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Assessment of whether published non-Cochrane systematic reviews of nursing follow the review protocols registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO): A comparative study

PurposeWe compare published non-Cochrane reviews of nursing with their pre-registered protocols on PROSPERO to quantify the prevalence of differences and the extent to which the differences were explained.MethodsWe searched for protocols and their corresponding reviews in PROSPERO’s nursing group that were “completed and published” from inception to September 8th, 2019. Two authors independently identified differences and classified the difference as none, partial, or complete, and determined if the existed differences had been explained. Frequency (n), percentage (%), median, and inter-quartile ranges were used to analyze the extent of differences and explanations.ResultsWe identified 22 pre-registered protocols and their reviews. All 22 pairs (100%) exhibited differences. Eighteen pairs (82%) showed differences in at least six methodological sections, while 21 pairs (95%) involved completed difference in at least one section. The median number of differences per review was 8.00 (upper quartile = 6.00, lower quartile = 9.75). The differences involved all 13 compared methodology-related sections. Only 5 (3%) of all differences were explained in the systematic reviews.ConclusionsWe observed widespread differences between non-Cochrane reviews of nursing and their protocols recorded in PROSPERO, with relatively few explanations for the changes. Measures including establishing a new item in the reporting guideline of systematic reviews to guide reporting and explaining the reasons for differences between protocols and systematic reviews or even requiring authors to do so at the Journal’s author guideline are recommended to improve transparency.

Evaluation on the Sensitivity of the Freshwater Tropical Worm, Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) to the Pyrethroid Pesticide, Bifenthrin

Research & Reviews: Journal of Ecology CURRENT ISSUE Atom logo RSS2 logo RSS1 logo Journal Help SUBSCRIPTION Login to verify subscription USER Username Password Remember me NOTIFICATIONS View Subscribe JOURNAL CONTENT Search Search Scope All Browse By Issue By Author By Title Other Journals FONT SIZE INFORMATION For Readers For Authors For Librarians HOME ABOUT LOGIN REGISTER SEARCH CURRENT ARCHIVES ANNOUNCEMENTS AUTHOR GUIDELINE REFERENCING PATTERN EDITORIAL BOARD PUBLICATION ETHICS& MALPRACTICE STATEMENT PUBLICATION ETHICS & MALPRACTICE STATEMENT Home > Vol 9, No 1 (2020) > Saha Open Access Open Access Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access Evaluation on the Sensitivity of the Freshwater Tropical Worm, Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892) to the Pyrethroid Pesticide, Bifenthrin Shubhajit Saha, Kishore Dhara, Nimai Chandra Saha Abstract In the present study, acute toxicity of the pyrethroid pesticide, bifenthrin, was evaluated under the experimental condition to the freshwater tropical oligochaete worm, Branchiura sowerbyi. The 96 h LC50 with 95% confidence limits of B. sowerbyi was 1.043(0.721-1.327) μg/l. None of the unexposed control test animal died during the experiment. Relation between each concentration and mortality rate during 24–96 h was found to be correlated. The mortality rate varied significantly (p<0.05) with the increasing concentration for the organisms at all the exposure concentrations except 3.50 μg/l, 4.50 μg/l and 5.00 μg/l (p>0.05) at all the exposure times. The relationship between rate of mortality and exposure times was also found to be significant (p<0.01). The effect of bifenthrin on the ethological changes of the oligochaete worm was directly proportional to the increasing dose of the toxicant.