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Topic: Metastudy

In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

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	ESA 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		ABSTRACT- A recently published metastudy involving 125 randomly selected biocoenoses appears to establish the logistic-J distribution as the theoretical pattern underlying species abundance distributions in natural communities, worldwide.
		Extensive chi square tests of the metastudy, as well as a new general theory of sampling, have ruled out the log-series and lognormal distributions as having any role to play in this regard.
		Other proposals for the underlying pattern, such as the broken-stick distribution and the negative binomial distribution can now also be rejected by comparing their predictions to empirical data from the metastudy.
	abstracts.co.allenpress.com /pweb/esa2004/document?ID=35996 (157 words)

	Abortion Breast Cancer - Newest study was flawed
		By being selective with the studies included in her metastudy, Beral can skew the statistics by excluding those studies which would provide "the wrong answer" to her premise.
		This is not the first instance where a selective metastudy has been used to "prove" an unsafe procedure to be "safe".
		In that metastudy, only 141 studies were selected (all of "new ops" who are known to be lower risk)...
	www.abortion-not.org /beralstudyexposed.htm (759 words)

	Experts Disagree Over Non-Latex Condoms
		However, for sexually active individuals who are not in the ideal, heterosexual situation, their personal preferences should be to use latex condoms to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections," she added.
		A metastudy (a review of other studies) that found non-latex polyurethane condoms have higher breakage rates than latex condoms has experts disagreeing on just who should use the non-latex variety.
		Non-latex condoms are made of polyurethane, a thin material that is an effective conductor of body heat, thus preserving pleasurable sensations in sexual contact.
	www.altpenis.com /penis_news/20060115223944data_trunc_sys.shtml (964 words)

	BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH
		A metastudy is unavoidable for anyone wishing to investigate the presence of any theoretical distribution of abundances in nature.
		The statistical test employed for this metastudy was the chi square distribution, employed in the standard way, to obtain a score for each of the special and general logistic-J, as well as for the log-series distribution.
		Many of the papers surveyed in the metastudy dutifully calculate various indices of “biodiversity,” but say little about the significance of these measures.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /faculty/akd/environment (3358 words)

	Chronic Illness Experience: Insights from a Metastudy -- Thorne et al. 12 (4): 437 -- Qualitative Health Research
		Chronic Illness Experience: Insights from a Metastudy -- Thorne et al.
		Articles by Thorne, S. Articles by Jillings, C. Chronic Illness Experience: Insights from a Metastudy
		from an extensive and exhaustive metastudy of qualitative studies
	qhr.sagepub.com /cgi/content/abstract/12/4/437 (226 words)

	The Cranky Professor: Caffeine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		You type, and I tell you why 4,500 years of written history shows you're wrong.
		Yet another metastudy tells us that it hurts to stop taking caffeine.
		I see the promised inclusion of caffeine-withdrawal in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as part of the coming great assault on our mood-altering drug (and liquid delivery system!) of choice.
	www.crankyprofessor.com /archives/000218.html (165 words)

	Home SOS Research
		Psychology has been very good at explaining how people grow or are healed by learning and therapy.
		A metastudy groups together results from many separate studies to get a concensus of findings.
		These four factors shown are considered common to every form of therapy practiced.
	www.sosresearch.com (341 words)

	Acute Myeloid Leukemias - Core Binding Factor Leukemias
		Broadly speaking, AML with t(8;21) is more likely to have its outcome influenced by additional factors than is inv(16), but both types of CBF AML are able to overcome many indicators that would be prognostically negative in other leukemias.
		The presence of certain additional cytogenetic abnormalities in the presence of t(8;21) may adversely affect prognosis, however these affecting abnormalities are primarily abnormalities of chromosome 9.
		This is not a small study with ambiguous results - a metastudy is a "study of studies." This one is an exhaustive review encompassing studies of nearly 400 core binding factor AML patients treated in Germany from 1993 to 2002.
	www.forgestone.com /aml (7465 words)

	test-data4
		Biosurvey data from 125 biosurvey documents has been listed below, along with a brief description of the sampling process and locale in each case.
		The actual data used in the metastudy are listed below each description.
		The vertical list corresponds to a numerical species/abundance histogram in each case.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /faculty/akd/environment/test-data.html (2137 words)

	glbtq >> discussion >> View topic - Nature versus Culture: Is homosexuality a choice or not?
		The article is a metastudy (an overall study of studies) on the biology of sexual orientation.
		Sexual orientation is fundamental to evolution and shifts from the species-typical pattern of heterosexuality may represent biological variations.
		OK, well, I've made it through the first half of the article, here are a few highlights so far on the findings from the Rahman/Wilson metastudy (page numbers refer to pages in the study referred to above):
	www.glbtq.com /discussion/viewtopic.php?p=495 (1707 words)

	IZA - Discussion Papers
		Consequently, estimates for the gender wage gap have been published for the most diverse countries at different points in time.
		This metastudy provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage discrimination as it concerns differences in methodology, data, countries and time periods.
		We place particular emphasis on a proper consideration of the quality of the underlying study which is done by a weighting with quality indicators.
	www.iza.org /en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=906 (188 words)

