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1. Effect of using reporting guidelines during peer review on quality of final manuscripts submitted to a biomedical journal: masked randomised trial.

Author

Cobo, E., Corts, J., Ribera, J. M., Cardellach, F., Selva-O'Callaghan, A., Kostov, B., Garc¡a, L., Cirugeda, L., G Altman, D., Gonzalez, J. A., Sanchez, J. A., Miras, F., Urrutia, A., Fonollosa, V., Rey-Joly, C., and Vilardell, M.

Subjects
*AUTHORSHIP, *PROFESSIONAL peer review, *PUBLISHING, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *RESEARCH funding, *SCALE analysis (Psychology), *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *RELATIVE medical risk, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *EVALUATION
Abstract

The article focuses on a study with regards to the use of reporting guidelines such as CONSORT and STROBE for the improvement of manuscript quality in biomedical journals. It says that the subject of the study were the research manuscripts acquired by the journal "Medicina Clínica" from May 2008 to April 2009. Results show that 34 papers were rejected from the 126 papers for conventional peer review, wherein the additional review shows an improvement in the quality of the manuscripts.

Published
2011
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2. Clinical and cost effectiveness of mobile phone supported self monitoring of asthma: multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Author

Ryan, Dermot, Price, David, Musgrave, Stan D., Malhotra, Shweta, Lee, Amanda J., Ayansina, Dolapo, Sheikh, Aziz, Tarassenko, Lionel, Pagliari, Claudia, and Pinnock, Hilary

Subjects
*ASTHMA treatment, *QUALITY of life, *ASTHMA, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *COST effectiveness, *PHYSICIAN-patient relations, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH funding, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *WIRELESS communications, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *ECONOMICS
Abstract

The article presents a study which examines the effectiveness of mobile phone based self-monitoring of patients from primary care with poorly controlled asthma in Great Britain. The study has conducted a parallel group randomised controlled trial and an analysis of costs. The results of the study have revealed that the paper based model of asthma care is less expensive than the mobile phone supported model.

Published
2012
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3. Effect of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy on infants' allergies in first year of life: randomised controlled trial.

Author

Palmer, D. J., Sullivan, T., Gold, M. S., Prescott, S. L., Heddle, R., Gibson, R. A., and Makrides, M.

Subjects
*ALLERGIES, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *ECZEMA, *FOOD allergy, *PROBABILITY theory, *RESEARCH funding, *UNSATURATED fatty acids, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *RELATIVE medical risk, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *CHILDREN, *PREGNANCY
Abstract

STUDY QUESTION: Does dietary n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) supplementation of pregnant women with a fetus at high risk of allergic disease reduce immunoglobulin E associated eczema or food allergy at 1 year of age? SUMMARY ANSWER: n-3 LCPUFA supplementation in pregnancy did not reduce the overall incidence of immunoglobulin E associated allergies in the first year of life, although immunoglobulin E associated eczema was lower. WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Several mechanistic studies have suggested that higher intakes of n-3 LCPUFA during pregnancy modulate the neonatal immune response towards a less allergenic phenotype. n-3 LCPUFA supplementation in pregnancy did not reduce the incidence of immunoglobulin E associated food allergies in the first year of life, but the incidence of atopic eczema was lower. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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