The heterogeneity of NOTCH1 to tumor immune infiltration in pan-cancer by XiaoJun Duan, Rihan Wu, Mingyang Zhang, Kexin Li, Lei Yu, Huirong Sun, Xingxia Hao, Changshan Wang

“…In this study, the data originated from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases were input into multiple online bioinformatic tools to study the characteristics of NOTCH1 in pan-cancer. …”
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Barriers and enablers to young people accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A scoping review. by Maggie Ikinue Baigry, Robin Ray, Daniel Lindsay, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Michelle Redman-MacLaren

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Guided by the PRISMA Scoping review guidelines, we searched three databases (Medline Ovid, Scopus and CINAHL Complete) for peer-reviewed articles published between 1st January 2000 and 31st August 2020 that reported on factors, including barriers and enablers, affecting access to sexual and reproductive health information and services by young people living in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. …”
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A Review of Needle Navigation Technologies in Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgeries—Toward a More Effective and Easy-to-Apply Process by Katharina Steeg, Gabriele Anja Krombach, Michael Horst Friebe

“…<b>Methods:</b> A systematic search of PubMed, Web of Science, and IEEE databases up until June 2024 identified original studies on needle navigation in MICS. …”
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Rate of cesarean section among breech deliveries in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ibsa Mussa, Adera Debella, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Badhasa Ahamed, Usmael Jibro, Addis Eyeberu

“…As unnecessary C-sections may be associated with an increased risk of maternal and neonatal mortality, this meta-analysis was aimed at determining the rate of caesarean sections among breech deliveries in Ethiopia.MethodsAll published and unpublished articles were obtained from legitimate databases and websites. The PRISMA guidelines were used to conduct this systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of oral versus injectable disease modifying therapies in relapsing multiple sclerosis: a systematic review analysis by Mehdi Rezaee, Ramin Ravangard, Seyyed Morteza Mojtabaeian, Abdosaleh Jafari

“…Methods The researchers searched the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases to find relevant studies. After removing the duplicates, two authors independently assessed the records. …”
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Effect of exercise on kidney-relevant biomarkers in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Welsh, Carlos Celis-Morales, Patrick Mark, Qiaoling Liu, Jennifer Lees

“…This manuscript synthesised the evidence of the association of changes in PA with kidney biomarkers in the general population free from kidney disease.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Embase, PubMed, MEDLINE and Web of Science databases were searched from inception to 12 March 2023.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Studies of longitudinal or interventional design were selected initially. …”
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Rehabilitation Protocol Variability Following Arthroscopic Bankart Repair and Remplissage for Management of Anterior Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review by Juan B. Villarreal-Espinosa, Michael M. Reinold, Mohammad Khak, Mohammad J. Shariyate, Carol Mita, Jeffrey Kay, Arun J. Ramappa

“… # Study design Systematic Review # Materials and Methods A search was conducted using three databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and CINAHL) according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Creating a family health history interview protocol for use with undergraduate health professional students: A scoping review by Ronica N. Rooks, Cassandra D. Ford, Jenna Bennett, Tyrone Braxton

“…Methods: We used Medline, CINAHL (EBSCO), ERIC (ProQuest), Web of Science, and Academic Search Premiere databases and Google. Using Covidence, we included peer-reviewed, English, journal articles and grey literature, narrowing our key term combinations to terms like family health history, interview or protocol, and undergraduate or health professional student. …”
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A Scoping Review of Factors Associated with Delayed Extubation in Post Cardiac Surgery Patients by Kumalasari RI, Kosasih CE, Priambodo AP

“…Literature was searched through four databases: PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and CINAHL, and two search engines, Sage and Google Scholar, accessed on October 20, 2024. …”
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Variational Approaches for Drug-Disease-Gene Links in Periodontal Inflammation by Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, Musab Hamed Saeed, Carlos M. Ardila

“…Methods: Genes associated with Wnt-related periodontal inflammation were identified through comprehensive literature reviews and genomic databases. Their roles in various biological processes were evaluated using gene set enrichment analysis, employing tools like Enrichr, which integrates diverse gene sets from sources such as DSigDB, DisGeNET, and Lincs_l1000.drug. …”
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Nephroprotective Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapy of Kidney Disease Induced by Toxicants by Shujun Lin, Wenshan Lin, Chunling Liao, Tianbiao Zhou

“…The Cochrane Library, Embase, ISI Web of Science, and PubMed databases were searched up to December 31, 2019, to identify studies and extract data to assess the efficacy of MSCs treatment of kidney disease induced by toxicants using Cochrane Review Manager Version 5.3. …”
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Mapping Chilean clinical research: a protocol for a scoping review and multiple evidence gap maps by Sergio R Muñoz, Nicolás Meza, Eva Madrid, Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Gerard Urrútia, Camila Micaela Escobar Liquitay, Javier Bracchiglione

