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	Metanalysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In linguistics, metanalysis is the act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it.
		Metanalysis across words: an adder was originally a nadder, and an apron a napron, but the initial n was metanalyzed as belonging to the article instead of the noun.
		Metanalysis of phrases: "It is good for a man not to touch a woman" (I Cor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metanalysis (228 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Metanalysis is a technical term in linguistics that was coined in 1914 by Otto Jespersen, a Danish linguist who was one of the great grammarians of English.
		Metanalysis can be broadly defined as 'a reinterpretation of the division between words or syntactic units', as the Oxford English Dictionary does.
		Sometimes metanalysis is given an especially broad range, where it is applied to any process of counter-etymological regularization--as when the plural of Walkman becomes Walkmans instead of Walkmen, or when the nonce past tense of sing-song is sing-songed instead of sang-song.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19970908 (276 words)

	Predictive Variables and Cardiovascular Disease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dr. Cattaneo presented evidence from several studies and recent metanalysis on the association between high homocysteine levels and risk of cardiovascular disease; in particular he showed that only in retrospective case-control studies or prospective studies in patients who already had an ischaemic event, a consistent association between homocysteine and CVD was demonstrated.
		However a recent publication by performing a metanalysis of several candidate genes associated to a number of different clinical phenotypes demonstrated that the candidate gene approach is indeed able to detect genetic associations, although the extent of the association is small.
		This is a metanalysis on the relationship between fibrinogen and CVD in prospective studies, with the main aim to assess: associations, potential confounders, regression dilution, shape of dose-response relationship.
	www.med.unc.edu /isth/SSC/03sscminutes/03predictvar.html (1104 words)

	Latest Breaking Health News & Information: Applesforhealth.com
		In a metanalysis of published papers, researchers from Canada and Australia determined men have a 50 percent greater risk of suffering a recurrent venous thromboembolism -- a potentially fatal condition consisting of either deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism -- than women.
		In this metanalysis, the authors found the risk in men within one year was 16 percent for a recurring clot, and for women it was 6 percent.
		Although this recent metanalysis is a worthy investigation, it's "a little bit strange" that the actual incidence of blood clots in men and women are equal, but the rate of recurrence is not, White said.
	www.applesforhealth.com /MensHealth/rbcmlm8.html (635 words)

	Abstract
		Aim of the study: To evaluate in a prospective observational study and in a metanalysis of the published literature the efficiency of the coagulation screening for paediatric ORL surgery.
		Contextually, studies concerning children and adolescents undergoing coagulative screening before otorinolaryngoiatric surgery were analyzed in a metanalysis of studies.
		Metanalysis: Out of 4695 patients, (7 studies, 4 prospective), 261 non fatal bleeding events occurred in patients with normal aPTT value.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /isth2005/abstract.asp?id=45588 (361 words)

	Junctural metanalysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Junctural metanalysis is the process by which new words are formed from confusion over the boundaries of words.
		The most cited examples of junctural metanalysis involve of words which are preceded by the indefinite article ("a" or "an"): some words that began with an initial vowel gained an "n" as speakers came to associate the "n" from the indefinite article ("an") with the word itself.
		Junctural metanalysis of a different sort, involving confusion over a final "s" rather than an initial "n", accounts for the word "pea".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junctural_metanalysis (355 words)

	Science News Online - This Week - News Feature - 1/11/97
		Chief among these is a combined analysis, or metanalysis, of 23 studies suggesting that women who had abortions increased their risk of breast cancer by 90 percent (SN: 10/19/96, p.
		The rest, including those used in the metanalysis, calculated breast cancer risk by comparing women who said they had had abortions with those who said they had not.
		This was the fatal flaw in the metanalysis, Melbye says.
	www.sciencenews.org /pages/sn_arc97/1_11_97/fob1.htm (627 words)

	bmj.com Rapid Responses for Messori et al., 321 (7269) 1103
		The metanalysis requires the search for randomised trials, this was performed by searching the key words (stress, pneumonia, ranitidine, sucralfate, randomised controlled trial/random) below in the following medical literature databases; Medline 1966-2000, Iowa-IDIS system, Drugdex.
		There is no conclusive data from any one study or from this metanalysis, however, a natural conclusion suggests the need for a randomised controlled blinded study.
		Metanalysis of the nosocomial pneumonia incidence reveals a significant result.
	www.bmj.com /cgi/eletters/321/7269/1103 (1513 words)

	Thermography
		In an article published in the British Medical Journal by David Eddy of Duke Medical, he stated that in deciding the utility of medical procedures, usually the best evidence is something less than a random controlled trial.
		The metanalysis published by Hoffman, et al., in Spine was nothing more than a statisticians literature review.
		They concluded that "metanalysis is not an exact science and does not provide definitive simple answers to complex clinical problems." In other words, are we to believe the opinions of one paper versus the thousands of articles and studies published in not only the United States literature but the international literature as well?
	www.chiroweb.com /archives/11/14/03.html (2444 words)

