Database choices in endocrine systematic reviews     

Matt Vassar  Branden Carr  Melissa Kash-Holley  Elizabeth DeWitt  Chelsea Koller  Joshua Day  Kimberly Day  David Herrmann  Matt Holzmann 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2015,103(4):189-192

Objective

The choice of bibliographic database during the systematic review search process has been an ongoing conversation among information specialists. With newer information sources, such as Google Scholar and clinical trials registries, we were interested in which databases were utilized by information specialists and systematic review researchers.

Method

We retrieved 144 systematic reviews and meta-analyses from 4 clinical endocrinology journals and extracted all information sources used during the search processes.

Results

Findings indicate that traditional bibliographic databases are most often used, followed by regional databases, clinical trials registries, and gray literature databases.

Conclusions

This study informs information specialists about additional resources that may be considered during the search process.  相似文献   

The development of a method for identifying penalty kick strategies in association football     

Benjamin Noël  Philip Furley  John van der Kamp  Matt Dicks  Daniel Memmert 《Journal of sports sciences》2015,33(1):1-10

Penalty takers in association football adopt either a keeper-independent or a keeper-dependent strategy, with the benefits of the keeper-independent strategy presumed to be greater. Yet, despite its relevance for research and practitioners, thus far no method for identifying penalty kick strategies has been available. To develop a validated and reliable method, Experiment 1 assessed characteristics that observers should use to distinguish the two strategies. We asked participants to rate 12 characteristics of pre-recorded clips of kicks of penalty takers that used either a keeper-independent or keeper-dependent strategy. A logistic regression model identified three variables (attention to the goalkeeper, run-up fluency and kicking technique) that in combination predicted kick strategy in 92% of the penalties. We used the model in Experiment 2 to analyse prevalence and efficacy of both the strategies for penalty kicks in penalty shoot-outs during FIFA World Cups (1986–2010) and UEFA Football Championships (1984–2012). The keeper-independent strategy was used much more frequently (i.e., 78–86%) than the keeper-dependent strategy, but successes did not differ. Penalty takers should use both the strategies to be less predictable. Goalkeepers can use the developed model to improve their chances to succeed by adjusting their behaviour to penalty takers’ preferred penalty kick strategy.  相似文献   

Controlled outputs,full data: A privacy-protecting infrastructure for MOOC data     

Stephen Hutt  Ryan S. Baker  Michael Mogessie Ashenafi  Juan Miguel Andres-Bray  Christopher Brooks 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2022,53(4):756-775

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Meanings within meanings: skilled readers activate irrelevant meanings of radicals in Chinese     

Wang  Tianlin  Borkenhagen  Matt Cooper  Barker  Madison  Seidenberg  Mark S. 《Reading and writing》2022,35(6):1381-1399

Reading and Writing - Many characters in written Chinese incorporate components (radicals) that provide cues to meaning. These cues are often partial, and some are misleading because they are...  相似文献   

Measuring determinants of post‐compulsory participation in science: a comparative study using national data          下载免费PDF全文

Matt Homer  Jim Ryder  Indira Banner 《British Educational Research Journal》2014,40(4):610-636

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Broadening Perspectives on Immigrant Experiences: Secondary Students Study the Absorption Difficulties Faced by Mizrachi Immigrants in Israel     

Matt Reingold 《Journal of Jewish Education》2018,84(3):312-329

Over the course of the 2015–2016 academic year, 12th-grade students at a Jewish high school in Canada participated in a research study that assessed how they integrated morally complex narratives in Israel’s past into their own relationship with the country. This article presents material based on how students reacted to learning that some Jewish immigrants were mistreated by the government by way of intentional economic disparity, depiction as grotesque caricatures in standard curricula, and denial of access to funds for cultural expression. The majority of students expressed shock and outrage as this narrative contrasted with the Zionist narrative that they had previously learned.  相似文献   

The impact of referee training: reflections on the reduction of home advantage in association football     

Tom Webb  Matt Dicks  Richard Thelwell  Alan Nevill 《Soccer & Society》2018,19(7):1024-1037

The effect of increased development and professionalization in elite Association Football referee training and the relationship with reduced home advantage in the English professional leagues were examined. The central aim was to chart the evolution of referee training, and how these developments in referee training have assisted in reducing home advantage. Interviews were conducted with elite and ex-elite referees, as well as those involved in the management, training and administration of elite referees in order to identify more recent adaptations to elite referee training and further explain the relationship between training and the reduction in home advantage. Findings indicate training and support is pronounced within elite refereeing has developed appreciably over time, and has contributed significantly to an increase in performance, decision-making correctness and subsequent decline in home advantage.  相似文献   

Comparative efficacy of active recovery and cold water immersion as post-match recovery interventions in elite youth soccer     

Sam Pooley  Owen Spendiff  Matt Allen 《Journal of sports sciences》2020,38(11-12):1423-1431

ABSTRACT

The current study compared cold-water immersion (CWI) and active recovery (AR) to static stretching (SS) on muscle recovery post-competitive soccer matches in elite youth players (n = 15). In a controlled crossover design, participants played a total of nine competitive soccer games, comprising three 80 minute games for each intervention (SS, CWI and AR). Muscle oedema, creatine kinase (CK), countermovement jump performance (CMJA) and perceived muscle soreness (PMS) were assessed pre-, immediately post-, and 48 hours post-match and compared across time-intervals and between interventions. Following SS, all markers of muscle damage remained significantly elevated (P < 0.05) compared to baseline at 48 hours post-match. Following AR and CWI, CMJA returned to baseline at 48 hours post-match, whilst CK returned to baseline following CWI at 48 hours post-match only. Analysis between recovery interventions revealed a significant improvement in PMS (P < 0.05) at 48 hours post-match when comparing AR and CWI to SS, with no significant differences between AR and CWI observed (P > 0.05). Analysis of %change for CK and CMJA revealed significant improvements for AR and CWI compared to SS. The present study indicated both AR and CWI are beneficial recovery interventions for elite young soccer players following competitive soccer matches, of which were superior to SS.  相似文献   

In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture. Studies Presented to Ramzi Baalbaki on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday     

W. Matt Malczycki 《Al-Masaq: Islam & the Medieval Mediterranean》2014,26(1):115-117

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