“…This research aims to comprehensively identify and classify Chilean health research studies, elaborating evidence gap maps for the most burdensome local conditions.Methods and analysis We will search in electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, LILACS and WoS) and perform hand searches to retrieve, identify and classify health research studies conducted in Chile or by authors whose affiliations are based in Chile, from 2000 onwards. …”
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Revolutionizing ESCC prognosis: the efficiency of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIIC) signature score by Haixia Wang, Shaowei Ma, Zixin Yang, Ren Niu, Haiyong Zhu, Shujun Li, Shaolin Gao, Zhirong Li, Yanhua Tian

“…Methods Transcriptome data and scRNA-seq data of ESCC samples were extracted from the GEO and TCGA databases. Tissue Specific Index (TSI) was defined to identify potential TIIC-RNAs from the TME. …”
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Can the adherence to quality of care indicators for early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice reduce risk of hospitalisation? Retrospective cohort study based on the Record L... by Carlo Alberto Scirè, Antonella Zambon, Greta Carrara, Anna Zanetti, Lisa Argnani

“…Objective To describe the adherence to quality of care indicators in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate its impact on the risk of hospitalisation in a real-world setting.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Patients with early-onset RA identified from healthcare regional administrative databases by means of a validated algorithm between 2006 and 2012 in the Lombardy region (Italy).Participants The study cohort included 14 203 early-onset RA (71% female, mean age 60 years).Outcome measures For each patient, a summary adherence score was calculated starting from the compliance to six quality indicators: (1–2) methotrexate or sulfasalazine or leflunomide with/without glucocorticoids, (3–4) other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with/without glucocorticoids, (5) early interruption of glucocorticoids, (6) early clinical assessment.The relationship between low, intermediate and high categories of the summary score and the 12-month risk of hospitalisation for all causes and for RA was assessed.Results During a follow-up of 1 year, 2609 hospitalisations occurred, of which 704 were for RA (main or secondary diagnosis) and 252 primarily for RA. …”
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Smartphone apps for mental health: systematic review of the literature and five recommendations for clinical translation by Aljawharah Almuqrin, Ryan Hammoud, Ilham Terbagou, Stefania Tognin, Andrea Mechelli

“…This systematic review describes and evaluates the usage of smartphone apps across a wide range of mental health disorders in terms of clinical effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability.Design This is a systematic review of studies examining treatment, self-monitoring and multipurpose smartphone apps for mental health disorders.Data sources Studies were identified through a comprehensive search of the Ovid and PubMed databases. Articles published up to 14 January 2024 were included based on predefined criteria.Eligibility criteria We included randomised controlled trials that compared mental health apps (single- or multipurpose) with treatment-as-usual or no treatment for clinical populations with mental health disorders. …”
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Virtual reality-based fine motor skills training in paediatric rehabilitation: a protocol for a scoping review by Christelle Pons, Sylvain Brochard, Johanne Mensah-Gourmel, Danielle E Levac, Jeromine Hervo, Lexie Lançon, Rodolphe Bailly

“…We will search four databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Scopus) for articles that meet inclusion criteria defined by the Population, Concept, Context method; specifically studies focused on development or evaluation of immersive or non-immersive VR applications to deliver FMS training in paediatric rehabilitation. …”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…Methods: The PubMed and Embase databases were searched for articles published up to April, 2024. …”
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Stress assessment instruments for hospitalized preterm newborns: scoping review by Mónica Costa, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Maria Alice Curado, Ana Brantes

“…The research was carried out in three distinct phases supported by the Medline, CINALH databases through the EBSCO, Scielo and PubMed platform. …”
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Artificial intelligence in breast cancer survival prediction: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Zohreh Javanmard, Saba Zarean Shahraki, Kosar Safari, Abbas Omidi, Sadaf Raoufi, Mahsa Rajabi, Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, Mehrad Aria

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms offer promising solutions for automated survival prediction, driving this study’s systematic review and meta-analysis.MethodsThree online databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) were comprehensively searched (January 2016-August 2023) using key terms (“Breast Cancer”, “Survival Prediction”, and “Machine Learning”) and their synonyms. …”
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Factors of suicide-related behaviors based on stress-vulnerability model and prevention strategies among nurses: a scoping review by Xiaoyu Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, Deying Hu, Lecheng Li, Lecheng Li, Rezvanguli Rezak, Rezvanguli Rezak

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this scoping review was to explore, appraise and synthesize the current literature regarding the incidence, factors influencing, and prevention strategies related to suicide risk among nurses.MethodsAn extensive literature search was conducted using databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, and Embase from its formation to June 20, 2024, specifically focusing on the suicide-related behaviors of nurses written in Chinese or English. …”
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