Literature Search and Research-Question Development

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Question Development

scholarly journals Toolkit of methodological resources to conduct systematic reviews

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Marta Roqué ◽  
Laura Martínez-García ◽  
Ivan Solà ◽  
Pablo Alonso-Coello ◽  
Xavier Bonfill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Bias Assessment ◽  
Assessment Development ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Question Development

Background: Systematic reviews (SR) can be classified by type depending on the research question they are based on. This work identifies and describes the most relevant methodological resources to conduct high-quality reviews that answer clinical questions regarding prevalence, prognosis, diagnostic accuracy and efficacy of interventions. Methods: Methodological resources have been identified from literature searches and consulting guidelines from institutions that develop SRs. The selected resources are organized by type of SR, and stage of development of the review (formulation of the research question, development of the protocol, literature search, risk of bias assessment, synthesis of findings, assessment of the quality of evidence, and report of SR results and conclusions). Results: Although the different types of SRs are developed following the same steps, each SR type requires specific methods, differing in characteristics and complexity. The extent of methodological development varies by type of SR, with more solid guidelines available for diagnostic accuracy and efficacy of interventions SRs. This methodological toolkit describes the most up-to-date risk of bias instruments: Quality in Prognostic Studies (QUIPS) tool and Prediction model study Risk Of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST) for prognostic SRs, Quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies tool (QUADAS-2) for diagnostic accuracy SRs, Cochrane risk of bias tool (ROB-2) and Risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions studies tool (ROBINS-I) for efficacy of interventions SRs, as well as the latest developments on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Conclusions: This structured compilation of the best methodological resources for each type of SR may prove to be a very useful tool for those researchers that wish to develop SRs or conduct methodological research works on SRs.

scholarly journals The Importance of Orofacial Motricity in the Work of Confirmation of Transgender Voice: An Integrative Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
João Lopes ◽  
◽  
Gisele Lopes ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Gender Recognition ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice

The voice is a manifestation of the muscular process, but with psychological basis, thus being an important aspect in performance and gender recognition. The transgender person finds him/herself in biological bodies not recognized by him/her. Many of them undergo hormone treatments and surgeries to suit their gender identity and value interventions in their body and voice. Objective: To explain the importance of the relationship between orofacial motricity and voice in the phonotherapeutic work to confirm the transgender voice. Methods: A literature search was conducted covering the period from 2010 to 2020, including articles with experimental validation, which discussed therapy techniques or evaluation instruments. Results: The search resulted in 1512 publications. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 articles were selected. After detailed analysis of the selected abstracts and prioritization of the discussion of orofacial motricity elements, nine articles were chosen for critical analysis. All selected articles contributed to clarify the research question. Conclusion: Orofacial motricity plays a fundamental role in the confirmation of the transgender voice.

scholarly journals The Legal Critical Literature Review

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nuruddeen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Critical Literature ◽  
The Ideal

This paper explains the legal critical literature review in the critical context of the logic of scholarship. The paper asks what makes a critical literature review effective in research. It suggests that critical literature reviews are effective in research when they more easily allow the identification of research gaps, in the specified context. The methodology employs cumulative synthesis from the relevant materials, following Bentham’s ideas on synthesis, that analysis opposes both generalization and synthesis. The paper begins its argument by outlining the nature of a critical literature review. Then, it proceeds with a review of key terms required by the writer. Following this essential background, the paper discusses literature gaps and literature search methodologies. Then it moves on to the ideal format of a critical literature review. Finally, argument deals with the purpose of a critical literature review and techniques for writing the critical literature review. A legal critical literature review will be maximally effective when it sets a correct context for research, identifies fallacies in the scholarship in order to discover research gaps, and then forms this outcome into a central research question. Keywords: legal critical literature review, research gaps, fallacies, research question.

scholarly journals Green Energy as a Driver for Green Economy and Organizations’ Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Maria José Sousa ◽  
Jorge Miguel Martins ◽  
Miguel Sousa ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Systematic Literature Search ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
The World ◽  
Innovation Model

Since the last decade, the concepts of green innovation and green economy have become more and more attractive to researchers and policymakers. This research brings some light to the association of those themes with the concept of green energy. Therefore, this paper is a critical review of the green innovations directed explicitly to the green energy challenges faced by organizations and the world economies. The research question is as follows: What are the main dimensions of a model to implement a green innovation process focused on green energy in organizations? The methodology used to answer the research question was qualitative, and the main techniques included a systematic literature search and survey. The main findings of the study were the identification of the most relevant dimensions of a green innovation model to be implemented in organizations. The article structure is based on the different concepts about innovation and green innovation, related to the green economy, and the analysis of two situational cases on green energy. Finally, we present the analysis made on the articles identified by the literature survey and the green innovation model. By making this research on green economy and related concepts of green innovation and green energy, this paper seeks to make a valid contribution to their definitions and for operationalizing the green innovation model in organizations.

scholarly journals Synthesizing medical evidence: systematic reviews and metaanalyses

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred G. Barker ◽  
Bob S. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Meta Analyses

Systematic reviews and metaanalyses have become increasingly popular ways of summarizing, and sometimes extending, existing medical knowledge. In this review the authors summarize current methods of performing meta-analyses, including the following: formulating a research question; performing a structured literature search and a search for trials not published in the formal medical literature; summarizing and, where appropriate, combining results from several trials; and reporting and presenting results. Topics such as cumulative and Bayesian metaanalysis and metaregression are also addressed. References to textbooks, articles, and Internet resources are also provided. The goal is to assist readers who wish to perform their own metaanalysis or to interpret critically a published example.