	Spiral Structure of our Home Galaxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		As of 23 July 2001, the Astrophysical Journal Web Peer Review System supports authors and referees for the ApJ (Part 1), the Letters (Part 2), and the Supplement.
		2 Model of logarithmic spiral arms, using the results of this metastudy (p = 12 degrees inward, m = 4).
		The logarithmic model was fitted to the Galactic longitude values of the tangents to the observed spiral arms as seen from the Sun.
	www.ursi.ca /vallee/apj2002.html (216 words)

	VPAC 99 minutes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Dr. Cohen's company was not involved in conducting the study but has been asked to review the study and submit a formal report to VPAC about the study.
		Dr. Cohen also distributed copies of summarized results from a nationwide study of studies ("metastudy") to the council members.
		Dr. Cohen stated that the information presented in the metastudy shows that the leaching assumption factor of 10% used to calculate the maximum acceptable amount of herbicides which might be annually applied on a golf course in Vermont can be reduced to 1%.
	www.vermontagriculture.com /pidvpac99.htm (9963 words)

	From Wired to Weird: Books on Fixing IT
		In fact, what the researchers do here is ask the right questions about IT and society, without necessarily coming up with any of the answers.
		This academic metastudy focuses not on IT, but on research about IT, where it's being done and by whom, and how research about IT may improve IT and society as a whole.
		The report accomplishes its academic purpose but won't be terribly useful to IT managers in the trenches.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2001/0,4814,62395,00.html (867 words)

	Symptoms Of Milk Allergies In Infants - Symptom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		If your kids suffer from chronic runny noses and sore throats it might be time to dump the dairy.
		iron deficiency anemia in infants and children; it has the metastudy Milk Allergies "Cow's milk allergy mainly a disease of sensitivities to milk the symptoms can include eczema Allergy information includes articles on allergies symptoms treatment medications food allergies and allergy relief.
		iron deficiency anemia in infants and children; it has the metastudy Milk Allergies "Cow's milk allergy mainly a disease of sensitivities to milk the symptoms can include eczema Symptoms of milk and food symptoms.
	symptom.wvnineteen.net /symptoms-of-milk-allergies-in-infants.php (619 words)

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		You have previously cited several times a meta-analysis of the use of PCR in the diagnosis of HIV infection.
		Of these 11 studies (rated 3 or 4: see table 1) were found to have used blinding for both the PCR assays and reference tests.
		Unlike Christopher Noble who claims that "The metastudy however showed that PCR can be highly specific", the authors of the study reported: "When indeterminate PCR results were excluded, sensitivity ranged from 10% to 100% and specificity from 0% to 100%" and concluded "Our investigation produced two main findings.
	www.rethinking.org /bmj/response_43086.html (6962 words)

	toronto homeopath
		The Globe and Mail: Homeopathy no better than sugar pill: metastudy
		Toronto — Homeopathic remedies may help people feel better, but their impact appears to be no greater than a placebo effect, a comparison of more than 200...
		If you would like to change or remove your listing please contact us.
	www.homeopathyinfoonline.com /14/toronto-homeopath.html (343 words)

	Hud's Blog-O-Rama: And Leftism is Caused by Stupidty? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		As for this metastudy, if it's junk, then the studies it was based on are mostly if not entirely junk.
		The question is: WHAT changes do people want, as opposed to WHETHER they want change or not.
		Since they seem to more or less show the same results, this tells me how little academic psychology has changed in half a century.
	jameshudnall.com /archives/001213.html (5862 words)

	History News Network
		And the Guardian article says as much, I think.
		The problem is that the suggested plans would skip the primary texts altogether and just go straight to the metastudy.
		Very interesting that you should mention the 'how did people actually talk in 1750 and how do we know' question, because I was just thinking about that an hour or so ago, in thinking about Clay Jenkinson as Jefferson, commenting on Ralph's post.
	hnn.us /readcomment.php?id=29605&bheaders=1 (173 words)

	Decrepit Old Fool
		Metastudy of poverty and health in the Dec 05 Scientific American can’t be a fun read for the super-rich
		Selected quotes from December ‘05 Scientific American article, “Sick of poverty” (Robert Sapolsky), a review of studies that correlate SES, or Socio-Economic status, with ill health, control for epidemiological factors such as lifestyle, and develop a useful analysis:
		Open thread: best way to "help The Poor"
	www.mrsdof.com /index.php/weblog/comments/597 (935 words)

	allergies cow milk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		According to the metastudy Milk Allergies, "CowÂ’s milk allergy, mainly a disease of infancy, is usually manifested within the first two or three months of life.
		Make sure to read all labels for foods, cosmetics, medicines, creams and ointments that may contain any type or amount of cowâs milk.
		A_Z Allergiew - Living without milk and dairy
	www.ochone9.info (1539 words)

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