Sentences with phrase «analysis of the evidence basis»
Written for those who want to practice according to the best evidence, assist women in making informed decisions, or advocate for maternity care reforms, Optimal Care in Childbirth provides an in - depth analysis of the evidence basis for physiologic care as the standard of care.
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Behavioural and Cognitive Treatment Interventions in Depression: An analysis of the Evidence Base
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The thing about evidence - based policy analysis is that different countries face different sets of facts.
That's based on technical analysis (an investing strategy with both its pros and cons) from Fundstrat technical strategist Robert Sluymer, who wrote in that same note: «Our expectation is Bitcoin will begin to show evidence of bottoming short - term closer to $ 5,873.»
There is no evidence to suggest that technical analysis works on any sort of consistent basis.
To generate consensus in support of trade policies that will benefit Canada as a whole will require transparent, evidence - based analysis of how trade agreements will impact not just different sectors, but also different provinces.
Muddled thinking, shallow analysis, the madness of crowds, beliefs that are based on one's desires and biases, not evidence — these are some of the things that block progress on many fronts.
I'd placed my faith in a set of propositional truth claims that could be deemed true or false based on measurements and evidence and analysis and reason.
It's sad when CNN and other news organizations don't make honest analyses based on evidence because of the fear of losing their market share.
Perhaps you could adjust the article to reflect this, so someone coming across it gets a clearer picture of the evidence - based analysis of this issue.
Where systematic reviews or meta - analyses are available, allowing analysis of findings from a number of well - selected studies, these obviously provide a stronger evidence base on which it is possible to base arguments with greater conviction.
Let's remember that current school meal nutrition standards were established not by the Obama administration but by the non-partisan Institute of Medicine — and they were hailed at the time as the «gold standard for evidence - based health analysis.»
Donze Black explained the project's role of providing nonpartisan analysis and evidence - based recommendations to make sure that all foods and beverages sold in U.S. schools are safe and healthful.
They were science - based recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, recommendations which were referred to at the time of their release as representing the «gold standard for evidence - based health analysis.»
For the background literature review and data analyses on which this policy statement and recommendations are based, refer to the accompanying technical report, «SIDS and Other Sleep - Related Infant Deaths: Evidence Base for 2016 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment,» available in the electronic pages of this issue (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2016-2940).3
However noble the means are of the Prime Minister, policy decisions — especially those regarding to expenditure — should be based on evidence and meticulous analysis; this is why the foreign aid programme needs reform.
This new research from Democratic Audit's Richard Berry and Sean Kippin explored who exactly gives evidence to select committees, based on analysis of the nearly 600 witnesses appearing in Parliament in a one - month period in late 2013.
BASC chairman Peter Glenser said: «The government has engaged in a lengthy, evidence - based analysis of the use of lead ammunition and has found there is no reason to change the law.
The centre will address the need for longitudinal and trend analysis data for the sector, will make the evidence base for the sector more accessible, and will assess the impact of third sector policies.
From Jon Cruddas and Margaret Beckett to James Morris the evidence based analysis of Labour's defeat has been the same.
This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.
Based on a statistical analysis of a published paper, a national research integrity panel in the Netherlands has found evidence of data manipulation in the work of Jens Förster, a social psychologist at the University of Amsterdam.
Hamburg noted that «I reviewed and thoughtfully considered the data, clinical information, and analysis provided by» FDA's drug experts, «and I agree... that there is adequate and reasonable, well - supported, and science - based evidence that Plan B One - Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child - bearing potential.»
Hirsh, an assistant professor of psychology, and graduate students Samantha M. Meints and Megan M. Miller conducted the evidence - based review and analysis of clinical and experimental studies that included a total of 2,719 black and 3,770 white adults.
«The model offers the potential to put linkage analysis on a more reliable and scientific basis, increases standardization, reduces the workload of police investigators and improves the prospect of using linkage analysis as evidence in legal proceedings,» explained Porter.
It's a powerful, evidence - based process of conducting experiments, gathering data and performing analysis on the results.
He added: «The attraction of fully automatic analysis is that we can create a really large evidence base to address these big questions.»
Based on an analysis of existing evidence, published in an opinion article in the Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology journal on January 20, Dr. Narod argues that to achieve a cure, rather than simply delay progression or reoccurrence of the disease, women should be first treated with aggressive surgery to remove all clinically - detectable cancer cells, followed by targeted chemotherapy to the abdomen (intraperitoneal chemotherapy).
