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A meta-analysis on the reading comprehension skills of individuals with autism spectrum disorders
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Brown, Heather, Oram-Cardy, Janis, Johnson, Andrew
This meta-analysis examined 36 studies comparing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and control groups in reading comprehension. Three moderators (semantic knowledge, decoding skill, PIQ) and two text types (high vs. low social knowledge) were examined as predictors of reading comprehension in ASD....
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Coordinated distributed experiments: An emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science
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Knapp, A. K., Collins, S. L., Turkington, R. , Long, R., White, S., Cahill, J. F., Carlyle, C. N., Beierkuhnlein, C., Luo, Y., Casper, B. B. Cleland, E., Lind, E., Smith, M. D., Henry, H. A. L., Dukes, J. S., Fraser, L. H., Reich, P. B., Sternberg, M.
There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data synthesis. Meta-analyses have served this role in ecology for more than a decade, but the different experimental...
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Coordinated Distributed Experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science
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Carlyle, C. N., Henry, H. A. L., Fraser, L. H.
There is a growing realization among scientists and policy makers that an increased understanding of today's environmental issues requires international collaboration and data synthesis. Meta-analyses have served this role in ecology for more than a decade, but the different experimental...
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Diagnosing Clinically Significant Dehydration in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Using Noninvasive Methods: A Meta-Analysis
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Milne, Andrea, Hartling, Lisa, Vandermeer, Ben, Freedman, Stephen B.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the most accurate, noninvasive method of assessing dehydration. STUDY DESIGN: The following data sources were searched: electronic databases, gray literature, scientific meetings, reference lists, and authors of unpublished studies. Eligible studies were comparative...
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From the trenches: a cross-sectional study applying the GRADE tool in systematic reviews of healthcare interventions.
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Dryden, D. M., Vandermeer, B., Seida, J., Hartling, L., Fernandes, R. M.
Background GRADE was developed to address shortcomings of tools to rate the quality of a body of evidence. While much has been published about GRADE, there are few empirical and systematic evaluations. Objective To assess GRADE for systematic reviews (SRs) in terms of inter-rater agreement and...
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Lifelong learning along the education and career continuum: metaanalysis of studies in health professions
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Babenko, Oksana, Koppula, Sudha, Daniels, Lia, Nadon, Lindsey, Daniels, Vijay
Introduction: Lifelong learning is an integral part of health professionals’ maintenance of competence. Several studies have examined the orientation toward lifelong learning at various stages of the education and career continuum; however, none has looked at changes...
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Oral rehydration versus intravenous therapy for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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Klassen, T. P., McConnell, D., Craig, W. R., Wiebe, N., Hartling, L., Bellemare, S., Russell, K.
Background Despite treatment recommendations from various organizations, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) continues to be underused, particularly by physicians in high-income countries. We conducted a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to compare ORT and intravenous therapy...
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2007
Forbes, D.A., Wood, J., Morgan, D., Taylor, B., Markle-Reid, M., Forbes, S.C.
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: 1.To evaluate the effects of physical activity programs on function (e.g., activities of daily [ADLs], physical function), cognition, mood, behaviour, and mortality in older persons with dementia. 2.To...
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Prevalence and predictability of handling effects on plants in field studies: Results from field experiments and a meta-analysis
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Brown, M., Hik, D.S., Weir, J., Dabros, A., Cahill, J.F.
Various effects on plant growth associated with handling or touching plants are well documented from greenhouse and laboratory studies, but are generally unknown or ignored under field conditions. We examined the prevalence of the effects of handling, at levels typical of many ecological...
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Representations of the health value of vitamin D supplementation in newspapers and magazines: Media content analysis
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Field, Catherine J., McCormack, James P., Caulfield, Timothy, Rachul, Christen, Clark, Marianne
Objective To examine the nature of media coverage of vitamin D in relation to its role in health and the need for supplements. Design Media content analysis. Setting Print articles from elite newspapers in the UK, the USA and Canada. Participants 294 print newspaper articles appearing over...