	SAD, seasonal affective disorder symptoms and treatment on MedicineNet.com
		SAD during the winter is believed to result from an inadequate amount of exposure to sunlight, although the exact mechanism by which low light levels result in depression is unknown.
		Researchers at the University of North Carolina did what is called a metanalysis.
		The 20 studies selected showed that light therapy was fully as effective as antidepressant medications in relieving the symptoms of SAD and was also beneficial in relieving non-seasonal depression.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=46769 (548 words)

	Abstract
		We carried out a metanalysis of the reported studies on the role of HR2 haplotype in inducing a risk of VTE and the influence of the polymorphism on the risk carried by FV Leiden.
		This magnitude did not change when this risk was analyzed by including FV Leiden/HR2 heterozygous carriers, thus confirming that it was conferred by FV Leiden carrier-ship alone and no additive/multiplicative effect was present.
		In conclusion, the data from the present metanalysis suggests that FVHR2 is probably a mild prothrombotic factor.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /isth2003/abstract.asp?id=9204 (366 words)

	A Way With Words, The Electronic Newsletter of Wordorigins.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We all know what a nickname is, but many of us probably don't know how that word came to be.
		Through the process of metanalysis, the N in the article an migrated to the noun, an ekename became a nekename.
		Nickname is not the only example of metanalysis.
	www.wordorigins.org /AWWW/Vol04/AWWW110405.html (910 words)

	Science News Online (7/31/99): ESP findings send controversial message
		Some argue that Milton and Wiseman were unjustified in lumping all 30 studies together because their results were so disparate.
		Bem says, however, "The reason the effect isn't significant is that there are three studies that are pulling down the average, and those studies are very nonstandard." Further, 6 of the 30 studies showed significant psi effects—more than would be expected by chance, he adds.
		Since the metanalysis was completed, nine more ganzfeld studies have been published.
	www.sciencenews.org /sn_arc99/7_31_99/fob4.htm (591 words)

	Summary On The Prevalence Of Serum VCA-IgA Antibody Among Thai Patients With Lymphoma
		According to the metanalysis, 39 cases and 252 healthy subjects were investigated for serum VCA-lgA antibody.
		Concerning the metanalysis study, the overall antibody positive rate in the patients and healthy subjects as well as odds ratio were calculated.
		For operative definition, the overall antibody positive rate is equal to the summative number of positive case/summative number of all case.
	www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijtm/vol2n2/iga.xml (1130 words)

	KryssTal : The Origin of Words and Names
		The initial N moved to the a because of mis-hearing to give an ARANGE (this is called metanalysis).
		Metanalysis is the process where a letter is added or subtracted because of a nearby word.
		English and British surnames (family names) have four main sources: the person's occupation, the place of origin, a nickname and relations.
	www.krysstal.com /wordname.html (980 words)

	bmj.com Rapid Responses for Sackett et al., 312 (7023) 71-72
		We believe that in the field of phytotherapy research, evidence based medicine is not only an unvaluable tool, but the sine qua non to verify efficacy, tollerability and safety of a herb extract.
		Metanalysis on Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) (3), a drug used for depression by millions of patients in all over the world, and for a long time considered just a placebo, recently thanks to important metanalysis it is now considered a valuable tool for the treatment of mild and medium depression.
		In the same way metanalysis on Allium sativum (Garlic) 4); Serenoa Repens (Saw palmetto) (5) and Menthae piperitae oleum (Peppermint oil) (6) confirmed the pharmacological activities of these herbal extracts.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/eletters/312/7023/71 (3204 words)

	BrainMap '95 - abstracts
		These challenges, and approaches to their resolution will be reviewed in the context of studies of human cognition.
		BrainMap is an electronic environment for metanalysis of the human functional neuroimaging corpus: published, in press, deeper-than-published and unpublished.
		For any method, journal, period of time, laboratory, or individual researcher, the body of knowledge can be retrieved.
	ric.uthscsa.edu /services/95/BM95_abstracts.html (3773 words)

	Wordcraft Archives, March 2006
		This sort of change is common enough to have a name.
		I have ventured to coin the word 'metanalysis' for the phenomenon frequent in all languages that words or word-groups are by a new generation analyzed differently from the analysis of a former age.
		The Arabs carried al-birquq ('the birquq') back westward through northern Africa and into the Iberian peninsula, and by metanalysis the al became attached as part of the word: albarcoque, al-borcoq, albricoque, albaricoque and abercoc (O.Sp; Sp.Arab; Port.; Span.; Catalan).
	wordcraft.infopop.cc /Archives/2006-3-Mar.htm (3804 words)

	News Review
		Metanalysis of Interferon Alfa in the Treatment of Children with Chronic HCV Reveals Poor Methodology of Most Published Studies
		The aim of this Italian study was to conduct a systematic review of literature on interferon therapy of chronic hepatitis C in children, and to perform a metanalysis of the pooled data.
		A computerized search gave 18 articles on IFN alfa therapy in children with chronic hepatitis C; after exclusion of uncontrolled trials and of trials including patients with comorbidities, data from two studies could be pooled (48 patients).
	www.hcvadvocate.org /news/newsRev/NewsRev-19.html (13397 words)

