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Controlling and manipulating the propagation of surface plasmons has become a field of
intense research given their potential in a wide range of applications, such as plasmonic …

Objectives To analyse developments (and their causes) in the number and proportion of
clinical trials that were registered in different parts of the world after the International …

Background Studies measuring the completeness and consistency of trial registration and
reporting rely on linking registries with bibliographic databases. In this systematic review, we …

The public and clinicians require transparent, quality evidence for all interventions. Trials of
non-regulated interventions are common, and efforts to improve their registration and …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of prospective clinical trial registration and
postrandomization bias in published musculoskeletal physical therapy randomized clinical …

Importance Many interventions that are important to the health care of patients are not
subject to regulation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or comparable …

Objectives To determine the effectiveness of interventions designed to prevent or reduce
publication and related biases. Study Design and Setting We searched multiple databases …

Background Concerns exist as to whether the allocation of resources in clinical research is
aligned with public health needs. We evaluated the alignment between the effort of clinical …

Objectives To establish a 'trustworthy'living systematic review (SR) with a meta-analysis of
manual therapy for treating non-radicular cervical impairments. Design SR with meta …