Although conspiracy beliefs can occasionally be based on a rational analysis of the evidence, most of the time they are not.
Based on this new fossil evidence and analysis, the team suggests that the human branch of the tree (shared with chimpanzees) split away from gorillas about 10 million years ago — at least 2 million years earlier than previously claimed.
Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.
Scientists found evidence of the mineral tridymite on Mars based on the analysis of samples sent back by NASA's Curiosity rover.
A recent analysis based on a sky mapping project called the Outer Solar System Origins Survey, which discovered more than 800 new «trans - Neptunian objects,» suggests that the evidence also could be consistent with a random distribution of such objects.
He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of biomedical ethics with particular expertise in the application of empirical methods and evidence - based standards for the evaluation and analysis of bioethical issues.
Analyses of wind and significant wave height support reanalysis - based evidence for an increase in extratropical storm activity in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades until the late 1990s.
We present evidence for three ancient genome duplications during the evolution of gymnosperms, based on phylogenomic analyses of transcriptomes from 24 gymnosperms and 3 outgroups.
«The authors seem to jump to conclusions based on their analysis of case - control studies despite the fact that their cohort analysis provides no evidence to support their findings.
Both pedigree - based and population - based linkage analyses rely on estimating recent IBD, and evidence of ancient IBD can be used to detect population structure in genetic association studies.
Despite earlier reports of a possible detection, a joint analysis of data from ESA's Planck satellite and the ground - based BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments has found no conclusive evidence of primordial gravitational waves.
On February 21, 2012, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope announced that they had obtained strong supporting evidence that GJ 1214 b mostly likely has a steamy atmosphere of water based on analysis of its colors in infrared light.
However, one of the panel's reservations was that ``... a statistical method used in the 1999 study was not the best and that some uncertainties in the work «have been underestimated,»...» The panel concluded «Based on the analyses presented in the original papers by Mann et al. and this newer supporting evidence, the committee finds it plausible that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the last few decades of the 20th century than during any comparable period over the preceding millennium.
While published results on acupuncture and fMRI were heterogeneous, from a descriptive perspective most studies suggest that acupuncture can modulate the brain activity within specific brain areas, and the evidence based on meta - analyses confirmed part of these results.
«While evidence from a recently completed [randomized controlled trial] suggested that statin use is of little benefit to COPD patients, this population - based analysis showed that statin use reduced all - cause mortality among COPD patients,» wrote the study authors led by Adam Raymakers, from the University of British Columbia.
Commenter Patricia referred me to an excellent short video series (released after this post was first written) by Dr. Michael Greger that takes an evidence based analysis of the common negative concerns of drinking smoothies.
One cited study, which attributes stroke to excessive salt intake, is a meta - analysis of thirteen studies published between 1966 and 2008 in which most measurements of sodium intake were highly inaccurate estimates based on food frequency questionnaires.22 The second is a review of fifty - two studies, which concluded that strokes are not caused by excess sodium but rather by insufficient potassium, a finding that is consistent with the preponderance of evidence.23 Cordain ignores more recent large clinical and epidemiological studies, which have found that sodium intakes of less than 3 grams per day significantly increase cardiovascular risk.3, 4
The World Health Organization recommended less than 10 % of calories from added sugar based on its assessment of higher consumption and adverse health outcomes.4 With the evidence of higher added sugar consumption and adverse health outcomes accumulating, the American Heart Association recommended that total calories from added sugar should be less than 100 calories / d for most women and less than 150 calories / d for most men.5 Our analysis suggests that participants who consumed greater than or equal to 10 % but less than 25 % of calories from added sugar, the level below the Institute of Medicine recommendation and above the World Health Organization / American Heart Association recommendation, had a 30 % higher risk of CVD mortality; for those who consumed 25 % or more of calories from added sugar, the relative risk was nearly tripled (fully adjusted HR, 2.75).
Choosing a screen name with a letter starting in the top half of the alphabet is as important as an attractive photo and a fluent headline in the online dating game, reveals an analysis of the best ways of finding love in the digital world, and published online in the journal Evidence Based Medicine.
It says something about them I think, and that is Choosing a screen name with a letter starting in the top half of the alphabet is as important as an attractive photo and a fluent headline in the online dating game, reveals an analysis of the best ways of finding love in the digital world, and published online in the journal Evidence Based Medicine.
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Associate Professor Stephanie Jones and her team at Easel Lab's SEL Analysis Project came up with an idea called «kernel of practice» — evidence - based strategies and activities that educators can easily use with their students that are free and flexible.