The traditional approach to the analysis of cluster randomized trials has been tocalculate a summary measure for each cluster, such as a cluster mean or proportion. Because each cluster then provides only one data point, the data can be considered to be independent, allowing standard statistical t...
Surveysare the easiest, most common, and one of the most sought-after quantitative research techniques. The main aim of a survey is to widely gather and describe the characteristics of a target population or customers. Surveys are the foremost quantitative method preferred by both small and large...
This study was designed as a cluster-randomized controlled field trial to estimate the effect of a procedural justice checklist (PJ Checklist) on multiple outcomes compared with controlled conditions. We collaborated with 21 ports in this European democracy in which 65 teams were the units of random...
16. They both aim to foster an individual’s agency in channeling and utilizing stress responses in a way that is beneficial for mastering stressors. However, there is
The potential benefits of statins in this context will require further evaluation in a prospective clinical trial to ascertain whether the effect is reproducible in a randomized population and before considering their application as microbiota-modulating therapeutics. This is a preview of subscription ...
A cluster of cooperating tumor-suppressor gene candidates in chromosomal deletions. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109, 8212–8217 (2012). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Curtis, C. et al. The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups...
All statistical analyses were two sided with a 5% type I error rate. Expression patterns of the five proteins were recognized using an unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis.Abbreviations RFS: recurrence-free survival NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer RA: retinoic acid MSP: methylation-...
The Ct values of RT-PCR could be considered as a semi-quantitative correlate for viral load and could be correlated to the ability of detection of the Ag-RDT. As expected, in samples with lower Ct values, InteliSwab® showed higher sensitivity. InteliSwab® detected most of the samples...
A random field theory (RFT)-based correction for multiple point-wise cortical thickness comparisons was applied at the cluster level with p = 0.05 as the significance threshold [45] (http://www.math.mcgill.ca/keith/surfstat/). We also evaluated the effects of the ε4 and rs405509 ...
However, explanatory trials for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression and addiction have a number of limitations [3, 4]. They are often conducted in tertiary centres, exclude people with comorbid conditions that cluster with the condition of interest, provide some incentive for...