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Default profile Lisa Umlauff
Needed 30 Nov '18
Acknowledgement
Cancer
Translation from Spanish to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Spanish to English
The Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group is looking for someone who can translate a validation study from Spanish to English. The publication of interest is: Gonzalez Rodriguez, A. P., et al. (2009). "[B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia: e... show more
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Default profile Nicole Pitcher
Needed 31 Dec '18
Authorship, Acknowledgement
Consumer & communication strategies
Proof-reading of Cochrane review abstracts in French
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from English to French
Cochrane France is looking for enthusiastic Francophones to help us reach our latest goal: translate all the abstracts of newly published or updated Cochrane reviews into French! If you want to help us and join our worldwide network of transla... show more
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Nm8flnewefy62awmikvk Marc Parsons
Needed 31 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Child Health
Child health
Risk of Bias for 3 Korean RCTs
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English, Risk of Bias Assessment
I am part of a team in Edmonton, Canada working on a systematic review of interventions for bronchiolitis in infants. We have nearly finished the Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment process, but require some help with a few non-English RCTs which are in... show more
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Default profile Lisa Umlauff
Needed 30 Nov '18
Acknowledgement
Cancer
Translation from Chinese to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
The Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group is looking for someone who can assist with purchasing a Chinese publication via the Chinese journal's website, and then translate the full text from Chinese to English. The publication of interest... show more
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Default profile Graham Chan
Needed 30 Nov '18
Epilepsy
Neurology
Full text of Nunez 1993
Skills: Searching
Need the full text of Nunez LC, Espinosa E, Hernandez E. Efectividad del fenobarbital, diazepam y antipiretico para prevenir recurrencias en ninos con una primera convulsion febril [Effectiveness of phenobarbital, diazepam and antipyretics to pre... show more
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Default profile Sophie Maprayil
Needed 24 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Neuromuscular Disease
Neurology
Spanish to English translation
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Spanish to English
We are looking for a Spanish to English translation of a study. We do not need the paperto be translated in full in the first instance. The paper contains a number of different comparisons - the intervention that the authors of the Cochrane revie... show more
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Uosagb4ofk9otjetvjqn Peter Bates
Needed 31 Dec '18
Consumer Network
Consumer & communication strategies
Locate some examples of peer-reviewed articles co-authored by a patient using a pseudonym
Skills: Consumer Input
Academic publication is enriched by contributions from patients who bring their lived experience to the task of authoring or co-authoring. Some public co-authors wish to remain anonymous, as their story is sensitive or perhaps carries stigma. As l... show more
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Default profile Natalie Parks
Needed 31 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Neurology
Translate from Polish to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Polish to English
Cendrowski, W. Unsaturated fatty acids in the immunology and therapy of multiple sclerosis. Pol Tyg Lek 1982;37(8):225-227 Translate Methods and Results section. I will supply article. I anticipate this will be a quick task for someone with k... show more
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Default profile Natalie Parks
Needed 31 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Multiple Sclerosis and Rare Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Neurology
Translate article from Russian to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Russian to English
Bisaga, G.; Odinak, M.; Bo?ko, A.; Mel'nik, I.; Popova, N. Possibilities of treatment of multiple sclerosis exacerbations without corticosteroids: a role of metabolic and antioxidant therapy. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2011;111(2):44-4... show more
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Default profile Aaron Tejani
Needed 21 Sep '18
Acknowledgement
Hypertension
Heart & circulation
Translation of a Norwegian abstract
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Norwegian to English
I need to know if this Norwegian article is a randomized controlled trial of methyldopa versus placebo in patients with essential hypertension. It must be monotherapy methyldopa; not add-on to other drugs.
