Puffins May Be Using Sticks Like Tools in Surprising New Behavior

Atlantic puffins spend a surprising amount of time on two very domestic problems: keeping their feathers preened and making ...

US Navy seeks commercial satellites for nighttime Earth observation

The Navy is looking for space-based sensors on sensor-ready platforms, according to a Naval Research Laboratory Request for ...
Business Wire

Datavant and UBC Partner to Transform Observational Research and Patient Access for Biopharmaceutical Sponsors

NEW YORK & KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Datavant, the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, today announced a strategic collaboration with United BioSource Corporation (UBC), a ...
BMJ

Cleft@18–23 study research clinics: a protocol for a multicentre observational study across UK cleft centres to understand variation in outcomes at the end of routine cleft care

Introduction Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is a lifelong condition affecting one in 700 births. In the UK, individuals born with CL/P follow a care pathway at specialist regional cleft centres, which ...
jech.bmj

Socioeconomic inequalities in disease prevalence by age and sex for 17 common long-term conditions in England: retrospective, observational study of electronic primary care ...

Background Evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of common long-term conditions and their variation across the life course is necessary for equitable service design and resource ...
Entrepreneur

What Are the Types of Market Research?

Often divided into primary and secondary research, market research helps businesses identify key factors influencing their market, including the competitive landscape, target audience characteristics, ...
EurekAlert!

Improving the reporting on health equity in observational research (STROBE-Equity)

About The Study: Use of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) -Equity extension alongside the STROBE statement when writing up completed reports of ...
The Lancet

Target trial emulation in paediatric research: how can causal effects be estimated from observational data?

aDivision of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada bChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada cInstitute of ...
BMJ

Protocol for a prospective observational study linking research domain criteria-based phenotypes with clinical and care-related outcomes in psychiatric patients and healthy ...

5 German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Berlin/Potsdam, Germany Introduction The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach initiated by the National Institute of Mental Health provides a ...
acm.org

Continuous Earth Observation of Forest Dynamics and Biodiversity

In the context of accelerated climate change, the provision of digital information on forest dynamics plays a pivotal role in climate-resilient forest management and sustainable forestry. Current data ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Adler, P. A., & Adler, P. (1994). Observational Techniques. In N. K. Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research (pp. 377-392). Sage.

ABSTRACT: Taking a village along the southeast coast as an example, this paper discusses the influence of Christian culture on traditional funeral customs in rural China and the expression of cultural ...