	Phonemic analysis
		Internal causes or forces within the language involve: 1) ease of articulation; 2) expression of new meanings; 3) desire for novelty; 4) regularization or rule extension; 5) redundancy reduction; 6) metanalysis; 7) obsolescence of meanings.
		Metanalysis causes the existence of words such as workaholic, deriving from alcoholic; and an apron, deriving from a napron.
		Metanalysis: involving the movement of a morpheme boundary, a napron and an ewt were apparently mishear as an apron and a newt, producing the modern forms.
	www.msu.edu /~machunhu/historical.htm (3018 words)

	Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today
		In a statement, the agency added that it has already discussed safety concerns with the makers of the two FDA-approved drug-eluting stents-Cypher, a sirolimus-eluting stent sold by Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company, and Taxus, the paclitaxel-eluting stent sold by Boston Scientific.
		The FDA cited two recent studies, BASKET (Basel Stent Cost Effectiveness Trial), first reported in March at the American College of Cardiology meeting, and the Camenzind metanalysis reported this month in Barcelona at the European Society of Cardiology meeting.
		The BASKET study found that at 18 months, the rate of death or myocardial infarction was 8.4% for patients treated with drug-eluting stents and 7.5% for bare-metal stents, but that difference was not statistically significant.
	www.medpagetoday.com /tbprint.cfm?tbid=4109 (712 words)

	Recurring blood clots more likely in men
		WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Men with a blood clot history are more likely to suffer a recurring clot than women with the same background, according to a review of recent studies.
		Two previous studies have suggested men had a higher risk for recurring clots than women; however, others have found no association.
		However, Richard White, a professor of medicine at University of California at Davis, will not tell his male patients who have had a blood clot that their risk of recurrence is higher than women.
	www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/be/Uus-bloodclot.R4Fd_GlR.html (597 words)

	Journal SLEEP
		The intent of this paper is to provide an overview of the surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, to provide the basis for the American Sleep Disorders Association's practice parameters on this subject and to share our findings of metanalysis of previously published studies regarding uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
		Operations to treat obstructive sleep apnea syndrome include nasal septal reconstruction; uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; uvulopalatopharyngoglossoplasty; laser midline glossectomy; lingualplasty; inferior sagittal mandibular osteotomy and genioglossal advancement, with hyoid myotomy and suspension (the entire process is referred to as GAHM); maxillomandibular osteotomy and advancement, and tracheotomy.
		Papers included in metanalysis provided preoperative and postoperative polysomnographic data on at least nine patients treated with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for their obstructive sleep apnea.
	www.journalsleep.org /citation/Sleepdata.asp?citationid=696 (341 words)

	Metanalysis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Metanalysis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Metanalysis: A technique currently popular in medical research, whereby all data from all available studies of something are combined, at times regardless of the quality of the data.
		The technique is used by researchers to get a maximum amount of statistical information (the most "power" possible), at times without worrying about distortion of the results.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=22548 (139 words)

	III International Congress on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (ICOCT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We are delighted to count with speakers from all over the world who will give lectures during the III ICOCT 2007.
		Controversial results about toxoplasmosis (metanalysis conclusions about therapies during pregnancy and in ocular forms) have been published during the last years setting up the perfect scenario for discussion and conclusion making, in addition of increasing the possibility for a collaborative research based on the new data.
		We are already expecting for a significant number of abstracts to be sent in order to enhance an environment of intensive scientific interaction.
	www.acin.org /montenegro/default.asp (290 words)

	Meta-Analysis in Medical Research - Book Information
		This book is a joint package of a practical manual on how to undertake meta-analysis in medicine together with an accompanying CD-ROM.
		The software package contains a computer program 'Metanalysis' which performs statistical analyses for the meta-analysis.
		The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing a software program called 'Metanalysis' which allows the user to undertake meta-analysis themselves and produce statistical plots in a format compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /book.asp?ref=1405127333 (163 words)

	Problems in the Use of Urinalysis results in metanalysis of randomised controlled trials on drug dependence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Davoli M., Ali R., Auriacombe M., D'Amico R., Faggiano F., Farrell M., Ferri M., Ling W., Mattick R. Problems in the use of urinalysis results in metanalysis of RCTs on drug Dependence.The most common outcomes reported in drug treatment studies are self-reported drug use and use of drugs based on urine analysis for drug metabolites.
		In these studies, urine samples are usually collected regularly over time for each patient, and are best understood as multiple binary (dichotomous) outcomes.
		The minimum result would be indication for proper reporting of urinalysis results in future publications, and it may prove necessary to have software written in RevMan to deal with such multiple binary outcomes.
	www.cochrane.org /colloquia/abstracts/capetown/capetownPD28.html (320 words)

	How People Learn
		Levie and Lentz (1982) conducted a metanalysis using the instructional treatments developed by Dwyer which was presented in a text format or programmed booklet.
		All studies included in the metanalysis included a text-only condition.
		Based on 41 comparisons of treatments with text plus prose vs. with text only using four criterion measures (drawing test, identification test, terminology test, comprehension test), Levie and Lentz (1982) reported that 36 comparisons favored illustrated text and 4 favored text alone.
	tlt.its.psu.edu /suggestions/research/How_People_Learn.shtml (1355 words)

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