How to write an ICS/IUGA conference abstract

Contains fulltext : 88292.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)INTRODUCTION: This article aims to condense the lectures and discussions from workshops on good reporting at IUGA Como 2009 and ICS San Francisco 2009, providing practical advice for the novice researcher summarising their data for the first time. CONCLUSIONS: Drafting an abstract can be a time consuming process. Formal guidance, such as CONSORT and STROBE, exists for the kinds of information that should be included regarding almost all designs of clinical trials. Follow the abstract submission rules closely to avoid outright rejection. Plan to highlight the novelty, scientific merit and clinical impact of the work. Try not to overstate the importance of the findings. Do not forget to publish the work in a peer reviewed journal.1 mei 201

SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 8: Deciding how much confidence to place in a systematic review

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Why we need easy access to all data from all clinical trials and how to accomplish it

International calls for registering all trials involving humans and for sharing the results, and sometimes also the raw data and the trial protocols, have increased in recent years. Such calls have come, for example, from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Health Organization (WHO), the US National Institutes of Heath, the US Congress, the European Commission, the European ombudsman, journal editors, The Cochrane Collaboration, and several funders, for example the UK Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation

Le Muse fanno il girotondo. Jurij Lotman e le arti

Radiation chemical yields for radicals were assessed for a variety of engineering thermoplastics following γ-irradiation under vacuum at 77 K and at a low dose rate. On the basis of these radical yields the radiation resistance of the polymers increased in the following order: poly(phenylene oxide), polyamide, poly(arylene ether sulfone), poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide), polyimide, and poly(arylene ether ketone). This order was similar to that found by other workers based on measurements of the tensile strength of the polymers following electron-beam irradiation of a high dose at a high dose rate

The radiation chemistry of poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide)s

Electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR) was used to study the free radicals produced on γ-irradiation of selected poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide)s (PEPO). Both neutral and anionic free radicals were detected after irradiation at 77K. Thermal annealing of the radicals resulted in the identification of two decay regions; between 77 and 200K and above 240K, corresponding to the decay of radical anions and neutral radicals respectively. Photolysis with visible wavelengths was used to detrap, and so identify, anionic radicals. The presence of two species of radical anions was inferred by inspection of the radical decay curves and the spectra of the radicals lost on photolysis. The neutral free radicals detected were identified as phenoxyl-type radicals formed by the homolytic scission of ether bonds in the polymer. P NMR of the polymers after irradiation showed broadening of the main peak to higher chemical shift, suggesting crosslinking, probably at the phenyl side-chain. Viscosity measurements showed a slight decrease in the limiting viscosity numbers for solutions in dichloromethane, and therefore in the molecular weight of the polymers, with increasing dose. Main chain scission and crosslinking occur simultaneously in the polymers, with chain scission dominant over crosslinking [G(S)>4G(X)]. At 77K the radical yield incieased with dose in a similar fashion for all three polymers, but at room temperature the radical yields for a given dose increased in order of the ratio of ether bonds to aromatic groups in the polymer, that is, in the order bipheno