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Default profile Taiga Wakabayashi
Needed 31 Mar '20
Hepato-Biliary
Methods
Laparoscopic repeat liver resection for liver diseases
Skills: Review - Methods
Technological surgical innovations have made it possible to use laparoscopic surgery in patients with pre‑existing adhesions or cicatricial changes. However, laparoscopic repeat liver resection (LRLR) still represents a challenge for surgeons, not... show more
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Default profile Niranjan Sathianathen
Needed 06 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Urology
Urology
Translating Czech article into English for a review of SSRIs for premature ejaculation
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Czech to English
We require assistance translating one Czech article into English. You will be provided with the article along with the inclusion/exclusion criteria of the review. Previous experience in Cochrane reviews is desirable but not essential. We anticipat... show more
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Default profile Niranjan Sathianathen
Needed 06 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Urology
Urology
Translating two Chinese articles for a review of premature ejaculation treatments
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
We require assistance translating two Chinese articles into English. You will be provided with the articles along with the inclusion/exclusion criteria of the review. Previous experience in Cochrane reviews is desirable but not essential. We antic... show more
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Default profile Geertruida Bekkering
Needed 19 Sep '18
Authorship
Heart & circulation
Seeking patient partners for rapid guideline with lived experience of heart failure in primary care setting (total 8-10 hours over 4-5 months)
Skills: Consumer Input, Protocol Development, Review - Consumer
We are looking for persons with lived experience of heart failure to participate on our guideline panel. The tasks include: 1) review and provide feedback on the systematic review protocol, to identify and prioritize patient-important outcomes, 2)... show more
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V2qeyoio9bd5w5i5bg93 Laura Downie
Needed 30 Oct '18
Acknowledgement
Eyes and Vision
Other
Contribute to crowdsourcing critical appraisal of research studies using an exciting, free online platform (CrowdCARE: crowdcare.unimelb.edu.au)
Skills: Consumer Input, Review - Consumer, Risk of Bias Assessment
Dear Cochrane TaskExchangers, We have developed a free, online tool that teaches research critical appraisal and facilitates the sharing of appraisals amongst a global community (CrowdCARE, Crowdsourcing Critical Appraisal of Research Evidence:... show more
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Default profile Paul Dijkstra
Needed 24 Sep '18
Payment
Orthopaedics & trauma
Translation Chinese to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to
I’m doing a systematic review on the risk factors for cam morphology (of the hip). I’m looking for someone to translate a study from Chinese into English to determine if the study should be included in a systematic review. A full translation is no... show more
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H4z5yaqujqh1zmuhsmau Emma Sydenham
Needed 19 Sep '18
Acknowledgement
Injuries
Orthopaedics & trauma
Have you had brain surgery?
Skills: Consumer Input
We are finalising the update of a review on decompressive craniectomy (removal of a piece of skull bone to reduce pressure on the brain) after traumatic brain injury. We invite input from people who have had this procedure.
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M9cllvu3lzseaajucurb Jennifer Dawson
Needed 14 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Other
Cochrane-Wikipedia Volunteers Needed
Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to
These tasks are part of the Cochrane-Wikipedia Partnership. Cochrane and Wikipedia are working together to share high-quality medical evidence with a broad audience. -There are over 25,000 health-related articles in English Wikipedia. -Over ... show more
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Sd71hhemhtwzko44iqep Omer Hajelssedig
Needed 31 Dec '18
Authorship
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Bowel Disorders
Gastroenterology & hepatology
Translation of eligible studies in Japanese to English for a metaanalysis in Diagnostic test accuracy of NBI endoscopy in Barrett's esophagus
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Japanese to English
To carry a seprate search in Japanese litrature for eligible studies and to extract the study data and results then translated into English.
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Sd71hhemhtwzko44iqep Omer Hajelssedig
Needed 30 Nov '18
Gastroenterology & hepatology
Diagnostic test accuracy of NBI endoscopy in Barrett's esophagus
Skills: Data Extraction, Qualitative Analysis, Review - Methods, Statistical Analysis
I am looking for co-authors for a systematic review/meta-analysis about DTA of Narrrow Band Imaging endoscopy in Barrett's Esophagus.Oesophageal adenocarcinoma is one of the fastest rising cancers worldwide. Barrett’s Oesophagus (BE) is the only i... show more
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Default profile Emily Morgan
Needed 13 Nov '18
Acknowledgement
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems
Developmental, psychosocial & learning problems
Chinese-English extraction for a review on healthy eating and physical activity
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
Hello! Thank you for your interest in supporting our review. We are looking for two individuals to help us complete screening and extraction of a paper in Chinese. We would like to find volunteers to extract data in one short paper from Chinese... show more
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M9cllvu3lzseaajucurb Jennifer Dawson
Needed 18 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Other
Wikipedia Updates Needed
Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to
These tasks are part of the Cochrane-Wikipedia Partnership. Cochrane and Wikipedia are working together to share high-quality medical evidence with a broad audience. Many Wikipedia articles presently reference Cochrane Reviews. Manual editing o... show more
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Cbogjlw70baeq01gswvr Jason Wasiak
Needed 23 Sep '18
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems
Developmental, psychosocial & learning problems
Translation from Chinese to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
The task involves translating sections of three studies looking at Autism Spectrum Disorder from Chinese to English to determine if they meet the inclusion criteria for a Cochrane review .
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Default profile Roopa Lakhanpal
Needed 30 Dec '18
Authorship
Cancer
Review the articles to see if included or excluded
Skills: Screening
Need radiation oncologist or trainee in radiation oncology to go through 7125 articles to see if included or excluded in the Cochrane review
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M9cllvu3lzseaajucurb Jennifer Dawson
Needed 01 May '19
Consumer & communication strategies
Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative: Improve the evidence base of Wikipedia with Cochrane Reviews
Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to
These tasks are part of the Cochrane-Wikipedia Partnership. Cochrane and Wikipedia are working together to share high-quality medical evidence with a broad audience. -There are over 25,000 health-related articles in English Wikipedia and med... show more
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