diverse features can be collected, how to stably select the...
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“The reputation premium”: does hospital ranking improvement lead to a higher healthcare spending?
Global health systems have often disclosed hospital quality and performance information via hospital ranking or rating programs over the last...
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Adopting wearables to customize health insurance contributions: a ranking-type Delphi
BackgroundWearables, as small portable computer systems worn on the body, can track user fitness and health data, which can be used to customize...
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Ranking the dietary interventions by their effectiveness in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
IntroductionPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition in women, characterised by reproductive and metabolic dysfunction. While dietary...
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Ranking surgical skills using an attention-enhanced Siamese network with piecewise aggregated kinematic data
PurposeSurgical skill assessment using computerized methods is considered to be a promising direction in objective performance evaluation and expert...
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Application of the herbal chemical marker ranking system (Herb MaRS) to the standardization of herbal raw materials: a case study
IntroductionPhytochemical standardization of herbal materials involves establishing consistent levels of one or more active ingredients or markers....
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Real-time risk ranking of emerging epidemics based on optimized moving average prediction limit—taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an example
BackgroundMathematical models to forecast the risk trend of the COVID-19 pandemic timely are of great significance to control the pandemic, but the...
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Predictive P-score for treatment ranking in Bayesian network meta-analysis
BackgroundNetwork meta-analysis (NMA) is a widely used tool to compare multiple treatments by synthesizing different sources of evidence. Measures...
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Revisiting prediction of collapse in hip osteonecrosis with artificial intelligence and machine learning: a new approach for quantifying and ranking the contribution and association of factors for collapse
PurposeThis study proposes machine learning to analyze the risk factors of the collapse in patients with non-traumatic hip osteonecrosis of the...
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Ranking patients on the kidney transplant waiting list based on fuzzy inference system
BackgroundKidney transplantation is the best treatment for people with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Kidney allocation is the most important...
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Hand hygiene practices during meal preparation—a ranking among ten European countries
BackgroundThe aim of this paper was to map consumers’ food hygiene practices from 10 European countries and evaluate which demographic groups are...
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Performance evaluation and ranking of regional primary health care and public health Systems in Iran
BackgroundThe present study has been undertaken with the aim to evaluate performance and ranking of various universities of medical sciences that are...
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Comparison of methods to engage diverse stakeholder populations in prioritizing PrEP implementation strategies for testing in resource-limited settings: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThere is a lack of consensus about how to prioritize potential implementation strategies for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery....
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Changes in the rankings of leading causes of death in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 to 2018: a comparison of three ranking lists
BackgroundThe ranking lists used by most countries for leading causes of death (CODs) comprise broad category such as cancer, heart disease, and...
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Identifying and ranking causal biochemical biomarkers for breast cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study
BackgroundOnly a few of the 34 biochemical biomarkers measured in the UK Biobank (UKB) have been associated with breast cancer, with many...
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A Bayesian network meta-analysis on comparisons of intraocular lens power calculation methods for paediatric cataract eyes
The study aimed to compare and rank the accuracy of formulas for calculating intraocular lens (IOL) power in paediatric eyes in a systematic way. A...
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COVID-19 trends, public restrictions policies and vaccination status by economic ranking of countries: a longitudinal study from 110 countries
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has transitioned to a third phase and many variants have been originated. There has been...
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Ranking Research Methodology by Risk — a cross-sectional study to determine the opinion of research ethics committee members
BackgroundWhen reviewing a protocol, research ethics committees (RECs, equivalent to institutional review boards — IRBs) have the responsibility to...
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Resident recruitment in the COVID-19 era: factors influencing program ranking by residents applying to a family medicine-emergency medicine training program
ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous unique challenges for the recruitment of prospective trainees. Cancellation of visiting electives...
