Nature

Active-comparator design and new-user design in observational studies

Over the past decade, an increasing number of observational studies have examined the effectiveness or safety of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. Unlike randomized controlled trials (RCTs), ...
The BMJ

Methodology standards for usual care as a comparator in patient centred, comparative, clinical effectiveness research

Research studies leveraging usual care comparator groups have the potential to produce valuable evidence about current clinical practice and substantially improve clinical care delivery and patient ...
JD Supra

Equal Pay Litigation Trends Update: One Comparator, Two Comparators, Three Comparators, More? Courts Revisit The One-Comparator Rule

Seyfarth Synopsis: This is the second in a series of posts that investigate trends in equal pay litigation resulting from the recent uptick in the number and quality of equal pay lawsuits. This post ...
EDN

Comparator-based buffer using a VVCCS

Editor’s note: PhD candidate, Seyyed Hossein Pishgar approached me with this paper, which I believe has some unique and creative circuitry and architectures. I have ...
EDN

Using auto-zero comparator techniques to improve PWM performance (Part 2 of 2)

Another application of auto-zeroing comparators is in the main control loop of a PWM system. The comparator in this application looks at the difference between a ...