Complete vital signs, including height (Visit 1 only), weight, respiratory rate, temperature, and orthostatic (sitting, immediate standing and 2-min standing) BP and pulse rate measurements. Subjects administered one ECG at…
Figure 10.1. Case and control study designs. Cohort Study Studies a group of people and observes the development of the disease, usually after the study participants have been genotyped (Figure…
36 Research Ethics for the Biomedical Sciences Constance Perry* * College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Introduction Science is practiced within society. After sharing his…
35 Beyond Knowledge for Knowledge’s Sake Robert B. McGrath* * Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialisation, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Introduction Academic research has traditionally been viewed as a noble pursuit…
33 Writing a Grant Proposal Anil Gulati* * Chicago College of Pharmacy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA. Introduction The ability to obtain extramural funding is a critical part in…
31 Health Research Reporting Guidelines: An Overview Rosie Stather* * Adis Publications, Wolters Kluwer Health, Auckland, New Zealand. Introduction This chapter will provide an overview of why health research reporting…
Adapted from Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,10 and Hernandez et al.11 MW = Microsoft Word; OO = Openoffice.org writer; KL = Kile/Lyx. Practical Example In this section, I will try to explain…
28 Synthesis of a Thesis Y.K. Gupta* • B.M. Padhy* * Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Introduction Research work is a sequential process…
HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; n = number of patients; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglycerides. aThe values are mean ± SD from n number of…
25 How to Structure an Abstract, Title and Introduction Amitabh Prakash* * Wolters Kluwer Health | Adis, Auckland, New Zealand. Many aspects of creating a title, writing the abstract and…
