Listar por tema "Meta-analysis"
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Action research as a meta-methodology in the management field
Although it was first developed in the field of psychology, action research is a methodology of growing importance in business and management contexts. In this research article, we focus on a significant aspect of action ... -
Effects of exercise training on fetuin-a in obese, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in adults and elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: elevated levels of fetuin-A are associated with increased risks of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. This meta-analysis investigated whether exercise interventions can ... -
Food security and social protection in times of COVID-19
From the perspective of social work, it is important to analyse food insecurity before and during the COVID-19, identify the best practices and how social work can contribute to improving living conditions. Using a ... -
Industry 4.0: defining the research agenda
Purpose. Industry 4.0 implies that global challenges exist within the manufacturing sector. Both theoretical and empirical research has been developed to support these transformations and assist companies in the process ... -
Meta-analysis of prevalence of wheezing and recurrent wheezing in infants
Background: Wheezing affects children’s quality of life, and is related with asthma in childhood. Although prevalence of wheezing has been previously studied in several countries, there are no reference of worldwide ... -
Muscle-strengthening activities and cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Background: physical activity has been associated with reduced risk of seven types of cancer. It remains unclear, however, whether muscle-strengthening activities also reduce cancer incidence and mortality. Methods: PubMed, ... -
Prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer's disease in Europe: a meta-analysis
Background: A disease of unknown aetiology, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. As the elderly population grows worldwide, the number of patients with AD also increases rapidly. The aim of this ... -
The role of rootstocks for grape growing adaptation to climate change: meta-analysis of the research conducted in Spanish viticulture
Rootstock election is one of the key decisions when designing a vineyard. Although the research performed to determine the effect they induce in the behaviour of scion varieties is not scarce, it is not easy to have a ... -
Twofold binary image consensus for medical imaging meta-analysis
In the field of medical imaging, ground truth is often gathered from groups of experts, whose outputs are generally heterogeneous. This procedure raises questions on how to compare the results obtained by automatic algorithms ...