Crime and Deviance in the Life Course
Criminological research has emphasized the strong relationship between age and crime, with involvement in most crimes peaking in adolescence and then declining. However, there i...
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Reliability Studies of Psychiatric Diagnosis
The existing literature on the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis falls into two periods, the earlier reporting low reliability and the latter reporting much higher figures. T...
Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making 3
In meta-analysis, between-study heterogeneity indicates the presence of effect-modifiers and has implications for the interpretation of results in cost-effectiveness analysis an...
Intestinal bacteria and ageing
Advancements in science and medicine, as well as improved living standards, have led to a steady increase in life expectancy, and subsequently a rise in the elderly population. ...
Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
Gretchen Stevens and colleagues present the GATHER statement, which seeks to promote good practice in the reporting of global health estimates.
Randomisation to protect against selection bias in healthcare trials
The results of randomised and non-randomised studies sometimes differed. In some instances non-randomised studies yielded larger estimates of effect and in other instances rando...
Ribosome structures to near-atomic resolution from thirty thousand cryo-EM particles
Although electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) single-particle analysis has become an important tool for structural biology of large and flexible macro-molecular assemblies, the te...
Geographical sampling bias and its implications for conservation priorities in Africa
Abstract Aim To design and apply statistical tests for measuring sampling bias in the raw data used to the determine priority areas for conservation, and to discuss their impact...