1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455058603321

Titolo

Tanzania [[electronic resource] ] : country brief

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009

ISBN

1-282-11474-3

9786612114748

0-8213-7869-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (58 p.)

Collana

World Bank Country Brief

Disciplina

330.9678

Soggetti

National characteristics, Tanzanian

Electronic books.

Tanzania Economic conditions

Tanzania History

Tanzania Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Map of Tanzania; Fast Facts about Tanzania; People and Poverty; Figures; Boxes; Tables; Economy; Environment and Natural Resources; Governance and Business Environment; Global Links; Tanzania and the World Bank Group; Notes; References; Data Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The World Bank is in the initial stages of developing a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania- the second report in the series - will be published in the winter of 2009. These short, country-specific reports examine the economic, social, environmental, and business landscape of developing countries, focusing on issues critical to development.  Overview  People and Poverty  Environment  Economy  Governance and Business Environment  Global Links  Statistical Appendix



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392610903316

Titolo

Articles to be inquired of vvithin the diocesse of Hereford [[electronic resource] ] : in the first visitation of the Reverend Father in God Matthevv, lord bishop [of] Hereford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : by Richard Badg[er], 1635

Descrizione fisica

[16] p

Altri autori (Persone)

WrenMatthew <1585-1667.>

Soggetti

Visitations, Ecclesiastical - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title page and text headlines of print ornaments; printer's device McK. 265; initial.

Signatures: A-B⁴.

Imperfect: defective print, with loss of part of imprint and printer's device, parts of text; tightly bound with loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698286803321

Autore

Engel Gary T

Titolo

Financial audit [[electronic resource] ] : restatement to the General Services Administration's fiscal year 2003 financial statements

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

10 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Financial statements, Consolidated - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 13, 2006).

Author: Gary T. Engel.

"December 6, 2005."

Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-06-70R."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830363103321

Autore

Berger Vance

Titolo

Selection bias and covariate imbalances in randomzied clinical trials [[electronic resource] /] / Vance W. Berger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2005

ISBN

1-280-55597-1

9786610555970

0-470-86364-1

0-470-86363-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Statistics in practice

Disciplina

610.724

610/.72/4

Soggetti

Clinical trials - Statistical methods - Evaluation

Ranking and selection (Statistics) - Evaluation

Sampling (Statistics) - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Selection Bias and Covariate Imbalances in Randomized Clinical Trials; Contents; Preface; Part I: Is There a Problem with Reliability in Medical Studies?; 1 An Evolution of Comparative Methodology; 1.1 Single-subject studies; 1.2 Case series and cohort studies; 1.3 Historical controls; 1.4 Parallel control groups; 1.5 Matched studies; 1.6 Randomization; 1.7 Advance randomization; 1.8 Allocation concealment; 1.9 Residual selection bias; 2 Susceptibility of Randomized Trials to Subversion and Selection Bias; 2.1 Can randomized trials be subverted?

2.2 If randomized trials are subverted, do they cease to be randomized trials?2.3 What is masking?; 2.4 What is allocation concealment?; 2.5 A double standard; 2.6 What if allocation concealment could be ensured?; 3 Evidence of Selection Bias in Randomized Trials; 3.1 The burden of proof regarding the existence of selection bias in randomized trials; 3.2 Indirect population-level evidence that selection bias exists in randomized trials; 3.3 Direct trial-level evidence that selection bias exists in randomized trials; 3.3.1 Heparin for myocardial infarction



3.3.2 University Group Diabetes Program3.3.3 Talc and mustine for pleural effusions; 3.3.4 Tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in children; 3.3.5 Oxytocin and amniotomy for induction of labor; 3.3.6 Western Washington Intracoronary Streptokinase Trial; 3.3.7 RSV immune globulin in infants and young children with respiratory syncytial virus; 3.3.8 A trial to assess episiotomy; 3.3.9 Canadian National Breast Cancer Screening Study; 3.3.10 Surgical trial; 3.3.11 Lifestyle Heart Trial; 3.3.12 Coronary Artery Surgery Study; 3.3.13 Etanercept for children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

3.3.14 Edinburgh Randomized Trial of Breast-Cancer Screening3.3.15 Captopril Prevention Project; 3.3.16 Göteborg (Swedish) Mammography Trial; 3.3.17 HIP Mammography Trial; 3.3.18 Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program; 3.3.19 Randomized trial to prevent vertical transmission of HIV-1; 3.3.20 Effectiveness trial of a diagnostic test; 3.3.21 South African trial of high-dose chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer; 3.3.22 Randomized study of a culturally sensitive AIDS education program; 3.3.23 Runaway Youth Study; 3.3.24 Cluster randomized trial of palliative care

3.3.25 Randomized trial of methadone with or without heroin3.3.26 Randomized NINDS trial of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke; 3.3.27 Norwegian Timolol Trial; 3.3.28 Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy; 3.3.29 The Losartan Intervention for Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension (LIFE) Study; 3.3.30 The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) Study; 3.4 In search of better evidence; 4 Impact of Selection Bias in Randomized Trials; 4.1 Quantifying the prediction of future allocations: balanced blocks; 4.2 Quantifying prediction of future allocations: unbalanced blocks

4.3 Quantifying covariate imbalance resulting from selection bias

Sommario/riassunto

Selection bias can, and does, occur, even in randomized clinical trials. Steps need to be taken in order to ensure that this does not compromise the integrity of clinical trials; hence "Selection Bias and Covariate Imbalances in Randomized Clinical Trials" offers a comprehensive treatment of the subject and the methodology involved.  This book:Provides an overview of the hierarchy of study designs, and justifies the position of randomised trials at the top of this hierarchy.Discusses the strengths and defects of randomisation, and provides real evidence to justify con