Aims Individuals with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)
have an increased risk of progression to Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The objective of this …

BACKGROUND Remote monitoring (RM) strategies have the potential to deliver specialised
care and management to patients with heart failure (HF). OBJECTIVE To determine the …

Context Readmission to hospital for heart failure is common after recent discharge. Remote
monitoring (RM) strategies have the potential to deliver specialised care and management …

Conventional clinical trial design involves considerations of power, and sample size is
typically chosen to achieve a desired power conditional on a specified treatment effect. In …

This report documents the development of an inverter control method that detects and
avoids islanding in utility-interconnected photovoltaic installations. This method is applicable …

Knowledge of the charge efficiency of Pb-acid batteries near top-of-charge is important to
the design of small PV power systems. In order to know how much energy is required from …

The authors present an analysis of the choice of sample sizes for demonstrating cost-
effectiveness of a new treatment or procedure, when data on both cost and efficacy will be …

Objectives This meta‐analysis aimed to determine the effectiveness of prehospital
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bilevel inspiratory positive airway pressure …

Background Tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. Nearly one-
fifth of adults in the UK regularly smoke cigarettes. The ill-health associated with smoking …

Background Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) has been proposed as an early
biomarker of myocardial infarction (MI). The authors aimed to undertake a systematic review …