OTTAWA — Opposition parties as well as top legal and judicial associations are calling on the Liberals to increase funding to the federal courts after a chief justice warned his court is in “crisis” and considering cutting hearings because of administrative budget shortfalls. Peter Aprile, a se...
Study quality was assessed using the 9-star Newcastle-Ottawa scale (http://www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp, accessed 12/21/2015). All statistical analyses were performed with STATA version 12.0 (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA). All reported probabilities (P-...
I wrote large chunks of this essay having slept less than 1.5 hours over a period of 38 hours. I came up with and developed the biggest arguments of it when I slept an average of 5 hours 39 minutes per day over the preceding 14 days. At this point, I’m pretty sure that the entir...
Two investigators independently evaluated the quality of the included cohort and case-control studies using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). The selection, comparability, and exposure of each study were broadly assessed and studies were assigned a score from zero to nine. Studies with scores ≥7 ...
The modified version of the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale was used for the quality assessment of the studies. Results Eighty-one studies were included, of which 56 were classified as medium quality, 5 studies as low quality, and 20 studies as high quality. A total of 1830 athletes were monitored ...
As a parent of 3 young kids few maps have resonated as much as the map above showing where people are getting less than 7 hours sleep a night, the amount the Center for Disease Control (CDC) considers enough. The map itself was from 2014, but I’ve managed to find the 2020 data ...
Two investigators independently evaluated the quality of the included cohort and case-control studies using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS). The selection, comparability, and exposure of each study were broadly assessed and studies were assigned a score from zero to nine. Studies with scores ≥7...
Table 2. Quality assessment result of observational studies (n = 93) using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale: Empty CellStudyRepresentativeness of the sample (One Point)Sample Size (One Point)Non-Respondents (One Point)Ascertainment of the exposure (One Point)Study controls for other variable (Two Point...
The likelihood of snoring increases by unhealthy lifestyles such as the smoking, alcohol, sedatives and muscle relaxants if consumed a few hours before going to bed. CAUSES OF SNORING: Snoring occurs when the flow of inhaled air through the mouth and/or the nose is physically obstructed. The ...