scholarly journals Efficacy of calcium sodium phosphosilicate containing dentifrice in reducing dentin hypersensitivity compared to other dentifrices with dentin tubule occluding molecules: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-888
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Vaddamanu ◽  
Saad M. Al Qahtani ◽  
Ravi Kadur Sundarraj ◽  
Raghavendra Reddy Nagate ◽  
Vijay Apparaju
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Dentin Hypersensitivity ◽  
Dentinal Tubule ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Hand Search ◽  
Dentin Tubule ◽  
Electronic Search ◽  
Registration Number

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of calcium sodium phosphosilicate in reducing dentin hypersensitivity compared to other dentin tubule occluding molecules. Methods: A structured research question was formulated, and an electronic search of available literature was carried out via PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. A hand search as well as a gray literature search were also carried out. The search produced a total of 67 articles. Of these, only eight articles were eligible to be included in our review. Risk of bias and study quality were checked using Cochrane tool. The review was registered in The International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) under registration number CRD42018096200. Results: The results show a reduction in dentin hypersensitivity with calcium sodium phosphosilicate compared to many other molecules. However, nanohydroxyapatite showed a better desensitizing effect compared to Novamin. Conclusion: According to the available evidence, 5 % calcium sodium phosphosilicate containing toothpaste is more effective reducing dentin hypersensitivity compared to many other dentinal tubule occluding molecules.

scholarly journals An exploratory study on the level of trust among Hungarian food manufacturer companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Edina Erdei
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
True Position ◽  
Question Development

The intensification of globalized economic competition is playing an increasingly important role in the lives of companies to determine their true position among their competitors. Food companies are of paramount importance because of their role and weight in the national economy. In Hungary, the food industry plays an important social and economic role and is a world leader in terms of employment and value added. Currently, there are nearly 1100 active food companies in Hungary, so it is worth examining the peculiarities of the role of trust between companies. There are often contradictory statements in the literature about the effects of Industry 4.0 technologies and the trust placed in IT tools. Therefore, it is a relevant research question to examine whether the characteristics of the role of trust - e.g. staff, suppliers, IT tools and technologies, etc. as confidence levels can have a direct positive impact on the efficiency, profits, liquidity, etc. of the companies in question. development. During the research, I analyzed the level of trust between the food trading companies, in which I discuss the trust within the industry within the company. My aim is to further enrich my previous research knowledge in this field.

scholarly journals Toolkit of methodological resources to conduct systematic reviews

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Marta Roqué ◽  
Laura Martínez-García ◽  
Ivan Solà ◽  
Pablo Alonso-Coello ◽  
Xavier Bonfill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Bias Assessment ◽  
Assessment Development ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Question Development

Background: Systematic reviews (SR) can be classified by type depending on the research question they are based on. This work identifies and describes the most relevant methodological resources to conduct high-quality reviews that answer health care questions regarding prevalence, prognosis, diagnostic accuracy and effects of interventions. Methods: Methodological resources have been identified from literature searches and consulting guidelines from institutions that develop SRs. The selected resources are organized by type of SR, and stage of development of the review (formulation of the research question, development of the protocol, literature search, risk of bias assessment, synthesis of findings, assessment of the quality of evidence, and report of SR results and conclusions). Results: Although the different types of SRs are developed following the same steps, each SR type requires specific methods, differing in characteristics and complexity. The extent of methodological development varies by type of SR, with more solid guidelines available for diagnostic accuracy and effects of interventions SRs. This methodological toolkit describes the most up-to-date risk of bias instruments: Quality in Prognostic Studies (QUIPS) tool and Prediction model study Risk Of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST) for prognostic SRs, Quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies tool (QUADAS-2) for diagnostic accuracy SRs, Cochrane risk of bias tool (ROB-2) and Risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions studies tool (ROBINS-I) for effects of interventions SRs, as well as the latest developments on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Conclusions: This structured compilation of the best methodological resources for each type of SR may prove to be a very useful tool for those researchers that wish to develop SRs or conduct methodological research works on SRs

scholarly journals Toolkit of methodological resources to conduct systematic reviews

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Marta Roqué ◽  
Laura Martínez-García ◽  
Ivan Solà ◽  
Pablo Alonso-Coello ◽  
Xavier Bonfill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Bias Assessment ◽  
Assessment Development ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Question Development

Background: Systematic reviews (SR) can be classified by type depending on the research question they are based on. This work identifies and describes the most relevant methodological resources to conduct high-quality reviews that answer health care questions regarding prevalence, prognosis, diagnostic accuracy and effects of interventions. Methods: Methodological resources have been identified from literature searches and consulting guidelines from institutions that develop SRs. The selected resources are organized by type of SR, and stage of development of the review (formulation of the research question, development of the protocol, literature search, risk of bias assessment, synthesis of findings, assessment of the quality of evidence, and report of SR results and conclusions). Results: Although the different types of SRs are developed following the same steps, each SR type requires specific methods, differing in characteristics and complexity. The extent of methodological development varies by type of SR, with more solid guidelines available for diagnostic accuracy and effects of interventions SRs. This methodological toolkit describes the most up-to-date risk of bias instruments: Quality in Prognostic Studies (QUIPS) tool and Prediction model study Risk Of Bias Assessment Tool (PROBAST) for prognostic SRs, Quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies tool (QUADAS-2) for diagnostic accuracy SRs, Cochrane risk of bias tool (ROB-2) and Risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions studies tool (ROBINS-I) for effects of interventions SRs, as well as the latest developments on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Conclusions: This structured compilation of the best methodological resources for each type of SR may prove to be a very useful tool for those researchers that wish to develop SRs or conduct methodological research works on SRs

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